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non male, ma dopo un po’ diventa ripetitivo e noioso release yo delf è carina
probably need to relisten
…so maybe it is just my mood but I didn’t get the popularity of this album. It’s okay for a rap album from the mid 1990s but there was nothing that grabbed me in historical context, lyrical power of musical innovation. Matter of fact, one of the negative critiques I always heard about Dr. Dre was his slow lackadaisical style, which this entire album exudes. The songs All I need and Release Yo’Delf are the only two standouts. I liked the combo jazz/blaskspoitation style with military-cadence drumming and police sirens in the background to give it a “real” feeling. Again, not bad an album, but not exceptional in the chronicles of musicology.
Random thoughts: * never was really an east coast rap guy so never listened to much of Wu-Tang. * I can see why this music has a cult-like following. It is its own thing. * I enjoyed listening to this. Good jams. * Unless I missed it, no skits!!!
I don’t know shit about this genre or anything adjacent, really, but this is banging Solid 7.5/10 1/10/25
Репчик
Cool
Just awful
slow rap? same shit. "nigga nigga what the fuck, fuck, fuck, kill a bitch, gun gun, fuck fuck fuck" not music. pure garbabge
There's a fair argument that Method Man was the most talented out of Wu-Tang clan (although Raekwon might have something to say about it). In any case, this is a really good album.
OK.
ja, zappenduster, aber so sind gangster eben.
Cooler Rap, etwas düster
I've heard a lot worse than this. Generally it's OK. It was sort of on n the background rather than attracting my full attention, so perhaps that helped? But, yeah, this is OK.
Het befaamde stickertje zit er weer op, die van de expliciete lyrics, dus dan weet je het wel. Boos geouwehoer. 'Bring the pain'... denk je dan. Het is wel niet 'All I need' en het brengt mij weinig 'Stimulation'. Oh bah, en ook nog nutteloze, luie Fugees-achtige cover. We hebben 't weer uitgezeten.
Ik noemde een aantal keer dat de Wu-Tang-leden gered worden door de variatie die automatisch volgt uit de samenwerking tussen de verschillende leden. In dit geval is de hulp van anderen relatief beperkt. Het brengt in elk geval niet zoveel. Nu is Method Man een rapper met een eigen stemgeluid. Dus het zal ook gewoon meer effect hebben als hij bijspringt bij een ander dan andersom. Het meest exemplarische nummer van dit album is Release Yo'Delf. De rap is prima gebracht met lichte stijlvariaties waar dat een meerwaarde biedt. Maar de muziek (de vrolijke toeter met een beatje) erachter voelt geforceerd en dun. Dat wordt nog een bevestigd als je de rap wel wat meer muzikale body meegeeft, zoals in de mix van de Prodigy, die als bonustrack op het album staat (en ik dus niet mee mag tellen). De rap komt dan ineens veel meer tot zijn recht. Het is precies wat ik mis bij dit album.
Methode Man, die ken ik zowaar een beetje. Van een gastrol op een album van Limp Bizkit en van een liedje met een zangeres/band, waarvan ik de naam altijd vergeet. Ook nu weer, Kansas dacht ik eerst aan, maar dat is een ouwelullenband. Nee, het is Texas, een andere Amerikaanse staat. Ik ben blij dat ik niet naar de teksten hoef te luisteren, want vanaf het eerste moment horen we al weer veelvuldig het n-woord voorbij komen. Dus het zal weer bijzonder kinderachtig zijn allemaal. Maar waar ik op zich wel fan van ben, is zijn stemgeluid. Het is ruw, maar toch ook zacht. En hij heeft een fijne flow, op een relaxte breakbeat. Ik kan hier toch prima naar luisteren. Niet "all day every day", maar voor een keer is het best. En hij houdt het ruim binnen het uur. Keurig. Ik trek 0,01 punt af voor elke keer dat hij het n-woord gebruikt, dus dan kom ik op ongeveer een 3 uit.
Rubbish.
Quite dark in tone, but always love Method and Wu-Tang in general. Not as good as Liquid Swords but few albums are.
cool
Not my number one style of rap. Talented, but the vibe didn’t hype me up or anything. Decent bars, but nothing mind blowing
This is alright. Some songs were cool like Release Yo ‘Delf which stole from I Will Survive, and Bring the Pain was good. Decent grooves, decent rapping, just a solid album.
Несподівано дуже сподобався. Початок не впечатлив, але під кінець альбом розкручується. Не подобається альбомний формат в хіп-хопі, але цей прям порадував
3/10 As someone who never really pays attention to lyrical content until a number of listens in, hip-hop can be a very hit and miss genre for me. I appreciate the rhythmical flow of a rappers delivery, but if the focus is lyrical, rather than rhythmical, it often doesn’t connect with me, especially if the rest of the track is musically limited. Unfortunately, this has had a significant impact on my enjoyment of this album. I did find myself bouncing to the beats, but by and large it’s so musically uninteresting it’s unbelievable. Obviously the focus is supposed to be on the lyrics, but this is music, so the music itself should be important and it’s just not. Some of the sample selection feels like RZA and Method Man have challenged themselves to create a whole album using only samples from records they found in one particularly small charity shop. Some of them tonally jar with each other, while others are just really odd choices. The amount of times this record has a single bar loop that repeats relentlessly for three and a half minutes with little to no production flair outside of a few extra samples chucked in here and there make the whole production feel so phoned in and bland. When Method Man actually adds a bit of verve to his delivery, things can get a bit more energetic, but there are often times when he just drones on in a very uninspiring way and, combined with the limited musical content, it’s just a recipe for boredom. With all that being said, there are a few really decent tracks on here, so it’s not a complete clunker, but as a whole it was pretty uninspiring. Tical - This doesn’t do a lot for me. The beats are ok, but musically, it’s pretty weak. The flow of the rapping is actually decent, but there’s so little drive to the rest of the track that it just drags. It’s like they’ve just grabbed some random samples and thrown them together without much thought. Biscuits - Another one where the harmonic content just seems to be randomly played and looped. The rapping is decent. The beats are decent. The music is shit. It could possibly work as part of a more varied piece, but it just drones on. Bring The Pain - This is MUCH better. More pace, a melodic