Truth! My day one homie is like that, simple not flamboyant, doesn't have the over pronounced personality that most rappers have so you can easily sleep on there skills. Truth is dudes like Parrish been droppin that 🔥 sh*t for years!
LL simply murdered that song with his verse, with a hot ass beat and DJ Scratch, THIS THAT REAL RAW 💪HIP HOP MUSIC! 🔥🔥🔥🔥 WHEN HOUSE PARTIES WERE INCREDIBLE! 💯🔉🔈🔉
I give Epmd ALOT of props!! They crew was OFFICIAL! AND They put on alot of new talent. K Solo, Das Efx, Keith Murray, Redman! Not too many rappers or duo's in rap put on as many new successful artist as they did! The mutha Fukn Hit Squad! Salute!
One of my favorite groups of all time. I jammed that Strictly Business” cassette all summer long. Beats, rhymes, Def Squad and Hit Squad just a credit to the era. Living Legends
LL had a legendary status career but there were times he was down and in between walking w a panther and mama said he was down!! About to be written off with slick Rick as the main focus…. The EPMD track gave LL his mojo back then he dropped mama said . That album is a masterpiece and def jam definitive !!!
No doubt. I saw the Raisng Hell tour the next year, Stetsosonic, EPMD, Public Enemy & Jazzy Jeff and the Fresh Prince .....opening up 4 Run DMC and Jam Master Jay! Best rap show I've ever seen.
I went to Southern Connecticut State University because of EPMD. Their off campus house parties were legendary. The Burgundy Benz in the driveway with the system you could hear a block away. Best times ever.
Kraze I love your content definitely being from Hempstead growing up around this rap shit you always make stuff I’m going to check for and watch keep up the amazing content
Business As Usual, Business Never Personal and of course his solo album we get some of the most versatile and dynamic lyrics from PMD. The man can really go. LL could've very well been intimidated by PMD's vocal prowess at that time. P Double Emd is sho nuf in my top ten of all time skillful MC's.
@@GRUSTLER Different era so I just can't say yes or no. People were less sensitive about lyrics and they weren't as sensitive about how things looked to others outside of the industry. Still, this is LL and he was fresh off of a few years of hate amongst peers and the scene in general.
EPMD one of the greatest rap duos ever. PMD is one of the greatest lyricist/business men during a critical part in the 80's He's currently still a successful business man. Love EPMD!
Nothing but fun listening too them Together they were beast mode on the mic Especially with LL don't know what the beef was about But they took to a higher level.with LL
As a long time hip hop head I get chills hearing these stories..that Rampage record was hard✊ I'd love to had a fly on the wall too hear the original version P smith was talking about
Business as Usual is my favorite EPMD album Rampage is my favorite song. I heard the unrelated original version a while back and it was cool but I didn't know this story behind it.
Damn That whole interview needs to be taught in Colleges& University's, The way Pmd broke it down,clarified the beef was Genius Im from Amityville but EPMD being from Bayshore definitely made me proud especially when I saw PMD at Bayshore Post Office, he was cool AF! Seeing EPMD driving on Straight Path in Wyandanch back I n 1989 was Priceless They were Movie Stars to us....Hip Hop Royalty
I remember misinterpreting when Phife said "As for corny emcees like Chuck D, I shut'em down" on the Scenerio Remix, thinking that it sounded like a subliminal but obviously it wasn't. Business As Usual is a classic by the way and IMO it's not only EPMDs best album but it's one of the greatest albums in music history.
Never knew that they were going at each other on that cut. A good lesson for the youth that you can try to outdo each other on the song 🎵 but keep it there.
His wording is amazing. He is basically saying that he was about putting in work but a certain other few people weren't and he wasn't waiting on them cause there was business to be done. Facts.
The most underground and underrated albums of all time and in just about every top 100 HipHop albums top 20 is Ultramagnetic Mc's Critical Beatdown" them dudes was way ahead of they time and Kool Kieth a k.a Dr Octagon, Black elvis I'm space wanted the smoke with whoever and no one fired back shot at Da God emcee Rakim "I see your small balls of clay with extra vision a sattelite your rhymes are weak / they diminish everytime I speake/" classic album!
