Redemption 4

Ruff Ryders | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (July 26, 2005)
• Original Release Date: 2005
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Artemis Records
• ASIN: B0009Y26VI
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  Vinyl
• Average Customer Review: 3.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (17 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #68,041 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Ruff Ryders 4 Life

2. If It's Beef...

3. Knock Knock

4. What They Want

5. Ghetto Children

6. Dame Reggaeton (Skit)

7. Dame Reggaeton

8. What Ryders Do

9. Stay Down

10. Get Wild

11. Blood in the Streets

12. Stupid B**cH

13. Aim 4 the Head

14. Throw It Up

15. Keep the Gunz Cocked [If It's Beef...RMX]

16. Dale Poppi Dale

17. 100 Bars of Crack [*]

18. So Serious [*]

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

7 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Ruff Ryders - Redemption, Vol 4, July 26, 2005

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Done - See all my reviews

This review is from: Redemption 4 (Audio CD)

The Ruff Ryders return with "Redemption, Vol 4" (2005). The years have gone by, and the crew has had its ups and downs but remains strong. The Lox, who have all dropped solid solo albums in recent years, start the album off strong backed by a banging beat on "Ruff Ryders 4 Life". The next track "If It's Beef" has Jadakiss collabing with some of the Ruff Ryders up and comers Flashy, Infa.Red and Kartoon. Drag-On & Choclate Ty deliver another banger with "Knock Knock". Cross, Styles and Infared team up with reggae artists Snypah & Bunny Wailer for "Ghetto Children". Noreaga & Pirate bring "Dame Reggaeton", then Scarlett, Kartoon and Aja provide the laidback "What Ryders Do". Flashy drops some very real lyrics on "Stay Down" while Akon provides a heartfelt chorus. My favourite banger on this release is easily "Get Wild", DMX, Jada, Kartoon and Flashy rip up this cut. It's good to see X at it, looking forward to his upcoming sixth album. "Aim For the Head" has Cassidy, J-Hood and Jin collabing, I prefer the original unreleased version with Game. Jada hooks up with Flashy, Infa.Red and Flashy again for the thugged out "Keep the Gunz Cocked (If It's Beef... Remix). Two more average tracks follow then female singer LT closes off the album with "So Serious", my first impression when I heard this one was this track seems out of place, don't mind it though. What you notice listening to this is that this release is more a display of Ruff Ryders new artists then it is of its established ones. Eve's presence is missed, DMX makes one appearance (guess he is saving it for the album), while the Lox appear on a couple of tracks. This new generation of Ruff Ryders has some potential but will have to do more if they want to become recognized in a flooded Hip-Hop scene. Overall "Redemption, Vol 4" is a decent release which I recommend to Ruff Ryder fans. If your like me though you will be looking out for DMX's next album "Here We Go Again".

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Ruff Ryders Got The Compilations Down Pact, July 27, 2005

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CoolChedder (Rego Park, NY) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Redemption 4 (Audio CD)

Sweet album not great especially LT's song its a nice song but it totally throws off the flow of the album. I definitally reccomend getting this album. Its one of those albums u blast while driving.

My Fav's :

9. Stay Down
11. Blood in the Streets
15. Keep the Gunz Cocked

My Dislikes:

16. Dale Poppi Dale
18. So Serious

4 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Another 3.5 star Ruff Ryder compilation, July 26, 2005

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G$ "Z-Wad" (B-More, MD) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Redemption 4 (Audio CD)

After 3 RR albums in that many years, they're finally back after a 3 and a hlaf year break with another 3.5 star compilation (like their last one, Volume 1 was a 4 star and Vol 2 barely a 4 star). Quite a new roster then in '98, still have the big guns - DMX, Jadakiss, Styles, Sheek, and the decent Drag-On and Cross & Infa Red even though they never really got the recognition they were there since the early days (no more Parle or Eve). They added Jin (who's a great mc), Aja & Scarlett (2 females nowhere near Eve's caliber, Pirate (a latino who raps in spanish -- not my cup of tea), Kartoon (an ok mc from California) and Flashy (a JErsey mc who shows some promise to me). Of the 17 songs on here, like the others some are great others just plain suck. 1 classic, 1 almost classic, 7 good ones, 1 ok songs, 7 bad or horrible ones. Production is good and bad. Mr. Devine, Swizz Beats, & Neo all do 2 songs. SPK & Kyze, Akon, Scott Storch, Jelly Roll, Elite, Green Lantern and 5 other I never heard of all do 1 song. A good album to have for fans of the Double RR and get a good look at their newcomers, but no better then the last 3.

#1 - 9 (Jadakiss, Styles, Sheeek )
#2 - 9.5 (Jadakiss, Infa Red, Kartoon, Flashy -- nice beat)
#3 - 7.5 (Chocolate Ty f/ Drag-On)
#4 - 6 (party beat -- Infa Red & Cross f/ Swizz Beatz)
#5 - 8 (Infa Red, Cross, Styles, Snypah, Bunny Wailer)
#7 - 4 (Pirate f/ Noreaga & Gypsy Lisette -- mostly in spanish --- only gets a 4 for NORE's verse)
#8 - 3 (Scarlett O' Harlem f/ Aja Smith & Kartoon)
#9 - 8 (Flashy f/ Akon -- slower deeper song about struggling)
#10 - 10 (CLASSIC -- DMX, Jadakiss, Kartoon, Flashy -- great beat)
#11 - 5 (Kartoon)
#12 - 2 (Aja SMith)
#13 - 8.5 (Cassidy, Jin, Jae Hood, Swizz Beats)
#14 - 8 (Drag-On -- good beat)
#15 - 9 (Jadakiss, Infa Red, Kartoon, Flashy)
#16 - 1 (Pirate -- in spanish again)
#17 - 8.5 (Flashy -- goes for 4 and a half minutes no break)
#18 - 1 (LT -- R&B song)

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Ruff Ryders!!!!

DMX -- Earl Simmons -- b. 12/18/70 -- b. Baltimore, MD moved to Yonkers, NY
Jadakiss -- Jason Phillips --- b. 5/22/75 -- Yonkers, NY
Styles -- David Styles -- b. 1974 -- b. Corona Queens, NY moved to Yonkers, NY
Sheek -- Sean Jacobs -- b. around 1975 -------- Yonkers, NY
Drag-On -- Mel Smalls -- b. around 1979 -- Bronx, NY
Swizz Beats -- Kaseem Dean --- New York, NY
Jin -- Jin A. -- b. 6/4/82 -- Miami, FL
Cross -- Sean Martin -- New York, NY
Infa Red -- Shandell Green -- b. 1978 -- Harlem, NY
Flashy -- F. Neal -- New Jersey
Kartoon -- T. Franklin -- California
Aja Smith, Scarlett O' Harlem
Pirate -- A. Cintron