bent to the vocal delivery, tonal elements that actually work together. It’s still light on harmonic parts, but those that are there actually work with the rest of the track, rather than against it. Really liked this one, but I’m not completely sure how much that’s by comparison to what came before. All I Need - Continuing from the last track, this continues with a similar level of consistency. The gang vocals are nice, the beats groove along well. It’s not the most musically interesting, but it’s well paced and all gels together well. What The Blood Clot - A one bar discordant piano loop and a two note bass line for the whole track. And some irritating backing vocals. Not very good and boring to boot. Meth Vs. Chef - This is better again but, apart from the occasional pause in the beat and some samples it’s another single bar loop that just runs for the entire track. Sub Crazy - There’s at least some attempt to have different musical sections here. They’re still not very interesting though. Meh. Release Yo’ Delf - What’s this? Some actual tonal music? I mean, it’s a riff on Gloria Gaynor, and the horn part jars against the vocal line, so it’s not exactly great. When it’s stripped back to the beat, rapping and horn sample, it’s pretty good, but when everything is playing together with the singing it’s a bit of a jumbled mess. Feels like he’s trying to write an anthem, but it just doesn’t pay off. P.L.O. Style - This one is ok. Again, it’s a very short loop that doesn’t change for the duration, but at least this loop is better than some of the others. The extra samples give it a bit more life and, again, the vocal delivery is good, but it’s all just too samey. I Get My Thang In Action - Decent pace, more variety in the delivery of the rapping, actual fills in the drum breaks and other instrumentation that doesn’t just drone through a one bar loop. Hurrah for musical variety! The musical content is still pretty thin, but there’s so much more emphasis on the vocal delivery that it carries this much better. Mr. Sandman - There are bit of this that work well, but it’s just a bit messy overall. There’s a lot of background noise going that just makes it sound cluttered. The use of the Mr Sandman sample is a bit weird. I appreciate the fact that there’s a bit more variety and range to this, but it just isn’t executed very well. Stimulation - Another track, another random assemblage of samples. Still some decent rapping, but it’s all very one-note. When he gives the lyrics a bit more range and dynamic to the delivery it works so much better, but this just drones on like the bass line. Method Man (Remix) - A remix of a track from another album on this list. Vocal delivery is better here. The track has a bit more range to it too and the samples actually work together, which is novel. Not a bad track to end what has been a fairly underwhelming listen.
Felt like this went up in my estimation as the record went on. Some really cool beats across this.
What's that shit that they be smoking? TICAL! This was supposed to be the big Wu Tang breakout star and he was really upstaged by Raekwon, Ghostface and The GZA! The hype around this was crazy and due to a flood and other cats dropping classics this one is a level below those ones. Still solid but seems to be missing something!
Chill. Liked the vibe. 6/10
Fedt nok - men man kan ikke høre vokalen, sjov falset
I like your methods, man
Hip hop, like it
Pretty good. Kinda like it better than Wu Tang, nice to focus in on one voice more
I can't help myself but I really can't connect to rap
There are a lot of interesting textures here. And, well, lyrics that haven’t held up that well in the last 30 years. Also, if you’re going to sample “I Will Survive,” you shouldn’t leave the listener wishing he’d just spent four minutes with the far, far better original.
Love his voice but this did nothing for me.
4/10 - it was fine
Aight
3/5, pretty good
The album opens with a line from Mussorgsky's Pictures at an Exhibition, so that got me intrigued at the start. I'm not a big enough rap fan to be able to appreciate the nuances of this album so I don't have a ton to say it. It's cool and has a nice flow throughout. I have never listened to the Wu-Tang clan before, so it's nice to get an idea of their style through one of the members. My favourite tracks are Release Yo' Delf, Mr. Sandman, and Stimulation. I'll say 6.5/10.
I mean, it’s old school. I can see why it’s influential, can see a lot of artists took from it.
Unmemorable. No skits though so that was good.
There was a line that I really enjoyed but I have now forgotten it
This mostly passed me by in the 90s but it's really good. Method Man's voice has so much gravitas to it and the production feels like it's doing new and interesting things with hip hop.
Boring.
When i was 18 I worked at a club in Lethbridge called Suede. I was a busboy and I had no idea about Wutang clan at that point. One night we were hosting a show and the bouncer told me to watch the smoking door for a minute while he went to the washroom and check ppl for stamps. Sure, easy. This black guy comes back in from smoking and I'm like where's your stamp bro? He was all offended because I didn't want to let him in and didn't recognize him. Skinny little white boy blocking his way. Lucky the bouncer was back and waved him through. He told me this guy was a performer that night. And that night was the Method Man and Red Man concert. I still to this day don't know who I turned around, but it coulda been you method man. 3 stars, would have been more but maybe you needed humility 17 years ago.
This is among the most melodic hip hop I’ve encountered
5 stars. Wu tang clan good
Taustamusana meni ihan mukavasti.
rapeo oscurito (que no se malinterprenten mis palabras, me refiero a la atmosfera) bases rarungas hacen cosas que me sacan de la cancion cada dos por tres. tiene una cancion buena "Bring the pain" me lo esperaba peor pero no ha sido tan malo como esperaba, muy repetitivo eso si
Listened through this twice but didn’t enjoy it more the second around. Its missing punch and the layered production of samples distracts from Method Man’s raps. It does get repetitive. There are great rap albums on this list, this one is just not my jam.
Great beats and rhymes.
love the dark vibes
Несмотря на то, что иногда альбом меня терял, его брутальный и гладкий как мрамор флоу меня всё равно развёл на четыре звезды. Ну и ближе к финалу альбом разгоняется на такие страшные бэнгеры, что сразу прощаешь ему всё. Do not fuck with Wu-Tang...
meh...
