
Crazy sh*t is, this is probably the last Redman song I really really loved.
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Same here
If I remember correctly, I think the Ill At Will Vol 1 mixtape came out in 04’. There were a couple of other songs in there that were ok but for the most part my biggest gripe with it is that it was just snippets
To think, that mixtape was three years after Malpractice
But what I also remember is before he announced Red Gone Wild, there was promotional stickers for an album called ReVended or something, I can’t remember the exact title of the album, but that was the title of his album before Red Gone Wild
Do you remember this!
That sounds about right. I copped this tape from the tables on 125th for $3, lol.
I didn't really like anything else on it though. I can't even remember much about the promotion of Red Gone Wild other than it seemed like Def Jam just didn't care about Red anymore. I don’t even know if I knew when it was dropping. Just seemed like they just threw the album in stores and didn't say sh*t. That was the last Redman album I copped and didn't just download.
Wow, lol. I downloaded it off a blog back then and the copy I had, the quality was really poor.
Yeah the only other 2 tracks that stood out was Search 4 Barney (he rhymes over LL’s Mr Goodbar beat and Brick Intentions where he spits over Dr. Dre’s Bad Intentions beat
Yeah they did. The album wasn’t really promoted at all and Red just quietly dropped videos for singles.
I remember sometime after the album dropped, he was vocal about how Def Jam won’t moving right and had dropped the ball
He had even said he’d leave Def Jam for Shady Records at that time
Craziness.
He was one of the acts that Russell and Lyor credited with keeping the lights on at the label. Only for the label to turn its back on him and other legends like GFK, after the regime changed there. He said he couldn't even get into the office anymore, without them asking him to sign at the desk and get a "visitor" pass.
Def Jam definitely owed Red much better.
Smh that’s just disrespectful as hell
I remember that 2005 or 2006 when Def Jam had a slew of veterans dropping album with zero promotion (Ghost was one of them)
Only in Hip Hop do legends who helped make something great and add to a label’s legacy get treated like shyt after a decade and some change in the game
What happened up at Def Jam is one of Hip Hop's biggest failures.
It's a disgrace today. Bunch hipsters up there now who don’t even know who the legends are.
This is such a good point. I couldn't name one artist currently signed to them.Who is even on the label these days?
It’s sad it’s no longer what it once was
Who is even on the label these days?
It’s sad it’s no longer what it once was