Doc's da Name 2000 is the fourth studio album by American rapper Redman. The album was released on Def Squad Records and Def Jam Recordings on December 8, 1998. It peaked at number 11 on the US Billboard 200. It was a top seller, being certified platinum for sales of over a million copies.
The song "Da Goodness'' is sampled in the Barbadian soca beat "Redman/Da Goodness Riddim" in 1999. The song "Let da Monkey Out" was featured in the 2005 film Syriana.
Commercial performance Doc's da Name 2000 debuted at number 11 on the US Billboard 200 chart, and number one on the US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums, becoming his third number one on the chart. On February 17, 1999, the album was certified platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) for sales of over a million copies. The album was certified only two months after being released. As of October 2009, the album has 1,056,000 copies in the United States being Redman's best selling album.
Track listing
Samples Welcome 2 da Bricks "Black Wonders of the World" by Billy Paul Let da Monkey Out "Stomp and Buck Dance" by the Crusaders Get It Live "Just Rhymin' with Biz" by Big Daddy Kane Jersey Yo! "Shoo-B-Doop and Cop Him" by Betty Davis I Don't Kare "The Champ" by the Mohawks "Super Thug" by N.O.R.E "Top Billin'" by Audio Two Boodah Break "Beats to the Rhyme" by Run-DMC "Caught, Can I Get a Witness?" by Public Enemy Keep On '99 "Can't Run, Can't Hide" by Ray J "She Swallowed It" by N.W.A Da Goodness "Caravan" by Buddy Merrill "It's All About the Benjamins" by Puff Daddy My Zone! "How I Could Just Kill a Man" by Cypress Hill Da Da Dahhh "It's a Sad Song" by Don Julian Down South Funk "La Di Da Di" by Doug E. Fresh and Slick Rick D.O.G.S. "Ladies in da House" by Aaliyah "Atomic Dog" by George Clinton Brick City Mashin'! "Genius of Love" by Tom Tom Club "Triple Threat" by Z-3 MC's Soopaman Lova IV "You've Got a Hard Head" by Johnny "Guitar" Watson I Got a Seecret "Around the World" by Attilio Mineo
Charts
Weekly charts Chart (1998)PeakpositionUS Billboard 20011US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums (Billboard)1
Year-end charts Chart (1999) Position US Billboard 200 94 US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums (Billboard) 22
Certifications
See also List of number-one R&B albums of 1998 (U.S.)
References