{{Infobox song | name = Da Rockwilder | cover = Da Rockwilder.jpg | alt = | border = yes | caption = | type = single | artist = [[Method Man & Redman]] | album = [[Blackout! (Method Man & Redman album)|Blackout!]] | A-side = | B-side = 1, 2, 1, 2 | released = 1999 | recorded = | studio = | genre = [[Hip-hop|Hip hop]] | length = | label = [[Def Jam Recordings|Def Jam]] | writer = {{hlist|[[Method Man|Clifford Smith, Jr.]]|[[Redman (rapper)|Reginald Noble]]|[[Rockwilder|Dana Stinson]]}} | producer = [[Rockwilder]] | chronology = [[Method Man & Redman]] | prev_title = [[Left & Right (D'Angelo song)|Left & Right]] | prev_year = 1999 | next_title = Y.O.U. | next_year = 2000 | misc = {{Extra chronology | artist = [[Redman (rapper)|Redman]] | type = singles | prev_title = [[Left & Right (D'Angelo song)|Left & Right]] | prev_year = 1999 | title = Da Rockwilder | year = 1999 | next_title = Y.O.U. | next_year = 2000 }} {{Extra chronology | artist = [[Method Man]] | type = singles | prev_title = [[Left & Right (D'Angelo song)|Left & Right]] | prev_year = 1999 | title = Da Rockwilder | year = 1999 | next_title = [[N 2 Gether Now]] | next_year = 1999 }} }}
"'''Da Rockwilder'''" is a hip hop song written and performed by American rappers [[Method Man & Redman]]. It was released in 1999 through [[Def Jam Recordings]] as the second single off of the duo's first collaborative studio album ''[[Blackout! (Method Man & Redman album)|Blackout!]]''. [[Hip hop production|Production]] was handled by [[Rockwilder]]. The song contains an interpolation of "[[Hand on the Pump]]" by [[Cypress Hill]].
The single peaked at number 51 on the [[Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs]] chart, number 42 on the [[R&B/Hip-Hop Airplay]] chart, and number 14 on the [[Hot Rap Songs]] chart in the United States, and number 181 on the French [[SNEP]] Top 200 Singles chart. It also made it to the number 12 on the Official Hip Hop and R&B Singles Chart in the UK.
The song was used in ''[[Gone in 60 Seconds (soundtrack)|Gone In 60 Seconds]]'', ''More Music from [[Save the Last Dance (soundtrack)|Save the Last Dance]]'' and ''[[How High (soundtrack)|How High - The Soundtrack]]''.
==Music video== An accompanying [[music video]], directed by [[Dave Meyers (director)|Dave Meyers]], received a 'Music Video of the Year' nomination at the 2000 Source Awards. In 2013, ''[[Complex Networks|Complex]]'' ranked it at No. 28 on its 'The 50 Best Rap Videos of the '90s' list.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Baker |first=Ernest |last2=Jenkins |first2=Craig |last3=Isenberg |first3=Daniel |last4=Drake |first4=David |last5=Kamer |first5=Foster |last6=Ahmed |first6=Insanul |last7=Nostro |first7=Lauren |date=February 24, 2013 |title=The 50 Best Rap Videos of the '90s |url=https://www.complex.com/music/a/ernest-baker/the-50-best-rap-videos-of-the-90s |access-date=May 11, 2024 |website=[[Complex Networks|Complex]] |language=en-us}}</ref>
==Track listing== {{Track listing | headline = [[Twelve-inch single|12"]] [[Phonograph record|vinyl]] | all_writing = | extra_column = Producer(s) | title1 = Da Rockwilder | note1 = Radio Edit | writer1 = {{hlist|[[Method Man|Clifford Smith]]|[[Redman (rapper)|Reggie Noble]]|[[Rockwilder|Dana Stinson]]}} | extra1 = [[Rockwilder]] | length1 = | title2 = Da Rockwilder | note2 = LP Version | writer2 = {{hlist|Smith|Noble|Stinson}} | extra2 = Rockwilder | length2 = | title3 = Da Rockwilder | note3 = Instrumental | writer3 = | extra3 = Rockwilder | length3 = | title4 = 1, 2, 1, 2 | note4 = Radio Edit | writer4 = {{hlist|Smith|Noble|[[DJ Scratch|George Spivey]]}} | extra4 = [[DJ Scratch]] | length4 = | title5 = 1, 2, 1, 2 | note5 = LP Version | writer5 = {{hlist|Smith|Noble|Spivey}} | extra5 = DJ Scratch | length5 = | title6 = 1, 2, 1, 2 | note6 = Instrumental | writer6 = | extra6 = DJ Scratch | length6 = | total_length = }}
==Charts== {| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center" |- ! scope="col"| Chart (2000) ! scope="col"| Peak<br />position |- {{single chart|Billboardrandbhiphop|51|artist=Method Man|rowheader=true|access-date=May 11, 2024}} |- {{single chart|Billboardrandbhiphopairplay|42|artist=Redman|rowheader=true|access-date=May 11, 2024}} |- {{single chart|Billboardrapsongs|14|artist=Method Man|rowheader=true|access-date=May 11, 2024}} |} {| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center" |- ! scope="col" style="width:17em;"| Chart (2005) ! scope="col"| Peak<br />position |- {{single chart|UKrandb|12|date=20051023|rowheader=true|access-date=May 11, 2024}} |} {| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center" |- ! scope="col" style="width:17em;"| Chart (2013) ! scope="col"| Peak<br />position |- {{single chart|France|181|date=20051023|artist=Method Man & Redman|song=Da Rockwilder|rowheader=true|access-date=May 11, 2024}} |}
==References== {{Reflist}}
* {{External music video|{{YouTube|WCYy8jpp7R8|"Da Rockwilder"}}
==External links== *{{Discogs master|103194|Da Rockwilder|type=single}}
{{Method Man & Redman}}
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