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BLP sources|date=March 2011Infobox musical artist|image= | | name = Erick Sermon| Image = Erick_Sermon-04-big.jpg| background = solo_singer| alias = Erick Onassis The Green-Eyed Bandit E-Dubble EMD| Birth_date =| birth_date = birth date and age|mf=yes|1967|11|25| origin = Brentwood , New York | genre = Hip Hop music|Hip hop East Coast hip hop | years_active = 1987 in music|1987 -present| label = Sleeping Bag Records|Fresh/Sleeping Bag Records Priority Records|Priority/EMI Records BCM Records Def Jam Recordings|Def Jam / PolyGram Records DreamWorks Records|Dreamworks / Interscope Records|Interscope / Universal Music Group|Universal Records J Records|J/RCA/BMG Records Motown Records|Motown/Universal Records | associated_acts = EPMD , Def Squad , Keith Murray , Too $hort , PMD (rapper) , Redman (rapper)|Redman | website = http://www.TheGreenEyedBandit.com www.TheGreenEyedBandit.com| notable_instruments = Erick Sermon (born November 25, 1967, Bay Shore, New York , United States )cite news|title=Erick Sermon|url= http://rapaholic.blogspot.com/2007/01/erick-sermon.html|accessdate=11 December 2010|newspaper=Rapaholic|date=4 January 2007 is an American rapper , musician , and Record producer|producer .
Sermon is best known as half of late-1980s–1990s hip hop group EPMD cite news|title= http://www.newyorker.com/arts/events/nightlife/2010/11/22/101122goni_GOAT_nightlife|url= http://www.newyorker.com/arts/events/nightlife/2010/11/22/101122goni_GOAT_nightlife|accessdate=11 December 2010|newspaper=The New Yorker|date=22 November 2010 and for production work. He currently resides in Islandia, New York|Islandia , New York.
Career
The Green-Eyed Bandit also made multiple solo recordings and albums. He began recording solo albums for Def Jam in 1993; in 1997, he rejoined EPMD. The following year, Sermon, Keith Murray (rapper)|Murray and Redman (rapper)|Redman recorded a cover version of " Rapper's Delight " by the Sugarhill Gang , the first hit hip hop record. EPMD disbanded a second time in 1999.
In 2000, Sermon moved over to J Records , and released the album Music (Erick Sermon album)|Music the following year. The title track (a Top 40 pop hit that also made it to #2 on the United States|US Billboard (magazine)|Billboard Hot R& B/Hip-Hop Songs|R& B record chart|chart ), featured guest vocals from Marvin Gaye , culled from unreleased recordings which Sermon reportedly found in a small record shop in London .
Sermon continued working on an album. React (Erick Sermon album)|React was released in 2002. The title track became a major hit song, though the album still had disappointing sales. In 2003, J Records dropped Sermon due to poor record sales. However, he still went on to establish his Def Squad imprint with Motown Records . At this time, he recorded an album, Chilltown, N.Y. , which was released a year later in 2004. The album was powered by the single "Feel It" (which contained a sample of reggae/R& B singer Sean Paul ), a song which became a success in the United States.
In an interview, he stated that he was going to step aside and try to get upcoming artists in the spotlight. However, Sermon has not stopped in the music industry , as he produced the song "Goldmine" on Busta Rhymes ' album, The Big Bang (album)|The Big Bang in 2006. Soon after, Sermon has recorded "Don't Make No Sense" with Def Squad . He also collaborated with Redman (rapper)|Redman and produced a few songs on the album Red Gone Wild while also making an appearance with Def Squad member Keith Murray.
Sermon was also heavily involved in Method Man 's 2006 album 4:21... The Day After as well as the 1999 platinum Blackout! album by Method Man & Redman .
In early 2008, Sermon and EPMD started their own record label called EP Records, distributed by RBS/Universal Music Group. The seventh EPMD album, We Mean Business (album)|We Mean Business , came out in December 2008.
Sermon was featured in the final episode of Yo& #33; MTV Raps in a freestyle session featuring artists such as Rakim , KRS-One , Chubb Rock , MC Serch and Craig Mack .
On November 12, 2011, Sermon suffered a myocardial infarction|heart attack from which he recovered.cite web|last=Markman |first=Rob |url= http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1674407/erick-sermon-heart-attack-recall.jhtml |title=Erick Sermon Recalls 'Pains' Before Heart Attack - Music, Celebrity, Artist News |publisher=MTV |date=2011-11-15 |accessdate=2012-03-30
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Erick SermonEPMD Persondata | NAME =Sermon, Eric | ALTERNATIVE NAMES = | SHORT DESCRIPTION = | DATE OF BIRTH =November 25, 1968 | PLACE OF BIRTH = | DATE OF DEATH = | PLACE OF DEATH = DEFAULTSORT:Sermon, Erick Category:1968 births Category:Living people Category:American rappers Category:American musicians Category:African American musicians Category:African American rappers Category:Def Jam Recordings artists Category:Hip hop record producers Category:Motown artists Category:DreamWorks Records artists Category:Musicians from New York Category:Rappers from New York City Category:Musicians from New York City Category:People from Long Island Category:Rappers from Long Island Category:African American record producers