Aha, a Wu-Tang Clan member. I sure hope this won't be self-centred and full of sexist, violent lyricism that lacks any kind of musicality. Well, shoot. The music is pretty much devoid of any interesting melodic or harmonic musical ideas. Everything is looped, nothing is fresh or interesting - possibly barring the vocals. But even those are suspect. Method Man's vocals are touted by Vibe magazine as having "complexity", and Wikipedia describes it as a "distinctly smooth-yet-rugged voice". I get the feeling the authors are grabbing at anything to describe his voice, mostly because it's incredibly nondescript for the genre. Just monotone shouting with an East Coast accent. (A slight exception is Release Yo' Delf, which includes a pretty solid intro with actual singing. And a fun looped trumpet melody. For obvious reasons, it's one of the strongest tracks on Tical.) Sometimes Method Man invites a guest vocalist so they can both shout the same words at the same time with (vaguely) the same pitch and intonation. It's so bland, unchanging, and passionless. If you really must pick something that separates this record from the rest of the vastly-oversaturated hip-hop market, Method Man's voice doesn't cut it. And the collaborations don't bring much to the table either. The track All I Need may as well consist of Method Man double-tracking his own vocal. That's how insignificant Streetlife's contribution is. Or, maybe, it shows how inflexibly dull the composition itself is. What The Blood Clot isn't much better despite having not one but two guest musicians contributing. I don't pay much attention to lyrics unless they're very obviously brilliant or terrible. These were unremarkable in either direction – though I will criticise the frequent references to the Wu-Tang Clan and their 36 Chambers album. I get the sense it's done to mooch off the earlier record's commercial success to earn some credibility points with the listener. But it leaves a bad taste in my mouth. It's comparable to the Beatles releasing a new album after Abbey Road that includes near-identical music – except all lyrics are replaced with "We're the guys who made Abbey Road, yeah / Abbey Road's the best, and so is George Martin, hey / Oooh, my girl loves George Martin and I feel fine. yeah yeah yeah". It's also analogous to early-90s hip-hop artists having half their lyrics be shoutouts to Dr Dre and Snoop Dogg. It's a cheap method to make the music "feel" more important than it is. The song Bring The Pain is saved entirely by its hummed backing vocal. Maybe Method Man should've run with that idea, because it's clearly something his audience appreciates (judging by relative popularity). 1/5 Key tracks: Bring The Pain, Release Yo' Delf, Stimulation
I got to see Method Man perform with the Wu-tang Clan. He definitely aged better than the rest of the group. I enjoy his very distinct voice and style that he brings to his raps.
An outstanding hip hop classic. Dark, raw beats and Method Man’s unmistakable flow make Tical a powerhouse of 90s rap. The lyrics hit hard, the vibe is gritty and atmospheric, and it never loses its edge. This is hip hop at its purest, the kind of album I’d crank to the max while riding through L.A. in a convertible. Absolutely flawless. 5/5
Not my favorite Wu-Tang solo effort. A bit nondescript but it had a nice groove to it so it was very listenable.
Enjoying the beats, but can’t seem to find a hook or a killer song. Sounds like a grittier de la soul.
I could not tell you anything about what I just listened to other than the vocals were mixed too low. This album just kind of happened
Banger of an album. Had not listened to method man. This was an awesome introduction
This was ok but one line really summed it up for me: I'm on point Like a fax machine You get my message All I could subsequently think about was the sound of ancient dial-up Internet. And I did not get the message.
8/10, 8/10 Jessie, 8/10 Abe
1.5 - since lyrics aren’t a priority to me when listening to music I’m sure a lot of what makes them album great was lost on me. With that being said the backing tracks were not interesting in the slightest and dry repetitive
Still not vibing with hip hop
It seemed really quite and difficult to make a lot out. Excited to hear original version of Bring the pain, but the cover I know better runs faster. Was kind of bored with this one.
Purely quality, speed and ability to make a nice dark flow is really good. Good beats and mixing. But I also honestly don't get half of what he is saying (not because I can't hear the exact words he is saying), it seems like he is just bragging about himself, calling other people really disgusting names and singing about drugs. Looking up different critiques talking about how awesome he is and how socially conscious he is, I might be missing a lot of meaning and context because I lack the life experiences to understand. Not all music is made for me and my experience, and I highly respect that but for today I just don't know how I feel about this one.
I really liked this. Great raps, and it has dark undertones while still maintaining a sense of lightness in the song compositions and lyrical delivery. At least that's what it sounds like to me. At any rate, I enjoyed the method.
Not my thang
Very interesting instrument choices. Not bad, but rap isn’t my thing.
An amazing example of the wutang style and it’s an absolute jam, a couple tracks try a palette im not the biggest fan of but still a great album
just kinda ok for me, but I like wu tang Will I listen to again: 27%
First listen and it’s solid. His cadence is sick! Beats are solid. The west coast for life girl is feeling this east coast album.
Some good moments, but got a bit bored towards the end. Wanted to give it 4 stars at first...
Not bad but not for me. 1/5
Not my speed
A lot of hip hop focuses solely on rapping, and this is just not for me. I never particularly liked vocals or payed a lot of attention to lyrics (I’m just lazy, to be honest) and enjoyed instrumentals a lot more. I’m not trying to downplay rap and its creativity. There’s a lot of rap albums that I like, but almost all of them have lush, varied, detailed production. Tical is not one of them. This is just a personal preference thing. A lot of rappers and their fans enjoy music in a different way from me, and that’s completely fine. There’s a lot hip hop I find really good, but the genre as a whole is not my thing. It’s hard to argue with the fact that he’s a pretty good rapper. If that’s what you’re looking for, I guess this album is pretty good. For me though, these basic repetitive drum-machine-style beats with barely any progression or switch-ups are boring sometimes. This album is fine overall but not made for me.
Music behind the lyrics is good
I don't know if I can properly rate this. It's too far down the gangsta rap rabbit hole. I don't think it's a terrible album and unlistenable, however I'll probably never listen to it again on purpose.
That was fun to play in the background while I did morning chores. Technically it had cool flow and great hooks, I just did not identify with the content material.
Pretty anonymous
pretty aigcht
'S fine.
While rap isn't my preferred genre it's obvious to see the people in Wu Tang have talent. I've gotten several group and solo albums. Every one has been a little better than your average hip hop record. I'll probably never listen to this album again, but for the purposes of this endeavor, this album is solid.
I remember Tical being solid album riding off of the coattails of 36 Chambers' success by showcasing Method Man's eccentric personality. In retrospect, this feels a little more empty than that. There's some really strong beats and features but Method Man feels like he's mostly riffing, like it's a promo tape for something more substantial and he's the weakest part of it... I don't know. It's still fun, just not as promising as you would think.
Mmmm... boom-bap
Has it’s moments I suppose.
More solid, enjoyable 90s hip-hop and more Wu-adjacent education for me. Not quite as much fun as Raekwon but more consistent than Ghostface Killah.
