Plus, he laced southern stars Scarface and Ludacris with his signature flavor. Then, he followed it up with “React,” produced by a new beatmaker named Just Blaze and featuring Redman. First, it was “Music,” featuring a hypnotic Marvin Gaye sample, which led to a four million dollar 50/50 record deal with Clive Davis at J Records. He even helped a young 50 Cent craft his certified street classic “Da Heatwave,” and he managed to reunite with his old partner-in-rhyme Parrish Smith aka PMD to give the world another dosage of raw EPMD flavor.Īnd his run continued after the turn of the century, as Erick Sermon gave the world two of the biggest records of his career. He also blessed Jay-Z and his associates with the landscape for “Reservoir Dogs,” and re-worked LL Cool J’s posse cut “4, 3, 2, 1” with newcomers DMX and Canibus (plus Red & Meth) to make it into a huge single. Last week, we hit you with Part 1 of our Erick Sermon Tells All feature, highlighting the stories behind his work between 1988-1995 with EPMD and Def Squad associates Redman and Keith Murray.īut the hits didn’t stop in ‘95, as Erick continued his production prowess, matching up Redman and Wu-Tang Clan megastar Method Man on “How High,” assisting them in becoming one of the most potent duos in hip-hop history.
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