Biography
Reginald Nobl, better known under the stage pseudonym Redman - American rapper, DJ, musical producer and actor. Having come to fame in the early 1990s, the performer lit up in Method Man & Redman duet, and also released a number of solo albums at the Def Jam studio and the Gilla House Records's own recording label.Childhood and youth
Redman was born in New Jersey on April 17, 1970. In early childhood, he lived with Mother Darlen, and Misiroval, contacted a bad company, hooked on drugs and ripped relations with relatives.
In 1987, Reginald was excluded from College at the State University of Montcler, and he earned the spread of prohibited substances. 2 years later, miraculously avoiding imprisonment, the young man threw a dangerous business and began to perform in the role of a freestailer musician in New York Parks and at Parties in Friends.
On one of these events with the participation of the Lords of the Underground team, Nuba noted the leader of the Hip-Hop group Epmd Eric Sermon. The guys talked, and after a few weeks Reggie moved to Long Island and settled in the apartment of a new comrade and the future colleague.
Young DJ toured with Eric and Epmd, performing duties of a handyman and occasionally appearing on stage in pauses between team performances. So it lasted until in 1990, Sermon did not introduce the freestailer to the New York show named Redman and did not allow the musician to take a number in the main EPMD program.
From this point on, the biography of Navy has changed cool, and he became an official rap executor who collaborated with Eric on the labels Def Jam Recordings and Chaos Recordings.
Music
During the year, Redman worked at Ian London Studios Studios, North Shore Soundworks and Power Play Studios. September 22, 1992 the musician presented the debut disk "Whort? Thee album ", the compositions of which were a mixture of hip-hop, reggae and funk.
Having taking the 49th place in the Billboard 200 hit parade, the album soon received a gold certificate and provided the executor the title "Raper of the Year" according to the American edition of The Source. HOW TO ROLL A BLUNT and TONIGHT'S DA NIGHT, consisting of samples of popular performers, became the most famous. The last few months later came as a bilateral single to the album.
Despite the recognition, Redman fell into depression and in this state began to record the 2nd plate under the speaking name "Dare Iz a Darkside". Representing the disc, on the cover of which there was a photo of the musician, on the neck of the buried in the ground, the rapper did not hoped for positive feedback. Contrary to expectations, this work made his debut on the 13th line of the Billboard 200 and received 9 of their 10 points on rapreviews critics.
The most enthusiastic reviews was awarded the 3rd Studio Album Noss Muddy Waters, released on December 10, 1996. Songs "Whateva Man" and "IT's Like That (My Big Brother)", sprinkled together with Eric Sronon, appeared in charts as separate singles, and the composition "Do What You Feel" became music to the popular video game "Grand Theft Auto: Liberty City Stories.
At the same time, the rapper began to cooperate with Clifford Smith, known under the pseudonym Method MAN, and together with him he participated in the records of Tupak Shakura, presenting a speaking on the "Got My Mind Up" track.
In 1998, the duet was once again gathered to create the composition "Well All Rite Cha" with a Redman and DEF Squad "El Nino" plate, and then released a full-fledged joint album called "Blackout!". The disc, the presentation of which took place on September 28, 1999, continued a series of successful projects of the record company DEF JAM and preceded the release of the collection "How High", which became the musical basis of the youth comedy "Tracker".
The film, where rappers performed the role of the main characters, became a good advertising of both plates and contributed to the release of singles and video clips, rotated on the top music channels MTV and Bet.
In the following years, Redman returned to the solo career and released the 5th studio album called "MalPractice", and also performed the hit "Dirrty" together with the American singer Christina Aguilera. In addition, the musician participated in Remix Remix Pink Remix "Get this Party Started", and his poems were used in the Eminem "Till I Collapse" composition.
In 2007, Myspace appeared a duet with a sneake of the dog, which was included in the next project of the Nostva "Red Gone Wild. Thee Album ", at the presentation of which rapper hinted, which will soon release another full-fledged record and will continue joint creativity with Method MAN. Half the promised Redman fulfilled in 2009, when Def Jam introduced the 2nd part of the Blackout record, "Blackout! 2.
Debuting at number 4 in Billboard 200, the album came to Top R & B / Hip-Hop Albums ratings and Top Rap Albums, and also scored 79 points on the Metacritic website. The long-awaited solo called "REGGIE" was preceded by Singles "COC Back", "Oh My" and "Money On My Mind", as a result, not included in the record. In an interview with journalists, the musician stated that the work began to go beyond the Redman brand and was the work that was born in the consciousness of Alter Ego his own personality.
As a result, the plate did not become popular and passed almost unnoticed. The failure forced the novel to move the timing of the release of the prepared albums so that as much as possible to handle the written material. The 8th Studio Plate "Mudface" appeared in 2015, and the disk recording called "Muddy Waters, Too" stretched for another 4 years.
Personal life
Official information about his wife and children of Reginald Nobla is carefully hidden from the public. It is known that Rapper has a son who has recently graduated from college, and relatives who are fond of hip-hop culture.
Despite the fact that the artist page in Instagram is official and open to view, pictures illustrating a personal life, it is almost not published on it.
Redman now
Now hip-hop fans are looking forward to the release of the new Redman album called "Muddy Waters, Too". The performer transfers the date of the appearance of the record several times, and now its exit is scheduled for the summer of 2019.In contrast to previous works, the musician abandoned the mass presentation of the singles preceding the main material. He limited himself to one song "I Love Hip-Hop", posted as an official video on the YouTube channel.
Discography
Solo albums
- 1992 - "Whort? Thee Album »
- 1994 - "Dare Iz a Darkside"
- 1996 - "Muddy Waters"
- 1998 - "Doc's Da Name 2000"
- 2001 - "MalPractice"
- 2007 - "Red Gone Wild"
- 2010 - "REGGIE"
- 2015 - "Mudface"
Joint albums
- 1998 - "EL NIñO" (with DEF Squad)
- 1999 - "Blackout!" (with Method MAN)
- 2001 - "How High" (with Method MAN)
- 2009 - "Blackout! 2 "(with Method MAN)
- 2017 - "Red N Meth Mix" (with Method MAN)