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.