![]() The beat is a banger, and even though I would have changed the batting order (with E setting it off, PMD going second and LL wrapping it up) all three emcees do their thing on this one, with LL easily walking away with this one. Rampage – E & P quickly pick the pace back up for this threesome with former Def Jam label mate LL Cool J. More importantly, this will always be remembered as the song that introduced Redman to the world, as he spits the final verse on this song. The instrumental’s eerie feel makes it the perfect companion piece to “I’m Mad”. Though I’ve never been crazy about this song, today it sounds more affective than it did in years past. Hardcore – Our hosts choose to slow the pace down a bit, so they can get their “slow flow” on over this slow and bleak instrumental. Thanks to the sampled piano stabs and the hectic sample placed throughout, the dark instrumental matches the title perfectly making this an awesome start to the show. I’m Mad – I’m not sure who got these brothers upset, but the Green-eyed bandit and PMD come out swinging as if their lives depended on it. Lets just pray the left out the gimmicks that tainted Unfinished Business. Like all EPMD projects, you know what to expect from the duo: hardcore braggadocio rhymes over hard funk beats. With 1990 came the third installment of EPMD’s Business series, Business As Usual. Unfinished Business was not a bad album, but a step back when compared to their groundbreaking debut Strictly Business, thanks largely to the debacle that was “It’s Time To Party” and the court issued public service announcement “You Had Too Much To Drink”. We last left our Long Island Brethren in 1989 attempting to wrap up some Unfinished Business, which if you read my blog regularly know I felt was a suitable name for the album, but not in the same manner that EPMD intended. Parrish Smith and Erick Sermon are never mentioned in hip-hop circles when discussing the greatest emcees of all time (and if you listen to either of their solo projects you’ll have evidence as to why), but like Voltron when these two forces come together the chemistry between PMD and the E-Double, is undeniable, and it comes across strong in their beats and rhymes. Must be the fisherman hats. EPMD is one of those groups that just knows how to make good old fashion quality hip-hop.
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