Respect to EPMD, but it seems LL was really the Drake of his era, let’s just call it what it was, niggas hated on L heavy. He was light skinned, lyrical, had the ladies, record sales, great performer, and began acting, he was a legend in the making from 84-present. Why Pen a verse saying sucka and LL right after each other.
My Top Rap Duo's (Random): Erick & Parish Q Tip & Phife Prodigy & Havoc Tek & Steele Pusha T & Malice Buckshot & 5FT Drazy & Skoob Daz & Kurupt Billy Danze & Lil Fame 8Ball & MJG Bun B & Pimp C Rockness & Sean Price
This song is tied into the LL vs Rakim beef. Idk exactly what started it but on Rakims song "No Omega" he sends shots at LL. He said I'm a leave you behind the iron curtain-cuz LL wasnt in the video. He stayed behind the curtain the whole video. Then he said "better bring Battlecat, but this aint Gray Skull and you aint rippin jack." After LL had the Panther album cover posing with a panther, but Rakim referred to it like He-Man the cartoon Listen closely to the lyrics. Ra showed LL who was the superior mc
I'm a huge fan of both (rakim mostly) and I never put the lyrics together to hit LL but if it's true that shows the respect for Rah I don't know of any emcee that LL would not come back "hard" on unless he did and I just didn't hear it.
@@anonymousapocalypse247 it's possible that LL made a wise decision to not respond to Rah because back then (and still to this day) Rah was not to be messed with that's when the streets (not record sales or people who don't recognize a true emcee) decided who won a battle and it's very possible that Rakim would've ended his career considering the fact that many of LL's male fans were not too happy when he went from being hard as hell to needing love that wasn't the thing back then but the genius that LL is he pulled it off.
@@shawnshepard1 i think you're exactly right. Ra was the top dog during this time. And plus i seen EPMD on Drink Champs and Erick Sermon said when they went back to Long Island(where EPMD & Rakim are from), Eric B and Rakims ppl snatched them up in a hallway to address their misunderstanding. So Eric B and Rakim really wasn't no joke back then. Im sure LL knew Eric B was in a dangerous crowd of well known street dudes as well
@@shawnshepard1 his first words of the song- "Im the alpha wit no omega" He made it clear with that statement. I had a discussion about this song with someone before who told me Grand Puba is possibly involved in it too and that it was over a female(Puba & LL). I can't confirm or elaborate. And who knows everything probably got squashed back then. Rakim even got at Kane on this album(In The Ghetto-"I stand alone and need nothin' to lean on")
"To the average MC I'm known as The Terminator Funky beat maker, new jack exterminator Destroy an employ', when your rhymes are not void Never sweating your girl (why P?) Cause she's a skeezoid...." this was the hardest shit ever to me. I used to perform P part for my family me and big bro. Then we used to do Rampage. I was E Dub on that one
They had a crazy run, those 4 albums before they broke up are classics, they just got better and better which is not easy. Mobb Deep reminds me of them
I grew up in Queens but long island was no joke back in the day. There was EPMD, Rakim, Public Enemy, De La Soul, Leaders of the New School (Busta Rhymes) and even though LL was raised in Queens, he too was born in Long Island. I also believe Method Man's dad was from Long Island and his mom lived in Staten Island where he bounced around between both places. There're many more rappers too, so yeah Long Island was doing their thing.
Rampage is easily one of the greatest collab tracks ever. I still listen to the track 31 years on.
31 years, what?
Oh shit i'm old!!
Easily!
My fav as well
LL verse I'd Different lol
Hands down and Aint ANYBODY murder it like Scratch did. Past, present and future. Uncontested
Epmd is one of the best hip hop groups ever.
Never get there credit
Top 3 all-time
Ever
100% kids these days don’t know good music they listen to all trash just like what’s on the radio trash
Duh
"I got rhymes up the uugh forget it I'm constipated L!" L.L verse was fire 🔥 🔥🔥 on "Rampage"
man when i was young this was my favorite verse at the time , this mixed with dj scratch cuts
Best verse on the song 🔥🔥🔥
Best verse ever…
He killed it
That line is hip hop gold! The verse was sick Cool J at his best!
