Give the People | |
Cover: | Give the People.jpg |
Type: | single |
Artist: | EPMD |
Album: | Business as Usual |
B-Side: | Manslaughter |
Released: | June 13, 1991 |
Recorded: | 1990–1991 |
Genre: | Hip hop |
Length: | 3:30 |
Label: | Def Jam/RAL/Columbia (original release) |
Producer: | EPMD, DJ Scratch |
Chronology: | EPMD |
Prev Title: | Rampage |
Prev Year: | 1991 |
Next Title: | Crossover |
Next Year: | 1992 |
"Give the People" is the third and final single released from EPMD's third album, Business as Usual. It peaked at No. 28 on the Hot Rap Singles chart.
The song is built around a sample of the O'Jays' "Give the People What They Want".
While there was no music video for the original version, there was a music video for the remix that was released in July 1991 weeks after the single was released. The video features EPMD rapping in front of a crowd at a park. Images and archive footage of Malcolm X, Jesse Jackson, and racial injustice were featured in the music video. Redman (in his earliest appearances) and Public Enemy made cameo appearances.