Tical

not my thing, but solid beats

Even though I’m a hip hop head, this wasn’t very interesting. He obviously can rap, but I found the beats quite wack and the mastering is terrible. Very flat sound.

6/10 - 3/5 Good flow, classic NY hip-hop. Every song sounds pretty similar, with no standouts. It has a good vibe with the martial arts vibe, but I'd never pick it first.

Nice to listen too, but sounds all the same to me.

Yeah fine. I didn't like it loathe this. The definition of a 3 star

Not my cup of tea particularly although did enjoy a few of the songs

It's just average 90s rap. If you haven't listened to it, you don't need to, it's just the starter pack beats with the starter pack lyrics.

I dig Method Man but this album was never quite on a par with some of the other Wu Tang offshoot projects, or indeed his Redman collaborations. Meth is one of the best when he's contributing a guest verse or two to other people's tracks but I don't rate him so highly for carrying a whole album or even a full track. This is good but not great.

Love the variety on this list so far. Some old school hip-hop I'm here for it. Not my favorite album but still appreciated. Favorite songs: Bring The Pain, All I Need

Basically Wu Tang style rap, it was alright but nothing that I was vibing to too hard Solid 3***

Some great memories listening to this when it first came out

Not a bad album, just absolutely was not written with me as the intended listener. Method Man is a legend and this was a good listen.

Best Song: Release Yo' Delf. I love the creativity of this kind of half-way cover chorus. Worst Song: Tical. Bit of a weird intro and too slow and plodding a beat to really draw you into the album. Overall: I will always maintain that Method Man has the best voice and flow of any of the Wu-Tang Clan, and this album only reinforces that opinion. Overall a fun album, even though it never did all that much to elevate to hit that next level like their collaborative work.

Well, the beats were fresh, the rhymes were tight and the hooks were catchy, but I felt this album lacked a sprinkling of platinum (so beloved by the genre) dust. A decent listen nonetheless.

i wanted to like this album but it just didn't grip me. i don't have any nostalgia for wu-tang clan and don't know a ton about rap and hip-hop (so not off to a great start) but these lyrics and production felt solid. the more musical tracks were entertaining, and i especially liked the gloria gaynor interpolation in release yo delf. favorites: tical, bring the pain, release yo delf

Not obnoxious.

3.3/5 pretty good - listened 2x

The second WuTang member I've had on this list, Method Man didn't do much here that would bring me back. Lackadaisical would be a good way to describe the feeling a lot of these songs gave to me. Even the big hits are nothing I'd really come back to. Much respect to Method Man, but this album wasn't for me. Highlight: Bring The Pain Lowlight: Stimulation Surprise Hit: Release Yo'Delf

Maybe 3.5

Method Man ...isn't he an actor? Oh right.. another rapper from New York. Why have all the rappers been from New York thus-far? (Album 29/1001) Anyway, I wish I had listened to more WuTang before this so I could compare it, since I know he's in the clan.. Buuttt hiphop/rap isn't really my genre! In any case... with fresh ears this is a bit rougher to adopt into than ATCQ. it's a bit scrappier than what I am used to and I find his voice gets sorta lost in the mix on some songs. The loops are fantastic, 3 or 4 songs in, the flow is starting to grow on me. Lyrically sometimes he drops a deep nerd cut and references something like Fantastic Four, sometimes he busts rhymes like jizm.... It's all over the place. I just don't get it. lol. There is a grimy, spooky darkness to the whole comp that makes it pretty interesting to listen to, I guess? Review of Reviews: People who love rap love this, so it must be good. Best Song: I will survive.. I mean.. Release Yo' Delf

I like this better than GZA’s “Liquid Swords,” mostly because I prefer the beats on this one. Method Man has palpable energy and as dark as the album sounds, it also has some humor. The features from other members of Wu-Tang Clan elevate the album. I like Blue Raspberry’s vocals on the second half. I think prefer rap that has more hooks, but I understand that wasn’t really the thing to do at the time. It’s a fun album, but not without its flaws. I think I’d give it a 3.5, but given the criteria by which I’ve given albums 4s, I think I have to go with 3/5 for this.

FIRST IMPRESSIONS: This should be fine to listen to/educational. It sounds like 1994, but I can also hear how this influenced contemporary hip hop already. AFTER LISTENING: I immediately went to the deluxe edition to relisten to some of the singles and assess if I wanted to do a deeper listen. AFTER LEARNING MORE: The lore is simply too deep to really give it justice on a weekday. RECCOMMENDED IF YOU LIKE: Learning about the East Coast rap scene, want some background sounds with a vaguely ominous but not too stressful (if you're not listening closely) vibes... 339 issued / 488 rated

it was fine

Excellent hip hop album from one of the greatest members of the Wu. Som absolutely HUGE tunes on this one!

Like this more than most 90s rap. N-bombs at an efficient minimum and the flow is pretty smooth.

