Sound Files (MP3)
*Music - from the album Music
I'm Hot - from the album Music
React (w/Redman) - from the album React
Feel It (w/Sean Paul) - from the album Chilltown, New York
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b. 25 November 1968, Bayshore, Long Island, New York City, New York, USA. Sermon did much to revitalise the rap scene in the late 80s as one half of EPMD, a partnership he formed with fellow rapper Parrish Smith. The duo's aggressive, bass-heavy grooves and Sermon's lazy, monotone delivery proved to be an important influence on the then nascent gangsta rap scene. Following EPMD's split in 1993, Sermon embarked on a solo career with the excellent No Pressure. The album belied the widely held belief that Smith was the real talent in EPMD, as did Sermon's ongoing writing and production work with artists including Redman, Jodeci, Heavy D, Keith Murray, Shaquille O'Neal and En Vogue. Double Or Nothing followed in 1995, with Redman and Murray helping write, produce and perform a large portion of this rambling, sporadically entertaining album. Sermon reunited with Smith in the late 90s to release the EPMD albums Back In Business and Out Of Business, and recorded with Redman and Murray as the informal rap "super group', Def Squad. The second Def Squad release, 2000's Def Squad Presents Erick Onasis, was effectively a Sermon solo compilation. In 2001 Sermon signed with J Records, going on to release a comeback solo album Music, following by React the year after, then Chilltown, New York in mid-2004.
Sound Files (MP3) *Music - from the album Music I'm Hot - from the album Music React (w/Redman) - from the album React Feel It (w/Sean Paul) - from the album Chilltown, New York |
 No Pressure Released: 1993 Label: Def Jam |
 Double Or Nothing Released: 1995 Label: Def Jam |
 Music Released: 2001 Label: J |
 React Released: 2002 Label: J |
 Chilltown, New York Released: 2004 Label: Motown |