Again, sounds kinda like college—respect, but not really on my radar, not really for me.
Not for me.
Een wat ruw en donker rapalbum. Niet zo donker als The Infamous van Mobb Deep, dat ik liever op deze plaats had gezien. Er zijn wat stukjes op dit album waar ik me een klein beetje verveel, maar over het algemeen is dit oke. Ik ben niet zo van de intro's met veel geroep en gedoe, maar gelukkig is daar niet bij elke track voor gekozen. De beats zijn over het algemeen niet té chaotisch en Method Man mag gewoon lekker leeglopen. Ik heb geen tijd gehad om echt voor de teksten te gaan zitten. Ik zal te zijner tijd via m'n favoriete medeluisteraar wel weer horen hoe kinderachtig het allemaal is. 43 minuten is een prima lengte. Dit zit ergens tussen de 3 en 4.
Definitely not my music taste. I can see how people would enjoy it though.
Meh.
It’s been a while since I had a rap album, so I guess I was due. Eh, it could have been worse. If I was a teen when this came out, I might have been into it, but I don’t really relate to it as a middle-aged man. Best track: Methodman (remix), though I don’t see credit given to Hall & Oates.
First time listening to anything Wu-Tang aside from 36 Chambers. This was fantastic.
tical- 5 biscuits- 5 bring the pain- 5 all i need- 6 or 7 what the blood clot- 5 meth vs chef- 5 or 6 sub crazy- 5 release yo delf- 5 or 6 plo style- 5 i get my thang in action- 5 mr sandman- 5 stimulation- 5 method man- 5
4 / 10 - Okay album, but nothing to write home about tbh
wasn't a fan, the mixing just felt off
Unremarkable
It's ok. All I Need was pretty good. Everything else was standard early 90s rap and blended into the background.
Below average hip-hop with the same beat, and rhymes in seeming every song. Favorite Track: "Tical".
Possibly the best voice in Wu-Tang.
I've always had a soft spot for Method Man due to the fact that when I saw the Wu Tang Clan live, Raekwon and Ghostface didn't bother showing up, so he was the highlight of that show really This wasn't as good as I'd hoped.. RZA is a great producer but I'm not sure this is some of his best work. The beats are not that catchy and in some places i don't find the mix with the vocals to be right. His rapping is alright but it's hard not to compare to his contemporaries and their early solo efforts, and this didn't chime as well with me Not bad, but not great either
A damn good 90s rap album, with a consistantly dark, downtrodden feeling through the whole thing. Made me appreciate method man on a new level. Best: Bring the Pain Worst: P.L.O Style
All I Need 10/10 REalease Yo Delf buena
Best era of rap. Not much needed to say about how great this record is.
I’m not a big rap or hip hop fan. I didn’t like this one. Some of the pop culture references that were sprinkled throughout the album were interesting but, not enough for me to listen to this again.
I'd say this is good not great, especially when compared to other Wu-Tang solo projects which followed it. It's dark and mostly murky, almost like an extension of 36 Chambers (see callbacks "Mr. Sandman" and "Method Man" (remix)). Overall it just doesn't stand out among the other Wu Tang projects. Many of the instrumentals are similar song to song, and they get a bit repetitive. A few tracks annoyed me, like "All I Need", "Sub Crazy", and "Release Yo Delf". My favorite tracks were "Bring the Pain" and "Meth vs. Chef".
classic, but a bit discordant
not my thing
If I'd got this early on in my list I would have probably been nicer to it, but it's really difficult to see how we need so many of these middle of the road hip hop albums (or indeed any genre's middle of the road offerings).
Another one that proves this is not for me.
Luv me Wu Luv me Mussorgsky Luv me Meth Simple as
An entertaining listen but not really my thing. I don’t think myself a prude but songs that use the N word heavily are off-putting. The songs from other artists that came on spotify after this album completed were actually more immediately catchy and engaging. 2/5
Good classic 90s shit
Can’t tolerate this
Ah to be a young member of the Wu Tang Clan during their early days. What an unlikely success story they must have felt like at the time. Mixing experimental and mainstream hip hop with a (let's be honest) nerdy love for Kung Fu. As the first solo release from any member, and produced by RZA, there were undoubtedly high hopes for this album. Unfortunately it doesn't really hold up that well. The dark murky beats are interesting but the album feels pretty underdeveloped. I liked "What the Blood Clot" and "Release Yo Delf" but the rest felt like it needed more work. Future Wu Tang projects were definitely more interesting, in my opinion but I guess they had to start somewhere.
No.
I'm honestly a little conflicted on this. I think it sounds a little too much like 36 chambers. On one hand, this is great, since I love that album. On the other hand, I wish he separated his sounded a little more from that project. Still a solid album overall.
Bring the Pain Release Yo'delf
Not my style
south philly hip hop with raggae sidecar
Rawwww.
good album
Good hip hop album, Method Man is talented and put together a solid collection of songs and beats. Still better as a part of Wu-Tang, but good individual album for him
This man is great. Love this.
Weird timing that I saw Wu-Tang live on Saturday night, then got this album on Monday. Still classic.
Fora ali malo zastarjelo
3/5. A bass production with a minimalist rap performance, it feels large and heavy, like rising from a pit. The actual content was not memorable, it seemed very laid and chill while still having this dark undertone though. It's interesting listening to all the Wu-Tang members debut albums and how they all have their unique sound while still sticking with similar themes. This seems to be mainly due to RZA, the producer of all the records. This one definitely feels the least interesting, compared to the other two, despite Method Man's legacy. It was not bad but a little too laid back to be a great album. Best Song: Release Yo' Delf, Bring The Pain, Meth Vs. Chef
The shittest kind of rap. Just samples heavily looped with unimaginative talking and random sound effects. There’s so much original hip hop on the list, this is not that
Yay another 90s rapper. I swear this is the third wu-tang solo album i’ve had, yet still no 36 chambers.
Ad una certa rappano su “I’ll survive” e ho volato alto
Kind of blended together. Didn't stand up to Fishscales or Wu Tang classic records for me
Not listened to this before but I enjoyed it more than I expected to
1994, what a year for hip hop music!
