Method Man | ||
 | Album: 1 of 11 Title: Tical Released: 1994-11-15 Tracks: 26 Duration: 1:41:38 Scroll: Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% Spotify Allmusic Wikipedia AlbumCover | 1 Tical (03:56) 2 Biscuits (02:49) 3 Bring the Pain (03:09) 4 All I Need (03:16) 5 What the Blood Clot (03:24) 6 Meth vs. Chef (03:36) 7 Sub Crazy (02:15) 8 Release Yo’ Delf (04:15) 9 P.L.O. Style (02:36) 10 I Get My Thang in Action (03:45) 11 Mr. Sandman (03:37) 12 Stimulation (03:46) 13 Method Man (remix) (03:16) 1 Release Yo’ Delf (Prodigy remix) (05:55) 2 Release Yo’ Delf (New Blood mix) (05:22) 3 I’ll Be There for You/You’re All I Need to Get By (Razor Sharp mix) (03:44) 4 I’ll Be There for You/You’re All I Need to Get By (Razor Sharp instrumental) (03:45) 5 I’ll Be There for You/You’re All I Need to Get By (Puff Daddy mix) (05:09) 6 I’ll Be There for You/You’re All I Need to Get By (Puff Daddy instrumental) (05:05) 7 I’ll Be There for You/You’re All I Need to Get By (Soul Inside edit) (04:15) 8 I’ll Be There for You/You’re All I Need to Get By (Keep It Tight mix) (04:35) 9 Bring the Pain (Chemical Brothers remix) (05:59) 10 Bring the Pain (remix) (03:25) 11 Bring the Pain (instrumental) (03:15) 12 The Riddler (03:31) 13 Wings of the Morning (Dynamik Duo mix) (03:52) |
| Tical : Allmusic album Review : The first Wu-Tang Clan solo album to follow the seismic impact of Enter the Wu-Tang, Method Mans Tical similarly delivers an otherworldly wallop, one that instantly sets the madcap MC apart from his clansmen as the collectives shining star. Not only is Meth madcap, both in terms of mentality and delivery, hes also incredibly witty and wordy. Here he inspires hilarity as well as astonishment, and the way that he fires off his rhymes with such seemingly spontaneous ease compounds this sense of wonder. Just as Meth is quite clearly leagues above practically every other rapper in 1994 sans a small handful, if that, so is his producer, Wu-Tang abbot RZA, who produces the entirety of Tical: from the antiquated flutes and kung fu flick samples that open the album, to the pulse-accelerating beats of "Bring the Pain" and the fist-pumping ones of "All I Need" (the b-boy version rather than the radio-geared one featuring Mary J. Blige), to the rallying, warlike horns of "Release Yo Delf." Despite a few outside contributions, most notably from Raekwon on the rowdy spar-fest "Meth vs. Chef," Tical is strictly a two-man show, Meth bringing da ruckus and RZA the swarming soundscapes, and thats precisely what further makes this album such a treasure amid the many Wu-Tang gems. Where most of Meths clansmen delivered guest-laden albums that sounded more like group efforts than solo ones, Tical strictly spotlights the groups two stars and does so with refreshingly straightforward flair. Theres none of the epic overreaching that mars so many rap albums of the era; rather, theres just over a dozen tracks here, and theyre filled to the brim with rhymes and beats and little else -- no pop-crossover concessions nor any heady experimentation for the sake of experimentation, just good ol-fashioned hip-hop, albeit with a dark, dark deranged twist. | ||
