Redman STILL GOING !!

[doggfather]

[TraceOneInfinite]

Yeah, the guy lives for hip-hop of course he is still going.  I appreciate that.  But I'd rather dig into his gems from the past in the golden era than check his new shit.   

[HighEyeCue]

Yeah, the guy lives for hip-hop of course he is still going.  I appreciate that.  But I'd rather dig into his gems from the past in the golden era than check his new shit.

his verse on "Got My Mind Made Up" really made me a fan

"Ayo, lyrical gat spittin' the criminal tactics
Non-believers get my dick and genital backwards
Let's face it, there's no replacement
Taste this mad underground basement shit I'm laced with
Avalanche on your whole camp when I'm splifted
Funk Doctor, who? Spock, bitch, don't get it twisted
I got connects like Federal Express
To get the fresh package of bless the dogs can't fetch
Got the clear spot from the rear block
To bust 'til every nigga here drop, men, I fear not
Hold your nose and blow out 'til your ears pop
Since your crew suit you to shift
Now, you claim that your gears locked
Whiff this underground cannabis
I'm dangerous like John the Bomb Analyst
Flip MCs like ki's
My degrees freeze consecutively, like EPMD LPs
Lick off a shot and hit your fam by mistake
So I erase the whole front row at the wake
I planned my escape in case Jake wanna snake
Bust it, I'm the one pushin' the hearse, in the first place
Confidence for you shaky-ass folks
Pump for Rockafella for the day he got smoke
Choke off this antidote, got you hope
Get roast by my lyrical Billy Dee .45 Colt
(And I'm out for nine-nickel)"

[TraceOneInfinite]

his verse on "Got My Mind Made Up" really made me a fan

"Ayo, lyrical gat spittin' the criminal tactics
Non-believers get my dick and genital backwards
Let's face it, there's no replacement
Taste this mad underground basement shit I'm laced with
Avalanche on your whole camp when I'm splifted
Funk Doctor, who? Spock, bitch, don't get it twisted
I got connects like Federal Express
To get the fresh package of bless the dogs can't fetch
Got the clear spot from the rear block
To bust 'til every nigga here drop, men, I fear not
Hold your nose and blow out 'til your ears pop
Since your crew suit you to shift
Now, you claim that your gears locked
Whiff this underground cannabis
I'm dangerous like John the Bomb Analyst
Flip MCs like ki's
My degrees freeze consecutively, like EPMD LPs
Lick off a shot and hit your fam by mistake
So I erase the whole front row at the wake
I planned my escape in case Jake wanna snake
Bust it, I'm the one pushin' the hearse, in the first place
Confidence for you shaky-ass folks
Pump for Rockafella for the day he got smoke
Choke off this antidote, got you hope
Get roast by my lyrical Billy Dee .45 Colt
(And I'm out for nine-nickel)"

It was a dope song, but I didn't think as a kid that Red's verse was any better than anyone else on the track.  To me it just felt like a posse cut and group feel and then 2pac's presence sort of stands out even though 2pac allegedly (I disagree) isn't the most lyrical, you do feel his presence when he enters the room and Daz or Quik or whoever put in that bit of change up to the beat that fits perfect when Pac comes in.

First off--Rhyme and Reason.  I'm not the biggest Redman fan, but the thing that did make me check him out as a kid, was his part in the documentary Rhyme and Reason where he's like on the streets in the park like ol school style participating in park jams and shit like that and he's quoted saying, "YOU SEE ME I"M OUT HERE ON THE STREETZ--AND I"M GOLD, MY SHIT IS GOLD!"  I thought that was kind of dope just how he was hustlin like a no name artist who just loved the culture and wanted to be in the streetz but meanwhile the dude has a gold record.

Secondly, Eminem was always biggin this guy up as his favorite rapper.  So in 99' when Eminem became my favorite rapper, I was like, okay, I got to check out Redman.

[HighEyeCue]

It was a dope song, but I didn't think as a kid that Red's verse was any better than anyone else on the track.  To me it just felt like a posse cut and group feel and then 2pac's presence sort of stands out even though 2pac allegedly (I disagree) isn't the most lyrical, you do feel his presence when he enters the room and Daz or Quik or whoever put in that bit of change up to the beat that fits perfect when Pac comes in.

First off--Rhyme and Reason.  I'm not the biggest Redman fan, but the thing that did make me check him out as a kid, was his part in the documentary Rhyme and Reason where he's like on the streets in the park like ol school style participating in park jams and shit like that and he's quoted saying, "YOU SEE ME I"M OUT HERE ON THE STREETZ--AND I"M GOLD, MY SHIT IS GOLD!"  I thought that was kind of dope just how he was hustlin like a no name artist who just loved the culture and wanted to be in the streetz but meanwhile the dude has a gold record.

Secondly, Eminem was always biggin this guy up as his favorite rapper.  So in 99' when Eminem became my favorite rapper, I was like, okay, I got to check out Redman.

yeah his verse stood out to me because I really never listened to Redman until I heard that track and then I had to check out his previous 2 albums

I don't necessarily think he was better than anyone else on the track except for Daz who you can barely hear on it...I would have loved to hear what Rage came up with on the OG