EPMD - Richter Scale

[fleshnbone187]

Big Daddy Kane's "Mr Pitiful" uses the same sample. Both good songs.

[cheekavesi]

classic album

[djntt69]

Is that Benny Boom in da video?

[guyfincham]

average white band break

[modestmark]

Werd...I can't believe Gangstarr, Blackstar, or Eric B. & Rakim weren't on the list...Beatnuts as well...I can go on and on about ill duos...

[MartyStooge]

I think he's talking two MCs, not duos. Put your own top 10 down.

[LGlyde9989]

hip hop duos as ranked? 3 of your top 5 aren't duos

[marcolotr]

Loove this beat sooo much!

[AniTabOngtOke]

ahhhhh Eric B.! Real Hiip Hop. Hate the new shit.

[Metamophisis]

Yeah that sample YZ had it back in the day ! Thinking Of A Masterplan!

[retrotronikal]

True hip hop joint.. nevermind the shit there playing nowadays! with the exception of DJ Premier!!

[devynnwoods]

The greatest hip-hop duos... 1.Run-DMC 2.EPMD 3. Salt-N-Pepa

[marcolotr]

no no no, slat N peper??!! NO, Gang Starr is if not number one!

[artis104]

You must be doing acid.

Hip hop Duos as ranked

(Run DMC don't count,never disrespect any originators and door openers by putting them with any other groups. Would you compare Scarface with Donnie Brasco?...... No)

1. Outkast

(Sorry New York, they are the total package, every album has original concepts in which most are groundbreaking, lyrics on point, they play off each other perfectly and yep...they are paid.)

[artis104]

2. EPMD

(If an Alien wanted to know about how to build a perfect hip hop representation of a group, EPMD would be the first CD I would give them to follow. They represent all of the hip hop essentials, beats tight, lyrics tight, the 2 dancers, props to their DJ and laced consciousness in their songs.) I think they bit JVC Strong Island's Force's style though:-(

[artis104]

3. Naughty By Nature

(Dispite Vinny's often weak flows Naughty were the most consistent their entire careers. Treach can out rap 80% of the kats out now. Check your history no other group made as many anthems as Naughty and they never sold out on a record. Peace to Treach, Vinny and KG.)

4. Tribe Called Quest

(Tribe was the perfect marriage between De La and Public Enemy. They were the young Kats with the Loudest monotone voices. They always followed the path of each song perfectly. continued

[artis104]

continued...... Most groups you may pick your favorite member, but Tribe was different, you cared about Phife's lyrically content as much as you did the Abstract......shout outs to Ali Shaheed.

5. Salt-N-Peppa

(Simply ground breakers much like Run DMC. Run DMC were just first. Salt-N-Peppa proved that you could be sexy, strong, hip hop and people still care about what you have to say. Unlike groups like JJ Fad, La trimm and Oaktown 357. Not to mention their timing was just as good as EPMD's.

[artis104]

6-10

6. Ghost Face and Reakwon

7. Mobb Deep

8. Cocoa Bovaz

9. 8Ball and MJG

10. Das EFX / Kid N Play(Laugh now but they had 3 successful albums,3 national released movies and their own dance. Did your favorite group accomplish that? Hell they even gave Martin Lawrence and Robin Harris significant roles that helped their careers.)

* To all of those who may say what about Public Enemy, Flav was comic relief in many cases.......he's the World's Greatest Hype man and that = no Duo.

[artis104]

Honorable Mention

MOP

Ruck and Rock

Pete Rock and CL Smooth

Dog Pound

Black Sheep

[BrokenSG]

artis104 I hear ya but I look at it as that era, JVC is from the hood I was raised in same w Solo-- They were all around the same time...that strong Island sounds ya know

[Boopey61]

Rough and Rugged Nuff Said!!!!!

[Blaksentinel]

This shit still pounds and it's over a decade old. Real Hip Hop right here.

[o0XeoNightmare0o]

alot of you are forgetting Gangstarr|Guru, Royce da 5'9, Elzhi,Common,

[prdglsn1973]

finally somebody who knows real legends!!!

[BIGDO13]

Average White Band Sample.....

[bigkali1]

talkin bou the rolex with diamond bezels back in 97...word to original shiiiit! EPMD = LEGENDARY

[wilnout6453]

There are no more rap legends or anyone close to being a rap legend,,,,,and dont say Weezy is because he put out some garbage untill Carter 3 and that was just ok....he dont jack that means anything. Listen to his and then listen to rap legends with dreads like KRS-one or Das Efx...reall hip hop

[peterspud1]

What about Immortal Technique or Slug or even Brother Ali?

[wilnout6453]

Again no disrespect to your opinion but there is no real hip hop legends out here, truthfully since Jay-Z. I know some people may take issue with me calling Jay-Z the last real hip hop legend but name some real legends that have come out since him? Those people are nowhere close to being legends.

