It’s time to recognize Doc’s Da Name for the classic album it is

[nose hair]

Edgy hip hop heads will play it off as some sell out album or not grimy enough because it’s his most accessible album but Red did his thing on the album

Lyrics are still top notch and the production stands the test of the time

Damn shame people don’t celebrate this album more





























he snapped on this shyt



Classic remake/flip of Cube's Once Upon A Time In The Projects

 

[nose hair]

i wish this was whole song




i ain't even post the singles/ I'll Bee Dat one of the GOAT music videos




Red's flow on this was ridiculous

 

[Mastamimd]

Every dope hip hop album doesn't have to be a classic man

It's a solid 4 mic album and no amount of revisionism will change that. He had three before that. Most rappers would kill for that run

 

[nose hair]

Every dope hip hop album doesn't have to be a classic man

It's a solid 4 mic album and no amount of revisionism will change that. He had three before that. Most rappers would kill for that run

You right but at the same time, someone can think it's a classic and it wouldn't be a bad or far stretched opinion either.

I've seen people on here shyt on albums that are considered worldwide classics by most fans, now whether they trolling or not is another thing, but music is subjective.


i say all that to say, i just made this thread to get a discussion about the album going

 

[mundL]

You're right

it's a personal classic for me too

Redmans top6 albums is actually quite insane when you think about it: the first 3 albums, this one, BO 1, the Def Squad album

6 crazy albums in 1 decade

 

[nose hair]

You're right

it's a personal classic for me too

Redmans top6 albums is actually quite insane when you think about it: the first 3 albums, this one, BO 1, the Def Squad album

6 crazy albums in 1 decade

thank you!

yeah, Red had an amazing run in the 90's

 

[Pegasus Jackson]

Perfectly serviceable album but after 3 certified classics this one definitely felt underwhelming.. plus it wasn't nearly as grimy and dirty and the production was a little too "clean".. felt like he was chasing commercial success here. Malpractice was worse.

 

[nose hair]

Perfectly serviceable album but after 3 certified classics this one definitely felt underwhelming.. plus it wasn't nearly as grimy and dirty and the production was a little too "clean".. felt like he was chasing commercial success here. Malpractice was worse.

see what i mean?

Malpratice was outside of Diggy Doc and Real nikkaz

 

[Mastamimd]

see what i mean?

Malpratice was outside of Diggy Doc and Real nikkaz

I need to revisit because I've seen people say it's good

 

[nose hair]

I need to revisit because I've seen people say it's good

Malpractice? God, no!

Diggy Doc, Real nikkaz and SoopaMan Lova 5 Part I are the only memorable songs from that album. Everything else was trash

 

[FunkDoc1112]

Redman was still spitting on a high level but Erick Sermon's production fell off a cliff after 1997

(Though strangely, El Nino was still fire...so idk, maybe Erick just gave him a bad batch lmao)

 

[Pegasus Jackson]

Redman was still spitting on a high level but Erick Sermon's production fell off a cliff after 1997

(Though strangely, El Nino was still fire...so idk, maybe Erick just gave him a bad batch lmao)

Might be due to not being able to sample like he could in the past. A lot of the production on this album by Sermon is sparse and skeletal. A drum and a simple bassline a lot of times. It's not trash, but it's a far cry from Time for some Action.

 

[nose hair]

Redman was still spitting on a high level but Erick Sermon's production fell off a cliff after 1997

(Though strangely, El Nino was still fire...so idk, maybe Erick just gave him a bad batch lmao)

Erick held it down for Doc'a Da Name tho.

i really think because Doc's Da Name is a more lighter version of Muddy Waters, people are sorta turned off by the album.

 

[nose hair]

im the last guy to give a damn about how much an artist sells but it is ironic that this is the album that Red went platinum and most of his hardcore fans don't like that much

 

[FunkDoc1112]

Might be due to not being able to sample like he could in the past. A lot of the production on this album by Sermon is sparse and skeletal. A drum and a simple bassline a lot of times. It's not trash, but it's a far cry from Time for some Action.

Erick wasn't really sampling like that in the 95/96 either and that was his peak as a producer...he had more of a Q-Tip/Dilla/Atlanta influence back then. If he was sampling, it was sparse jazz samples with a lot of surrounding music that you couldn't really trace. He just had a better vibe and sounds back then