Time 4 Sum Aksion | |
Cover: | Time 4 Sum Aksion.jpg |
Type: | single |
Artist: | Redman |
Album: | Whut? Thee Album |
B-Side: | Rated 'R' |
Released: | January 12, 1993 |
Recorded: | 1992 |
Genre: | East Coast hip hop, hardcore hip hop |
Length: | 3:24 |
Label: | Def Jam |
Producer: | Erick Sermon, Reggie Noble |
Prev Title: | Blow Your Mind |
Prev Year: | 1992 |
Next Title: | Tonight's Da Night |
Next Year: | 1993 |
"Time 4 Sum Aksion" is the second single from Redman's highly acclaimed debut album, Whut? Thee Album. It features production from Erick Sermon and Redman that contains a sample from Lowell Fulson's "Tramp".
Its chorus is a repetition of the phrase "Time 4 Sum Aksion" which is sampled from "How I Could Just Kill a Man" by Cypress Hill.
It is a popular song within hip hop and has been referenced by Common in his song "Sum Shit I Wrote" and Masta Ace in eMC's song "What It Stand For?". It can be found on the Def Jam hits compilation, Old 2 New, New 2 Old.
Steve Huey of Allmusic has referred to it as a "slamming party jam".[1]