I’m not sure when I’ll be able to stop replaying this one. This is one of those songs that I made the decision to post halfway through Red’s verse. If you’d told me that in 2009, Reggie and Clifford would be making tracks with Jeezy ad-libs and auto-tune, I’d have sold my copy of Muddy Waters back to the Wherehouse.* But this is just absurdly good. According to Def Jam’s website, Blackout 2 is slated to drop April 28. Maybe we should all start writing letters to Lyor Cohen now.
In the interim, you should re-evaluate the first Blackout, a sorely underrated effort. Moldering in the Stylus archives lies this excellent exegesis from Barry “Disco Vietnam” Schwartz. Read, download, smoke, etc.
*That’s completely a lie, you’d have to pry that shit from my cold, sativa-stained claws.
[Via Full Clip]
Download:
MP3:Method Man and Redman ft. Bun B-”City Lights”
11 comments
Scott T. Sterling says:
March 25, 2009 at 3:20 pm (UTC -7)
Amen, brother. And I fully co-sign with your estimation regarding the initial “Blackout” album. I still get a contact high just listening to it.
Disco Vietnam says:
March 25, 2009 at 3:59 pm (UTC -7)
Thanks for re-posting that piece Jeff. However, I would like to say I’ve since revised my feelings about Tical 2000 (it’s a fucking classic) and the piece is rather unfair to Redman. In my defense I recall this was Wu Week at Stylus.
Passion of the Weiss says:
March 25, 2009 at 4:34 pm (UTC -7)
Shit, that’s right.
http://www.stylusmagazine.com/articles/on_second_thought/inspectah-deck-uncontrolled-substance.htm
I shouldn’t have been such a dick towards La the Darkman.
geo says:
March 25, 2009 at 4:52 pm (UTC -7)
Well you was right about the movie Darkman being boring, but the LA’s boring flow is his trademark, so it doesn’t say much to note it’s boring. And I like it.
Same feelings about that new red&meth.
guodisdoug says:
March 25, 2009 at 5:02 pm (UTC -7)
Umm…that track’s hard to ignore. And it just made me dig out the soundtrack to “The Show.”
Curt says:
March 25, 2009 at 5:08 pm (UTC -7)
best pimp c sample on a chorus since el-p’s “fuck the law”
TJ says:
March 25, 2009 at 9:55 pm (UTC -7)
Hi-5 on Blackout. Also, Doc’s Da Name — great album.
Tree Frog says:
March 25, 2009 at 10:56 pm (UTC -7)
Stylus was easily the best music review site on the internet. Pour out a sip for them…
Love their Temptations piece “Ball of Fire” (I think).
Dart_Adams says:
March 25, 2009 at 11:42 pm (UTC -7)
Wait…Def Jam still has a website? And it had “accurate” release dates and information on it? Well, I’ll be damned!
One.
Zilla Rocca says:
March 26, 2009 at 5:51 am (UTC -7)
“My money like Southern Cali, it never rains”–Method Man, winning
Dylan says:
April 4, 2009 at 11:07 am (UTC -7)
I hate to say it but the Southern Cali line is basically what weezy said on make it rain remix.