Crossover (song) explained

Crossover
Cover:EPMD-Crossover.jpg
Type:single
Artist:EPMD
Album:Business Never Personal
B-Side:Brothers from Brentwood L.I.
Released:June 23, 1992
Recorded:1992
Genre:Hip hop
Length:3:50
Producer:EPMD
Prev Title:Give the People
Prev Year:1991
Next Title:Head Banger
Next Year:1992

"Crossover" is a single by American hip hop group EPMD released in August 1992 from their album Business Never Personal. The song's lyrics criticize rappers who crossover to R&B or pop in order to sell more. The single became EPMD's highest charting as it climbed the Billboard charts at #42. The song was also certified gold by RIAA, becoming the group's only single to accomplish that feat.[1] The song samples "Don't Worry If There's a Hell Below (We're All Gonna Go)" by Curtis Mayfield and Roger Troutman's "You Should Be Mine". A music video, colored in blue, was released for the song which features Erick Sermon and Parrish Smith rapping around a building under construction with other people around doing various activities like break-dancing.

Track listing

  1. Crossover – 3:50
  2. Crossover (Instrumental) – 3:49
  3. Crossover (Trunk Mix) – 4:15
  4. Crossover (Trunk Mix Instrumental) – 4:15
  5. Brothers From Brentwood L.I. – 3:30

Notes and References

  1. https://www.riaa.com/goldandplatinumdata.php?table=SEARCH Searchable Database: EPMD
  2. EPMD – Billboard Singles