Life is temporary but wutang is forever

Far from the best hip hop

Not really my thing, but enjoyable enough

Favourite songs: Bring the Pain, Biscuits, P.L.O. Style, Stimulation Least favourite songs: Tical 3/5

A solid and fun hip-hop record, but not the strongest Wu Tang solo outing by any means

DOOM took a lot of inspiration from method man and I can see why. Not all the songs are hits but I like a lot of them. Fun wordplay and interesting rhyme scheme. Favorites: Bring the pain All I need

really special ambience to this one, but if youre not in the right mood, these songs can feel empty and filled with silence and awkwardness, instead of the interesting mystery of detuned samples and raw drums

This was probably my favorite Wu Tang project so far, but it is still further proof that they aren't for me. I just don't feel enough variability between the tracks or flow to hold my interest in the whole album. Favorite track: Mr. Sandman

Best wel lekker

I really wanted to like this more that I did.

not really my thing

Good album but not really vibing w the genre atm

I love Method's voice and flow. The album is solid.

Lack of hooks kills it. I appreciate the lyricism and rapping ability but there’s very little to latch onto to make me want to come back to this. 5/10

The highlights are pretty standard, and well executed, 90s rap fare. However, much of the album is experimental, dissonant, and often sparse creating an almost horror movie atmosphere. Not bad, but hard to get into.

I love creepy, but this the kinda creepy sounds that makes me feel uncomfortable

I understand the significance of Method Man & Wu-Tang, but this isn't for me.

Fun fact: Method Man once swam the English Channel naked.

It’s fine. It’s not the best thing he ever did. That would be the South Park concert thing with Ozzie Osbourne and ol dirty bastard. But it’s solid.

Its not aweful. I have now heard even more hip hop and can say I heard something offshot from wu-tan clan but I miss the signifcance and imprtance shirotically msuically or otherwise? why is this different enough to include? Its smooth consistent and like one long background track for a ganster scene - repetitive for me, you? its not talkoing ot me, its not my pain, origin, style or scene I see puff daddy helped on a remix...

Oh, look, it's another mid-90s Wu Tang album. Sometimes I wonder at Dimery's lack of imagination in compiling this list of 1001 albums, and he clearly doesn't know much about hip-hop.... That said, this is a reliably cool mid-90s Wu Tang album. Method Man's flow is charismatic and compelling. The beats have a wonky lo-fi funky feel, with plenty of cinematic atmosphere. The album sounds good, and the lyrics aren't as unpleasant as most gangsta albums (although not without a faint smell of violence and sexism). I don't like the ham-fisted interpolation of I Will Survive on Release Yo' Delf. I do like that this album is both a sensible album length (44 minutes), and so doesn't outstay its welcome, and there are no skits (which are, IMHO, a blight on most hip hop albums). It's OK, but 36 Chambers is the only Wu Tang album you really need to hear.

Not really my thing, but it’s ok.

pretty good sound, unique blends. Lyrical content was not to my liking.

Not lifechanging, but not bad either. Marginally more of a nuanced take on gangster life etc than you got from the albums 3-4 years earlier, but still not exactly subtle. His flow is great, the production is good but not great. A solid but unspectacular album, 3/5.

He's a good rapper, and I like the sound of his voice. I found the beats a little underwhelming, I expect more from RZA.

A bit goofy like typical Wu-Tang Clan output but not bad, definitely something to have on in the background since it's not quite deep, but it's not a bad vibe.

Good, all the tracks were high quality and had a great sound

Pretty classic album that aged well

3.75

Helt billlll

Decent, bra beatz och rapz, men alltså det behövs int så mycket wu-tang att man inkluderar sånhänt som låter som all annan wu-tang... speciellt med hur lite annan hiphop det finns

I'm not sure how to review this, as I was not in the right frame of mind for it. It was much darker than expected, and I shouldn't have listened to it while I was working, because I couldn't focus on the lyrics as much as I should have. But yeah, nothing about it hooked me, really. Maybe I'll try it again one day.

Comme on pouvait s'y attendre, l'album Tical est un exemple de méthodologie. L'artiste commence ainsi avec une phrase d'accroche, une définition des termes du sujet, pose les enjeux de celui-ci et en sort une problématique. Il annonce ensuite le plan puis développe ses idées de manière ordonnée dans un I] et un II] eux-mêmes divisés en A) et B). Un exemple du genre.

Je m'avoue agréablement supris par le dénommé Method Man. Vous n'êtes en effet pas sans savoir que je ne supporte pas le ice cube hip hop, mais ce bon vieux Method Man a réussi à me faire passer un bon moment. Plus fort encore, Monsieur Method ne dépasse même pas les 50mn de musique, fait extrêmement rare pour un album de ice cube hip hop.

Decent rap album, nothing particularly special about it though

Ok

This makes me think of the 90's and I never listened to this until today. I can identify with the early lo-fi rap / Wu-Tang stuff and was happy to have this playing in the background. Brought back some good memories of playing Street Fighter and doing bong hits.

Doesn’t strike me the way 36 Chambers does, but it’s a strong first solo effort from the group. To me it’s not as classic of an album as Raekwon or even ODBs first solo albums, but still has some good tracks that hold up. Generally though it sounds a little dated - and the best track isn’t even on the album - You’re All I Need to Get By with MJB.

It was Ight. Had some pretty damn good songs but nothing blew me away. Solid three, but still a three. B side was better.

