Malpractice 2001 Album

Redman

This album was the first, second or third rap album I ever heard/owned, so that being the case, I may hold this up a bit high, but I still enjoy it to this day. As with much of my early interest in hip hop, I got this due to hearing 'Smash Sumthin' on a PSX demo of some wrestling game. I was very surprised when I first ventured to this site that it is thought of so poorly. For me though, it's very funky, largely thanks to the legendary Erick Sermon and Da Mascot, and Redman is as fun on this as anything I've heard from him. The energy on this album from start to finish is great. I'm usually a hater of skits on albums also, but these were fairly humorous, feeling like something from a sketch show. I think Redman went for a similar kind of project with his next followup, but it doesn't flow as well. Extremely consistent for me, just needed another couple of great tracks to get a higher rating. Best Tracks: Lick a Shot, Real Niggaz, Enjoy da Ride, J.U.M.P., Soopaman Luva 5 (Part I), Smash Sumthin'