{"product_id":"the-big-payback-vinyl-7","title":"The Big Payback   – Vinyl 7\"","description":"\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eAvailable on BLACK VINYL 7\" or TRANSLUCENT ORANGE vinyl 7\".\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cb data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA: The Big Payback (LP Version) \/ B: So Wat Cha Sayin’ (LP Version)\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBy the time of their second album, 1989’s ‘Unfinished Business’, EPMD were firmly cemented in the rap stratosphere. With one certified classic album under their belts, they proved they were no one-hit wonders, with the sequel possibly even better. A concise 12 tracker once again produced by the artists themselves, it saw them adhering to the ‘if it ain’t broke, don’t fix it’ maxim, while going somewhat ‘bigger’.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn other words, guests started to appear – not just on the records, but in the videos – and marketing budgets were higher. None of which watered down their sound. In fact, this is \u003cstrong\u003ethe ultimate EPMD record\u003c\/strong\u003e: a beat that’s simple but perfect, and two top-of-their-game MC’s going back and forth. But the appearance of \u003cstrong\u003eNWA\u003c\/strong\u003e in the video for ‘The Big Payback’ hints at their reputation at the time – and at the cordial relations between coasts before the deadly beef that was to come.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e‘Payback’ takes both its title and core sample from \u003cstrong\u003eJames Brown’s ‘The Payback’\u003c\/strong\u003e from 1973, and then weaves two more JB elements with it, including the addictive stabs from ‘Baby, Here I Come’. It’s a golden track from the golden age.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe B-side is another gem from the same album, and only released before on 7” in a very rare, limited pressing. ‘So Wat Cha Sayin’ was the album’s lead single, and shows EPMD’s wide sampling palette. There’s bits of \u003cstrong\u003eBT Express\u003c\/strong\u003e, a whole lot of \u003cstrong\u003eFunkadelic\u003c\/strong\u003e and, brilliantly, some drums lifted from \u003cstrong\u003eSoul II Soul\u003c\/strong\u003e’s gem from just the year before, ‘Fairplay’. Lyrically, it’s just all about threats to sucker’s MC’s – what else do you want from EPMD?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ciframe width=\"100%\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/5npT12g9FUI\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen=\"\"\u003e\u003ciframe width=\"100%\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/TyapFJCELwM?si=C_hVuKUeH3cWu2IP\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen\u003e\u003c\/iframe\u003e\u003c\/iframe\u003e","brand":"EPMD","offers":[{"title":"Black Vinyl 7\"","offer_id":58738455216512,"sku":"MRB7197","price":6.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"Translucent Orange Vinyl 7\"","offer_id":58738455249280,"sku":"MRB7197TO","price":6.5,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0972\/1384\/1792\/files\/MRB7197EPMDTheBigPayback-Shopify-Square.jpg?v=1787214267","url":"https:\/\/vinylvers.com\/products\/the-big-payback-vinyl-7","provider":"My Store","version":"1.0","type":"link"}