Like 3 maybe

Method Man often outshines everyone on wu tang tracks and on guest verses. He has charisma and a unique flow. But I just can’t get down with his records. And although I respect RZA as a beat maker I think his murky dark beats on this are a bit one note. I even own the album on CD. Sits in a box in the cellar. But I never really appreciated it. I can’t help but feel Tical is a bit dreary. It’s hard hitting classic New York boom bap, it just lacks stand out tracks and variety. Compared to other classic rap albums from 94 it doesn’t hold up (in an admittedly extremely tough competition). It lacks the poetic imagery and beat variety of Illmatic or the stand out tracks of Hard to earn. There are even albums in a similar style like O.Cs word…life that I like way better. Tical does not even make the top 10 of rap albums of 1994 for me. For all the negativity above, it’s still method man and rza. 3 stars

3.75

Not bad

Cool music

Fine I suppose. Less annoying than most rap but not like good

Classic Method man, decent album from one of the many wu tang spinoffs. Good to see hes interested in tical

The whole was more than the sum of the parts

When we listened to Wu-Tang earlier on this list, Method Man was on my favourite tracks. I enjoyed the vague sounds of this, but didn't listen to it properly; my bad.

Not a Hip Hop fan, but I liked his vocals

3.7 - Another expansion pack within the Wu Tang universe - good stuff. I like how this record incorporates samples of kung fu film dialogue as a reference point. I also appreciate how Meth kept this one lean - no skits, no experimental tracks. The MC'ing is ferocious though the mixing at times detracts from the sound (e.g. "Biscuits").

3.4/5 hiphop

3.5

Love the laid back, lo-fi style beats on this. Always enjoy the flow of Methods rapping. Nice use of simple samples.

I have a lot of blind spots when it comes to rap and hip-hop. I was never really exposed to it, especially anything pre-2000, and this includes basically anything by The Wu-Tang Clan and their various solo projects. It is almost embarrassing to admit that this is the first whole album experience I’ve had with them, and one of the only hip-hop albums I’ve listened to in these last few years. It’s been a long time since I was last into the genre, and I wish this would have hit a little harder to make me more excited by the prospect of going through some of these landmark releases. There are definitely great songs here, All I Need and What the Blood Clot were stand outs to me, but some of these tracks simply didn’t make a big impression on me. That said, as talented as Method Man can be here, the more noteworthy bit to me is getting more familiar with RZA. His production is right up my alley and I can’t wait to hear more of what he’s got in store when I no doubt come across more Wu-Tang projects while doing this.

норм) реп девяностых - все хриплые и мужественные (также удивил очень чёрный кавер Глории Гейнор)

i hate Release Yo' Delf. the other songs are okay

Decent...pretty much love Wu Tang stuff. 3/5

This is the sort of record which really separates an accomplished taste in hip-hop from a cursory knowledge. I unquestionably fall into the latter, but the whole point of this project was to throw myself into albums like this in the hopes of having some kind of epiphany. In the end, all I can really say is I really enjoy this record. The production from RZA is quite excellent, but it’s a style which I’m led to believe he had already implemented (more) successfully with Wu Tang Clan. As for Method Man, it’s hard for me to reach a conclusion. The lisp thing isn’t a problem for me, and there’s some really neat lines in here. Unfortunately, evaluating music on “Rhymes” and “Flow” is a framework outside of my capacity, so generally if a hip-hop artist doesn’t immediately resonate with me it’s for good reason. So, on the one hand, everything great about this record seems to have been better established earlier in the artist’s career. On the other, it’s just a really good album. Pinpointing the influence of Method Man and RZA in general is quite straightforward, but within the particular context of this record I’m not hearing it.

I didn't really like this album. Very very 90s sound. I fuck with Mef when it comes to his ambition and his acting, especially. Idk, I just couldn't connect with this. I think this is one of those "you had to be there" albums. Mef put this out when the Wu was on top of the world, and I think that's an important contextual detail when analyzing this album (36 Chambers Dropped a year before Tical)

LP

Hay mejores discos de Hip hop / Rap de esta misma época. Me han gustado "Bing the pain" y "Release you' delf". Sería más un 2,5 aprobado pero iremos a 3 estrellas.

Pretty decent

Interesting album, enjoyable

Not a big fan of rap. I can appreciate the creativity though.

Wu Tang themed with great flow, beats are steady and I feel low key to let the lyrics shine

für meinen gschmack warn die beats bissi eintönig, einfach nicht ganz so meins. trotzdem ganz nice

Прослушано! Реп не моё, но кое-что запомнилось.

Beaucoup mieux que ce à quoi je m’attendais. Pas dans mes cordes par contre.

Je connaissais son nom, mais c’est mon premier album de Method Man. J’aime son flow. Il me fait penser à Tyler the Creator que j’écoute beaucoup. Sûrement une influence pour ce dernier. C’est le premier album solo d’un des membres du Wu-Tang suite au premier album du collectif et j’aime l’idée qu’ils poursuivent l’univers sur leurs albums tout en étant plus personnels. Le style de RZA à la production détonne avec ce qui se fait à l’époque, mais c’est cool. Bring the pain est une essentielle de cet album. Sinon j’aime particulièrement Biscuits, Meth Vs. Chef et I Get My Thang In Action. Je vais sûrement y revenir.

Kind of a vibe

Heyrðu, þetta er barasta fínt, en kannski aðeins of seint fyrir mig að missa mig yfir þessu.

OK. I might want to listen to it occasionally. Very occasionally.

I like the delivery and most of the content is interesting, though not always my style. Still seems pretty solid.

I drive a bog-standard Prius and the bass still blew out a couple of my neighbors' windows.

