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Redman

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Biography

Never quite a superstar, Redman was nonetheless one of the most off-the-wall, beloved, and enduring rappers of the '90s and 2000s. Born Reginald Noble in Newark, NJ, he made his initial impact on EPMD's 1990 album Business As Usual and stepped out as a solo artist with 1992's Whut Thee Album, one of the year's best debuts, rap or otherwise. He blended reggae and funk influences with topical commentary and displayed a terse though fluid vocal style that was sometimes satirical, sometimes silly, and always tough -- an approach that rarely wavered throughout the remainder of his career. Each of Redman's successive releases during the '90s, including Dare Iz A Darkside (1994), Muddy Waters (1996), and Doc's Da Name 2000 (1999), went gold in the U.S. He was also established as a member of the EPMD-led Def Squad (initially known as The Hit Squad), which put together El Nino (another gold-seller) in 1998. Blackout, issued a year later, solidified a longtime partnership with Wu-Tang Clan's Method Man. The duo went on to star in the 2001 movie How High, a comedy made for weed smokers, as well as a less successful and short-lived television show (Method & Red) that aired nine episodes on FOX in 2004. Redman released only two solo albums, Malpractice (2001) and Red Gone Wild (2007) during the first decade of the 2000s, but he did close it out with Method Man via Time 2 Shine (2009). The MC's seventh solo album, Songs Not To Get Married To, appeared in 2010. ~ Andy Kellman & Ron Wynn, Rovi

Top Tracks

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  1.  
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    Aiyyo, I got a slight problem I smoke weed too much
    Knees buckle the -uck up when I'm splittin my dutch
    Back up back up! Ain't nobody hittin for free
    It's just E Doubl-E, Keith Murray, and me
    It cost twenty if you're down with it
    Smoke Buddah - (2:34)  -  15,154 plays
  2.  
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    Microphone check one two
    Aiyyo, you ready to get down man?
    Yo, whateva man
    You ready to get drunk as fuck?
    Whateva man
    Whateva Man - (3:09)  -  10,256 plays
  3.  
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    Yah word up
    Hooa, haha
    Haa
    (Iz he 4 real he can't be)
    Yah word up
    Iz He 4 Real - (1:35)  -  8,842 plays
  4.  
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    Pick it up, pick it up, pick it up, pick it up
    Pick it up, pick it up, pick it up, pick it up
    If you see a bag of weed on the floor motherfucker
    What the fuck you gon' do?
    Pick it up, pick it up, pick it up, pick it up
    Pick It Up - (4:11)  -  8,953 plays
  5. Tonight's Da Night - (3:22)  -  7,368 plays
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