{"id":137185,"date":"2019-05-04T15:03:34","date_gmt":"2019-05-04T13:03:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.blackouthiphop.com\/?p=137185"},"modified":"2019-04-27T11:34:41","modified_gmt":"2019-04-27T09:34:41","slug":"album-review-erick-sermon-vernia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/album-review-erick-sermon-vernia\/","title":{"rendered":"Album Review: Erick Sermon \u2013 Vernia"},"content":{"rendered":"

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If any of you forgot about Erick Sermon<\/strong>, you shouldn’t have. The first letter of legendary EPMD<\/strong> has been funking it up, and eventually ended up with his 8th solo album called Vernia<\/em>. It took him four years to make it but make no mistake, this is a serious release. From the production side of the project, Sermon<\/strong> got a few colleagues to help him out. Rockwilder, Ty Fyffe, DJ Battlecat, Apathy<\/strong> (to name a few) cooked up some serious grooves for a large diapason of MC’s that are also featured on the album. Keith Murray, Xzibit, Raekwon & Too $hort<\/strong> are just a few names, but Erick<\/strong> was the only one who managed to get legendary Shaquille O’Neal<\/strong> on a track after so many years of not spitting (we heard thru the grapevine that Zagreb homie Koolade<\/strong> originally did this beat for Erick<\/strong>, but unfortunately it didn’t make the final cut). <\/p>\n

The album is a nice refreshment, both musically and lyrically and is most definitely worth of your time. Vernia<\/em> has tracks to break your neck to, jam out to, chill out and even make babies to. Def Squad<\/strong> is back for the year 2019!<\/p>\n

Another one from our new music editor Re:tro Flava<\/strong>.<\/p>\n