Doc’s da Name 2000 is the fourth studio album by American rapper Redman. The album was released on 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.
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.