[peterspud1]

Uhmm... Immortal Technique? I personally, after three albums think he should be considered the best emcee alive. After The Middle Passage and Revolutionary Vol.3 drop this year or next year I know as a fact he will be considered a legend

Slug should be considered pretty close to a legend if not a legend, his tapes are beautiful along with all his studio albums and EP's...

Or what about Talib Kweli or his friend MosDef or the rapper/producer MF DOOM or what about THE FUGEES

or the last emperor??

[Nuggitz101]

Immortal Tech is such a fag. I've seen him live twice and it was more of a speech than a set. all he did was talk and make up some shit about how bush was a drug dealer. talib and mos def have been around for like 10 years. same with mf doom... and the fugees broke up a long time ago. dont talk about last emperor, no one knows who he is and he's terrible.

[peterspud1]

Who gives a shit what he does at his concerts? In a battle Immortal Technique would rip Jay-Z several new assholes...

Even if MF DOOM has been making music for 10 years that is only since 1999, that's not really that long...

MF DOOM is better and more recent then Jay

and Slug is definitely a legend

[lector124]

I don't think u know much real hip hop if u think immortal technique has flow I don't think u ever herd Jay Z's shit before he dropped reasonable doubt

[funkyworm90]

make that about 20 years for mf doom

[lector124]

Immortal technique should write a book instead of record an album If u like that preach shit go to church if u want real hip hop u scratch that wack emcee off the list immortal technique is overrated and will NEVER be a legend because he never had any flow

[imonspd]

Jay Z... what a sloppy rapper .... Nas served him also on either.... come on faggot has like 15 albums and all flops two hits per cd lol dont get me wrong reasonable doubt and Black album was cool but if it wasnt for BIG L's Death there would be no JAy Z well he wouldnt be wha he is now **

[Nuggitz101]

Big L is my faviorate rapper but he had nothing to do with Jay Z being famous. He was just on L's first album and they freestyled together a couple times. Rock a fella was huge before Big L died too. Jay Z had already hit it big by then.

[qwandiddy]

Jay Z is full of shit after married to Beyonce.

[wilnout6453]

get the bozac...classic line!!!

[AvEryBadApPLe]

why don't they have a lifetime achievement award???

[wilnout6453]

very good question...east coast harp hip hop began with them

[AvEryBadApPLe]

i guess one must be a bull dyke with videos that have special fx, like that chick from va.

[Esquemeauxpi]

YZ...and I'm thinking of master plan ;-)

[NorEEzta]

Thumb up for hip-hop knowledge.

[Twist9]

That "richter scale" sample is golden, classic production.

[krookgonefishin]

twizzledoc187- uz a hoe bitch ass nigga. da SOUTH RUN IT.

[FireStormJ47]

Yeah they run it straight into the grave.

If it werent for Luda and Scarface the South would be worthless unless you think a gold and diamond crusted grill makes you an adult.

Why dont you go learn to type at the 7th grade level and leave the hip-hop discussions to those of us with IQ's over 80?

[mistamajor]

iz that benny boom @ 0:51

[brokenfacemase]

December 9 2008 Epmd-We Mean Business New album

[1DUBBz1]

for real, aww shit thats gonna be dope!

[profitprophet368]

classic

[peacetreaty7]

tip top and you dont stop

[bronxrell]

1997 compared to 2007 LOL!!!!!!!!! no comparison. The 80's to 2003 was the best era of hip hop. This new shit is garbage.

[1DUBBz1]

i had to thumbs up that!!! what the fuck happened to rap???

[Twizzledoc187]

Rap DIED once the south took over. (I'm talking about the florida and georgia region)

[AvEryBadApPLe]

obviously, all bammas can't be as good or even half as good as outkast, goodie mob, geto boys(tx), arrested development, ludacris or 2 live crew. perhaps, all marks can't be as good as above the law, spice-1, e40, or too short. maybe new york cats will stop trying to clone the lox and mobb deep. maybe, just maybe, so called "rap legends" will be as fresh as they were BEFORE they became pawns of what rapped about.

[bran0121]

At the beginning of the video it looks like Micheal Vick

[sonecheeba]

Pure urban hip hop funk AWB sample, funky fresh !

[rodromr]

PE EPMD Redman, da METHOD man brought rap 2 fame yo. Da sh#t todays rapperz speak is jus garbage, old skool is da only way. I pump dis stuff all day, ya mean.

[songotenz02]

Looking at all these classic hip hop videos from the 90 and having grown up during that decade, it amazes me how these young kids could think someone like Lil Wayne, Young Jeezy, T.I, SOULJAH BOY, etc.. are the shit.

[coldrockdaspot]

I feel your pain songotenz02

[TodaysRapSucks]

FCKN right! One single from EPMD puts whole albums in the dirt of todays so-called hip-hop stars.

[DEATHADDER360]

damn right

[juliustheman]

Erick ( production ) and Parish ( flow ), tha best!!!

[royalnash]

y people mention solja boy he dont even matter

[darkhouse1906]

Best hip-hop duo ever. Bar none.

[alldaylong]

Pete Rock and CL?!?

