EPMD - Da Joint

From the album “Back In Business“ (1997) EPMD is an American hip hop group from Brentwood, New York. The group’s name is a concatenation of the members’ name “E“ and “PMD“ or an acronym for “Erick and Parrish Making Dollars“ (later “Erick and Parrish Millennium Ducats“), referencing its members, emcees Erick Sermon and Parrish Smith (“PMD“). The group has been active for more than 20 years (1986present), and is one of the most prominent acts in East coast hip hop. Diamond J, DJ K La Boss, and DJ Scratch were DJs for the group. The word “business“ is used in every title of the group’s albums. Every album also has a track titled “Jane“. EPMD’s first album, Strictly Business, appeared in 1988, which featured the underground hit “Strictly Business,“ based on a sample of Eric Clapton’s version of Bob Marley’s “I Shot the Sheriff.“ Many critics cite this first album as th