If we are to be serious with ourselves, just for a moment, then we can here state that Redman whoops ass, and a lot of it, just about every time he touches a mic, or sets foot in a studio. For we all know that, starting with his debut 15 years ago—Whut?
Thee Album—all the way through his ventures with Def Squad and Method Man, Reggie Noble has produced nothing but raw, dirty, and absolutely stellar hip-hop music.
Which is why I was stupefied when the first half-dozen songs on new album Red Gone Wild sucked. But just before I was to rally us together to call for the Funk Doctor Spot’s retirement, if only to preserve his legacy from any further tarnishing, he returned to form, with the 17 hard-hitting tracks that follow, creating a groove so deep and sustained that there seemed to be no separation between the songs, just like there seems to be no hiccup among his six solo albums thus far, all first-rate stuff.
In short, it’s yet another fine effort by the Man himself. Just as we expected.