Give the People

{{More citations needed|date=October 2025}}{{Infobox song | name = Give the People | cover = Give the People.jpg | alt = | type = single | artist = [[EPMD]] | album = [[Business as Usual (EPMD album)|Business as Usual]] | B-side = Manslaughter | released = June 13, 1991 | recorded = 1990–1991 | studio = | venue = | genre = [[Hip hop music|Hip hop]] | length = 3:30 | label = [[Def Jam Recordings|Def Jam]]/RAL/[[Columbia Records|Columbia]]<br>(original release) | writer = Erick Sermon, Parrish Smith | producer = [[EPMD]], DJ Scratch | chronology = [[EPMD]] | prev_title = [[Rampage (song)|Rampage]] | prev_year = 1991 | next_title = [[Crossover (song)|Crossover]] | next_year = 1992 }} "'''Give the People'''" is the third and final single released from [[EPMD]]'s<ref>{{Citation |title=Give the People - EPMD {{!}} AllMusic |url=https://www.allmusic.com/song/give-the-people-mt0050685800 |access-date=2025-10-13 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Give the People - EPMD |url=https://www.vagalume.com.br/epmd/give-the-people.html |access-date=2025-10-13 |website=Vagalume |language=pt-br}}</ref> third album, ''[[Business as Usual (EPMD album)|Business as Usual]]''.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Business As Usual, by EPMD |url=https://epmddefsquad.bandcamp.com/album/business-as-usual |access-date=2025-10-13 |website=EPMD |language=en}}</ref> It peaked at No. 28 on the [[Hot Rap Songs|Hot Rap Singles]] chart.

The song is built around a sample of the [[O'Jays]]' "[[Give the People What They Want (The O'Jays song)|Give the People What They Want]]".

==Music video== While there was no music video for the original version, there was a music video for the remix that was released in July 1991 weeks after the single was released. The "Give the People" video features EPMD rapping in front of a crowd at a park. Featured in this video are images and archive footage of [[Malcolm X]], [[Jesse Jackson]] and scenes from other American racial injustice events. There are also several cameo appearances by rap artists such as [[Redman (rapper)|Redman]] and [[Public Enemy (band)|Public Enemy]].

==Track listing== #"Give the People" (Erick & Parrish Remix) – 3:51 #"Give The People" (Jeep Mix) – 5:02 #"Give The People (Radio Version) – 3:30 #"Manslaughter" (LP Version) – 4:36

== External links ==

* [https://www.discogs.com/release/5850794-EPMD-Give-The-People?srsltid=AfmBOorppl7PvEvz5OOsu0VLY6ISu7BAIy8biYm7zkIvGWwjSZ3zJzH7 EPMD Discogs]

== References == <references /> {{EPMD}}

[[Category:1990 songs]] [[Category:1991 singles]] [[Category:EPMD songs]] [[Category:Songs written by Erick Sermon]] [[Category:Songs written by PMD (rapper)]] [[Category:Def Jam Recordings singles]]