I can’t name any Wu-Tang songs and, before today, couldn’t name any by Method Man. In 1994 I was busy scamming Columbia House for $.01 Nirvana, STP and Green Day CDs. The music seems familiar, though, and I like it. I noticed some similarities between the sounds/techniques used here and those used on Reggae radio stations (like on WKDU’s program Jam City Rock). I don’t have the vocabulary to express exactly what it is, but I think I’ll keep digging into it. I was asking my brother about it today and, after listening to my incoherent explanation of what I meant he threw back a bunch of words. Dubstep was one of them. I read on Wikipedia that dubstep started(or at least the term Dubstep) in the early 2000s in London. and the sound I’m thinking of (but can’t explain) goes back to at least the early 90s. So maybe I’m hearing part of the evolution? Dub/hip-hop/reggae? Sometimes the internet is not as helpful as I want it to be. If any of you have any idea at all what I’m trying to get at, please let me know. If not just ignore my rambling. This album gets a 5 for occupying all my spare thoughts today. But probably less for actual quality.

This was cool. I feel woefully unequipped to bring a studied review to most rap, based on my lack of familiarity with the genre on the whole. But like wine, I can tell you when I like it and don't, even if I can't describe the subtleties I'm tasting. So it is with Method Man. I enjoyed this album. His smooth, understated delivery speaks to his confidence as an artist, the beats kept me moving throughout, and maybe with another few listens, I'll have a better grasp of what he has to say. I did peek in on the AllMusic bio and album review after listening just to ground myself a little more in where this album stood in the Wu-Tang chronology (this was the first solo album from anyone in the collective), and learned that Method Man and I share a birthday. He's four years younger. Ain't that a bitch.

yet another Wu Tang-related album. it's definitely hip-hop, with solid production and excellent rhymes. I'm just increasingly unsure if hip-hop is my genre.

Generally not a fan of old school hip hop but I thought some songs were fine here.

Not my prefered genre, but it feels cool

So i’am not very well versed in the rap world to be honest, I’ve herd of the wu tang clan and I think I’ve herd of method man specifically but i’am not that sure… As I said i’am not very well versed in rap so I may just end up making a fool of myself. The album feels quite odd to me though because for the most part it’s very likeable the beats are amazing ( I vaguely recognised a ton of samples on this album), the lyrics are very strong and unlike the standard 17-20 track rap album with an endless labyrinth of interludes this album is nicely condensed into 13 tracks. But the rapping lacks a certain bite, a certain energy, aggressiveness and speed that I quite like in rap music. Method man is just too slow for me. There’s still some brilliant tracks though that are rap essentials (e.g. tical, bring the pain,meth vs chef, sub-crazy and especially mr sandman (by far the most mental song on the album)) Probably a 3/5

pretty good rap album, has some humor in it too

Good album but nothing stands out. Fine debut as a solo artist.

I was not hugely grippered by this on the first listen. It may grow on me, but it gave me no reason to try and work it into a regular location. Nothing offensive, but that's just how it is sometimes.

run of the mill 1990s hip-hop

Not one to listen to with the kids. Good if you enjoy WuTang

Le skin de base du hip-hop

Was een meer dan prima album, beter als verwacht

Certainly on the second listen I started to get a bit more into this but it's not really something I want to invest time into right now. Faves: Mr Sandman, Method Man

I worked at Camelot Super Store in Charlotte, NC when this album came out. For the first month seeing this album cover, I thought the idea was that 'Tical' was an extension of 'Method', so like, the album was called 'Methodtical'. But then a co-worker hipped me to the real - it's a blunt. With cocaine maybe? Dipped, too, maybe? Regardless... a pretty good listen. Method Man's delivery works for me. I didn't walk away with any new best songs, but I liked the production and didn't mind it playing.

This could quite easily be a Wu Tang Clan album - RZA helming production, Method Man's personality shining through, similar dusty-sounding beats and samples. And it's fine, not great, not bad, but fine. It doesn't pop as much as the first Wu Tang release, and it can be a little samey; proceedings are enlivened when guest performers appear. Still, MM is an inventive craftsman - even when playing it safe, the results are satisfying.

Nearly skipped it but actually enjoyed it. Not likely to search out again

I was not familiar with any of the tracks on this album. I appreciate Method Man as a Wu-Tang member, and I was surprised that this album didn't appeal to me more. Looking forward to seeing the Wu-Tang Clan on this list.

I'm sure Tical is good hip-hop. Just not a fan of the genre.

Take into consideration all lies. wu tang is for the children

Bom.

Ok album, love the rhythm and rhyme of Method Man, but the lyrics aren’t engaging for me.

Good solid rap album

I'd always avoided this as he's not one of my favourite in Wu tang, don't know why. It's got the gritty sound and the classic dense lyrics. Probably needs a few listens to really sink in but I liked it

Du hip hop old school; ça s'écoute en fond

Vaikka Wu-Tang Clan onkin ihan lähellä sydäntäni, on nää jäsenten soololevyt jäänyt aikalailla kuuntelematta ehkä jotain RZA:n Liquid Swardsia lukuunottamatta. Tää on kaukana raikkaasta ja on soundiltaan jopa todella tunkkanen — joka oudolla tavalla toimii. Suht minimalistista ja sumusta menoo. Ei mitään ilosta juhlaräppii. Kyl tää keinahtaa positiivisen puolelle meikän osalta, mutta vaatii lisäkuunteluja että osaan päättää kuinka paljon. 3,5/5 Näin tällä kuuntelulla.

