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Crossover (song)

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Released
  
1992

Recorded
  
1992

Length
  
3:50

Format
  
Vinyl, 12" single

Genre
  
Hip hop

B-side
  
Brothers from Brentwood L.I.

"Crossover" is a single by hip hop group EPMD released in 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. Ironically enough, 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. 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.

Track listing

  1. Crossover – 3:50
  2. Crossover (Instrumental) – 3:49
  3. Crossover (Trunk Mix) – 4:15
  4. Crossover (Trunk Mix Instrumental) – 4:15
  5. Brothers From Brentwood L.I. – 3:30

References

Crossover (song) Wikipedia