★★★★★
Solo albums from members of the Wu-Tang Clan are about as hit-or-miss as you can get. For every spectacular platter like Raekwon's "Only Built 4 Cuban Linx," there's a disappointing foil, ala Ghostface Killah's "Bulletproof Wallets." Method Man, the most accessible, playful member of the crew, is an enigma wrapped inside a riddle. Is he great? Is he still that mad creator of clever rhymes? Does he still possess that sly, know-it-all flow...
- www.soundspike.com
2010-12-07
★★★★★
Meth, the poppiest Wu-Tang member, may be eyeing his late 30s, but that flow and voice of his is undiminished. As with his Wu work, Meth is concerned mostly with weed, women and whupping wack MCs (he was never the Wu's deepest thinker)...
- www.hour.ca
2010-11-02
★★★★★
The "prequel," the current method for releasing another project when it isn't warranted, aptly describes this album. The Wu-Tang's most commercially successful member is still blessed with one of the best voices in hip-hop, but here cooks up a serving of Wu-lite that, like Chinese takeout, leaves you hungry for substance in an hour...
- www.hour.ca
2010-11-02
★★★★★
"Look, I ain't come to bone you chicks/This time I got a bone to pick!" That warning shot opens the fourth album from Method Man, the Wu-Tang Clan's once-brightest (and most blunted) star who sadly relegated himself to sitcom antics and deodorant commercials...
- www.blender.com
2010-08-22
★★★★★
Method Man owns the crown as the single most perplexing rapper in the entire Wu-Tang Clan. That's right - more than Ol' Dirty Bastard, Inspectah Deck and RZA rolled up into one. While each of the aforementioned artists have managed to release albums that are solid from start to finish musically and lyrically, Method Man remains the Clan's most well-recognized artist while simultaneously having a lackluster catalogue of LP's. Critics and fans of Mr...
- rapreviews.com
2010-05-15
★★★★★
Mr. Meth sure know how to make a muhfucka wait, don't he. It's beenalmost a full YEAR since we were told "Judgment Day" would be gracingour record store bins, and the anticipation hasn't done anything butgrow.And for that wait, we get an overlong, mediocre album.It's kinda like waiting all year for prom day and you end up having toroll not in a limo like you expected, but a broke down brown DatsunB210...
- rapreviews.com
2010-02-13
★★★★★
The story of Method Man's career has always been dichotomy - beloved by the fans for his gruff voice and rough rhymes but heavily criticized for failing to translate that popularity into stellar solo albums. Each release generates one or two hits but is not regarded as a classic, but "4:21... The Day After" may be an exception...
- www.urb.com
2010-02-13
★★★★★
LISTEN UP~! This message is for the approximately three people left in the United States of America who haven't figured out what "4:20" means. Bill O'Reilly, yeah you flagpole up the ass right-wing neo-Nazi fuck, I'm talking to you. Maybe if you smoked a little grass now and then you wouldn't be such an anal retentive shithead. That's right, "4:20" means you light that motherfucker up. It doesn't matter if you actually do it at 4:20 P.M...
- rapreviews.com
2009-07-21
★★★★★
No text for this review; see http://robertchristgau.com/xg/bk-cg90/grades-90s.php.
- www.robertchristgau.com
2009-07-17
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