"Muddy Waters >> Doc's Da Name >> Whut >> Dare Iz"
Muddy is Red's best followed by Doc's Da Name and then Whut and then Dare followed with his last two albums.
Dare is his most overrated album, it took me the longest time to actually be able to listen and sit through that album. I think it's one of those albums that maybe it's one of those "moment in time albums" where you had to be there to really get it. But Muddy is Red at his best and out of all his albums with Doc's Da Name being a close second it sounds the best today.
1. "Doc's Da Name at #2?" In response to Reply # 0
that album was sort of Red's "Beats Rhymes and Life" in that you'll find a lot that will find it dope, but compared to the first three...
I would agree that The Red Tape is a bit "moment in time". It's my personal favorite, if only because it's Redman UNFILTERED. Picked up on the first album and went from there.
Muddy Waters is a respectable place at the top, since he did sort of fine-tune his formula a little bit.
But his debut is as close to a classic as you can get without actually saying so. The tracks on that album? "Tonight's Da Nite"? "Time 4 Sum Akshun"? "Sooperman Luva"? and one of my all-time favorite skits "Funky Uncles"?
5. "RE: Doc's Da Name at #2?" In response to Reply # 1
>that album was sort of Red's "Beats Rhymes and Life" in that >you'll find a lot that will find it dope, but compared to the >first three... > > >I would agree that The Red Tape is a bit "moment in time". >It's my personal favorite, if only because it's Redman >UNFILTERED. Picked up on the first album and went from there. > >Muddy Waters is a respectable place at the top, since he did >sort of fine-tune his formula a little bit. > >But his debut is as close to a classic as you can get without >actually saying so. The tracks on that album? "Tonight's Da >Nite"? "Time 4 Sum Akshun"? "Sooperman Luva"? and one of my >all-time favorite skits "Funky Uncles"?
Yeah, see aside from songs like Green Island, Bobyahed2dis, Tonight's The Night, Basically, Cosmic Slop, and Sooperman Luva II I've never really cared for Dare Iz A Darkside. But then again, I wasn't into Redman back in 94, I wouldn't come around to Redman's stuff until Doc's Da Name so that album was like my introduction to him and Doc's Da Name was a part two to Muddy Waters with more of a commercial angle to it. I like Whut Thee Album but I like Muddy and Doc's the name more because I think it has the kind of production I grew up to and getting into when I was really getting more and more into Hip Hop. Although I had already been a Hip Hop fan a few years before, the late 90's is where I really began to appreciate Hip Hop and come into a wide spectrum of what it was.
26. "RE: Muddy Waters >> Doc's Da Name >> Whut >> Dare Iz" In response to Reply # 0 Fri Jun-01-12 09:55 AM by 13Rose
I agree with this except I would put Whut second. I had Dare on tape when it dropped along with Tical. No matter how much I tried, outside of a few songs and a remix I couldn't get into it. Muddy Waters is easily my favorite.
32. "how did I miss this bullshit ass post?!" In response to Reply # 0
how old are you making statements like this? No way in hell is Doc's Da Name > DIADS. You can argue albums 1 and 3 but that's it. DIADS is his magnum opus IMO.
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33. "as an admitted Redman Stan..." In response to Reply # 0
I have to say that Doc's Da Name was an incredible fucking album. He rapped like a fuckin beast on that shit. I mean, "Da Goodness"???? COTDAMN, he was so on lyrically on that shit.
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34. "if you're a stan then saying any low-tier album is incredible is a given" In response to Reply # 33
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37. "no back and forth to be had" In response to Reply # 35
saying you're a stan and then acclaiming one of the artist's worst albums isn't exactly helping your point all of Redman's albums are at least listenable to me from some standpoint, I'm not dissing you just your choice of words stop being so sensitive
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41. "and who th' fuck are you again?" In response to Reply # 40
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38. "RE: Muddy Waters >> Doc's Da Name >> Whut >> Dare Iz" In response to Reply # 0
Dare was the album that SOLD me on Redman. He rapped his ass off, said whatever the fuck he wanted and did not give a fuck. Saw him live then and he was awesome.
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