Crossover (song)

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{{short description|1992 single by EPMD}}

{{about|the song by EPMD|the 2010 song by 9nine|Cross Over (song)|similarly named songs|Crossover (disambiguation)}}

{{Infobox song

| name = Crossover

| cover = EPMD-Crossover.jpg

| alt =

| type = single

| artist = EPMD

| album = Business Never Personal

| B-side = Brothers from Brentwood L.I.

| released = June 23, 1992

| recorded = 1992

| studio =

| genre = Hip hop

| length = 3:50

| label = {{hlist|Def Jam|Columbia}}

| writer = Erick Sermon, Parrish Smith

| producer = EPMD

| prev_title = Give the People

| prev_year = 1991

| next_title = Head Banger

| next_year = 1992

| misc = {{External music video|{{YouTube|cjBzrtACgo8|"Crossover"}}}}

}}

"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.[https://www.riaa.com/goldandplatinumdata.php?table=SEARCH Searchable Database: EPMD] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070626000000/http://www.riaa.com/goldandplatinumdata.php?table=SEARCH |date=June 26, 2007 }} RIAA.com. 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.