I always thought Erick Sermon did all of Epmd’s production, I didn’t realize PMD made beats as well..Learn something new everyday
Hardcore Rhyming yeah that’s the ticket…
Pmd did k solo first album
Same here my friend!
E because a dope producer later most likely from being around P all them years but initially P made all them beats
It’s just like Dr Dre don’t do all his production.
Parish Smith is slept on as a MC. I always liked his bars and delivery. Dude been 🔥.
💯
Definitely slept on, that Manslaughter verse .... that Get the Bozack verse... 1 of the best to do it, should get more shine
@@drragonhearrt5384 facts fam! That verse on Manslaughter is fire.
I started wearin Bucket Hats because of him yo! 80’s shit!
Truth! My day one homie is like that, simple not flamboyant, doesn't have the over pronounced personality that most rappers have so you can easily sleep on there skills. Truth is dudes like Parrish been droppin that 🔥 sh*t for years!
LL simply murdered that song with his verse, with a hot ass beat and DJ Scratch, THIS THAT REAL RAW 💪HIP HOP MUSIC! 🔥🔥🔥🔥
WHEN HOUSE PARTIES WERE INCREDIBLE! 💯🔉🔈🔉
I give Epmd ALOT of props!! They crew was OFFICIAL! AND They put on alot of new talent. K Solo, Das Efx, Keith Murray, Redman! Not too many rappers or duo's in rap put on as many new successful artist as they did! The mutha Fukn Hit Squad! Salute!
The true Blue Print to putting your brothers on.
A LOT is 2 words playa. No disrespect
@@dmoney668 And playa is dried up land. No disrespect my friend. 🤜🏾🤛🏿
Hit squad was 🔥
That whole Long Island crew was mean..including Rakim
One of the smoothest MC's...that entire era 88 - 92
One of my favorite groups of all time. I jammed that Strictly Business” cassette all summer long. Beats, rhymes, Def Squad and Hit Squad just a credit to the era. Living Legends
damn I still love, love EPMD. some songs still stuck in my head decades later
EPMD was just in Toronto 2 weeks ago. Definitely killed it 🎤🎤🎤🎤🎤
Content Like This Is So Valuable In Hip-Hop History…………..Thank You, From An Old Head That’s Been Here Since The START!!!!
L.L. COOL-J was bodying all beats back then!!
facts
And he still does to this day.
LL had a legendary status career but there were times he was down and in between walking w a panther and mama said he was down!! About to be written off with slick Rick as the main focus…. The EPMD track gave LL his mojo back then he dropped mama said . That album is a masterpiece and def jam definitive !!!
@@claudegrinnell9602 wasn’t down. Bigger And Defer sold so many albums he rode the success for 2 years
@@krazethekingofcontent Yeeeeep U already know my brotha!! I was a huge LL fan back then!!
Let the interview flow brotha’
IKR
Facts..... I swear I be ready to slide
Goosebumps!!!!! Now I gotta go back and listen again!!!!!
Word
Incredible interview Parrish!… Thanks for letting us in to your life & history. Loved every minute!
Glad you enjoyed it!
PMD IS A MONSTER ON DEM LYRICS BOYE THANKS 🙏 FOR THIS CRAZE
If p aint respected L, I think he might have lasted a few rounds
saw the Runs House tour in Prov back in 87........still remember it like yesterday
No doubt. I saw the Raisng Hell tour the next year, Stetsosonic, EPMD, Public Enemy & Jazzy Jeff and the Fresh Prince .....opening up 4 Run DMC and Jam Master Jay!
Best rap show I've ever seen.
I went to Southern Connecticut State University because of EPMD. Their off campus house parties were legendary. The Burgundy Benz in the driveway with the system you could hear a block away. Best times ever.
Very few people can tell a short concise story that gets to the point. It’s a gift.
That Verse that P said never made the album was Hard as Fuck!!!
Screw face type lyrics!!🔥🔥🔥
Yep I have that version on a Westwood tape
Sounds like the Canibus story LL was always in his feelings about somebody gettin busy
EPMD icons and legendary music artists!
