EPMD / The Big Payback (7" Orange Vinyl)

Title: The Big PaybackLabel: Mr. BongoCat.#:  MRB7197TOFormat: 7" Orange VinylCountry: UKReleased: 2021Genre: Hip HopTrack Listing: By the time of their second album, 1989’s ‘Unfinished Business’,EPMD were firmly cemented in the rap stratosphere. With onecertified classic album under their belts, they proved they were noone-hit wonders, with the sequel possibly even better. A concise 12tracker once again produced by the artists themselves, it saw themadhering to the ‘if it ain’t broke, don’t fix it’ maxim, while goingsomewhat ‘bigger’.In other words, guests started to appear – not just on the records,but in the videos – and marketing budgets were higher. None ofwhich watered down their sound. In fact, this is the ultimate EPMDrecord: a beat that’s simple but perfect, and two top-of-their-gameMC’s going back and forth. But the appearance of NWA in the videofor ‘The Big Payback’ hints at their reputation at the time – and at thecordial relations between coasts before the deadly beef that