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Method Man's second solo effort Tical 2000, expands wonderfully on the themes that Meth failed to get across in his debut solo album Tical. Tical 2000 is more ambitious, better produced, darker, more emotional, much larger, and overall better than Tical. Method Man also matures musically in this album. Where as in Tical he had serious problems with his rhyming not melding with his beats, in Tical 2000 he shows much more attention to creating solid quality music. His sound is still scratchy and harsh, but his flow is so much smoother on this album. And where as in Tical the sound was just so drab you had difficulty actually listening to Meth, this album will grab your attention, and allow you to take Method Man in, in a more pure state. This album also features a song that is by far the most representive of what exactly the method means in Method Man. While Tical was painfully small, Tical 2000 is almost painfully large. Even though most of the 28 tracks are skits, there are still too many tracks. Most are filler, but many are quality songs nonetheless. This is easy to forget, as the album acts like a long epic movie. Method's brilliant rhymes are still here, but he still hasn't found any lyrics that have strong messages. I doubt he ever will. Rather than make meaningful music Method Man tries to express himself through his street poetry. I don't really buy this. I think more so that he likes making rhymes that sound cool first, and rhymes that have relevance second. There are some lines that have some deeper meaning, but as a listener they are much more difficult to understand. Few are as intelligent on the mic as Meth, but many are more powerful on the mic. And this is what Method Man lacks, strong presence. Rappers like Dr. Dre and Notorious B.I.G. have powerful presence on the mic, Method Man doesn't. Instead his talent shows more than his personality. If Method Man's lyrics appear emptier than the others, they do show a skill for artistic manipulation of the English language. Unfortunately this lack of presence limits Method Mans jump into the rap stratosphere. Method does however create much better music than in his first solo album. Tical 2000's beats are classic Wu-Tang, but the Wu-tang feeling is no doubt missing. There are absolutely no kung fu reference, and no short little kung fu movie snippets. This is not necessarily a bad thing, but these things help much more than they hurt. The Beats are ever changing in this album. There is a good mix of dark sinister beats, slammin dance esque beats, and blatant hardcore tracks. Mostly however the album is very dark and it shows. Method Man displays a scary, brilliant psychotic side to his methods. Because of his heightened dramatics few tracks are trash. The albums peak comes at the end with Method's epic "Judgment Day". This is the track that is vintage Method Man. You get a real feeling of who Method Man is in this song. And the track is very dramatic, lasting a solid 6 minutes, and never misses a beat. "Judgment day" is complemented by a host of awesome tracks like: "Dangerous Grounds", "Perfect World", "Torture", "Retro Godfather", "Step by Step", and "Break ups to Make ups". All these secondary tracks are exceptional, And round out Tical 2000 quite nicely. No doubt Tical 2000 is leaps and bounds above Tical. It's just a better product and its sound is classic, and definitive. I was very pleased with Tical 2000, where as I was devastatingly disappointed with Tical.Read full review
Method Man is one of my favorite MCs. He was the first one in the Wu-Tang clan with a Solo effort, and Tical was a great album. Maybe people are too hard on Meth's albums following Tical because they expect so much out of him. It could also be that the two solo albums he had after Tical were supposed to be either sequels or prequels to his debut so it gave people high hopes. Tical 2000: Judgement Day features a great deal of great tracks, but there are also songs he didn't put his strong foot forward on. Nice album tho, would recommend it to any Wu-enthusiast.
A fan of the Method and quality at its finest
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I’m glad I bought this in time to celebrate its 20th anniversary this is definitely a most slept on album. Thank you!
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I like Method Man so 5 out of 5 for me automatically. I like that the album is very long. Like 24? 28 tracks? It's worth the money, for sure. Has clever skits in between most songs and creates a flow for the whole album. Very good. 5 out of 5. Get it and get it soon!!!! WORTH THE MONEY, NO DOUBT!
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