PMD a beast at production and rhyming.
Salute to you for giving us great music!!!
Nice. Definitely a top album. Got this on vinyl too. ✌
Thanks family
It's so dope that he remembers this so clearly
LL always in his feelings
Always acting like a female.......they got Mr Pink Cookies back on his b boy
Glad this page is back. I was wondering what happened. We need that old school hiphop news back. Salute 🫡
LL always thought people was coming for him on collabs. Lol
"I'm a rappers nightmare ' I crush my opponents, there's only one title, I own it" ..It gets no rougher
I agree the same thing happened when LL was putting the 4321 song together with canibus
@Nevin Reid not one opponent of LL raps today..🤔
@Nevin Reid L's true one's been down since "I Need a Beat"
That LL verse on that song is my favorite on that whole cassette!
Dope interview! Would love to hear more from the Legend. Salute to one of the best rap duos in hip-hop history
No idea how i got to this page but i needed this. I love hip hop and this is a whole vibe
Did you subscribe to the page fam? If not please do so
@@krazethekingofcontent yes sir
Kraze I love your content definitely being from Hempstead growing up around this rap shit you always make stuff I’m going to check for and watch keep up the amazing content
Appreciate you family.
Rampage‼️Classic. I had the maxi single. All of EPMDs maxi singles and remixes
Business As Usual, Business Never Personal and of course his solo album we get some of the most versatile and dynamic lyrics from PMD. The man can really go. LL could've very well been intimidated by PMD's vocal prowess at that time. P Double Emd is sho nuf in my top ten of all time skillful MC's.
Indeed he was taken a back, esp back then when skills was the vetting criteria
I disagree. LL was established to the point that he was doing diss tracks. Mainly dissin KOOL MOE DEE✌️
Look, won't ol boy tell the darn story since he won't let P tell it. This dude killin' me..!!!
Right exactly hes making the interview confusing let P tell the damn story , Shut the F up
Some of my fondest memories was living in Arlington (Texas) walking to school or a friends house listening to EPMD on my walkman.
LL shot the holster off of EPMD cowboy pants on that joint😂
Uncle L was loose with it if he thought you were comin he did you dirty just in case lol
PMD KILLED LL ON THAT TRACK
@@krazethekingofcontent facts!
Parish capping! He was taking shots! As a MC you know a line like that could be misinterpreted.
@@GRUSTLER Different era so I just can't say yes or no. People were less sensitive about lyrics and they weren't as sensitive about how things looked to others outside of the industry. Still, this is LL and he was fresh off of a few years of hate amongst peers and the scene in general.
That LL Rampage verse is one of the illest verse ever spit by an MC in Hip Hop.
Slow down!
One of my favorite song from that album still a banger from then till now 🙏🏿🙏🏿🙏🏿🇯🇲🇯🇲🇯🇲
EPMD one of the greatest rap duos ever. PMD is one of the greatest lyricist/business men during a critical part in the 80's He's currently still a successful business man. Love EPMD!
Nothing but fun listening too them Together they were beast mode on the mic Especially with LL don't know what the beef was about But they took to a higher level.with LL
LL's verse was something I memorized. Straight up beast mode.
He said it was a misunderstanding based on what he was asking LL in the middle of recording RAMPAGE.
As a long time hip hop head I get chills hearing these stories..that Rampage record was hard✊ I'd love to had a fly on the wall too hear the original version P smith was talking about
I’m ready for the PMD DOC 🤝🏾👏🏾🔥🔥🔥😮💨
This gave me inspiration from the necessary station
PMD WAS ALWAYS A LYRICAL BEAST!👑
Business as Usual is my favorite EPMD album Rampage is my favorite song. I heard the unrelated original version a while back and it was cool but I didn't know this story behind it.
Crazy. LL thought P was coming at him crazy after just laying his verse.
"Crowned Prince" wanted his respect!
Same thing happened with Cannabis. So basically LL sensitive as he11
DJ SCRATCH CUT THE PH*CK OUT OF KOOL G RAP’S SYMPHONY VERSE….
What up family good to see you still here
@@krazethekingofcontent YESSIR LIKEWISE MY G!
🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥💯
George is an absolute monster on the decks.
To me, their break-up was like a close family member dying...
EPMD is my favorite rap group and I still listen to their music and I wish someone do a interview with them about who booty 🤔
Damn That whole interview needs to be taught in Colleges& University's, The way Pmd broke it down,clarified the beef was Genius Im from Amityville but EPMD being from Bayshore definitely made me proud especially when I saw PMD at Bayshore Post Office, he was cool AF! Seeing EPMD driving on Straight Path in Wyandanch back I n 1989 was Priceless They were Movie Stars to us....Hip Hop Royalty
I remember misinterpreting when Phife said "As for corny emcees like Chuck D, I shut'em down" on the Scenerio Remix, thinking that it sounded like a subliminal but obviously it wasn't. Business As Usual is a classic by the way and IMO it's not only EPMDs best album but it's one of the greatest albums in music history.
Part of the greatest 4 album run in hip hop history
Never knew that they were going at each other on that cut. A good lesson for the youth that you can try to outdo each other on the song 🎵 but keep it there.
I like that the interviewer is encouraging him to fully share.
I was working in a deli in a small town had the pleasure of meeting EPMD they were cool bros
Demo version is a masterpiece
His wording is amazing. He is basically saying that he was about putting in work but a certain other few people weren't and he wasn't waiting on them cause there was business to be done. Facts.
Rampage is so good it’s outrageous. LL was 🔥with his verse. EPMD is one of my favorite groups.
WHY I WOULD NEVER GO TO THE MUMBLE WRAP SIDE!!!
I remember I was big PMD fan when everybody was on E dub at that time
Same with me. P doesn't get that much respect he deserves
@@NemesisEnforcer4937 🫡🔥🔥🔥
I was always pmd
“Here’s your chance to advance. Get in your stance. I shoot the holster off your cowboy pants” 🎤🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
RELEASE IT!!!
PMD sound like a white accountant. One of the most slept on MCs.
EPMD was the greatest group against the mainstream that went kind of mainstream in those days.
The most underground and underrated albums of all time and in just about every top 100 HipHop albums top 20 is Ultramagnetic Mc's Critical Beatdown" them dudes was way ahead of they time and Kool Kieth a
k.a Dr Octagon, Black elvis I'm space wanted the smoke with whoever and no one fired back shot at Da God emcee Rakim "I see your small balls of clay with extra vision a sattelite your rhymes are weak / they diminish everytime I speake/" classic album!
.e
Sounds like what LL and Canibus went thru...makes sense now. Also that trip to Cali and the NWA cameo for Big Pay Back. 💯
Respect to EPMD, but it seems LL was really the Drake of his era, let’s just call it what it was, niggas hated on L heavy. He was light skinned, lyrical, had the ladies, record sales, great performer, and began acting, he was a legend in the making from 84-present. Why Pen a verse saying sucka and LL right after each other.
Standing on Business and The Hurt Business coming soon .. speaking it to existence 🙏
Dope interview
Rampage that 🔥🔥 EPMD always had that 💪🏾💯classic music and bars.
PMD also was a good high school quarterback
One of the hardest songs ever! That gladiator energy actually helped!!
LL is a true lyricist. He ain't 2nd guessin nothing!! Anybody could get it!!! 🥶🥶
@nevinreid237 LL is lyricists and put all those dudes you mentioned to sleep, GROWN MAN among them little boys.
Cool J!!
My Top Rap Duo's (Random):
Erick & Parish
Q Tip & Phife
Prodigy & Havoc
Tek & Steele
Pusha T & Malice
Buckshot & 5FT
Drazy & Skoob
Daz & Kurupt
Billy Danze & Lil Fame
8Ball & MJG
Bun B & Pimp C
Rockness & Sean Price
The answer to this question..would have taken 3 minutes. P is all over the FN place
What’s crazy is, it was so competitive back then, everybody wanted to body a track. They took it serious!
It sure was different.
The 90's was crazy with lyrics and beats
Fax✌️
Let him talk interviewer!!!
he's still rocking his bucket hats I see .
LL is known for not asking someone to clarify things.