I have seen Wu Tang in concert twice and Method Man 3 times with Redman. I am a hip-hop fan through and through but Wu and the affiliates have never done it for me. I think they all have great tracks together, solo, and as features, but they don't really put together good albums. Meth has some classics and amazing features, but this album is not very good. I know part of the allure of Wu is their raw, rough, and rugged style of rap and production, but it is hard to sit through an hour of it for me. Rza growth over his career as a producer is amazing. Meth is the cool and popular member of Wu, but he really isn't the most talented or creative. Rae is a word smith, Ghost is a stoytelling poet, Rza and Gza have crazy analytical brains, Deck has great flow, ODB was a larger than life personality, Masta is well rounded but nothing special and U-God is well, a member. But Meth has style and charisma on stage and on a screen (that's why he has starred in many TV and movies). Wu as a whole has been very influential and Meth is a huge part of that and I don't hate, or even dislike their music, but it just gets put on a pedestal that I don't think it is deserving of. With all that, this album is a pretty poor showing for an all-time type hip-hop artist. IMO there are at least 50 hip-hop albums better than this (one of them being his first album with Redman), and that is being kind to Iron Lungs. 4.1/10 91/1001
Not my kind of sound
Another rap/hip hop album! How many are there on this list?
Just dont like the hip hop/rap much. Probably good but not that I can tell
Enjoyed it. Prefer Wu Tang over the solo albums, but was a good listen from start to end. Standout songs: Bring the Pain What the blood clot Mr Sandman
Nice flow, but how is the production so bad. I legit thought my headphones might be broken based on how muddy the vocals sound - like the mic was underwater.
Not my jam
I will say, as someone who is very much a rock fan and not a huge fan of hip hop, I have been consistently surprised by my enjoyment of hip hop on this list, while still not my preferred genre I think I was being lead away by artists I do hate like Drake. That’s all to say this is another in that lineage, while not a favorite even among the hip hop albums I’ve gotten, its beats are solid all throughout and the vocals are pretty good. It’s also solid in the background.
For all intents and purposes, Method Man was largely the face of the Wu-Tang Clan. Most will recognize his smooth, deep delivery and rhymes, most prominently featured on tracks such as "Method Man" and "C.R.E.A.M." from the iconic "Enter the Wu-Tang (36 Chambers)". Here, Method Man teams up with fellow Wu-Tang compadre RZA on production. You can tell this is a Wu-Tang production, as we have a gritty and rugged sound backing Method Man's rhymes. While I don't have any issues with Method Man's presence on the mic here, I thought the aforementioned sound/mood held things back a bit here. Not a lot stood out as a result and arguably the biggest song on this album (...All I Need) wasn't even on the standard edition either. For my money, there are better and stronger works in the Wu-Tang solo discography (Liquid Swords and Only Built 4 Cuban Linx, for some). This is still a strong debut from a formidable MC who would go on to enjoy more success collaborating with fellow East Coast rapper Redman.
Good wutang album. Not sure it included anything that sets it apart, and I know method man has some unique songs in his solo catalog.
This one grabbed from the outset, an unexpected snatch of Mussorgsky’s Pictures at an Exhibition played on an old modular synth followed by a sample from a king fu movie (which is pretty much de rigueur for anything related to the Wu Tang Clan). From this point on, the obvious samples are dialled down and the music is dark, downbeat and dangerous. The lyrics have a cheeky sense of humour though, with one typical dis being ‘Yo Momma don’t wear no drawers!’. I also enjoyed a lyrical riff on the song ‘I Will Survive’ and a surprisingly sweet and heartfelt love song called ‘All I Need’.
A solid hip hop album; the guy knows how to rap, the flow is great, the background music is dark and simple (no particular melodies you can sing along) but powerful and very efficient.
The more I'm initiated into the Wu-Tang the more I like it.
Meh
The beats were sick but
Not a big rap fan, but this was good.
I appreciate the nods to Pictures at an Exhibition and Schoolhouse Rock but idk
Peak “listening to music about murder and drugs on the way to my 9-5”-coded music
Not the worst rap I’ve heard. Still think it’s crap.
Not for me
Dark, subdued boom-bap hip-hop following the Wu-Tang Clan era. Great flows, great beats, great writing. Thoroughly enjoyed this one and it’s pretty timeless.
I like Method Man, but this album is just okay for me. It's hard not to compare it to Wu Tang or the stuff he did with Redman.
Didn't really have any bangers.
Tässä ei onneksi haluttu tappaa ihan kaikkia ja haukuttu jokaista (joitakin sentään kyl, ja onneks, eihän tää muuten ois ysäriräppiä). Lähes 3, mut ykskään biisi ei noussut toista mieleenpainuvammaksi.
Korvaa räppäyksen persoonalla. Temppu melkein jopa toimii. Matala 2.
I love Meth, but this has never been my favorite of his works.
Pretty perfectly okay. Enjoyed the beat a lot of the time, but only a couple things standing out to me
Failed to click with this one, though that feels like it could be a skill issue on my part, not the album's. Nothing really stood out to me though!
Another pretty decent East Coast boom bap album, though it didn't really do much to stand out from the others we've heard so far.
I think I’m too white to rate this. Didn’t resonate with me at all.
"En garde, I'll let you try my Wu-Tang style!" RZA's production is a fucking treat - dark, grimy beats that get your head bopping, as it should be for this sort of rap. And the use of martial arts movie samples? Absolute peak 🔥 This is, however, a Method Man joint, and good production only gets him so far. His energy and delivery are great, but his flow and rhymes are nothing mind-blowing or deep.
There are going to be ten thousand Wu Tang Clan solo albums on this list and I just don't enjoy that era of 90s East Coast rap.
I don't think I've ever head a love song done as rap. Great flows. Great production. I could come back to this one for sure.
I’ve never been able to get into any Wu-Tang Clan music even though I associate NYC hip hop with them more than anyone else. Method Man is no different; his lyricism is great but the cadence gets a bit repetitive.
