Fat Joe and Jadakiss are joined by legendary rapper and producer Erick Sermon, and Sermon tells Joe and Jada about his illustrious hip hop career with EPMD alongside PMD and DJ Scratch, selling over 70 million records working with superstars like Jay-Z, Method Man, LL Cool J, and D'Angelo, the surprising way he met Redman, and his missed opportunities to get in early to sign future legends like Nas, The Notorious B.I.G., and Wu-Tang Clan. Sermon also talks about his upcoming project 'Dynamic Duos,' which features a star-studded lineup of paired legends like Tupac Shakur and Biggie Smalls; Prodigy and Havoc of Mobb Deep; Snoop Dogg and Nate Dogg; Method Man and Redman; and Billy Danze and Lil Fame of M.O.P.
5:30 - Erick Sermon co-signs Rewind It 10
10:00 - EPMD's albums, production & sampling
14:00 - Meeting Redman & missing out on signing Biggie, Nas & Wu-Tang
35:30 - Fat Joe wonders what would've happened if he'd moved to Atlanta
38:00 - Watching Nas & Jay-Z build billion-dollar empires
48:15 - Artists that bailed on features
53:30 - Eddie Murphy documentary
1:01:00 - Fat Joe's falling out with his lawyer & accountant
1:04:00 - Erick Sermon explains how Spotify & streaming platforms rob artists
1:10:00 - 'Dynamic Duos' & Pharrell's lawsuit
1:27:00 - Erick Sermon plays 3 tracks off 'Dynamic Duos'
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