提到Hiphop圈中最好的两人组合，你不得不把Redman和Method Man这两个实则单干却又惺惺相惜的说唱怪才也算在其中，无论你想到他们给大麻爱好者创作的“How High”，还是他们高质量的合作专辑《Blackout!》，亦或是他们两人出众的现场感染力，这些都是说唱迷始终对于这两位艺人宠爱有加的原因，这也可以解释2009年年初当人们听说Redman和Method Man会带来《Blackout!第二季》时的激动心情。不过怀旧不代表一切，10年对于Hiphop世界来说恍如隔世，当时流行的音乐是否还能在如今掀起狂潮是放在Redman和Method Man面前的一个大大的问号。　　不过这对Funky狂人显然不在乎时光的变迁，他们依然做自己的音乐，正如人们所预料的那样，《Blackout!第二季》中的音乐延续了上一季的风格，更形象点说，《Blackout 2》就像是对如今商业化Hiphop音乐竖起的中指。“We can ship gold, f**k one million”是两人在开场曲“B.O.2 (Intro)”中的宣言，也为专辑定下了不羁的基调。Keith Murray助阵的“Errbody Scream”让人想起了Def Squad时期的歌曲；“Dis Iz 4 All My Smokers”从标题里就能一目了然的看出这是“How High”的后续，也是Redman和Method Man的专辑中必收的曲目：With each having individual obligations all over the place, it took ten years for Method Man and Redman to record a follow-up to 1999's beloved Blackout!, but one listen and you'd think it had only been ten days. Interplay during the intro proves that none of the chemistry is lost, then the slow-grinding I'm Dope Ni**a declares that happy and horribly high days are here again, with mentions of Club Nouveau plus Tango & Cash putting a date stamp on the duo. Their fine vintage is displayed two tracks later when Dangerous MCees spits Even Herbie Hancock know where to Rockit over a beat that's identifiably Erick Sermon. It's topped by the Phyllis Hyman loop Pete Rock cuts for the preceding track, A-Yo, a superior weekend anthem featuring Saukrates from Redman's Gilla House group. With the sound of the South having exploded since the first Blackout!, the hypnotic highlight City Lights with guest Bun B plus a UGK sample is identifiable as post-2000. Also of its time is the dreaded Auto-Tune device, which corrects some pitch here and there, although its polish is negated on I Know Sumptn by the very Redman lyric Check my bowel baby\u002FThis is the mother load. Mentions of riding jet skis on land and all sorts of other absurdities sit next to innovative viewpoints on sleaze, then Dis Iz 4 All My Smokers does the weed song right as the blunt brothers roll over a DJ Scratch track that sounds heavily influenced by RZA. Speaking of Wu-Tang members, Raekwon and Ghostface appear on the key cut Four Minutes to Lock Down, an intense barrage of Shaolin lyrics that helps anchor an album that's often just a party on wax. The original deserves the top spot, but think of this as the Godfather Part II of reckless boom-bap rap and you've got an idea of how well this Blackout! satisfies.