Toimii, 3/5. RZA:n hämyiset tunnelmat on tässäkin siistejä, vaikka on pari kovempaakin levyä tehnyt. Räbä kans ihan jees ja peukkua pituudelle, hoppilevyt liian usein yli tunnin. Saatiin aika stereotyyppiset East ja West Coast vertailut, kun Dre oli äsken. Mulle länsirannan melodisuus ja rentous toimii vähän paremmin. Tosin tää Tical tuskin on edes itäräbän top10.

You know, it's not bad. Pretty inventive.

Not my cup but I appreciate the warm basement Beats. Clan possee gives more than 2.5

I can't say I have a lot of experience with the output of the Wu-tang Clan so don't have a reference point to this album. My first take on the album is that it is quite dark, moody and aggressive. As far as the songs go on this album there are some that have a really good flow but others seem not well crafted, I get the feeling that this may be an album where Method Man is trying to find his way a bit as a solo artist which is understandable. The back half of the album seems stronger to me. There are a few songs that I enjoy in particular on this album, "All I Need", "Release Yo Delf", "Sandman". 3 out of 5.

The debut solo outing from Method Man is unrelentingly dark with densely layered samples and bars. It makes for kind of a difficult listen. At the same time, I can't help but appreciate the attention to detail and inventive arrangements. That sample on "Release Yo' Delf" really made me sit up and take notice! Wanted to give this a four but find myself hovering closer to a three. Chalk it up to personal taste -- this one likely still deserves a place on this list. Favourite tracks: Bring the Pain, All I Need, Release Yo' Delf, Mr. Sandman

3,5

Going to have have another few listens. Wasn't totally hooked first time but I suspect it's a grower.

Groovy, not as corny as I was expecting. *Sub Crazy *Release Yo Delf

Hip-hop que no desagrada. Ni fu ni fa.

Fav songs: - What The Blood Clot - Release Yo 'Delf

Not my favourite Wu album (would be Supreme Clientele or Cuban Linx) but gotta respect Method Man

Some good stuffs

It's good music, definitely engaging at least. Favorite tracks might be All I Need and Release Yo' Delf.

I didn't get it in '94, don't get it now. Let's rap to the sick beats of John Philip Sousa? Samples are expensive, we'll sing 'em ourselves. No, not getting it.

Hip-hop que no desagrada. Ni fu ni fa.

Maybe I just don't get the Wu Tang thing. A lot of this just hit me as meandering warm up to a payoff that didn't come and it quickly faded into the background.

Like this more than most 90s rap. N-bombs at an efficient minimum and the flow is pretty smooth.

Not a huge hip hop fan but it was a good change from the music that I have been getting lately. 3.4

ssdsds

the method

ok, nice sound but ok

олдскул че сказать. такое себе

Solid but not my favorite

Really good Wu solo album but not quite up there with the best off them,. Unmistakable RZA grainy sinister production, maybe a bit long.

Meh

Kann ich bei Rap/HipHop nicht wirklich einordnen aber ist nicht negativ aufgefallen

Mehthod man

More enjoyable than than I was expecting. Compitant rapping.

Not the classic it’s made out to be but it was the first solo project - couple of classic tracks, some good but also some forgettable

prety good, not my favorite album cover and alot of filler

Hmm, känner inget speciellt för detta.. det blir 3/5

Method Man is so damn charismatic. None of the tracks are catchy. The production is minor and spooky. The rhymes are dark. But somehow he's charming through the whole thing. Maybe I'm biased from all his funny movie cameos. I thought half the album was killer, and the other half mellowed into the background. But it's really contextual. 90s hip hop doesn't pair well with deskwork. B

Not bad. Not the best Wu Tang member album. Great beats, good flow. A bit dark for me. B-

Solid album, good flow, not as great as other albums coming out of Wu Tang

Good album. Am terrible at listening to the lyrics. But it all goes together well, more listens needed.

Really looked forward to this but it's dated badly. Love meths delivery tho.

Enjoyed this, but nothing really jumped out at me. The integration of jazz made me want to listen to Jazzmatazz.

Great rapper, I like his flow and rhyming, but the beats are too weak to make this a great album.

Nice 90's oldschool hip-hop. I've been in the mood for this kind of sound ever since watching Netflix's Evolution of Hip-Hop.

Will probably grow on me, but 3.5 stars for now

Great. I can see how this influenced today's artists. Not very catchy to me

Production: 12/20 Songwriting: 8/20 Innovation: 11/20 Bangers: 0/20 Emotional response: 11/20 =43 Not terrible

While rap is not my favourite genre I enjoyed this album especially for the flow of Method Man.

started weak but ended pretty strong

Pretty good. Much better than Kanye's debut.

Good for garage lifting

Heerlijke beats op een relaxed tempo. Stem van MM maakt het plaatje compleet. In bijv. I Get My Thang In Action vind ik de beat echt lekker. Tekst luister ik eerlijk gezegd niet naar, het is iig niet de geld en bitches bs.

The rapping here is in the back, as bass-heavy samples take center stage. Method Man's voice is still distinctive. The project has a tightness which it benefits from: Moderate runtime, a few interesting samples, no skits, and just the one remix.

Not heard this before. Sounds great on initial listening.... explore further!

