From: juonsteve@bvc.edu
Newsgroups: alt.rap
Subject: Say Whut?  The review
Date: 13 Oct 92 20:41:32 CDT
Organization: Buena Vista College, Storm Lake, IA

Artist: Redman
Tape  : Whut?  Thee Album
Rating: 8.5 out of 10

Not to be jocking the hell outta Reggie, but this is the dopest debut tape of
the year, period.  Redman is definetly the pyscho p-funk hit squad homeboy. 
Let me break it down for you.

Inhale Side:          Exhale Side:

*Psycho Ward          *Funky Uncles
Time 4 Sum Aksion     Redman Meets Reggie Noble
Da Funk               Tonight's Da Night
*News Break           Blow Your Mind (remix)
So Ruff               I'm a Bad
Rated "R"             *Sessed One Night
Watch Yo Nuggets      How to Roll a Blunt
*Psycho Dub           *Sooper Luver Interview
Jam 4 U               A Day of Sooperman Lover
Blow Your Mind        Encore
Hardcore

*-denotes skit, not song

Psycho Ward sets the mood for the album.  I was reminded of the Poppa Large
video while I was listenin to this intro.  The therapist is telling Redman to
focus his mind, then Redman yells "Nineteen ninety
two!  Straight from Jersey the phillie blunt man's on!  Yo D(?) tell 'em how
the shit's goin down"
And the shit goes down.  "Let's Get Ready to Rumble!" yells Redman as the
stupid dope samples from Zapp and Cypress Hill roll on.  Redman leaves you
floored with rymes like "All that, the high hat (crash), go buy that, brother
look where your eyes at?  They on the floor pick 'em up" and on and on.  This
song is so wicked I get blunted just listening!
Then the pace slows down a little, as Da Funk rolls in, and Da Funk it is. 
This short song is followed by a skit about the L.A. riots, then So Ruff kicks
in.  This song is actually an ode to safe sex, as Redman kicks the tale of he
and Erick Sermon caught HIV from this fly looking female.  As he puts it "You
can either get with this, or you can catch the claps."
He also sneaks in that same message for a sec in Rated "R", which features
excellent Rakim and Ice Cube samples and some horns that sound wicked.  Once
again Redman drops the science:  "Got Naughty in my Nature plus I'm Down wit
O.P.P., the best part about it I got AIDS, bitch!".  Basically a freestyle
boast, he talks about how he's Freddy Kruger's nightmare and how he snapped
Michael Myer's neck (the movie Halloween, in case you don't know).
Then Erick (the slickest, the crazy mad psycho, the sickest) Sermon drops in to
kick a verse.  Redman gives Erick much props here and throughout for producing
his album.  I believe this is the song where Redman says "Scoop this, Redman is
milk like two tits."  He just keeps coming up with the wicked dope rhymes!     
Erick definetly hits the mark, and so does Redman.  After hearing
this song you definetly realize that in his own way, Redman's givin props to
Zapp, Parliament, George Clinton, James Brown, as he just keeps sampling them
all!
Then we roll into Jam 4 U, a cut about which I really don't have much to say. 
Of the album's cuts, it might be one of the only one's I'd rate under 8, but
it's still at least a 7.5.  It just hasn't grooved me like the rest of the
album.
Blow Your Mind, however, is as good or better than Time 4 Sum Aksion.  The
samples mesh perfectly, and Redman gets ill grammatical with the flow.  "Tisk
tisk tasket, and I keep a glock in my basket".  It also features my favorite
line from the whole tape:  "Fuck Bruce Willis, because I die ruff"
Then there is a recap of his rhyme from Hardcore on Business as Usual.  Nothing
much to say, since we all know the song pretty well already (it's what, 2 years
old now?)
Funky Uncles is the one skit I don't usually fast forward through.  Hey,
anytime anybody disses Hammer, I'm listening!  Then Redman meets Reggie Noble,
which is definetly another pyscho Redman cut.
Hurricane Gloria makes a guest appearance on Tonight's Da Night, asking Redman
what's up with the punk smoove shit.  That basically sums up this track, it's
some dope punk smoove shit, not your typical P-Funk here.  But as he says,
Redman can get busy to any groove.
The Blow Your Mind (remix) doesn't add that much, but since I liked the song a
lot befor I like the remix almost as much.  Then I'm a Bad rolls in, and
although it's a good cut, I usually skip right forward to Pete Rock's funky jam
How to Roll a Blunt.
The last but not least is A Day of Sooperman Lover, which is a tale of how
Redman gets it, but has no idea what he's getting!  Check the song to find out.
Encore is basically a Blow Your Mind instrumental, and that wraps up the album.
Except for two cuts and the skits, you can play this tape from start to finish
without missing a thing.  For hit squad fans and hip-hop lovers in general, I'd
say this tape is a must have.  Go to your local rekkid store and pick it up!

Well, I'm not too experienced at writing reviews, but I hope y'all liked this
little jam.  I gotta be audi, so until next time, PEace!

"They say two wrongs don't make it right
 But it damn sure makes it even" - Sister Souljah

I'm ghost like Casper.  See YA!