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Erick Sermon is finally making good on a promise almost ten years in the making. The EPMD legend just pulled back the curtain on his long-awaited Dynamic Duos album—a passion project designed to put hip-hop’s most iconic collaborators on the same record.
And the lineup? It’s nothing short of legendary. We’re talking Nate Dogg, Biggie, 2Pac, Mobb Deep, Clipse, Lil Wayne, Styles P, Jadakiss, Jay Electronica, The Game, UGK, Public Enemy, 38 Spesh, Conway the Machine, Sean Price, Freeway, and Peedi Crakk. That’s before you even get to Method Man & Redman, Tha Dogg Pound, Cypress Hill, and Snoop Dogg, all of whom E-Double confirmed are also part of the project.
But Dynamic Duos isn’t just about throwing big names together for nostalgia’s sake. For Sermon, it’s a way of honoring and extending hip-hop’s legacy. “The idea of the Dynamic Duos album started by putting together artists from my era that people forgot about,” he explained. “Before the recognition that hip-hop’s 50th anniversary brought to my era, I wanted to put something special together.”
Fans got their first taste with “Back 2 The Party,” a Salt-N-Pepa link-up that reimagines Stephanie Mills’ 1979 classic “What Cha Gonna Do With My Lovin’.” The single plays like a time machine, paying homage to the dancefloors that raised the culture and calling back to NYC staples like The Fever and Rooftop.
Still, Erick Sermon isn’t just looking backward. He’s quick to shout out artists carrying the torch right now—especially Clipse, whose 2024 comeback sparked fresh conversations about age and artistry in rap. “Y’all have to thank the Clipse,” Sermon said in a recent video. “The Clipse came at the right time for Raekwon to come, for Ghostface to come—we needed the Clipse to do what they did at 52 and 48 years old. It doesn’t matter the age if you make great material.”
With a tracklist that bridges generations and a purpose rooted in legacy, Dynamic Duos feels bigger than just an album. It’s Erick Sermon making the case that hip-hop has no shelf life—and that when the music hits, it’s timeless.