Okay, so I know that Method Man is quite big in terms of that kind of early rap music, but I like a more melodic type of rap, even though I am not even a huge fan of it either nowadays because I want something that is a bit more exciting. Overall, it's alright having in the background while doing other things, but it's continuous talking and is a bit too repetitive.

Hmmmm its no the worst

Eh it's fine

this project is teaching me that i am not a huge hip hop fan like i previously thought. i'm a 2000s-2010s hip hop fan.

No soy negro, no me pone esta música...

Better Wu Tang

Not bad altogether I suppose. It sort of rattled along without making me wish it'd stop too much. Not a ringing endorsement, but definitely better than I expected.

Mercifully free of skits and chatter, with a dark, murky mood that's pretty cool. I didn't dislike it but neither did I really like it. It's a bit monotonous but I preferred it to Cuban Linx, the other Wu-Tang solo album rolled so far. You could say it didn't tical me.

4/10

I thought there original method man song with Wu Tan Clan was much better than this remix.

I enjoyed this, but not enough to fully appreciate it.

Another one? This genre is heavily over represented on this list - I tried to listen, I really did.

Not my favorite hip hop album

I don't think every wu-tang guy needed to be represented on this list to be honest. There's very little to differentiate each track and I find Method Man to be kinda boring.

Geez, poor Method Man First the song named after him was the worst song in the combined Wu-Tang Clan album then he has the worst album out of all the Wu-Tang Clan members on this list. Everything on offer is weaker than all of the other Wu-Tang Clan albums from the lyrics, to the vocals/rapping and even the production and backing tracks even if they still are pretty decent but the issue is the fact that they put so much on the tracks that just does not work at all. The flows are decently solid too and may be the best thing about the album but i do not think that they are enough to save it. This is easily the worst among the Wu-Tang Clan stuff and a disappointing end for my listening experience with them. Best Song: I Get My Thang In Action Worst Song: Sub Crazy

Admittedly, I’m not hugely familiar with the Wu-Tang Clan, so I might be losing some context here, but I just felt a bit bored listening to this one. I didn’t find it interesting at all, and it just doesn’t think it’s for me.A lot of the tracks felt pretty forgettable. I didn’t love the sample choices on this, and there were no memorable hooks to grab onto.The only real standout for me was "All I Need"—easily the best track on the album, but the rest of it just dragged.

This didn’t win me over.

Good songs, but I won't remember this album even exists in a month.

The rythyms and vibe are great! However, I can't listen to the language. Pitchfork: 8.4 Rolling Stone: n/a

Ultimately couldn't finish this, boring and repetitive to me.

Nope. Not for me.

I like Wu Tang but never listened to their solo stuff. This one gets off to a bad start with a track that has a really dissonant sounding chorus that didn't agree with my ears. Better after that, but I'm not really a fan of the flow or the (lack of) musicality. 2/5.

I can't wait until I don't need to listen to any more 90s rap

Sliten type. Spytter mange ord.

I like the music and the beat. I found no particular enjoyment in the lyrics. Still, I'm glad to have listened to this.

I didn't take too much away from this album, but it sounded fine. If anything, it was almost a little bit boring. It's decent. Favorite track: "Release Yo' Delf"

Nothing will beat the wu tang at their peak. all mc's are talented and generally good producers/rappers but this was in one ear out the other

I really just could not get into this album. I've typically found rap from New York not as interesting, and this was no different. There were no memorable hooks, the beats were fine, but it just really didn't click for me. The difference between this and an album like Doggystyle are night and day, and I just prefer different types of hip hop.

ok

Not really my thing. Bonus star for being the first hip-hop album I've listened to through this that comes in at under 45 mins thanks to no nonsense "skit" tracks.

Glavna riječ koja mi se mota po glavi tokom ovog albuma je diskordantno.

Nope, this wasn't good at all. I'm glad others loved it, somebody has to. 2 "not at all interesting" stars

Not my type.

não sei se escutei num dia ruim ou se realmente só não gostei tem um mérito ali por um aspecto meio "beco escuro e úmido de algum lugar em nova york", mas no geral, não fui com as beats, não fui com o flow, achei a produção meio esquisita

just not a bit of me 5.5/10

couple of songs showed a little promise, but it settled into standard (to my ears) rap.

I have tried so many times over so many years. Hip hop is not for me

There was some good production on this record that made me enjoy the more-chill moments, but everything more aggressive just started to annoy me. It tailed off HARD in the middle starting with the I Will Survive pastiche.

From the Vault #9 (January 22, 2026) 'ere we go. Another pre-written review to shove down your eyeholes. I've never heard of Method Man before, and they couldn't even spell Tikal correctly, assuming they're referring to the Mayan ruins and not the old Southeast Asian unit of measurement. This one's looking bleak, I'll be real with you. Anyways, this has to be another gangsta rap album. What else could it be? This was pretty dull, even for hip-hop standards. The instrumentals are incredibly weak and unremarkable, and there's no depth or range to any of sounds on this album. I can get down with lo-fi every now and then, but the compression on these tracks is shitty. It's difficult to articulate why, but it sounds messier and more smudged than what I'm used to. More stripped back, too. The lyrics and vocals are unenergetic, and the songwriting is awkward across the board. If there's any silver lining to this album, it's the runtime. Thank you for being short. Book time. Oh, the title of the album is derived from a butchered version of a mangled slang term for meth. That figures. This guy's from Wutang Clan. That also figures. Unconventional horror movie theming. Wikipedia reveals that the album name was actually an anagram this whole time, supposedly. Charted well. Two successful singles. Modest critical acclaim. Nah, fuck this album. In place of this album, I humbly submit 52nd Street by Billy Joel for inclusion on the list. An album which I, embarrassingly, haven't listened to, but I liked The Stranger and I've heard it's his second-best album, so I think I can slip it in on good authority.

