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Da Goodness

"Da Goodness"
Single by Redman
from the album Doc's da Name 2000
B-side"I Don't Kare"
ReleasedJanuary 12, 1999
GenreHip hop
Length4:09
LabelDef Jam
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)Redman
Redman singles chronology
"I'll Bee Dat!"
(1998)
"Da Goodness"
(1999)
"Let Da Monkey Out"
(1999)
Busta Rhymes singles chronology
"Party Is Goin' on Over Here"
(1998)
"Da Goodness"
(1999)
"What's It Gonna Be?!"
(1999)
Music video
"Da Goodness" on YouTube

"Da Goodness" is a song by American rapper Redman with a verse by fellow rapper Busta Rhymes. It was released on January 12, 1999, via Def Jam Recordings as the second single from Redman's fourth solo studio album Doc's da Name 2000. Production was handled by Redman himself, who used an interpolation of "Caravan" written by Duke Ellington, Juan Tizol and Irving Mills.

The song did not reach the US Billboard Hot 100, however, it made it to number 50 on the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs, number 38 on the R&B/Hip-Hop Airplay and number 9 on the Hot Rap Songs in the United States. In the UK, the song went more successful, peaking at number 52 on the UK Singles Chart and number 5 on both the UK Dance and UK Hip Hop/R&B charts. A music video was directed by Steve Carr; the video and a radio edit omitted Busta Rhymes's verse.

Composition

"Da Goodness" was composed in 4
4
time
and the key of F♯ major, with a tempo of 67 beats per minute. It has a duration time of four minutes and nine seconds.[1]

Track listing

No.TitleWriter(s)Producer(s)Length
1."Da Goodness" (Radio Edit)Redman 
2."Da Goodness (LP Version)" (with Busta Rhymes)
  • Noble
  • Smith
  • Ellington
  • Tizol
  • Mills
Redman 
3."Da Goodness" (Instrumental)
  • Noble
  • Smith
  • Ellington
  • Tizol
  • Mills
Redman 
4."I Don't Kare" (Radio Edit)
 
5."I Don't Kare" (LP Version)
  • Noble
  • Sermon
  • Santiago
  • Williams
  • Hugo
  • K. Robinson
  • N. Robinson
  • Harry
  • Stein
  • Erick Sermon
  • Redman (co.)
 
6."I Don't Kare" (Instrumental)
  • Noble
  • Sermon
  • Santiago
  • Williams
  • Hugo
  • K. Robinson
  • N. Robinson
  • Harry
  • Stein
  • Erick Sermon
  • Redman (co.)
 

Charts

Chart (1999) Peak
position
UK Singles (OCC)[2] 52
UK Dance (OCC)[3] 5
UK Hip Hop/R&B (OCC)[4] 5
US Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs (Billboard)[5] 50
US R&B/Hip-Hop Airplay (Billboard)[6] 38
US Hot Rap Songs (Billboard)[7] 9

References