[EyupTopcu88]

straight classic!!

[R1SICO]

off da needle bro

[fegidero]

dis my shit

[wilnout6453]

Off the meter.......

[jrag1000]

funk

[duncabbin]

this puts all the weakheart dog shit hip poppers out there now, like Soulaja Boy and Fifty Pence, this is how it's layed out!! Bring a towel.

[MalarnethMaloney]

the track at the beginning is not Just-Ice "Cold Gettin Dumb" (which Part 2 would of been the version you meant anyways) the song at the beginning is Redman and K-Solo "Its Like That" produced by Eric Sermon himself

for the Redman and Solo joint he either sampled Cold Gettin Dumb or used the same sample that Mantronix used to produce that beat

[DesperadoJux]

When I first saw this video I wanted to paint my room yellow but Moms wasn't havin it.

[KevFromHouston]

Thinking of a master plan - YZ.

[DJDIREKK]

The video has a nice concept, as with all of EPMD's vids. That's what's missin' from today's music. Their videos contain girls who serve no purpose but to distract from the fact that the music's wack. The concepts are so tired that they're remakin' movies which have nothin' to do with the concept of the song (if the song has a concept at all)...

[BigGreg82]

"Their videos contain girls who serve no purpose but to distract from the fact that the music's wack." ~DJDIREKK

LOL at nicely summing up the demise of hiphop in one sentence.

[topdawg2020]

Man it was great to see E.P.M.D back together again, but it didn't have the same impact as there previous albums. Still the joint.

[jerrynice80]

3 times straight...no problem.

HitSquad!!

[54spiritedwill54]

damn, this is dope!

[joyyffe]

wots the name of that tune playing at the begining ? thats a fully sick tune i wana get on vinyl but cant seem to find it

help will be appreciated people

[mulambooo]

The song at the beginning is from JUST-ICE and it's called "Cold gettin' dumb". It's from 1986, the albums name is "Back to the old school", produced by Mantronix.

[xlk21]

"That's how it is" (Redman & K-solo) Muddywaters G

[chocolatepowershovel]

I need 1 more of these on vinyl!! Can't find it!! LOL!!!

[peregrineruncie]

cool tune!

[kevsugo]

nice to see this video again!

[droer76]

you are clockin an old skool banger right here ......

[tdubsmusic]

ppppppWOOOOOOOOOOOOO, thats all that can said......shits still hot

[30hourpunch]

********Funky********

[Blumentopf9119]

That's my old school Shit!!!!

[ZEANski]

oldschool? das war 97/98... ok, vielleicht für dich oldschool! :D

[AJDaPh3n0m]

Check Benny Boom with the breads. One of the guyz in the room listenning to the saong.

[thehoodspecialist]

Their best album to me was Unfinished Business, but all of the first 4 albums are classic

[Maksmonster]

they have 6 albums, but the first 4 are the best!

[sonecheeba]

actually that the AWB aka Average white band the song sampled is Person to Person !

[jonmmadison]

everytime i hear this sample though i think of YA "Thinkin of a Master Plan"

[jonmmadison]

YZ that is

[leonrav]

My favorite epmd song!

[kkrivers79]

EEEEAAAAARRRRRTHQUAAAAAAAAAAKE­!

[keithkjj]

they came hard on dis joint

[smokinslayer]

EPMD one of the best hip hop duos...proper lyrics that make you bob your head.

and this is coming from a cat on the west coast. 23 m

[AbbottSupreme]

Come see that classic Uninhibited Underground Hip Hop..real talk...Word up

[GeniusQBN]

this shit right here makes me wanna run up on soulja boy and crush his little sisters glasses!!!!

[MFskip]

awsome.. richterscale.. epmd.. back in business!

the best epmd album!! alltime classic shit:-)

**ja die machten damals richtigen rap sound**

[easeupkid]

nah B, Business Never Personal (1992) was their best album in my opinion.

[OGReppinNC]

Classic Hip Hop

[DEADMIKE187]

im jus glad were able to listen to classic shit like this on youtube

thank you

[themonacco]

geil! voll fett!

[earlgee]

E Double got the metaphors and singing style thats sick.PMD come ruff and rugged with the hardcore rhymes with the EPMD slang.Peace to the "SLOW FLOWAH" and the "GREEN EYE BANDIT".HipHop need you all.

[bugstrut]

Haven't they just released a new album?

[Putinczi]

we got dope shit right here.

[jdubs1903]

classic shit

[Jkw718]

hell yea its a classic damn i miss the old real hip hop back then but what yr did this song come out again?

[Esquemeauxpi]

thanks for posting this.

classic.

[jabron1973]

hip hop lives forever

[G3NUiiN3DiiM3]

fuk chyee

[maercu7]

damn, this s**t is dope!

[LionLocks420]

Classic muthafuckas

[denissanchez10456]

hey someone give me a copy of yo mtv raps hehe?

[black69buster]

ineed that 4 real !!!!!!!!!!!!!