BY JAKE PAINE • MAY 28, 2019

Erick Sermon and Parrish Smith are back to work more than 30 years since the release of EPMD’s debut album, Strictly Business. At Long Island, New York’s Def Squad Studios, speaking to AFH TV, Erick and Parrish dropped some new information about the duo’s upcoming eighth album, said to be titled Big Business.

In the video conversation, the legendary Hip-Hop artists reveal that for their first group LP since 2008’s We Mean Business, they are working with a producer known for hits with De La Soul, Method Man & Redman, as well as JAY-Z. Rockwilder, whose studio is housed in the adjacent building to Erick’s lab, is creating music with the pair. “He’s kind of like in it with us,” E notes in the first few minutes of the AFH TV video interview. With three songs recorded so far, the Green-Eyed Bandit praises the efforts of Parrish thus far in the process.

In late 2017, EPMD announced plans for a new album while appearing on Drink Champs. They discussed a concept LP of all two-MC Hip-Hop groups. In a separate conversation with AFH TV, Erick explained that while EPMD will appear on Dynamic Duos, he is behind that LP (which he played some excerpts from in the video). However, EPMD’s eighth album, it’s something else entirely.

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