Just rub these two wires for the doorbell.

May 6, 2015 2:26 PM

"Yo, who remembers my episode of MTV Cribs? You remember that guy who was asleep on the floor?" An oral history of the infamous Redman episode.
posted by Metroid Baby (18 comments total)

Redman was supposed to play my colleges end of year concert back in 2002....he never showed up because he was (allegedly) busted for drugs in NYC earlier that day.....hence this story does not surprise me.
posted by Captain_Science at 2:46 PM on May 6, 2015

They don't mention it, but didn't he have like two stacks of porno movies just sitting next to the TV?
posted by Literaryhero at 3:00 PM on May 6, 2015

MTV revisited Redman's crib in 2014 and he did indeed make some renovations (although his bedroom is still refreshingly messy).
posted by muddgirl at 3:08 PM on May 6, 2015 [2 favorites]

And this is the thread where the magic happens.
posted by Room 641-A at 3:12 PM on May 6, 2015 [6 favorites]

he did indeed make some renovations (although his bedroom is still refreshingly messy).

If they didn't call the episode Dare Iz a Doorbell I am disappointed
posted by Hoopo at 3:15 PM on May 6, 2015 [2 favorites]

Delighted by the 2014 revisit and he's kept it real with no sheets. I also recognized some dollar store products!
posted by _paegan_ at 3:25 PM on May 6, 2015 [1 favorite]

I love how much the Redman/Cream interactions read like Ray and Roast Beef.

When it is too hot to sleep on the couch I just go right to the floor

It is basically a cooler situation
posted by Iridic at 3:29 PM on May 6, 2015 [22 favorites]

Redman keeps it real on Cribs. Love it.
posted by oceanjesse at 3:45 PM on May 6, 2015

MTV revisited Redman's crib in 2014 and he did indeed make some renovations Beyonce'd that shit

FTFY. I think I'm going to start using Beyonce as a verb to describe improving anything, from now on. That was delightful.
posted by axiom at 3:46 PM on May 6, 2015 [4 favorites]

That was delightful.
posted by ocherdraco at 4:04 PM on May 6, 2015

I had previously pinpointed Red's Cribs episode as the apex of my ability to love rap culture without rationalization and I stand by that. Red Man and Inspectah Deck are my working class heroes of hiphop.
posted by Divine_Wino at 4:35 PM on May 6, 2015 [2 favorites]

The first season of Cribs also had an Episode where they went to Sean William Scott's place. It was an apartment he shared with a roommate, and there was a hole in the kitchen wall. I wasn't convinced that one was real, either.
posted by KGMoney at 4:49 PM on May 6, 2015

Justified the whole show, in the process of subverting it.

(Also Redman's first four albums and Blackout all belong in the canon of 90's hip-hop and if you disagree I will fight you)
posted by penduluum at 5:30 PM on May 6, 2015 [3 favorites]

Don't be fooled. Redman didn't squander his millions. He's been investing wisely with Wu Tang Financial.
posted by cazoo at 6:03 PM on May 6, 2015 [4 favorites]

Redman didn't squander his millions.

Wait, did Redman make millions and lose it? I know he was very successful in the 90s in terms of charts and he's produced a lot of underground hits, but that doesn't necessarily mean he made a lot of money
posted by Hoopo at 8:38 PM on May 6, 2015

Man, that Cribs episode just made me love Redman. It came out right around the time he did Oooh with De La Soul, not long after a buddy of mine had pushed the Wu on me, for my own good.
posted by Kreiger at 9:08 PM on May 6, 2015

Hoopo, Wu-Tang Financial.
posted by Mr. Merkin at 7:35 AM on May 7, 2015

Metafilter: like, “What the fuck are we going to do with this?"
posted by sidereal at 9:25 AM on May 7, 2015