Method Man‘s far reach within the Hip Hop community still has its limitations, and he has now come to terms with it.
On Sunday (June 2), he and Redman took the stage at this year’s Hot 97 Summer Jam at the UBS Arena in Elmont, New York.
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Although a number of veterans such as Big Daddy Kane, EPMD and Jadakiss also performed at the event, the bill was mostly dominated by younger artists like Doja Cat, Sexyy Red, Gunna and many more — this is perhaps why the Wu-Tang Clan spitter doesn’t plan on returning to the annual gathering.
“Not our crowd at all,” he wrote in the comments section of an Instagram post of his performance. “Thanks again, New York and the whole tri-state (that showed up to the event) plus Pete[er Rosenberg] and Ebro [Darden] I got love for you guys, but never again.. at this point the generation gap is just too wide for me.. #nevercomingback”
A day before the event in New York, Black Thought, Common and Freeway hooked up with Method Man and Redman for an all-star remix of “4,3,2,1” at J.Period’s Live Mixtape set at Roots Picnic over the weekend.
During the show, The Roots MC spit new verses over classic beats such as Wu-Tang Clan‘s “Protect Ya Neck,” Method Man’s “Bring the Pain” and Redman’s “Tonight’s Da Night.”
The five rappers then joined forces to perform a new rendition of “4,3,2,1,” which appeared on LL Cool J‘s 1997 album Phenomenon and originally featured DMX, Canibus and Master P.
Following the remix of the classic posse cut, Black Thought continued to spit over other iconic tracks such as Raekwon‘s “Ice Cream” and GZA‘s “Shadowboxin.'”
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Questlove, who organizes the annual festival in Philadelphia, celebrated the moment all five rappers were on stage and also shared some history about the gathering to his followers on Instagram.
“30 Years Ago Today w. 6 one way tickets in hand we took a risk and left our beloved City Of Philadelphia for the shaky shores of Londontown — specifically Camden — the East Village Of London,” he wrote. “2 weeks into our stay we did our first festival (a last min side stage add on to [Glastonbury]) and we promised hook or crook we would bring a festival to our city.”
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He added: “In 2008 that dream came true when the first @rootspicnic came to fruition […] This moment was epic: @methodmanofficial @redmangilla @phillyfreeway @common @jperiodbk @stroelliot & their fearless leader @blackthought making it look so easy. Thank You Philadelphia.”
