Redman has cashed a whole lot of checks in his greater than three many years within the rap recreation, however his largest payday got here from a track with pop celebrity Christina Aguilera.
The New Jersey native teamed up with the singer on the lead single for her fourth studio album, Stripped, launched in 2022. Over twenty years later, the track remains to be Redman’s most profitable collab.
“Christina is like one among my favourite collabs,” he revealed throughout an interview with Purple Bull Music.
Redman defined that Christina Aguilera preferred his 2021 track, “Let’s Get Soiled,” that includes DJ Kool, who made a R&B pop model of the monitor. The ensuing single “Dirrty” went on to go platinum and took the rapper world wide.
“So I obtained on the document and after that, that s### took off,” he recalled. “We was all over the place bro. She introduced me on tour, we was abroad.”
Stripped established the alter ego “Xtina” and noticed the singer shed her teen pop princess picture to disclose her actual and uncooked genuine persona. The album bought over 12 million copies worldwide and earned Christina Aguilera a number of Grammy Award nominations, together with Finest Pop Collaboration with Redman.
“I obtained to really see how a pop artist shake and transfer via this trade,” Redman shared. “It’s one other degree than Hip-Hop.”
Along with broadening his horizons, the collab made a significant influence on his funds.
“My publishing test,” Redman exclaimed. “Oh my God! I couldn’t consider I obtained that a lot cash for one verse. It was over like $250k my first test.”
In the meantime, Redman remains to be proving he’s a lyrical power to be reckoned with. He lately joined forces with Methodology Man and Raekwon for the most recent version of Purple Bull’s Spiral one-take Hip-Hop cypher.
