"Crossover" is a single by American

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group

EPMD EPMD is an American hip hop duo from Brentwood, New York. The duo's name is an initialism for "Erick and Parrish Making Dollars", referring to its members: emcees Erick Sermon ("E" a.k.a. E Double) and Parrish Smith ("PMD" a.k.a. Parrish Mi ...

released in August 1992 from their album ''

Business Never Personal ''Business Never Personal'' is the fourth studio album by hip hop duo EPMD. It was released on July 28, 1992, on Def Jam Recordings. Following mixed criticism of their previous studio effort, 1990's '' Business as Usual'', the duo was able to ret ...

''. The song's lyrics criticize

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who crossover to R&B or

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in order to sell more. The single became EPMD's highest charting as it climbed the

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charts at #42. The song was also certified gold by

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, becoming the group's only single to accomplish that feat.Searchable Database: EPMD
RIAA.com. The song samples "Don't Worry If There's a Hell Below (We're All Gonna Go)" by

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and

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'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

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Track listing

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

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* {{authority control 1992 songs EPMD songs Songs written by Erick Sermon Songs written by PMD (rapper) Def Jam Recordings singles