Latest Release
- 24 DEC 2024
- 32 Songs
- Stripped · 2002
- Best Of · 1999
- Conspiracy of One · 2000
- All Eyez On Me · 1996
- revoir un printemps · 2003
- Jersey - Single · 2024
- Muddy Waters Too
- How High · 1994
- Out of Business · 1999
- Muddy Waters Too
Essential Albums
- Erick Sermon and Redman rejoin forces for the Newark, NJ-based rapper’s third album of punch lines, similes and rah-rah rhymes. Redman flips hardcore hip-hop funk with roguish energy on “Pick It Up” and “Case Closed” and slips into easy repartee with frequent rhyme partner Method Man on “Whateva Man”. Muddy Waters is a “funkorama” of boom-bap entertainment, complete with goofy skits—like an interview with a “Soopaman Luva” bragging about his bedroom prowess—as well as sharpshooting cameos from Def Squad crew's Keith Murray and Jamal on “Da Ill Out".
- Redman’s debut album is perhaps best defined by the way he balances punchlines with darkness. “Blow Your Mind” is about as upbeat as the album gets, bouncing along on samples from James Brown and Parliament, among others. Over a dark instrumental, “Hardcore” sees Redman issuing threats that are made almost goofy by their extreme outlandishness, but “Rated ‘R’” plays as a warning, over a funk guitar sample and gleeful scratches, about Redman’s take-no-prisoners attitude. He mellowed out eventually, but his brilliant, harsh delivery shines here.
- 2009
- 2001
- 2001
Artist Playlists
- Red laces the grimiest beats with savagely hilarious disses.
- MC Jonny T & Madd Scientist
More To Hear
- Hip-Hop History Month celebration of Redman.
- Warren G discusses his career and new documentary G Funk.
- Warren G discusses his career and new documentary G Funk.
About Redman
East Coast rap legend Redman merges tough street talk with wacky humor over beats that blend funk, reggae and jazz influences. • The New Jersey-born MC was discovered in 1987 in a Newark club by Erick Sermon of the legendary rap duo EPMD. Sermon was so impressed with the charismatic youngster that he brought him on stage. Redman then moved into Sermon’s house. • After touring with EPMD, Redman made his recording debut on the group’s 1990 album Business As Usual, delivering standout verses on the songs “Hardcore” and “Brothers on My Jock”. • His 1992 debut, Whut? The Album, features dense, complicated rhymes and funk-heavy production from Pete Rock and Erick Sermon. It’s regarded as a hip-hop classic. • From 1994’s Dare Iz a Darkside to 2001’s Malpractice, Redman reached No. 1 on Billboard’s Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart with four consecutive solo LPs. • Redman often collaborates with Wu-Tang Clan member Method Man. In 1995, they released their first joint single, “How High”. They’ve since dropped two albums—Blackout! and Blackout! 2—and the soundtrack to 2001 stoner comedy How High, which they also starred in. • His biggest brush with pop fame came in 2002, when he guested on Christina Aguilera’s “Dirrty”, which was inspired by his own high-energy 2001 single “Let's Get Dirty (I Can't Get in da Club)”. Aguilera’s song earned Redman a Grammy nomination for Best Pop Collaboration with Vocals. • Redman was the subject of a legendary 2000 episode of MTV Cribs, where instead of a palatial home, he revealed his modest Staten Island duplex, replete with a shoe box filled with cash.
- FROM
- Newark, NJ, United States
- BORN
- 17 avril 1970
- GENRE
- Hip-Hop/Rap