 | Album: 2 of 11 Title: Tical 2000: Judgement Day Released: 1998-11-17 Tracks: 28 Duration: 1:14:22 Scroll: Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% Spotify Allmusic AlbumCover | 1 Judgement Day (intro) (00:52) 2 Perfect World (03:00) 3 Cradle Rock (04:13) 4 Dangerous Grounds (04:07) 5 Sweet Love (skit) (00:06) 6 Sweet Love (03:29) 7 Shaolin What (skit) (02:19) 8 Torture (03:23) 9 Wheres Method Man? (skit) (01:04) 10 Suspect Chin Music (04:52) 11 Retro Godfather (02:50) 12 Dooney Boy (00:15) 13 Spazzola (03:54) 14 Check Writer (skit) (00:13) 15 You Play Too Much (01:31) 16 Party Crasher (03:46) 17 Grid Iron (rap) (03:23) 18 Step by Step (03:34) 19 Play IV Keeps (03:33) 20 Donald Trump (skit) (00:11) 21 Snuffed Out (skit) (01:39) 22 Elements (03:58) 23 Killin Fields (04:03) 24 Big Dogs (03:29) 25 Break Ups 2 Make Ups (03:53) 26 Message From Penny (skit) (00:28) 27 Judgement Day (06:00) 28 C.E.O.utro (00:04) |
| Tical 2000: Judgement Day : Allmusic album Review : Unlike Method Mans straightforward debut, Tical, which was a simple yet brilliant MC/producer collaboration, and a classic one at that, his follow-up, Tical 2000, is an epic undertaking, involving a long list of collaborators and a conceptual scope. In many ways, its a more interesting album than its predecessor because of its ambitions. There are 28 tracks in total here, most of them featuring some sort of guest, mainly fellow East Coast hardcore rappers like Redman and Mobb Deep but also surprise guests like Chris Rock and Janet Jackson. The 28 tracks furthermore feature an abundance of producers rather than just RZA like last time. Some of the more notable contributors include Rockwilder, Erick Sermon, Prince Paul, Havoc, and the Trackmasters as well as in-house Wu-Tang beatmakers RZA and True Master. This large cast navigates its way through a loose narrative about a so-called Judgement Day that seems to liberally take its inspiration from the film Terminator 2: Judgment Day. All of this makes Tical 2000 a daunting venture that is occasionally entertaining (the many skits), intermittently brilliant ("Dangerous Grounds" and the climactic title track), but unfortunately too often ill-conceived (the overly calculated "All I Need" sequel "Break Ups 2 Make Ups," this time featuring DAngelo rather than Mary J. Blige) and also tiresome (again, the many skits). Rarely have such ambitious undertakings as this worked well for rap artists, and Tical 2000 exemplifies this, as did many of the myriad other epic, often double-disc albums released during the late 90s that were heavy on collaborators but light on consistency. | ||
 | Album: 3 of 11 Title: Tical: The Alter Ego Remixes Released: 1999-10-22 Tracks: 14 Duration: 1:12:32 Scroll: Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% Allmusic AlbumCover | 1 Ill Be There for You / Youre All I Need to Get By (Razor Sharp remix) (03:46) 2 Release Yo Delf (Prodigy mix) (05:54) 3 Method Man (remix) (03:17) 4 How High (remix) (04:00) 5 Judgement Day (Tricky remix) (04:07) 6 Bring the Pain (Chemical remix) (05:58) 7 Judgement Day (Super Jupiter remix) (04:43) 8 Judgement Day (Roni Size remix) (07:14) 9 Break Ups 2 Make Ups (DJ Krush remix) (04:53) 10 Ill Be There for You / Youre All I Need to Get By (Puff Daddy mix) (05:21) 11 Release Yo Delf (Prodigy Mix Instrumental) (05:52) 12 Bring the Pain (Chemical mix instrumental) (05:21) 13 Judgement Day (Roni Size Dub remix) (07:14) 14 Break Ups 2 Make Ups (DJ Krush remix instrumental) (04:48) |
 | Album: 4 of 11 Title: Method Man Presents Streetlife Released: 2004-02 Tracks: 15 Duration: 34:06 Scroll: Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% AlbumCover | 1 Who Wanna Rap (02:17) 2 Run 4 Cover (01:47) 3 Thang Thang (01:47) 4 Shaolin Worldwide (03:24) 5 Dangerous Grounds (00:44) 6 In da Good (03:24) 7 Semi-Auto-Matic (01:23) 8 Suspect Chin Music (04:00) 9 Hold On (01:49) 10 Da Drumma (02:32) 11 Sweet Love (01:20) 12 Shorty Right There (01:22) 13 Deadly Medley (04:11) 14 Grand Prix (00:43) 15 Grid-Iron-Rap (03:23) |