It's too bad that Tical is a victim of circumstance. As has been said many times, Method Man was sort of the star who broke out after the release of Wu Tang classic 36 chambers, and this album was very hotly anticipated. Unfortunately, being the first Wu Tang solo album after 36 Chambers meant being very directly compared to it, and it would have been nearly impossible for Tical to meet this astronomical expectation. Additionally, the year after (1995) saw the release of Return to the 36 Chambers: The Dirty Version, Only Built 4 Cuban Linx *and* Liquid Swords: By Wu Tang members O.D.B., Raekwon, and GZA respectively. Liquid Swords and Cuban Linx are often considered among the best rap albums of all time, and in comparison, Tical was a little raw, a little weird and a little rough around the edges. But it doesn't even get the underdog crowd, since O.D.B.'s "Return..." is *much* rawer, *much* weirder, and *much* rougher around the edges, making it the cult classic. This leaves Tical as a middle child: a really great album in a run of all-timers. That being said, this *is* a really great album. Tical achieves a very consistent tone: the beats, the lyrics and the delivery all serve the purpose of making a consistently eerie, gritty vibe that just permeates this album. And this is one of Tical's greatest strengths and weaknesses, the consistency of tone makes this a really absorbing, atmospheric listen, but it also makes some of these tracks run together a little, especially because a lot of the deep cuts here are a little light on hooks, which I don't really consider an intrinsically bad thing, and it does serve the album's overall tone, but it does mean I have a hard time keeping some of these songs straight in my mind. That being said, Method Man is a compelling character across this, and his lyrics show a level of craftsmanship and care that I would expect of Wu Tang at this time, and I do have some stand out songs. All I Need incorporates some romance into the album without sacrificing the tone. Meth Vs. Chef has some great dueling verses with the Raekwon feature. Release Yo' Delf features an I Will Survive interpolation that steadily grew on me, and I now think its an endearing, catchy, and unique addition here. Mr. Sandman is a classic Wu Tang posse cut. And while the Method Man remix at the end here is just a remix of the 36 Chambers song, it *is* still hard to complain about. Overall, even though this is one of the less interesting projects in the classic Wu Tang run, it is still a consistently great rap project that shows a lot of Method Man's character in a very atmospheric, tonally consistent context.
First solo album from the Wu, this goes so incredibly hard.
I like lots of stuff that comes from the Wu-Tang clan, but I found this album to not do a whole lot for me. Maybe something I need to spend more time with, but it was just OK this playthrough. 3/5
Was ready not to like this but actually it's pretty good! 3.4/5
East Coast HipHop with mumbled vocals, and repetitive beats. After the first song I was hoping it would end soon.
I'm clearly not the intended audience here, so feel free to disregard this rating. All I can give is my gut reaction, which is to hope I'm never forced to listen to this again. I hope others enjoy it, though.
Some sinister, dissonant beats. Repetitive. Odd mixing, sometimes the instrumentals seem too loud and distract from the vocals. Probs won’t listen to this again.
I recognised All I Need, I've heard the remix version before which polished the song up a bit and turned it into a radio hit. Come to find out that remix was done by one Puff Daddy, so it's probably unlikely I'll be hearing that again soon.
Pretty solid hip hop, nothing fancy but nothing bad
This was not the greatest hip hop I’ve ever heard. I was uninterested and unimpressed. However, it was also not the worst hip hop I’ve ever heard. So two stars.
Very samey but listenable
Took me a long time to realize why he kept talking about Wu Tang
Classic…not as good as full Wu-Tang albums but still great.
Is it sacrilege to be a native Staten Islander and not listen to anything from the Wu-Tang Clan? I mean, it seems to be one of our only meaningful exports. Well, honestly, I’m hoping that didn’t have a huge impact of my experience with this album. In my opinion, this was very serviceable rap. Some songs were good, some were ok, and some were weird. Seriously, I don’t know if I like the weird riff of I Will Survive on Release Yo’ Delf. I didn’t see anything special about this album, and I hope that sentiment doesn’t continue when I’m given an actual Wu-Tang album to cover. But given that rap isn’t my favorite genre, serviceable will do just fine. Favorite track: All I Need Other hits: Bring The Pain, What the Blood Clot, I Get My Thang In Action, Stimulation, Meth Vs. Chef
01) Tical - 6,0 02) Biscuits - 6,0 03) Bring the Pain - 6,0 04) All I Need - 6,0 05) What the Blood Clot!?! - 5,5 06) Meth vs. Chef - 5,5 07) Sub Crazy - 5,5 08) Release Yo' Delf - 7,0 09) P.L.O. Style - 5,5 10) I Get My Thang in Action - 5,5 11) Mr. Sandman - 6,5 12) Stimulation - 5,5 13) Method Man (Remix) - 6,0 14) Bring the Pain (Remix) - 6,0 15) Release Yo' Delf (Prodigy Remix) - 6,0 TOTAL: 5,90 (59/100)
Fine. No standout tracks that I can recall.
Liked this one, though I didn’t love it. Not much else to say. Solid.
Lots of 90s albums lately, huh? It’s getting a bit tiresome. This was good, though.
I'm not sure I have enough listening experience to offer critical analysis on hip-hop albums--and I was distracted when I listened to this--so I'd like to just let this one go, but I have to give it some stars in order to move on, so don't take my rating as a critique.
Enjoyed this because you can move to it and appreciate the lyrical content too.
Even if this wasn’t my jam this is a really solid album. Super cohesive and fluid sound.
Disgusting lyrically.
That boom bap holds a place in my heart. Method isn't my favourite Wu Tang Rapper, it's often like he still has some food in his mouth. But looking at todays rap, it's not that bad.
Not really my thing. Some beats are ok, others are kinda blurry or overcrowded.
Really cool album with interesting production
Another american hip hop dog shit
I am method man Taking into consideration all lives Rza production incredible, flow nasty, love song cool
Not bad
Not my thing.
Very simple: Terribly boring.
It's like the Wu-Tang sound without the rest of the Clan. Meth has a good flow on this album. The beats are good. The tracks seem a bit busy. It's a fine album and definitely has its influence on much of what was to come, especially out of the East Coast hip hop scene.
Not for me.
Meh. Not bad, but I’m okay never listening to this again.
Hiphop. Tvåa
Yeah this is an underrated gem. The Wu-Tang are my favorite rap group and I think 36 Chambers is my favorite rap album. Method Man's solo work is really great and the beats here are great. I love All I Need.
Liked the lo-fi. 3/5
Fairly average hip hop. Felt like the mixing was lacking on some songs and no one song really stood out that much.
It's so musically boring that I can't care if the lyrics matter. Every single song has the music and flow of an improv group.
