When a beat, a bar, and a feeling align—you change history. 🔥🎶 erick_sermon breaks down the mindset behind EPMD’s most iconic record, You Gots to Chill, and why that moment didn’t just make a hit—it shifted the trajectory of hip-hop. Minimalism, confidence, and culture-setting energy before the culture even knew what it needed. 🎥 Ep. 171: A Conversation with Erick Sermon — Visual out now on YouTube Tap in for the story behind the sound. #TKBS #TheKennyBurnsShow #Erick Sermon #EPMD #HipHopHist

Erick Sermon Recalls Meeting Parish Smith & Forming EPMD Watch The Full Episode - https://youtu.be/K-I6-DLeOeo Watch More QLS - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL_tOgLuJmFpLzoO8WqSCMwRY79gep8BG4 In a clip from his one-on-one interview with Questlove, Erick Sermon revisits the mid-1980s when a series of events led him to his bandmate. E-Double explains how a would-be EPMD song was something he had written at 12 years old and how his future band-mate greeted him with jokes. | The Roots

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