Reggie is always handy for a pop culture reference or bizarre metaphor in a pinch. Muddy Waters is the first Redman album that is filled to the brim with really insipid skits, usually consisting of promoting a fake radio station most of these weren't funny in 1996, and they sound really horrible now. (Prince Paul, Reggie ain't.) The beat, when Reginald decides to rhyme, is pretty good, though.ĥ. No clue who Napalm is in the grand scheme of things, but yes, it's the same Rockwilder who would go on to produce "Da Rockwilder" on Red and Meth's joint album ( heh, I didn't mean that as a joke, but after re-reading that last sentence, it is kinda funny). Rock probably stuck with producing for a reason, but the song as a whole is pretty good. This was released as one of the singles, and I still believe it to be a weak choice. The song is meh at best, using the universal Redman standard, but when compared to Def Jam's output in 2007, I'd listen to this in an endless loop in a heartbeat. I never cared for this song in 1996 today I still don't find anything memorable. However, I had completely forgotten about the fake commercial informing the listener that the next song was provided by ridiculously-acronymed corporations like NASWIPP (N-z Against Smoking Weed In Public Places), and that made me chuckle. Red and E Double ride the low-key beat and spit some of the funniest stuff I'd heard in a while. (At least, Redman does Erick sounds okay as usual.) One of the great mysteries of Def Jam, though, is why Erick Sermon was completely left out of the accompanying video (although his verse was played), while Red starred alongside Method Man, who had nothing to do with this track. Another question to ask the mystics of hip hop is why the video for "Whateva Man" ended with a "To Be Continued." tag, when Red and Meth never followed up on their Blues Brothers-esque quest. The numerous skits tend to drag the album's momentum down a little, but overall, Muddy Waters solidifies Redman's growing reputation as one of the most consistent rappers of the '90s - even when the music is unspectacular, he manages to deliver the goods on the microphone.And you gotta love Reggie dancing with an umbrella. He projects more energy than Method Man (who appears on "Do What Ya Feel"), but isn't quite at the madman level of Busta Rhymes. Lyrically, Redman is as strong as ever, and if his subject matter hasn't changed all that much, he's still coming up with clever metaphors and loose, elastic rhyme flows. There isn't as blatant a P-Funk/ Zapp influence on Muddy Waters the beats are more indebted to the new New York hardcore movement, and the tracks themselves are sparer and more bass-driven. Despite a heavy dose of Redman's eccentric humor, Dare Iz a Darkside often threatened to disappear in a haze of blunt smoke, so for his third album, he and producer Erick Sermon backed off the muddled sonics of Darkside and returned to the hard funk of his debut set.
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