Within the final week of 2024, Redman launched Muddy Waters Too. The 32-track assortment arrives after practically 15 years of improvement. That behind-the-scenes course of is one thing Redman spoke candidly about with Ambrosia For Heads’ What’s The Headline podcast in his first interview since releasing the album. Reggie Noble shared a few of his transformation, together with the sonic evolution of the album that options Snoop Dogg, Queen Latifah, Naughty By Nature, Lords Of The Underground, Child Capri, Rah Digga, Shaq, and lots of extra. The MC/producer additionally spoke about points along with his well being, relationships, and enterprise that contributed to the delays.
Regardless of any hurdles, Muddy Waters Too is right here. Redman additionally revealed how a lot studying he has achieved within the course of. Previously a flagship artist on a significant label, Reggie Noble launched Gilla Home years in the past and partnered with Riveting Music for this album. “Each clip you see on IG, I sit down and edit every little thing. Like, I spend, like, possibly six, seven hours a day simply placing clips collectively so I can have it alongside down the road for my promotion,” Crimson’ revealed. “[Do I] try this personally? Yeah, I try this personally. Like, I don’t ship none of it out. Every part is correct right here on this laptop that I’m speaking to you [on]. And I’m happy with that, as a result of now I’m not simply slicing out the intermediary of paying somebody; I’m truly getting an important turnaround once I want it. Like, like, oh s__t, I can promote this that’ll go together with the album, as a result of we’re in a digital world, which I needed to respect. We’re within the streaming world, which I needed to respect. So I wasn’t the type of man that was going to sit round bitter, like, yeah, I ain’t doing that. , I’m from the college the place I realized that expertise, after which I took it again to the grassroots of the ’90s—shaking palms, assembly individuals, making connections. I deal with my pawns like kings and kings like pawns.”
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Redman’s strategy to constructing relationships shines by way of. He speaks about it, from connecting with youthful guys doing calisthenics on his health routine to collaborative Facetimes with longtime producer Rockwilder. Muddy Waters Too, arriving greater than 28 years from its gold-selling first quantity, reveals a creator who has developed a lot since “Whateva Man.”
In the course of the hour-plus interview, Redman spoke at size about Muddy Waters Too‘s creation and his private journey. He additionally talked about Hip-Hop tradition and expressed his fandom—together with of different artists. In the course of the dialogue on the 1:03:00 mark, Reggie Noble was requested: “Let’s say aliens got here down and took over like House Jam. Who’re the Avengers you’re gonna assemble to tackle that problem?“
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“I’m undoubtedly sending Black Thought [and] Widespread,” Redman begins. Notably, he and Technique Man shared the stage with Black Thought and Widespread, amongst others on the 2024 Roots Picnic throughout J. Interval’s “Reside Mixtape” set final 12 months in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Crimson acknowledged his function on this Hip-Hop Avengers. “I might dangle in there. I can dangle in there. I can dangle in there, as a result of MC’ing is not only one character. It’s so many characters to be an MC.” The artist additionally shared a pearl of knowledge with up-and-coming rappers whereas on the topic. “I would like [newer artists] to listen to this, as a result of it’s a lot extra to being in an MC than spitting a cute punchline on a regular basis [or] simply talking from a road viewpoint, to what individuals you suppose individuals wish to hear. And that’s what places a whole lot of artists and MCs in a field, as a result of they’re pertaining to what individuals wish to hear from them, as an alternative of feeding their soul from what they speak about [trying] to assist individuals.”
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Crimson’ added that he has intentionally tried to diversify over his 35 years on wax—avoiding these bins. “I might do any type of type, any type of move, and I’ve confirmed that I’m not. [I am not] simply speaking about one factor.” He elaborated that his lyrics are about far more than getting excessive and intercourse, and he continues to drive new conversations in his songwriting.” “I can speak about therapeutic. I might speak about various things. Plus, it comes with the territory of rising. So what you speak about, the way you speak about it—flows, your dedication, your character, the way you spit it, your physique posture, your posture of your coronary heart—how disciplined and the way delicate are you spitting these bars on serving to individuals. All of it comes into play. And Black Thought is a kind of. Widespread Sense [is] a kind of. J. Cole [is] a kind of; I’ll ship him in as an Avenger. Kendrick Lamar [is] a kind of; I might ship them in as an Avenger.”
Closing out his Avengers listing, Redman checked out his 30-year accomplice in rhyme. “Me and Meth’ would [jump in], in the event that they wanted some aggressiveness and motion,” he says of Technique Man. Then, the “eleventh member of Wu-Tang Clan” pointed to 2 different Wu swordsmen. “[Add] Ghostface [Killah] and Rae’ in there on that finish. Sure, I might ship C.L. Easy in as an Avenger. C.L. Easy don’t play.”
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Final 12 months, Raekwon joined Crimson & Meth in a Crimson Bull Cypher. For many years, Redman has collaborated with Wu-Tang on albums, together with The W, The Saga Continues, and Ghost’s acclaimed 2000 LP, Supreme Clientele.
Together with the most recent interview with Redman., AFH followers can catch a sequence of discussions about Hip-Hop on What’s The Headline. The podcast additionally options interviews with Royce 5’9, Man Wooden, Sr. and Sharene Wooden, Rapper Massive Pooh, Cormega, Meyhem Lauren & Daringer, Diamond D, AZ, Blu & Mickey Factz, Joell Ortiz, Kurupt, Proof, Skyzoo, Pharoahe Monch, Prince Paul & Don Newkirk, Statik Selektah, Lyric Jones, The LOX, MC Eiht, Havoc, Duckwrth, photographer T. Eric Monroe, and Lord Finesse.
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