"Crossover"
Single by EPMD
from the album Business Never Personal
B-side"Brothers from Brentwood L.I."
ReleasedJune 23, 1992
Recorded1992
GenreHip hop
Length3:50
Label
Songwriter(s)Erick Sermon, Parrish Smith
Producer(s)EPMD
EPMD singles chronology
"Give the People"
(1991)		 "Crossover"
(1992)		 "Head Banger"
(1992)
Music video
"Crossover" on YouTube

"Crossover" is a single by American hip hop group EPMD released in August 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. 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.[1] 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

Charts

Chart (1992–1993) Peak
position
US Billboard Hot 100[2] 42
US Hot Dance Music/Maxi-Singles Sales (Billboard)[3] 12
US Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs (Billboard)[4] 14
US Hot Rap Songs (Billboard)[5] 1

Certifications

Region CertificationCertified units/sales
United States (RIAA)[6] Gold 500,000^

^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

References

  1. ↑ Searchable Database: EPMD Archived June 26, 2007, at the Wayback Machine RIAA.com.
  2. ↑ "EPMD Chart History (Hot 100)". Billboard. Retrieved March 4, 2019.
  3. ↑ EPMD – Billboard Singles. Allmusic.
  4. ↑ "EPMD Chart History (Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs)". Billboard. Retrieved March 4, 2019.
  5. ↑ "EPMD Chart History (Hot Rap Songs)". Billboard. Retrieved March 4, 2019.
  6. ↑ "American album certifications – EPMD – Crossover". Recording Industry Association of America.
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