Muddy Waters

Performer: Redman
Artist: Method Man; Erick Sermon; Keith Murray; Jamal; K Solo
Distributor: Universal Distribution

Notes: Personnel: Redman, Erick Sermon, K-Solo, Jamal, Keith Murray, Method Man, Rockwilder, Napalm, Chris Tricarico (rap vocals); Naja (spoken vocals). Producers includes: Reggie "Redman" Noble, Erick Sermon, Rockwilder. Engineers: Troy Hightower, Dave Greenberg. For his third album, Redman returns to the funk-inspired music that made his debut a classic. Produced by Def Squad leader Erick Sermon, Rockwilder and the Funk Docta Spot himself, MUDDY WATERS is a beat-driven album, with both smooth, bass-heavy samples and original hard-core tracks. Not much has changed about Redman's delivery, which is still rough and rugged with mouthfuls of lyrics. The album is blessed with the wordsmith tactics of not only Redman, but fellow Def Squad members Keith Murray, Erick Sermon and K-Solo. Redman proves here that he is approaching veteran status with flair and style.

Rolling Stone (2/6/97, p.49) - "...ranks as one of the most consistent MCs in rap....Erick Sermon's beats are stripped down but tight--designed both to make you move and to give Redman plenty of room to let loose his nasty tongue....choppy, offbeat verses and memorable call-and-response choruses..." Q (4/97, p.128) - 3 Stars (out of 5) - "...Packed with blunted melodies, spattered with skits, MUDDY WATERS is impressively self-possessed....Redman remains unshakable, hardcore to the bone." Muzik (2/97, p.111) - 8 out of 10 - "...raggedy, head-top rhyming. The Screamin' Jay Hawkins of hip hop." Vibe (2/97, p.106) - "...MUDDY WATERS slides in and finds Redman crashing back to Earth--equally intense, funny....The best moments on MUDDY WATERS come on the songs Redman produced himself....boundless energy and raging fire." The Source (2/97, p.79) - 4 Mics - Slammin' - "Def Squad lion Redman has no problem blazing up the path between mainstream and the underground....The sonic approach creates a dance-floor friendly vibe which seems perfectly appropriate for the Funk Dr. Spock's return to dry land..." Rap Pages (2/97, p.59) - "...expect to excavate the usual Funkadelic relic remains, namely hard hittin' funk tracks frequently anchored by hooks utilizing snippets of other Hip-Hop tunes....MUDDY WATERS greatest strength is in its flow..."

Discovered by EPMD's Erick Sermon in the early 1990s, rapper Redman quickly established himself as one of the most original and outrageous personalities in hip-hop. The man born Reggie Noble truly shook up the scene with his '92 debut, WHAT? THEE ALBUM--a torrential out-powering of blunted, schizophrenic party jams that looked to P-funk for grooves and the darkest sectors of the id for lyrical inspiration. A steady string of albums followed, as well as several "high"-profile collaborations on the big screen and in the studio with Method Man as hip-hop's answer to Cheech and Chong. While some critics derided Redman for losing his step in the early '00s, he returned strong on 2007's REDMAN GONE WILD.

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