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DUBCC - Tha Connection => Outbound Connection => Topic started by: Elano on March 20, 2008, 01:43:49 PM
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Method Man and Redman are back in the studio together after nearly 10 years, recording a new collabo project Blackout 2, which will be the follow-up to the duo's platinum selling disc Blackout!
The two rappers' chemistry has already scored them co-starring roles in the flick How High an endorsement deal for Right Guard deodorant and their own short-lived Fox sitcom, "Method & Red."
Now they're back at it in the studio.
"A lot of good music comin' out this year," Redman told sitdownstandup.com. "You're especially gonna hear from us, finally."
The album features production by Gilla House, E-Sermon and Rocwilder and there may even be a DJ Premier track or two before recording wraps.
"Preemo, we need some heat baby!" Red shouted. "We need some heat right now baby!" "Treach need to be on this sh*t, too."
In addition to Meth and Red's collabo, the two are sharing a mic with almost 70 other emcees for a 2008 regeneration of KRS-One's new Stop the Violence Movement.
Along with Meth and Red, David Banner, Chamillionaire, Nelly, Busta, and Ne-Yo are among the artists putting a new spin on the 1989 inspirational rap song "Self Destruction" called "Self Construction."
"Anything positive is always good for the hip-hop community," Redman said. "I remember when the first 'Self Destruction' came out, that sh*t was hot. I wasn't in the game to get on it but now I'm in the game, so why not be a part of history?"
The first version was recorded by the Stop the Violence All-Stars, an East Coast collective including KRS, Whodini, Miss Melody, MC Lyte, D-Nyce, Doug E Fresh, Heavy D, Public Enemy and others.
Blackout 2 is expected to hit shelves this summer and Muddy Waters 2 will drop at the top of '09.
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should be dope as fuck..cant wait for this to drop 8)
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They will perform next Thursday over here in Switzerland. BUT I can't go. :'( :'(
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E-Sermon and Rocwilder and there may even be a DJ Premier track or two before recording wraps.
that would be great, I hope it happens
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They will perform next Thursday over here in Switzerland. BUT I can't go. :'( :'(
They are performing on Monday in Denmark, AND I'm going ;D
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Holy god please let this happen. If they get TREACH on track? Premo? This album better not be wack.
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I really hope this happens!!!!
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This is good news...
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This is good news...
Indeed it is 8)
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E-Sermon and Rocwilder and there may even be a DJ Premier track or two before recording wraps.
that would be great, I hope it happens
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Sounds good.
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Dope the first Black Out was classic
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Sermon, Rockwilder, Premier an Treach?
sounds too good to be true, but if there's guys that can pull it off, that's red and meth.I got my hopes up for this oone
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should be dope as fuck..cant wait for this to drop 8)
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Cover art 8)
(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41dP3n4gndL._SS500_.jpg)
release date MAY 19
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Sermon, Rockwilder, Premier an Treach?
sounds too good to be true, but if there's guys that can pull it off, that's red and meth.I got my hopes up for this oone
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Redman and Method Man are finally putting out a sequel to their 1999 classic, Blackout!
"I had obligations. Doc had obligations," Method Man said, explaining why it's taken 10 years for the two of them to put out a new album. "There were things going on [with] the label. Staff changes. That's what happened."
Since that joint LP, Red and Meth have dropped solo LPs, toured together nonstop and starred in various film and TV projects, not to mention Meth's various Wu-Tang Clan albums.
"We was out venturing, starting other careers," Red said. "We can't just depend on this rap game. We did a movie, TV show — venturing out. Now we back. We ain't left. We're coming at the right time."
The duo started formulating the Blackout 2 last year when they had a stint on the Rock the Bells tour.
"A lot of it was written during the tour and the Canada tour," Meth said. "We came home and went right in. Within a month, month and a half, we had some solid joints."
"We're more advanced now than the first one," Red added. "We went in, had fun. I have my own studio now, so it's more relaxed. I engineer now. It ain't no rush for time, paying the studio and engineer. It's fun. We treated [the album] like a mixtape, really. If we really got in there and sat, it'll be a beast. But it's a beast now, and we treated it like a mixtape."
Red and Meth leaked a viral video called "Ayo" on Thursday, and a clip for "Miss International" will air soon.
"We wrote the record on the road," Redman said of "International." "It's a record we're dedicating to the women, whether you're fat, ugly, skinny — it don't matter. You're all beautiful inside."
" 'Miss International' is a state of mind," Meth added. "It's not around the way; it's around the world. You could be in a messed-up neighborhood or messed-up background — it doesn't mean you can't change for the better."
Erick Sermon and Pete Rock produced on the project, and Raekwon and UGK make appearances.
" had the record," Meth said of "City Lights," their UGK collaboration; Pimp C's voice is sampled on the chorus. "It had Pimp C's hook on it. It was only right we put Bun B on it."
(mtv news)