#FreshRadio Lineup…#CyberMonday November 26, 2012
26 November 2012 Fresh Radio
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Noon: Legends At Noon
2p est: #TheExperience with DJ Supafunkregulata Celo
3p est: #ThePotluck Hour with DJ Cornbread
5p est: #FreshRadioMixtape with DJ Bee live saluting Erick Sermon
Erick Sermon was born in Bay Shore, New York, on this day in 1968.
Sermon, who was also known as E-Double, EMD, Erick Onasis and The Green Eyed Bandit, because of his eye color, first hit the hip-hop scene as one half of EPMD along with partner in rhyme Parrish Smith.
EPMD was an acronym for “Erick and Parrish Makin’ Dollars.”
EPMD released their debut album called “Strictly Business” on Fresh Records in 1988 which spawned the hits “You Gots Ta Chill”, “I’m Housin’” and the title track.
Sermon would go on to release six more albums as one half on EPMD; 1989’s “Unfinished Business”, 1990’s “Business As Usual”, 1992’s “Business Never Personal”, 1997’s “Back In Business”, 1999’s “Out Of Business” and 2008’s “We Mean Business.”
EPMD is reportedly working on a new album to be released in 2012 to be called “There’s No Business Like Show Business”.
During EPMD’s heyday they put together a clique consisting of the artists they produced like Redman, K-Solo, Das EFX, Hurricane G and Knucklehedz.
The duo split in 1993 but reunited for good in 1997.
Sermon has released six solo albums starting with 1993’s “No Pressure” with 2004’s “Chill Town, New York” being his latest.
In 1996, Sermon released “Insomnia – The Erick Sermon Compilation”, which featured artists he produced like Keith Murray, Redman, Passion and Tommy Gun, to name a few.
Along with Murray and Redman, Sermon formed The Def Squad and released an album in 1998 on Def Jam Records called “El Nino.”
The Def Squad also had a hit during this time with a remake of The Sugar Hill Gang’s classic “Rapper’s Delight”.
The high point of Sermon’s solo career, however, would be the hit single “Music” from the soundtrack to the 2001 MGM film “What’s The Worst That Could Happen” as well as from his album of the same name. The classic hit single sampled a never before heard Marvin Gaye acapella track from 1983.
Over the years Sermon has either produced or collaborated with the likes of Method Man, Busta Rhymes, 50 Cent, George Clinton, Eminem, D’Angelo, Chico Debarge, Dilated Peoples, Xzibit, Ja Rule, Beyonce and the late, great Heavy D, just to name a mere few.
Sermon also briefly appeared in the 1992 film “Juice” starring 2Pac Shakur.
Erick Sermon is currently touring the world with Parrish Smith as EPMD once again.
DJ Bee Cyber Monday, Deals, DJ Bee, DJ Cornbread, Erick Sermon, Fresh Buy, Fresh Radio Mixtape, Supafunkregulata Celo, The Experience, The Potluck Hour