I initially thought this was just a Wu-Tang spin-off, fine and as expected. Not my style of rap or hip hop, but I liked and appreciated the number and variety of references in the lyrics: The Shadow, poetry, other songs. All nice, clever, there was more going on than first met my ears.
Not my thing but I get it.
bad.
Dope rapping.
Love Method Man's style. Don't love skits between songs. Overall solid hip hop but not my favorite
Groovy and sophisticated, A little dark.
I had this on at the gym this evening and enjoyed it but it wasn't stand out by any stretch. Cuban linx has been my favourite solo discovery from wu tang so far.
I listened to their solo stuff all at once and some of their bigger projects didn’t stand out at all, but I’ve enjoyed going back and letting them breathe a bit more.
I think RZA really improved with time. This just sounded really muddy for the most part and had that same problem that solo Wu Tang stuff often has in that I wanted a bit more variety
Good rap, but not the best Wu-Tang Clan solo album.
i'm admittedly not a huge hip-hop guy, but this feels like my zone. rad beats, vocal rhythm is really tight and in the pocket, not one of the 90's rap albums that filled itself out with a bunch of skits and annoying shit. didn't rock my world but i enjoyed it. beyond the technical aspects, i'm kind of lacking in info that helps me form a solid opinion but that's not the album's fault, just a gap in my cultural knowledge.
I've always envied the kind of guys who were able to really get into Wu Tang. I've tried. I've enjoyed it when I tried. They're great. There's so much there. But at some point I always move on to something else and nothing really sticks. Tical by Method Man was a fun listen. There were some really funny rhymes and lines that stuck out to me. All I need was the toughest love song I've ever heard. I tried to listen to it a second time to write this review but kept getting distracted. I'm glad to know this album exists. Will listen again.
my lil former pothead hip hop wife used to listen to this. she says gza pulled her onstage at a show once and she didn't know what to do. danced around a little. that she likes method man's voice. i do too. this one's new to me though. album art. double smoke blows. dark and druggy mood, got it. title track. off the bat, this is heavy, thick, coarse. wall of bass. i like it. and the real squeaky voice guy asking to pass it over here. good news: this album sounds like the art looks. meth vs. chef is fun. sub crazy mmph. bustin nuts in your wife lol. let me pull ya brain out ya ass with a hanger. ooh ooh do me next. is the "release yo delf" intro "i will survive" parody singing dumb? it seems dumb. settles in after that. pretty relentless. lol i like the skit/audio of all the bees and the guy screaming. i always liked the kung fu movie ones. how many chambers, fellas? i keep forgetting. plo style is no frills great. i get my thang. tribe called quest beat, but murky and menacing. mr. sandman is fuckin weird and better for it. that singing guy. also, “runnin through bitches like emmitt smith”. 1994. enjoyed the whole thing three times. maybe a little same-y throughout. kinda paints with one tone brush. if i saw it for the right price, i'd buy it.
What a treat, this album has full control of my body. It's like floating on a river with with rapids, calms, dangerous wild life and uncertain lost woods but you keep floating along having faith in the ride. These piano riffs and beats are fucking timeless. Wutang man, next level... all of them.
Exceeded my expectation.
Much better than expected. Great hip hop.
I appreciate the skill this guy has but it doesn’t connect with me, wish I did know how to like this album but the back beats get boring to me
Funny how life works sometimes. While I listened to this I thought it was OK. I didn't know exactly where to place it within the genre and overall for a while -- as I listened. But Youtube as it is prone to do just auto played the next video after the album ended and I had not realized it at first, BUT, I was like "OK, now this is a pretty good one." And it was then, when I realized what had happened that I placed this album as "OK." It is OK. Nothing more, nothing less. I neither gained nor lost from listening to it. Unfortunately that does not make it particularly special either. But such is life.
"What's that? Method Man, speak up! I can't hear you! Method Man - SPEAK UP!" I could barely the hear man at times. I mean geeze what was that mix? And the bass - my god! I had it mixed down in my car. I can only imagine how it must've drowned out everything else with it at normal levels. I've had two Wu-Tang-adjacent albums now (the other from Raekwon) and I just don't think I get them. The meandering lyrics that just go on and on, and the backing tracks are all similar enough that it's difficult at times to discern between the tracks themselves. There's no real hook, no chorus. Nothing repeats, so it's hard to follow in terms of structure. I dunno. If this is what Wu-Tang is, I don't think I like Wu-Tang. And that would be a bummer, given how much rap and hip-hop I've had through this list that I actually have come to adore. Two stars. Please be more interesting next time. Standout Tracks: All I Need, Meth vs. Chef, Release Yo' Delf
3.5/5
The beats were good but that was it.
2 out of 5. This album is chill but ok.
Hot fire!
It's fine
Well I know it was too good to last but it’s ages since I’ve had the misfortune of having a rap crap hipperty hopperty album served up. Despite the break my view of this utter rubbish has not changed. Please no more!! But I guess that there is plenty more of it coming my way since I have yet to hit the half way point of this process. 1/5 14/4/25
Meth's voice and flow exude cool (even when he's threatening to kill you). And RZA creates a dank world around him. Unfortunately, the results are hit-or-miss, especially in the second half. Highlights: "Biscuits" (cool organ sample, though I wish Meth's voice was more forward in the mix), "Bring the Pain", "What the Blood Clot" (the looping piano stabs are simple but effective) Notable: "Release Yo' Delf" (the chorus is a profane lyrical flip on "I Will Survive"), "Mr. Sandman" (is this a stab--no pun intended--at horrorcore?)
Oscar Wilde would struggle to find words to describe how bad this is.
Not my jam
first listen fierce
This wasn’t floating around at the time on tape. Never heard it. There’s a reason. It’s not very good.
It was bad. I don't remember enjoying a second of this album. It's a strong 1, almost 2 though since this album didn't immediatly make me want to turn it off but after not long I wanted it to end.
Yes yes and a massive yes. God this sounded good. I never regret listening to anything Wu shaped
I think I've listened to Tical before, and it had the same effect each time, good, but nothing stood out, and I ended up forgetting just about every track by the time it was done. I'm going for 4 stars anyway, but only because I know I will listen to this again in the future.