 | Album: 5 of 11 Title: Tical 0: The Prequel Released: 2004-03-18 Tracks: 17 Duration: 55:19 Scroll: Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% Spotify Allmusic Wikipedia AlbumCover | 1 Intro (01:00) 2 The Prequel (02:07) 3 Say What (04:11) 4 What’s Happenin’ (03:52) 5 The Motto (03:24) 6 We Some Dogs (04:30) 7 The Turn (03:01) 8 Tease (04:50) 9 Rodeo (02:57) 10 Baby Come On (04:01) 11 Who Ya Rollin Wit (04:26) 12 Never Hold Back (03:05) 13 The Show (02:30) 14 Act Right (03:17) 15 Afterparty (03:12) 16 Crooked Letter I (03:48) 17 Ridin’ for Outro (01:00) |
| Tical 0: The Prequel : Allmusic album Review : Method Mans third solo work, following 1998s uneven Tical 2000 (and released a month after Ghostfaces superior-in-every-aspect Pretty Toney Album), arrived with many conflicting rumors and circumstances attached to it. On the M2 program Spoke n Heard, Meth informed journalist/host Touré that Tical 0 is his best record, and alluded to being boxed in when working with one producer and one sound. Around the same time, the official Wu-Tang website reported that the MC was not pleased with the version Def Jam opted to put out, due to its scant number of RZA productions -- one single cut, when an entire records worth was allegedly put together throughout the past couple years. Whatever the circumstances might be, theres no doubt that Tical 0 is even less penetrating than Tical 2000, a record that at least had its ambitions to retain interest during the lulls. At its best, this one offers brief bursts of okay-to-decent tracks. The most energizing moments typically come when Meths supported by the likes of Busta Rhymes ("Whats Happenin") and Ludacris ("Rodeo"), but the productive conveyor belt of guest spots -- which chucks out well over a dozen of them, including Missy Elliott, Raekwon, Kardinal Offishall, Chinky (not Chingy), and soon-to-be fellow sitcom star Redman -- also weighs down the whole process. Likewise, the list of producers comes pretty close to being lengthier than the list of guest MCs; this makes the record seem unfocused and disjointed, not diverse and well rounded. Meth seems more clear-headed than ever, possibly a result from his cleaned-up, family-oriented lifestyle. (The lyrical matter, however, does nothing to reflect this change.) His throaty rasp isnt nearly as doped out as it was a decade prior, but his personality remains an attraction. As an MC, hes had nothing to prove for quite some time. Give or take a couple hot tracks, this release is not likely to play a significant role in his legacy. | ||
 | Album: 6 of 11 Title: 4:21... The Day After Released: 2006-08-28 Tracks: 20 Duration: 1:01:50 Scroll: Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% Spotify AlbumCover | 1 Intro (02:10) 2 Is It Me (03:44) 3 Problem (03:30) 4 Somebody Done F**ked Up (03:18) 5 Shaolin Soldier (Skit) (00:21) 6 Fall Out (03:24) 7 Dirty Mef (02:59) 8 4:20 (04:34) 9 Lets Ride (03:10) 10 The Glide (03:05) 11 Kids (Skit) (00:47) 12 Got To Have It (04:13) 13 Say (03:49) 14 YaMeen (04:21) 15 Konichiwa Bi*ches (02:59) 16 Everything (03:34) 17 Walk On (02:46) 18 Pimpin (Skit) (00:31) 19 Presidential MC (04:30) 20 4 Ever (04:04) |
