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Black Moon debuts, Erick Sermon goes solo, Eazy-E releases a scathing Dr. Dre diss, MeShell Ndegeocello creates a new soul standard, U-God and Pharoahe Monch make their solo debuts.

The Tom Tom Club's 1981 hit "Genius of Love" has been one of the most popular samples in hip-hop and R&B. In this new series, we broke down the history of the song, and some classic '90s and '00s cuts that sampled the track.

From the often overlooked legacy of Daz Dillinger, to Q-Tip, Erick Sermon, Dr. Dre and Easy Mo, Bee, these are the most influential hip-hop producers of the 90s.

EPMD's rap classics-- 'Strictly Business and 'Unfinished Business'-- finally get vinyl reissues after decades of being unavailable.

The Boombox ranks every song from EMPD's classic 1988 album, arguably one of the funkiest rap albums of the "Golden Era" of hip-hop.

Erick Sermon says Craig Mack was gravely ill and was making a documentary before his death.

After the drama of their breakup, EPMD's reunion in 1997 was an unexpected surprise.

In the game of rap, lyrics are an artist's bread and butter and Redman, Erick Sermon and Keith Murray showcased just how they've been eating over the years in the BET Hip Hop Awards cypher on Tuesday night (Oct. 13).

Jason Kempin, Getty Images EPMD member Erick Sermon is voicing his opinion on the topic of homophobia in hip-hop, however, his words may offend supporters of the gay community and those who are openly gay. The rapper-producer, who was once at the center of talks that he was gay himself but has since denied, was questioned by VLADTV if he felt an openly gay rapper would exist in hip-hop... Read Mor

Hip-hop collective the Hit Squad are gearing up for a reunion on Feb. 24 at the Best Buy Theater, Brooklyn Vegan reports. The group, which was comprised of EPMD members Erick Sermon and Parish Smith, and rappers like Redman, K-Solo, Keith Murray and Das EFX, was active between the years of 1990 and 1993...