LoL...True
EPMD...You Gots to CHILL started me as a fan of their music that I still have on......CD.👍🏾💯🔥
This song is tied into the LL vs Rakim beef. Idk exactly what started it but on Rakims song "No Omega" he sends shots at LL. He said I'm a leave you behind the iron curtain-cuz LL wasnt in the video. He stayed behind the curtain the whole video. Then he said "better bring Battlecat, but this aint Gray Skull and you aint rippin jack." After LL had the Panther album cover posing with a panther, but Rakim referred to it like He-Man the cartoon
Listen closely to the lyrics. Ra showed LL who was the superior mc
I'm a huge fan of both (rakim mostly) and I never put the lyrics together to hit LL but if it's true that shows the respect for Rah I don't know of any emcee that LL would not come back "hard" on unless he did and I just didn't hear it.
@@shawnshepard1 true, LL always responded to emcees. And same for me, I'm not sure if LL ever replied to this and if he did it I'm not aware of it
@@anonymousapocalypse247 it's possible that LL made a wise decision to not respond to Rah because back then (and still to this day) Rah was not to be messed with that's when the streets (not record sales or people who don't recognize a true emcee) decided who won a battle and it's very possible that Rakim would've ended his career considering the fact that many of LL's male fans were not too happy when he went from being hard as hell to needing love that wasn't the thing back then but the genius that LL is he pulled it off.
@@shawnshepard1 i think you're exactly right. Ra was the top dog during this time. And plus i seen EPMD on Drink Champs and Erick Sermon said when they went back to Long Island(where EPMD & Rakim are from), Eric B and Rakims ppl snatched them up in a hallway to address their misunderstanding. So Eric B and Rakim really wasn't no joke back then. Im sure LL knew Eric B was in a dangerous crowd of well known street dudes as well
@@shawnshepard1 his first words of the song- "Im the alpha wit no omega"
He made it clear with that statement. I had a discussion about this song with someone before who told me Grand Puba is possibly involved in it too and that it was over a female(Puba & LL). I can't confirm or elaborate. And who knows everything probably got squashed back then. Rakim even got at Kane on this album(In The Ghetto-"I stand alone and need nothin' to lean on")
True Story, we recorded this track and all vocals at Power Play Studios #RecordedAndMixedByDeeJayDoc
I would love to talk to you about it if possible how do we get you on a live to discuss for the hip-hop family
Big up to pmd and my taurus folks around the world
Fuckkking Gold yo!! Salute pmd
“Record mode, set the EQ on Doby” 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
Krazy kray with another masterpiece interview
Heard rumors about this but now I know it was really real! Shot out LL AND EPMD ❤💯💪🏾
"To the average MC I'm known as The Terminator
Funky beat maker, new jack exterminator
Destroy an employ', when your rhymes are not void
Never sweating your girl (why P?) Cause she's a skeezoid...." this was the hardest shit ever to me. I used to perform P part for my family me and big bro. Then we used to do Rampage. I was E Dub on that one
They had a crazy run, those 4 albums before they broke up are classics, they just got better and better which is not easy. Mobb Deep reminds me of them
I grew up in Queens but long island was no joke back in the day. There was EPMD, Rakim, Public Enemy, De La Soul, Leaders of the New School (Busta Rhymes) and even though LL was raised in Queens, he too was born in Long Island. I also believe Method Man's dad was from Long Island and his mom lived in Staten Island where he bounced around between both places. There're many more rappers too, so yeah Long Island was doing their thing.
L's verse was the best verse on that song. Point blank period.
Your opinion!
Yo...Pmd needs to put out a beat cd
Top 5 Alive👏👏👏🎬
He forgot to ask him about the video. Did L not want to show his face. Y’all need to ask L what happened.
You should have tied in the actual song with the edits. That would have made the interview sicker then what it already was.
Could PMD be one of the most underrated lyricists?
PMD & LL sleep 🛌 in their hats 😂😂😂
love everything from PMD. "Bad News" from Das EFX's 2nd album was siiiiiiick
He keeps cutting PMD off while he's talking.
Dynamic Duo..
Strong Island in the building
With all due respect, LL is mad sensitive lol. He ALWAYS looking to take a shot.