Porfa basta de hip hop og ya me cansé no puedo mas stop it Igual tenía pinta de ser un tipazo pero no lo terminé

Really baffled by this one. Was bored to tears with its dull beats, murky production and muffled vocals.

Sophie - I expected to enjoy this but it was kind of only ok. I like Wu Tang Clan but I think they only work for me when a couple of songs are sprinkled into a playlist, I don’t think I can do a whole album. The songs kinda blended into one for me. I wouldn’t rush to revisit it. 2/5

Not for me

Interesting but not my thing

Quite enjoyable for someone who's not into rap.

The classical nerd in me appreciated the 2 bars of pictures at an exhibition at the start. Other than that, a whatever hip hop album to me. Not bad, but will not revisit.

I was surprised to find that I had not listened to one long song but rather 13 short songs.

Still not my kind of music, but the rhyming is pretty good.

I understand and respect the importance of Wu Tang to rap. But the solo albums can’t ever get me. Mumbled and flat production with the inevitable King Fu sprinkled in. A couple alright songs but it’s background music to me.

Liked this quite a bit more than I would have expected.

Fed nok men ikke noget særligt

Det er bare slet ikke min genre.

DNF. Not bad, just not feeling it.

Nah not really

Not my jam. 2.5

4.0/10 Not horrible but don’t think I would listen again..

I believed before listening to this album that outside of Wu Tang Clan's 36 Chambers, Method Mans' best contribution to culture was the line he spoke in The Wire that went "you know who have the fattest asses and best pussy? Midgets, n*gga". This album didn't change my mind.

2.5

meh. Elastica snapped though yesterday

I feel so idle listening to this album. I was definitely listening to it, but I wasn't really feeling anything. It took an incredibly long time for literally anything to catch my attention, other than the songs changing. Release Yo' Self is the real standout of this album, but it's also 8 songs in and I really only liked it for the feature and slight energy boost compared to the rest of the album. It got slightly better after that song, but I feel like this guy's whole style was done much better with the Gravediggaz 3 years later. That same kind of dark, spooky-ish beat style with the sometimes overly gory lyricism, just taken thirteen steps further than Method Man did here.

Kind of eh? Some cool stuff on here though.

Unk rap. Really though it was extremely mid. Not a huge fan of MM's voice, flow or delivery overall. There's much better solo projects from Wu-Tang members.

Klingt bisschen wie das Cover aussieht Gibt besseren HipHop

It's always tough to follow one the greatest. This album didn't do much for me and found it to be pretty boring. I mean there were solid grooves in there, but man, what the hell happened to rap and R&B in the 90's? Turned your back to everything that made it enjoyable across all races. Just not much here I found enjoyable. 2

Jaahas. Eipä ollut kummoinen lätty. Nolo uhoaminen ei jaksanut viihdyttää tällä kertaa, mutta biitit olivat aika hyviä.

Ei oikein iskenyt, enkä kuunnellut kokonaan. 1,75/5.

1. sympa, sans plus 2. la prod brouillon asf, flow sympa, refrain tjrs un peu goofy 3. prod mieux, paroles mieux, flow cool 4. mid 5. très cool 6. meth vainqueur !! 7. la prod nul, le flow ça va .. mid mid mid 8. sympa 9.ok 10. bon bon bon 11. ok 12. sympa! oui 13. original >>>>>> Dans l’ensemble bien bien bof, mais faut prendre en compte que c’était en 94. Tout de même pas très captivant, surtout les prod très très mid. 2+/5

Gratuitous everything. Not worth a serious listen

It was ok

Not a hip-hop fun but I enjoyed this one, especially the singles.

I didn't really get into this

It's fine. Lyrics are decent, beats are on par for mid-90s rap. Ranking this a little lower given the context of this being "1001 albums to listen to before you die", as to me this feels like a plain rap album from one of the members of wu tang

This was pretty solid, but a good example of why production matters so much. By my money, I felt like the vocals were so hidden behind the amped up bass that I could hardly understand anything, and without a balanced treble on top, everything just felt really sedated and homogenous. That being said, this was still damn cool and a pleasure to listen to. Fave tracks: - Tical - Biscuits - Bring The Pain - All I Need - What The Blood Clot - Release Yo' Delf - I Get My Thang In Action

Annoying sounds sometimes. Average hiphop to my ears.

Im not really feeling it

Some nice vibes but not much else of note

Ok I guess, not much to it

I was not as impressed with Method Man's debut album as I thought I would be. He is one of the better MCs from the clan but RZA's beats were too stripped down and dirty for my taste. I do like the continuation of incorporating Wu-Kung-Fu styles though. Taking into consideration all lyrics and production, Tical is just some t(yp)ical early 90s hip-hop. Method gets better with subsequent releases. For this record...1.95 stars.

No thanks

A bit shit really.

Interesting use of backing volcals and unusual sounds, lyricism. A bit monotine, but enjoyable for an album so out of my comfort zone.

