But nobody's kickin' it for the buddha heads that just want a sit back and rock." Within the funk gumbo of Muddy Waters there lies a wealth of healthy examples tracks whose energy most strongly recalls Whut?, yet builds on the excellence of recent standouts. like "Funkorama" and his smash platinum plus duet with Method Man "How High." Revisit the LP below. You know why? Because you got different groups out here covering the political angle, covering the glamour angle. "Don't get the album thinking I'm a be talkin' about spectatuclar stuff.
Straight up buddha head songs." True to this simple but highly effective philosophy, the LP prescribes the full range of what listeners have come to prize and expect from Redman: High-octane performances, entertaining idiosyncrasies, lyrical excursions into the familiar and foreign and, of course, the best in bottom heavy production as provided by Def Squad kingpin Erick Sermon, longtime Reggie Noble-associated Rockwilder and Redman himself. "My music is made for everyone but has a particular connection to buddha heads," Redman states matter of factly. This album, I got some more of the kind of music I'd want to do in a show. I think I lost people on my last album, it went over their heads. Now, the result of that is album where it has surfaced. " Muddy Waters," Redman explains, "pertains to the idea that everything is from the dirt which is the essence. The Funk Docta Spot-returns with his third in his anthologies of tales from the darkside- Muddy Waters. Now with his Def Squad degree in wordsmith science proudly decorating the walls of his Newark "Brick City," NJ laboratory, Redman-a.k.a. 1994 charted Redman's continued progress as hip-hop's most illified patient with "Rockafella" and "Can't Wait" from his gold-selling follow-up Dare Iz A Darkside. In 1992, Reggie Noble introduced the world to Redman, the brainsick genius responsible for the instant classics "Time 4 Sum Aksion," "How To Roll A Blunt" and "Tonight's Da Night" culled from his gold-selling textbook-case debut Whut? Thee Album.
I wouldn’t even download it for free.To those in need of funkdafied musical medicine blessed by herb-enhanced verbals, your prayers have been answered.
When Erick Sermon puts his seasonings in the pot, I’m expecting the much needed reminder of greatness, when Muddy Waters 2 drops.ĥ Stamps – If you don’t buy this, you’re playing yourself.Ĥ Stamps – Definitely worthy of your ears and time.ģ Stamps – This may not be for everybody, but it’s decent.Ģ Stamps – Eh.
The skits are forgettable, but I sum this up to nothing more than an appetizer. The rhyming is consistent through and through, but the beats are hit or miss. If you don’t play that 3 times just for the feel, then your music taste can’t be trusted. The most complete track on the album is “Won’t Be Fiendin’ (The Dez Remix)”. To be real, I’d give this a 3 if it was nothing but a cappella’s. For the complete body of work, I’d give it a 3 out 5. Redman can still rhyme at a high level and if that was all the game was about, he’d be in everyone’s top 3. Mudface may go under the radar to the mainstream rap audience, but that doesn’t diminish the value of what it is and that is a solid lyrical album. It goes Reggie, Jay-Z, Tupac and Biggie, Andre from OutKast, Jada, Kurupt, Nas and then me. I got a list here’s the order of my list that it’s in. He is one of those intangible artist that have inspired some of the greatest rhymers to ever do it. Depending on what you know about hip-hop, no one has to convince you Redman is one of the most creative and prolific lyricist ever in hip-hop history.