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EPMD

EPMD is an American hip hop duo from Brentwood, New York. The duo's name is a concatenation of the members' names "E" and "PMD" or an acronym for "Erick and Parrish Making Dollars", referring to its members: emcees Erick Sermon ("E" a.k.a. E Double) and Parrish Smith ("PMD" a.k.a. Parrish Mic Doc). During an interview on college radio station WHOV in 1987, Parrish Smith stated that the name evolved from the original: "We were originally known as "EEPMD" (Easy Erick and Parrish the Microphone Doctor), but chose to go with EPMD because it was easier to say." He also stated that they dropped the two "E's" because N.W.A.'s Eric Wright was already using "Eazy-E" as his stage name. The group has been active for 36 years (minus two breakups in 1993 and 1999).

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Peel first started playing EPMD in the spring of 1988 when they released their debut album, Strictly Business. Further material from the duo's singles and albums were played by Peel until near the end of 1989. In 1992 he played their track, 'It's Going Down', from the Juice motion film soundtrack. The first three albums by EPMD were later found in Peel's Record Collection: E after his death in 2004.

Shows Played[]

EPMD_-_Strictly_Business

EPMD - Strictly Business

1988
1989
1992

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