Doc's da Name 2000
Doc's Da Name 2000 | ||||
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Studio album by | ||||
Released | December 8, 1998 | |||
Recorded | 1997-1998 | |||
Genre | Hip hop | |||
Length | 69:57 | |||
Label | Def Jam Recordings | |||
Producer |
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Redman chronology | ||||
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Singles from Doc's Da Name 2000 | ||||
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Review scores | |
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Source | Rating |
AllMusic | [2] |
Christgau's Consumer Guide | A−[3] |
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music | [4] |
Los Angeles Times | [5] |
NME | 8/10[6] |
RapReviews | 8/10[7] |
Rolling Stone | [8] |
Doc's da Name 2000 is the fourth studio album by American rapper Redman.[9] The album was released on Def Jam Recordings on December 8, 1998. It peaked at number 11 on the US Billboard 200. It was a top seller, being certified platinum for sales of over a million copies.
The song "Da Goodness'' is sampled in the Barbadian soca beat "Redman/Da Goodness Riddim" in 1999. The song "Let Da Monkey Out" was featured in the 2005 film Syriana.[10]
Commercial performance
Doc's da Name 2000 debuted at number 11 on the US Billboard 200 chart, and number one on the US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums, becoming his third number one on the chart.[11] On February 17, 1999, the album was certified platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) for sales of over a million copies.[12] The album was certified only two months after being released. As of October 2009, the album has 1,056,000 copies in the United States.[13]
Track listing
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Producer(s) | Length |
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1. | "Welcome 2 da Bricks" | Reggie Noble | 1:55 | |
2. | "Let da Monkey Out" |
| Erick Sermon | 3:35 |
3. | "I'll Bee Dat!" |
| Rockwilder | 4:34 |
4. | "Get It Live" |
| Erick Sermon | 3:26 |
5. | "Who Took da Satellite Van? (Skit)" | 0:46 | ||
6. | "Jersey Yo!" |
| 3:33 | |
7. | "Cloze Ya Doorz" (featuring Diezzel Don, Double-O, Gov Mattic, Roz, and Young Zee) |
| Erick Sermon | 3:59 |
8. | "I Don't Kare" |
| 3:28 | |
9. | "Boodah Break" | Erick Sermon | 2:17 | |
10. | "Million Chicken March (2 Hot 4 TV) (Skit)" | 1:21 | ||
11. | "Keep on '99" |
| Erick Sermon | 4:30 |
12. | "Well All Rite Cha" (featuring Method Man) |
| Erick Sermon | 4:15 |
13. | "Pain in da Ass Stewardess (Skit)" | 2:05 | ||
14. | "Da Goodness" (featuring Busta Rhymes) | Reggie Noble | 4:10 | |
15. | "My Zone!" (featuring Markie (aka Mr. Cream)[14]) |
| Reggie Noble | 2:54 |
16. | "Da Da DaHHH" |
| Erick Sermon | 4:07 |
17. | "G.P.N. (Skit)" | 2:07 | ||
18. | "Down South Funk" (featuring Erick Sermon and Keith Murray) |
| Erick Sermon | 3:51 |
19. | "D.O.G.S." |
| Erick Sermon | 3:51 |
20. | "Beet Drop" | Reggie Noble | 1:18 | |
21. | "We Got da Satellite Van! (Skit)" | 0:56 | ||
22. | "Brick City Mashin'!" |
| Erick Sermon | 3:10 |
23. | "Soopaman Lova IV" (featuring Dave Hollister) | Reggie Noble | 2:33 | |
24. | "I Got a Seecret" |
| Roni Size | 3:43 |
Samples
Welcome 2 Da Bricks
- "Black Wonders of the World" by Billy Paul
Let Da Monkey Out
- "Stomp and Buck Dance" by The Crusaders
Get It Live
- "Just Rhymin' With Biz" by Big Daddy Kane
Jersey Yo!
- "Shoo-B-Doop and Cop Him" by Betty Davis
I Don't Kare
- "The Champ" by The Mohawks
- "Super Thug" by N.O.R.E
- "Top Billin'" by Audio Two
Boodah Break
- "Beats to the Rhyme" by Run-DMC
- "Caught, Can I Get a Witness?" by Public Enemy
Keep On '99
Da Goodness
- "Caravan" by Buddy Merrill
- "It's All About the Benjamins" by Puff Daddy
My Zone!
- "How I Could Just Kill a Man" by Cypress Hill
Da Da Dahhh
- "It's a Sad Song" by Don Julian
Down South Funk
- "La Di Da Di" by Doug E. Fresh and Slick Rick
D.O.G.S.
- "Ladies in Da House" by Aaliyah
- "Atomic Dog" by George Clinton
Brick City Mashin'!
- "Genius of Love" by Tom Tom Club
- "Triple Threat" by Z-3 MC's
Soopaman Lova IV
- "You've Got a Hard Head" by Johnny "Guitar" Watson
I Got a Seecret
- "Around the World" by Attilio Mineo
Charts
Weekly charts
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Year-end charts
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Certifications
Region | Certification | Certified units/sales |
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Canada (Music Canada)[19] | Gold | 50,000^ |
United States (RIAA)[20] | Platinum | 1,000,000^ |
^ Shipments figures based on certification alone. |
See also
References
- ^ "Da Goodness [US] - Redman | User Reviews | AllMusic". AllMusic.
- ^ Allmusic review
- ^ Robert Christgau review
- ^ Larkin, Colin (2011). "A Tribe Called Quest". The Encyclopedia of Popular Music (5th concise ed.). Omnibus Press. ISBN 978-0-85712-595-8.
- ^ Los Angeles Times review
- ^ NME review
- ^ RapReviews review
- ^ Rolling Stone review
- ^ "Doc's the Name: Redman: Music". Amazon. 1998. Retrieved 2012-02-14.
- ^ "Soundtracks for Syriana". Redman's "Let Da Monkey Out". imdb.com. Retrieved January 2, 2017.
- ^ "Redman - Billboard 200 Chart History". Billboard. Retrieved March 1, 2020.
- ^ "RIAA Certifications - Redman". Recording Industry Association of America. Retrieved March 1, 2020.
- ^ "XXL SCANS: DEF JAM'S ENTIRE DISCOGRAPHY & RECORD SALES". October 18, 2009. Retrieved March 1, 2020.
- ^ In the video for Mr. Cream's song "M R Dot", he uses the song My Zone as an outro with the words "Redman feat Mr. Cream" written across the screen. He also makes references to it in his lyrics and of course has the same voice. Also see the Redman Revisited episode of MTV Cribs.
- ^ "Billboard 200 - December, 26, 1998". Billboard. Retrieved March 1, 2020.
- ^ "Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums - December, 26, 1998". Billboard. Retrieved March 1, 2020.
- ^ "Billboard 200 Albums – Year-End 1999". Billboard. Retrieved December 5, 2018.
- ^ "Billboard Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums – Year-End 1999". Billboard. Retrieved December 5, 2018.
- ^ "Canadian album certifications – Redman – Doc's da Name 2000". Music Canada.
- ^ "American album certifications – Redman – Doc's da Name 2000". Recording Industry Association of America.