Redman - Whut? Thee Album (Black Vinyl)

Black Vinyl LP

Def Jam's 2026 reissue presses Redman's debut on black vinyl, with all 21 tracks on a single LP: eleven on side A and ten on side B. uDiscover Music announced it as a new all-black edition. A 2023 Def Jam vinyl reissue of the album was a colored pressing for independent shops.

Whut? Thee Album came out in 1992 on Def Jam, through Rush Associated Labels and Chaos Recordings. Reggie Noble, born in Newark, New Jersey, arrived by way of EPMD's Hit Squad: Erick Sermon brought him onstage at an EPMD show in 1990, and he made his recorded debut that year on EPMD's Business as Usual, on "Hardcore" and "Brothers on My Jock."

Sermon produced most of the album with Redman as co-producer, and served as executive producer. Redman produced the interludes and the "Blow Your Mind" remix on his own, and Pete Rock co-produced "How to Roll a Blunt." Recording ran from 1991 into 1992 at Ian London in East Islip, North Shore Soundworks in Commack and Power Play in New York City. DJ Scratch is featured on "So Ruff," and Sermon raps on "Watch Yo Nuggets."

The album reached No. 49 on the Billboard 200 and No. 5 on the Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart, and the RIAA certified it gold in June 1993. "Blow Your Mind" and "Time 4 Sum Aksion" both went to No. 1 on Billboard's Hot Rap Singles chart, and "Tonight's da Night" reached No. 20 there. The Source included it in its 1998 list of the 100 Best Rap Albums.

Tracklist

Side A

1. Psycho Ward
2. Time 4 Sum Aksion
3. Da Funk
4. News Break
5. So Ruff
6. Rated "R"
7. Watch Yo Nuggets
8. Psycho Dub
9. Jam 4 U
10. Blow Your Mind
11. Hardcore

Side B

12. Funky Uncles
13. Redman Meets Reggie Noble
14. Tonight's da Night
15. Blow Your Mind (Remix)
16. I'm a Bad
17. Sessed One Night
18. How to Roll a Blunt
19. Sooper Luver Interview
20. A Day of Sooperman Lover
21. Encore