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and Redman himself, and contains samples from many songs, including "All Night Long" by

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, "Tonight's the Night" by

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, and "A Few More Kisses to Go" by

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. The song starts off with Redman rapping about being "smooth to any groove", and he is then interrupted by

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who wants him to rap some "rough shit". Redman goes on to talk about guns and other illegal things. A remix can be found on Redman's second album, ''

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's song "One Less Nigga" mentions this at one point when the line "Tonights the night, like Redman" is recited.

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'', says "so mess around you'll be a dead man/ I get hype, tonight's the night like Redman".

Track listing

;A-side # "Tonight's da Night" (LP version) –3:22 # "Tonight's da Night" (instrumental) –3:05 ;B-side # "I'm a Bad" –2:53 # "Rated 'R'" –3:22

References

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