With this past Saturday (November 15) marking the 20th anniversary of the release of Method Man’s debut album Tical, the Wu-Tang Clan emcee addressed the making of the record in a recently released interview with HipHopDX.
Breaking down the milestone, Meth said the album “absolutely changed my life.”
“Def Jam gave me a shot,” he added in a clip that premiered as a part of today’s DX Daily. “Steve Rifkind gave me a shot before that but Def Jam gave me a shot to do something solo and I appreciate it.”
Admitting to not being concerned with commercial or industry politics at the time, Meth said simply, “I didn’t care.”
“I was having fun,” he said. “When I say I didn’t care, I didn’t care about the things that people normally care about like radio play and who’s gonna like this song, who’s gonna like that song. It was just fun.”
Asked about his collaboration with fellow Wu rapper Raekwon on the album’s song “Meth Vs. Chef,” Meth recalled competing for the track and writing the lyrics in the studio.
“It was one of those joints where he wanted it and I wanted the song too,” he said. “We kind of battled for it. It was just one of those records that just happens. Like when you get a shot that just happens and you keep it.”
i wonder what he thought of kendrick lamars tribute on saturday night live?
What did Kendrick tribute? I wanna see that.
kendrick played on Saturday Night live saturday (the 20th anniversary of tical) with black contacts in his eyes and his hair half braided like meth
I saw that. that was dope
kendrick dont even know who wu tang is, u can tell all he listened to was outkast he sounds, looks, acts and raps like an andre 3000 clone
KENDRICK IS ONE OF THE BEST
lol @ kendrick dont know wu-tang
he needs to revisit a new album fuck already
Classic album, ranks #4 on my favorite Wu/Wu related albums-
1. Raekwon “Only Built 4 Cuban Linx”
2. Wu “Enter the Wu Tang 36 Chambers”
3. Gza “Liquid Swordz”
4. Method Man “Tical”
5. Gravediggaz “6 Feet Deep”
Where does it rank on y’all lists?
You haven’t heard of that other Wu member….Ghostface?lol
1.) Enter the 36 Chambers
2.) Wu-Tang Forever
3.) Liquid Swords
4.) Cuban Linx
5.) Supreme Clientele
6.) Return to the 36 Chambers
7.) Ironman
8.) The W
9.) 12 Reasons to Die
10.) Cuban Linx 2
11.) Tical
12.) Fishscale
13.) Bobby Digital
14.) More Fish
15.) Pretty Toney Album
1. Ironman
2. OB4CL
3. 36 Chambers
4. Forever
5. Tical / Return to the 36 Chambers (The Dirty Version)
6. Liquid Swords
7. Supreme Clientele
8. 6 Feet Deep
9. Grandmasters
10. OB4CL2
11. Legend of the Liquid Sword
12. Pro Tools
13. Fishscale
14. The Pillage
15. No Said Date
I would probably put Tical at 4 too. I liked OB4CL, Liquid Swords, Wu Forever more. Tical was a great album as far as production, but it didn’t have the substance that the other classic solos had.
Another old ass bum who only raps about smoking weed. Nigga get a life. You 43 years old! Act like a adult!
Why u so concerned about another niggas age?That’s some gay shit. If u concerned about another niggas age then ur concerned about another niggas Dick. Cos they both aint ur concern. Fag!!!And name us ur favourite dope “young” rappers with a classic dope first album.Go on make us laugh hahaha ps he’s a bum?He’s probably got ur whole families net worth on his little finger.He does act like a adult. Adults do what the fuck they like.Fuck boi gtfoh
why are people talking about kendrick..this is a method man story..meth couldve went down as the best but movies messed him up..
becuase he paid homage on saturday night fuckin live
Tical 0 >>>>>>>>>>>>
When’s Tical -1 coming out you lazy fuck?
Haters can shut the fuck up meth is a real nigga who can spit with the best of them, if it wasn’t for some half asses production on most of his albums, and him not putting anything out in the last 7 years besides Blackout 2 he would be one of the best period, check out his Tim Westwood freestyle and tell me this dude still doesn’t have it, don’t worry I’ll wait…..
Tical 0 (Zero) the best thing this slothful fuck ever did. And yeah, for a crapper he’s good live and he ** HAD ** talent but what did he do with it? Ghost and Uey are the only dudes in the Clan with any musical shit. Raekwon is horrible, GZA is utter dogshit on the mic and Cappa still has greasy chicken boxes on the front seat of his cab– I know, he drove me to Newark a couple weeks ago!!!
that’s the worst Wu cd ever. GTFOH and change your diapers lil nig