01/01/2026 I was expecting a little more from this album, it turned out to be quite boring. Spotify listeners: 3 million

pas mon style mais c'est cool

pretty good not my taste tho

Wu-Tang og deres medlemmer må være de mest overvurderede Hip-Hoppere ever

2.75. Love Meth, but this was always my least favorite solo premier release from members of the Wu. Was hoping I’d change my mind or have something more click with today’s listen but it did not.

It seemed like ordinary rap music to me. Nothing in particular stands out from the rest.

#212/1001. Taking in consideration all listens (1), 2.

This made me sad. I typically like hip-hop...but the underground mumbo jumbo doesn't do it for me and I had a hard time getting through it.

This is #day493 of my #1001albumsyoumusthearbeforeyoudie challenge, and… Method Man is a name that rings a bell from my childhood. I can't say I've ever listened to anything from his roster, though. This particular album is an OK '90s hip-hop, but I found it less enjoyable than another Wu-Tang member's solo record, which I got just a couple of days ago. This is a 2 out of 5. Looking forward to #day494.

Good for its genre, just not my cup of tea.

So I think it works in a playlist but not as a whole, but I am just a white boy from southamerica.

Zuhause, Gerstetten, Deutschland. Ein klein wenig öde.

Dull for me, don’t get the wu tang hype 1.9/5

Here's a fun thing - instead of singing Human League's "Here comes the Mirror Man", sing "Here comes the METHOD man". More hilarious than this anyway.

Not really for me.

Is All I Need the greatest love song of the 90s? — I think neither the lyrics nor the production really stand out to me here

Straight walk off

Meh, some good stuff but not overly impressed.

even in my biggest method man obsession times, and there was some, i always found it hard to listen to a full album. I still like the bangers but a whole album doesnt keep my attention.. regardless m-e-t-h-o-d man is one of my favs

Wu-Tang just isn't my style I don't think. I have yet to like one of the albums the group or its members has made Standouts Release Yo' Delf 2/5

Poetry? Protest? Purpose?

Loving the rap introduction the 1001 is giving me. But this album isn't landing. Pretty much downhill after the Mussorsky quote at the start.

I didn’t like this. I prefer my hip hop to have more hooks and quirks than. It’s very polished and has lots of layers, but this just isn’t for me. It’s not bad, I’m just not into it.

Not bad, a bit gritty and growly.

2/5

Same beat for every song, I can barely understand what they're saying, what is even special about this. The occasional vocals made this somewhat tolerable but apart from that it was pretty crap. 1.8

“Biscuits” was tracked and mixed really poorly, the bassline overwhelms Method Man’s voice. At least “Sub Crazy” acknowledged this projects obsession with sub bass and did something interesting with it. I don’t think we’d see echoey, trippy vocals like this until the onset of cloud rap in the 2010’s. It took until “Release Yo Delf” for my ears to perk up for something. Finally, Method Man shows some life and variance in his flows and delivery. Fantastic interpolation of the I Will Survive melody. Method Man is really great when he (or his features) is flying off the handle, like on “Mr. Sandman”. Sadly, there is very little of that, especially on the front half; credit to Tical for keeping some of its most interesting songs till the end, but too little, too late. Far too mellow and doesn’t do much to poke its head out from the sea of other WTC albums or solo projects that would follow on this list. 2/5

Over pretentious (how many wutang samples do you need to put?) Boring (one song = one beat) Mindless (or maybe the texts were good? Couldn't understand because for some reasons even the sparse layering made it impossible to understand most of it). And then the commenter here claiming that only people who understand the genre and can spot the differences are allowed to criticize - that's exactly the type of l33t shit that makes me hate that genre.

Method Man has better albums. This one’s kind of boring.

I like a bit of Wu-Tang but this didn't do it for me. Some decent moments but mostly poo

Low on the mutha fuckers, niggas (although they are there) which makes a change, and some interesting bits of backing tracks, but I still struggle with this genre.

Not for me.

Just another rap album. Nothing spectacular about it, some ok tracks. Better than a 1, but only just. 2

Rap is a funny old game. After the first couple of tracks I was beginning to sort of enjoy Method Man's delivery and the clever use of samples to build a song. But then he, like most modern rappers, began to invite a merry old crew of poor performers to join him on vocal duties, which instantly destroyed that [for want for a better word] connection I was starting to feel with him. Why do they do this? Do these confident sounding men have confidence issues? Do they like to sabotage their own work as some sort of joke? Or are they just being charitable, by helping out the less fortunate? Whichever it is, it affects the amount of stars I'm going to give him. Im sure Mr Man will be heart broken when he sees this, but instead of a 3 star, its a 2.

I want to like Wu-Tang more than I actually do like Wu-Tang. This one is particularly dated-sounding. Very 1994. I guess I prefer him as a guest or teaming up with Redman than as a front man on his own.

Meh

++:Bring the Pain, What the Blood Clot, Meth vs. Chef, Mr. Sandman +: Tical, P.L.O. Style, I Get My Thang in Action, Method Man (Remix) +-: Biscuits, All I Need, Sub Crazy, Release Yo' Delf, Stimulation 5,2/10

Thank fuck there are no skits or interludes on here, only audio grabs. Good loops, reliable flow. You'll be satisfied by this release if you like East coast hip hop and Wu Tang Clan. For me, it's mid. Overall: 3/10

A fine hip-hop album

…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.

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.

Fedt nok - men man kan ikke høre vokalen, sjov falset

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.