Así de fondo no está mal, pero todas las canciones me parecen iguales. A lo mejor las letras son la hostia, pero no me apetece fijarme. Así a bote pronto no tiene pinta.
Somehow, all tracks sound similar. Basically the beat is always the same, never changes significantly. Same bpm, same rhythm. Boring.
Eh.. not bad but just meh
Pretty good! I never listened to WuTang before
Maybe if I got more familiar with it I would like it more but it seemed like a second rate effort
no soy tan fan del rap
I think this album tends to get overshadowed by some of the other albums from the first round of Wu-Tang solo releases. I don't like it as much as Only 4 Cuban Linx or Liquid Swords, but at the same time it's a hell of an album. RZA's unbelievable string of hits continues with this album, and Method Man always sounds great. The tragic thing is that some of the tracks for this album were lost in RZA's basement flood, but despite that, this album is still a stellar addition to the Wu-Tang pantheon 4/5
Some highlights but feel like it rehashed enter the 36 chambers far too much 3.5*
This album is a mess, even for 1994 rap standards. Just lazy, uninspired, predictable, bland tracks. 1993’s The Chronic smokes this.
I would give this album 0 stars if that was an option. I have no idea how this made it onto the list. Absolutely dreadful!
It's not my thing. There's some good rhymes in there in places, but it's really grimy and lo-fi. When you compare it to the Ghostface Killah album I got, that had real energy and smacked you about the chops. This is just a bit limp. At least it's not full of shitty skits.
Pretty nice flows but I still prefer Wu Tang
Struggled to understand the method behind the madness
Not my style and the language just wears on me.
Not the best to put it into three words
Whatever. This dude doesn't rap impressively, can barely understand him (although that may be because of the production as well), and the lyrics are (shocker) pretty bland and trashy. I don't get the hype and if this is what the Wu-Tang Clan sounds like I'm not impressed.
ummmm, no. a lot of mumbling, hard to understand lyrics, discordant samples, and tracks that (somehow) all sound the same. there, I saved you from listening to it. 1.5 stars only because I couldn't hear most of the lyrics
Hip hop is known to be an impressive display of sound production when done correctly. If the only hip hop you had ever heard was this album, you never would have known. On top of that, this dude's voice is TERRIBLE, and that says a lot considering hip hop is not known for its singing talent.
Solid hip hop album. Steady strong beat, great samples. Layered lyrics that deserve more than a single listen.
I enjoyed this a lot more than I thought I would. The music itself creates an atmosphere that appeals to me. Stupid skits kept to a minimum and when used actually kind of fit. The mixing isn't great, with the vocals buried and at times hard to hear.
Vibes
Love Wu Tang and I’d say this is Method in his prime. The theming/consistency of the albums sound is great and even though each song is similar, Method simply delivers fantastic beats and bars. 9/10 would bob head to again.
As a massive Wu Tang Clan fan, I'm surprised that this is my first time listening to a Method Man solo album. I like Method Man on Wu Tang albums but I don't think he's able to carry his own albums as much as other members of the clan. Overall a good album with good songs. Favorite track: Meth Vs. Chef
Kudt
I love Method Man's voice and flow, but the 'experimental' approach for a lot of this, sounding like two completely different tracks playing simultaneously, was disconcerting and didn't really draw me in. I can hear the intent, but am not sure it works, in the main.
This is quite dark in places, although it has a decent flow with the beats. It made me want to smoke once again, and probably something a little stronger than 20 B&H.
I had the same feeling for almost all solo albums released after Wu-tang Clan. They are okay, but nothing else. It was not different with this one. It's a round 3-star album.
Average rap album
Lines: ok Voice: Shite Flow: Shite Beat: Shite
'sfleafzy'... mc Articulation Distorder
This is the kind of hip hop I cannot stand...
Tidy album
Sadly not the style of hip-hop/rap I ever really respond well to so probably not the best judge but didn’t take any enjoyment from this at all really. Only bit that stood out/stuck with me at all was the (I think purposeful??) homage to I will survive on release yo’ delf.
I grew up a teenager in the 90’s addicted to grunge and alternative music. I enjoy old school 80’s rap but not really anything past that. I like the beat samples on this album but I think his vocal mix is poor and all the songs have a same tempo or energy. The album is ok, not terrible and not great.
Songs blend into each other but it's good background music. I don't mind it at all but I probably won't revisit. 3
Love Wu Tang, love Method Man, but this album is objectively bad
So so
There is not much to say for me here. It's good. It's a Method Man solo album, one of his better works. The reviews are going to be all over the place because there are a lot of "it's classic hip hop, gotta give it a 5" people out there, but probably more "I can't understand the words, I don't like hip-hop, 1 or 2" people. That being said, this probably a mandatory listen for someone who wants to get into hip-hop at a deeper cultural level, not that is mandatory to enjoy it. 4/5
Rating: 5/10 Meh.
Solid Hip Hop but it's nothing compared to the full power of the Wu-Tang altogether, as you can guess seeing as he is trying to create that style so much. 6/10
I didn't get it.
Not for me
Fine, middle of the road at best.
Release Yo' Delf is Chad. There's some men songs but most are really good.
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Rap is my favorite to begin with, there was one song I would like, but I don't think I would listen again. If I could give a 2.5 I would because it doesn't warrant a two but isn't good enough to be a three
not quite as much personality i'm looking for in a Wu Tang Extended Universe production but a good album generally.
Method Man is not my favorite solo Wu-Tang MC (I’m more a RZA/Gravediggaz/ODB kinda guy) but this is solid stuff.
Really not my thing but my husband enjoyed it.
1.5
Production is ass
Practically a Wu-Tang album & Wu-Tang is forever.
Love the Wu Tang album, but why should we go through all the solo careers of each member of the crew? There’s cool tracks here and there and Method Man’s voice is lethal, but should I listen to this before I die? 2.5/5
Old school hip-hop spit by one of the wordiest Wu Tang members? Yes, please.
Rapper in the crapper. I never considered rap as music.
I could not get through it. The beats were not enough for me to listen to the rapping. Will not listen again.
Like this one
classic wu tang clan.
Mr Meth!!
no
I liked it, the production does meld together but there are highlights. The title track was good and was prob my favorite. The production was great but it does blend together similar to Pure Heroine by Lorde. Initial listen: 7/10 or 3.5/5.