 | Album: 7 of 11 Title: Back to Back Raw and Uncut Released: 2008 Tracks: 35 Duration: 1:14:09 Scroll: Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% AlbumCover | 1 Reunited (01:05) 2 Publicity (00:53) 3 4th Chamber (01:16) 4 Shadowboxin (01:22) 5 Clan in Da Front (01:24) 6 Bring da Ruckus (01:32) 7 Milk the Cow (01:16) 8 Duel of the Iron Mic (04:56) 9 Cold World (01:52) 10 Liquid Swords (03:10) 11 Living in the World Today (03:16) 12 Beneath the Surface (01:52) 13 Guillotine (Swordz) (01:00) 14 Older Gods Freestyle (02:30) 15 Killah Hills 10304 (02:07) 16 Acapella (01:59) 17 Intro (02:12) 18 Prequal (01:29) 19 Supreme Interlude (01:11) 20 Method Man (02:47) 21 Gridiron Rap (01:05) 22 Bring the Pain (01:26) 23 Ice Cream (01:14) 24 All I Need (02:08) 25 Run 4 Cover (01:32) 26 Do You Really (Thang Thang) (01:12) 27 Now High (02:46) 28 What the Blood Clot (02:28) 29 Suspect Chin (03:10) 30 The Motto (04:11) 31 4:20 (04:01) 32 Fallout (03:55) 33 ODB Tribute-Brooklyn Zoo (02:13) 34 Interlude (02:04) 35 Judgement Day (01:19) |
 | Album: 8 of 11 Title: Avenging Eagles Released: 2010-02-22 Tracks: 48 Duration: 1:14:16 Scroll: Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% AlbumCover | 1 Intro (00:17) 2 Mef Vs. Chef (02:39) 3 Miranda (01:25) 4 House of Flying Daggers (02:14) 5 The Turn (02:03) 6 Paisley Darts (02:21) 7 [silence] (00:38) 8 Cuban Chronicles (01:42) 9 Where Your Heat At? (00:57) 10 Four Minutes to Lock Down (02:20) 11 All Flowers (02:20) 12 Rush (Mathematics mix) (01:50) 13 Method Man PLO Freestyle (01:42) 14 Rush 2 (00:24) 15 One (Mathematics mix) (02:48) 16 Its Yours (Mathematics mix) (01:32) 17 Goldmine (01:01) 18 For This (00:37) 19 Deadly Venoms (01:46) 20 Tony Montana (01:02) 21 Afterparty (01:57) 22 The General (01:04) 23 Murda Goons (01:54) 24 The M.E.T.H. (00:49) 25 Wu-Gambinos (01:44) 26 260thy (02:13) 27 Wu-Tangs 1st Radio Appearance WBIA (02:29) 28 St. Ides Commercial (00:30) 29 Eye for a Eye (00:55) 30 Right Back at You (00:38) 31 Extortion (01:06) 32 10 Bricks (02:11) 33 Raekwon & Ghostface Live Radio Freestyle (01:34) 34 Iron God Chamber (00:50) 35 Its What It Is (01:20) 36 Diz Iz 4 All My Smokers (01:29) 37 Black Cream My Guitar (01:28) 38 Where It Started At (00:54) 39 Fast Shadow (01:07) 40 Block Rock (01:05) 41 About Me (00:46) 42 Drummer (01:44) 43 Watch Your Mouth (01:51) 44 Cash Still Rules / Scary Hours (02:52) 45 Box in Hand (02:42) 46 7th Chamber, Part 2 (02:21) 47 Ghostface Freestyle Live on the Radio (02:16) 48 Newcomer (00:49) |
 | Album: 9 of 11 Title: Wu-Massacre Released: 2010-03-30 Tracks: 12 Duration: 30:00 Scroll: Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% Spotify Allmusic Wikipedia AlbumCover | 1 Criminology 2.5 (02:00) 2 Mef vs. Chef 2 (02:03) 3 Ya Moms Skit (00:36) 4 Smooth Sailing (remix) (02:59) 5 Our Dreams (03:24) 6 Gunshowers (02:58) 7 Dangerous (03:54) 8 Pimpin Chipp (02:32) 9 How to Pay Rent Skit (00:37) 10 Miranda (03:02) 11 Youngstown Heist (02:42) 12 Its That Wu Shit (03:13) |
| Wu-Massacre : Allmusic album Review : Wu-Tangs Method Man, Ghostface Killah, and Raekwon convene to chop it up during a brief session, a one-off. Despite the half-hour length, there are a number of producers on board, including RZA, Allah Mathematics, Ty Fyffe, Digem, Emile, and Scram Jones. Jones’ beat for the closing “It’s That Wu Sh*t,” which samples Fantasy Threes 1983 electro single “It’s Your Rock,” is the only track to not carry that dusty, nostalgic soul crunch. Otherwise, the trio’s collaborators take their cues from the RZA playbook, giving the set a uniform sound. Meth, Ghost, and Rae are not in top form, but they do tear into everything and are not outdone by any of the several guest verses. This is not an indispensable part of the Wu legacy, but its a consistent, duly rugged, and satisfying one nonetheless. | ||
