Method Man Breaks Down His 25 Most Essential Songs
By Insanul Ahmed | Oct 19, 2011 | 1:44 pm | Permalink
Method Man is a great rapper who gets a bad rap. Despite being one of the most prominent East Coast emcees of the '90s and the first breakout star of the Wu-Tang Clan, he's often accused of being an underachiever who complains too much. "Eff a rap critic," he once proclaimed on wax. "He talk about it while I live it."
Yet, the fact remains: Tical had an incredible run during the '90s. One of the main architects behind Wu-Tang's classic debut, Enter The Wu-Tang: 36 Chambers, he was one of the few rappers who worked with both 2Pac and The Notorious B.I.G. Meth even collaborated with Mary J. Blige to make the greatest hip-hop love song of all time, "All I Need (Remix)." Needless to say, the man's catalog ain't nuthing ta fuck wit.
With Johnny Blaze headlining the Smokers Club Tour it seemed a perfect time to jump on the horn and chop it up about how some of his classic songs came together. Altough he's often had the reputation for being crabby during interviews, he showed Complex much love.
Method Man came across as a thoughtful, mature O.G. with lots to get off his chest and a treasure trove of Shaolin secrets to share—from meeting Pac for the first time while high on shrooms, to how the flooding of RZA's basement impacted the making of his solo debut, to who actually wrote the majority of Ol' Dirty Bastard's first album. So get your mind right, and prepare to learn the Method behind the madness.
As told to Insanul Ahmed (@Incilin)
cakeboss October 19th, 2011 at 07:32 PM
its dead obvious that Jay-z wrote all foxy verses on this ("par-don", "maybe i'll answer back when u reach a hundred thousand") guess thats why she was never taken seriously as a writer just a decent pair of tits
Jay October 19th, 2011 at 10:24 PM
Love Meth, one of my all time favorites. Shame we never had a collab with him and Nas.
zilla October 19th, 2011 at 10:28 PM
Meth,DMX and Nas-Dogs 4 life, Belly Soundtrack
BIG D October 20th, 2011 at 01:46 PM
He did have a song with Nas, Grand finale
Rover October 19th, 2011 at 10:28 PM
Nigga, Nas and Meth were on a joint together with X and Ja called Grand Finale.
zilla October 19th, 2011 at 10:51 PM
Same song..I got the title wrong
LAWSON October 20th, 2011 at 08:43 AM
That Limp bizcuit song is blatently produced by the Neptunes?...maybe u linked the wrong video up i dunno.
cramzy October 20th, 2011 at 11:18 AM
yeah, the one they posted is way different from the one i remember. This version friendly as hell lol
savon599 October 20th, 2011 at 09:15 AM
Anybody know where this version of "House of Flying Daggers" is from? It sounds different on OB4CL2...
benny lava October 20th, 2011 at 11:49 AM
Its from the black gold wu-tang clan vs Jimi Hendrix mistape from Tom Caruana.
savon599 October 20th, 2011 at 04:28 PM
Thanks Benny! That track is hard as hell!
Derrick Oden October 20th, 2011 at 01:42 PM
Good read.
felix December 8th, 2011 at 01:29 AM
Haha fuck me & big. Dam just imagine if it woulda happen. Damm rae & big daam get the fuck outta here!