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Tical [Enhanced]

~ Method Man
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  • Audio CD (1 Dec 1994)
  • Number of Discs: 1
  • Format: Enhanced
  • Label: Universal Japan
  • ASIN: B0000024JA
  • Other Editions: Audio CD  |  Audio Cassette  |  Vinyl  |  MP3 Download
  • Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (1 customer review)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 211,651 in Music (See Bestsellers in Music)

Track Listings

1. Tical
2. Biscuits
3. Bring The Pain
4. All I Need
5. What The Blood Clot
6. Meth Vs Chef
7. Sub Crazy
8. Release Yo' Delf
9. PLO Style
10. I Get My Thang In Action
11. Mr Sandman
12. Stimulation
13. Method Man
14. I'll Be There For You/You're All I Need To Get By - Method Man & Mary J. Blige

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One of the most impressive debuts in hip-hop history belonged to the Wu-Tang Clan, who took the industry by storm with their chambers of underground artists. Among the Clan's royalty is the Method Man, the lyrical mastermind behind the group's breaking single, which happens to carry his name. TICAL, then, is basically the "return of the Wu-Tang" in the formof the Meth.
Where any Wu-Tang release is concerned, Prince Rakeem The RZA is responsible for the production, emphasising da beats. On TICAL, he drops a discordant, two-note piano all over "What The Blood Clot", and a loud, wandering electric piano line which competes with the vocals in the mix of "Biscuits", offering a sort of hip-hop analogy for buzzing lo-fi guitars. The RZA also accents the pop feel of "Release Yo' Delf", which mischievously swipes the melody of Gloria Gaynor's "I Will Survive", with an anthemic trumpet line that could have come from the ROCKY theme.
The anxiously-awaited TICAL humbly portrays Method Man's capability to "impregnate the rhythm with the wisdom". But his bravest move, in the midst of street-tough raps that promise to "Bring The Pain", is to offer a hardcore love song. "All I Need" is a promise of devotion to a woman who has stood by him through thick and thin, and serves further notice that TICAL is not just another ruffneck release.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Classic (noun) – somthing typical or influential of its kind, 16 Nov 2002
This review is from: Tical (Audio CD)
The above word is often abused and used loosely by writers of music criticism. It’s the easiest way we can describe an album that we, personally, think is very good. However, applied to ‘Tical’, Method Man’s first solo album (released in 1994), the word ‘classic’ can be rightly and deservedly tagged across the album cover with a diamond studded marker pen.

Out of the nine members of the Wu-Tang Clan, perhaps only four of them ever had the talent to carry a whole album on their own (Genius, Raekwon, ODB and Mef). Mef stepped forward first, bursting with charisma and energy and after the ’36 Chambers, here was THE man we were all waiting to hear. I’ll be honest, ‘Tical’ rocks, its brilliant. Amongst the other members of the ‘Clan’, his talent his huge, like the difference between Rivaldo and Adi Akinbiyi.

Method Man’s languid and speech impediment infected rapping style murmurs and snarls through the booming tapestry of staggered beats, subterranean bass-lines and (now trademark) Rza production like a monster wading through some murky morass. Although Mef slurs and spits into the microphone like some drunk at a wedding party, his poetry and intelligence are clearly laden with substance and depth. “Bruvvas wanna hang with the Mef,” he asks during ‘Bring the Pain’, “Bring da rope as the only way they gonna hang is by the neck!” is his stunning retort which must have left his peers (huh!) in the Clan spurting out their Cristal.

Buying this album won’t enhance your rep and you certainly won’t be able to play this album at some middle class dinner party to look ‘cool’ in front of your convival company. This album needs to be played in the dark, when you’ve had one or two drinks and your feeling moody. This is the one rap album I can imagine Apocalypse Now’s ‘Colonel Kurtz’ playing to his Montagnard army beyond the Do Long Bridge. Dig it.

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