 | Album: 10 of 11 Title: The Meth Lab Released: 2015-08-21 Tracks: 19 Duration: 56:25 Scroll: Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% Spotify Allmusic AlbumCover | 1 Intro (00:18) 2 The Meth Lab (02:54) 3 Straight Gutta (03:59) 4 Bang Zoom (03:47) 5 50 Shots (03:58) 6 The Pledge (01:10) 7 2 Minutes of Your Time (02:06) 8 Worldwide (03:27) 9 Soundcheck (02:27) 10 Water (03:25) 11 Lifestyles (04:10) 12 The Purple Tape (03:24) 13 Intelligent Meth (04:01) 14 Symphony (03:20) 15 What You Getting Into (03:38) 16 Another Winter (03:32) 17 Rain All Day (02:42) 18 So Staten (03:43) 19 Outro (00:15) |
| The Meth Lab : Allmusic album Review : With his Wu-Tang colleague Ghostface off doing ambitious concept albums while team leader RZA offers million-dollar LPs as art pieces, Method Mans The Meth Lab is a ramshackle delight, coming nine years after his last solo joint and not giving a damn. Walking into the room with a shrug and then slaying the competition is what Meth does best, and as the title track drops the old and utterly brilliant reference "Like Confessions of a Video Vixen, we by the book," its obvious hes on point here, and remains so throughout the album. Halfway through, the vengeful "Water" paints the Wu-Tangs great anchorman as a pathos-filled soul doling out moral judgments ("They done killed the homies brother, what you supposed to do with that?/Who gonna tell his baby mother that her dude aint comin back"), while "Rain All Day" is the kind of wicked Wu swaggering, humorous, enemy-kicking anthem ("You monkeys hangin round like you gorillas") that got many fans addicted in the first place. With Hanz On as executive producer and Allah Mathematics frequently behind the beats, The Meth Lab comes off as vintage in sound and from the core of the Wu-Tang ethos, but the showcase album doubles as an intro to some of Meths favorite slept-on rappers, most of them from Staten Island. Uncle Murda, Streetlife, and Hanz On appear often, making this LP close in structure to the crew-focused Theodore Unit releases from Ghostface, but thats not a complaint as much as a caution. Consider this a Meth-led posse LP aimed at returning fans, and a very good one at that. | ||
 | Album: 11 of 11 Title: Meth Lab 2: The Lithium Released: 2018-12-11 Tracks: 22 Duration: 57:16 Scroll: Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% AlbumCover | 1 The Pilot - Intro (01:19) 2 Episode 1 - Kill Different (03:15) 3 Episode 2 - Eastside (04:24) 4 Commercial Break (Thotti Gotti) (00:49) 5 Episode 3 - Grand Prix (02:22) 6 Commercial Break (Impractical Jokers Pranks) (00:24) 7 Episode 4 - Drunk Tunes (04:33) 8 Emergency Forecast (Thotti Gotti Weather Report) (00:16) 9 Episode 5 - Wild Cats (04:11) 10 Episode 6 - The Lab (02:22) 11 Episode 7 - Bridge Boys (02:53) 12 Episode 8 - Back Blockz (04:17) 13 Episode 9 - Ronin’s (03:18) 14 Commercial Break (Impractical Jokers “Torture”) (00:55) 15 Episode 10 - Two More Mins (02:16) 16 Commercial Break (Thotti Gotti “Pussy on Soundcloud”) (00:41) 17 Episode 11 - SI vs. Everybody (04:17) 18 Episode 12 - Lithium (03:19) 19 Episode 13 - P.L.O. (remix) (04:15) 20 Episode 14 - Killing the Game (02:51) 21 Episode 15 - Yo (03:57) 22 Outro (00:12) |