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3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Classic (noun) – somthing typical or influential of its kind, 16 Nov 2002
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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