This is EPMD at the top of their game right here. The production is slick and hardcore, and the rhymes are sharper than ever. On their third album ‘Business As Usual’ the Long Island buddies Erick Sermon and Parrish Smith perfectionated their formula for beat making and at the same time they sat a new standard for 90's hip-hop. EPMD kept the clubs dancing and got the street heads open. The beats are beyond dope, the rhymes are on point, and the scratches and cuts are nothing short of superior. The sick beat for "Rampage" features some timeless lyrics by Parrish as well as L.L. Cool J. Redman gets his first appearance here on the songs "Hardcore" and "Brothers On My Jock", both excellent tracks.
The ‘Out Of Business’ album brought the classic EPMD feel of soul and funk mixed with the boom-bap hip-hop by utilizing classic samples. Starting with the “Intro” that sampled one of the songs “Going The Distance” from the legendary movie ‘Rocky’. Another highlight of this album is “Rap Is still Out Of Control”, the revised version of a song from 1990 called “Rap Is Outta Control”. This song features Busta Rhymes on the hook and he’s bringing his energy to the track with the Busta style adlibs all through the song. EPMD’s impact on the culture was and still is heavy. They are the most sampled in Hip Hop history. The album ‘Out Of Business’ showed that the Dynamic Duo EPMD still could hang.