Erick Sermon has been making hits since 1988 and is a hip hop icon, pure and simple. As one-half of one of the favorite rap groups in the world, EPMD, Sermon is a key figure in hip hop. He signed with Universal/Motown in late 2003, and the funk lord is prepped to drop another sonic assault and further his legend with his fifth solo album, Chilltown, NY. More impressive is that the Long Island native keeps churning out songs that push hip hop in new directions and that earn the respect of million