Doc's Da Name 2000 [EXPLICIT LYRICS]

Redman

Product Details

• Audio CD (December 8, 1998)
• Original Release Date: December 8, 1998
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Explicit Lyrics
• Label: Def Jam
• ASIN: B00000DLXA
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  Audio Cassette  |  Vinyl  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (109 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #53,813 in Music (See Bestsellers in Music)

Editorial Reviews

Amazon.com

The pride of Newark takes a slow rumble through hip-hop's history on his fourth album, jacking whatever beats he takes a shine to: Ice Cube, Audio Two, and the Beastie Boys all get their hits heavily rewritten, and on the closing Roni Size collaboration, "I Got A Secret," he invents a dazed, earthy style of drum 'n' bass rhyming. As the title suggests, there's some conceptual/identity overload going on here, but Redman's spilling over with sly turns of phrase and goofy allusions (as well as gratuitous chickenhead/baby-mama baiting), and his Def Squad teammate Erick Sermon lightens up on his trademark swampy boom, giving himself more room to cram his word hoard into. Every imaginable space is full of blunted puns, fleeting samples, and yelps of "Yo!" --Douglas Wolk

USA Today

One thumping jam follows another as Redman keeps his humor-laced rhymes raw and his ear to the street.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Fun, June 6, 2000

By	Robbie (Minnesnowta) - See all my reviews

Redman just released a fun, funny album. That is good to listen to all the time, any time. "I'll Bee Dat" was one of the funniest songs I've ever heard. "Da Goodness" w/Busta Rhymes has one of the best beats on a song ever. I'm not lying. Redmans flow is just cool as hell. I love the way he raps, it captures you. Everyone needs to buy this album just to feel how good it really is. Best songs:I'll Bee Dat, Da Goodness, I Got A Seecret, Let Da Monkey Out, Jersey Yo!, Well All Rite Cha, Brick City Mashin', Beet Drop & Down South Funk. It's an amazing album, so go get it

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Not his best, but not his worst, July 9, 2002

By	Patrick G. Varine "Dubwiser Extraordinaire" (Georgetown, Delaware) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

You can't blame Redman for wanting to stick with Erick Sermon. The Green-Eyed Bandit is responsible for a unique style of East-Coast production. But lately (well, actually dating back to circa 1998 when this album came out) it's been a little slack.

This is plenty noticeable in many of the tracks on "Doc's Da Name 2000." The same bassline is used on three or four tracks, sometimes in a row. The production is crisp, and leaves plenty of room for Redman to get down, but is somewhat of a letdown.

But you can't front on Redman's rhyming acumen. Hands down, he's my favorite MC; so full of energy, ready to dump on ANYONE and always comin' with the cleverest punchlines.

My favorite Redman album has to be "Dare Iz a Darkside," and I think it's because he did a lot of the production himself. It's a lot darker, a lot grimier, but still retains that Erick Sermon/P-Funk-inspired edge.

There are some real good songs on here, though. "Keep On '99" rides a smooth beat with a muted vocal sample to chill you out, "Klose Ya Doorz" doesn't feature Redman but rather Brick City up-and-comers, and "D.O.G.S." is one of the best uses yet for George Clinton's WAAAAAAY-oversampled "Atomic Dog."

There are also some nice homages. Red reworks Ice Cube's "Once Upon a Time in the Projects" for the funky "Jersey Yo!" and does some all-out Beastie Boy shouting on "Beet Drop."

So the production has suffered a little bit, but "Doc's Da Name 2000" is still a quality hip-hop record.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Still Tight Enough To Bobyahed2dis {4.5 Stars}, January 2, 2007

By	Norfeest "Yes Yes Y'all" (Washington DC USA) - See all my reviews

I'm a HUGE Redman fan. There's something intangible about Redman that endears him to hip hop lovers on so many levels. After dropping classics like Muddy Waters, Whut Thee Album, and Dare Iz A Darkside, my guess would be that fans were expecting more of that grimy production that was so prevelant on his previous releases. I think the complaints are because this was the first Redman album that garnered less than 5 stars, but a lot of those complaints are totally baseless -- Redman don't make bad albums (Malpractice was less than stellar, but still good). Even though things where slightly different on this joint, the production from Erick Sermon, Rockwilder, and Red himself is still on point (and really not all that different -- just tweaked a lil' bit). You can still expect all the routine Redman staples -- the typical Def Squad collabo with E Double and Mr. Murray, a Soopaman Lova sequel (this time with the underrated Dave Hollister on the hook), Method Man collabo, etc...

The first problem to jump out at me was the abundance of overdone skits. While it was hilarious on the Dare Is A Darkside LP and mildly funny on the Muddy Waters LP, this time out Red runs a lot of the very same jokes into the ground and they come off kind of stale. Outside of that, there are only one or two joints on the album that are kind of "eh" (D.O.G.S. & My Zone) in my opinion, but nothing on the album is wack.

Doc's Da Name is one of the best rap LPs to come out in '98. The sound may be a little different from his previous releases, but Doc can get down over any beat and still come off. I recommend adding this album to your collection.

Standout Tracks: Beet Drop, Da Goodness feat. Busta Rhymes, Jersey Yo!, Boodah Break, I'll Bee Dat!, Well All Rite Cha feat. Method Man, Get It Live, Keep On '99, Cloze Ya Doorz feat. Double O, Tame, Diezzel Don, Roz, Gov-Mattic, & Young Z (My Favorite), I Got A Secret, and Dah Dah DaHHH