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Tical (album)
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| Studio album by Method Man | |||||
| Released | November 15, 1994 | ||||
| Recorded | 1993-1994; 36 Chambers, Staten Island Chung King, Manhattan Firehouse Studios, Manhattan Platinum Island, Manhattan |
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| Genre | Hip hop | ||||
| Length | 43:49 | ||||
| Label | Def Jam | ||||
| Producer | RZA Method Man 4th Disciple |
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Tical is the highly acclaimed debut album by Wu-Tang Clan member and hip hop artist Method Man. It was released by Def Jam in 1994 making it the first Wu-Tang solo album released after Wu-Tang Clan's debut, Enter the Wu-Tang. It was a commercial success reaching #4 on the Billboard 200 and earning a platinum certification from RIAA on July 13, 1995.[1] This success was driven by its two singles, "Bring The Pain" and also "Release Yo Delf", which boasts a famous sample of "I Will Survive" by Gloria Gaynor. The album is also critically hailed by many hip hop fans as a classic album. This may be attributed to the gritty production which was handled almost all by RZA. Its success is matched by its influence as a major piece in the East Coast hip hop renaissance. It was the only rap album in Q Magazine's 50 Heaviest Albums of All Time.[2]
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In 1991, the rapper GZA, tried to help out colleague Method Man by shopping him to label executives at Cold Chillin' Records.[3] GZA was unsuccessful, but when he formed Wu-Tang Clan, Method Man was included in the group. Method Man went on to perform on eight of the twelve tracks on Wu-Tang's acclaimed debut album, Enter the Wu-Tang, and even had a solo song named "Method Man". That song as well as "C.R.E.A.M." on which he performed the chorus reached #69 and #60 respectively on the Billboard Hot 100.[4] These two songs had better chart positions than any other tracks on Enter The Wu-Tang and thus hyped Method Man's solo career greatly. At the time of Wu-Tang Clan's debut album, Method Man's deadly rhymes, charisma and smooth, deep voice made him the group's most popular member.[3]
Method Man's debut album was recorded and mixed over 1993 and 1994 at four New York City studios: RZA's 36 Chambers Studios in Staten Island, as well as the Chung King, Firehouse and Platinum Island studios in Manhattan.[5] RZA produced the album in its near-entirety - except for "Sub Crazy" and "P.L.O. Style", co-produced by 4th Disciple and Method Man respectively - leading Jason Birchmeier of All Music Guide to refer to the album as "a two-man show".[6] As with rest of the first round of Wu-Tang albums, RZA would recreate the distinct "Shaolin" sound while tailoring it to the featured rapper. On Tical, his production was especially dark and murky, complementing both Method Man's distinctly smooth-yet-rugged voice and his raps of cannabis smoking (the "tical" of the title), project love, and traditional hardcore hip hop lyricism. In those early days of the Wu-Tang Clan the RZA was the sole provider of beats for eight talented emcees, who he would have battle over the rights to record over them. This approach to quality control would result in Tical's "Meth Vs. Chef", a recording of one such a battle between Method Man and Raekwon.[3] "Meth Vs. Chef" was recorded in 1993 before RZA's 36 Chambers Studios was flooded, destroying reportedly fifteen beats per Wu-Tang Clan rapper.[3] Many of the beats for Tical would be hastily recreated and mixed, resulting in a decrease in sound quality.[3]
In 1994 the lead single "Bring The Pain" (backed with "P.L.O. Style") was released. "Bring The Pain" was a RZA-produced track with an understated but funky groove, capped with the ragga vocals of Booster. The single would reach #45 on the Billboard Hot 100 and #1 on the Hot Dance chart. The follow-up single, 1995's "Release Yo' Delf", was a more upbeat track - at least by RZA's standards - and featured Wu-affiliate Blue Raspberry singing a B-Boy interpretation of Gloria Gaynor's disco anthem, "I Will Survive". "Release Yo' Delf" reached #98 on the Hot 100, failing to match the success of "Bring The Pain"; Tical however remains the only Method Man album with two singles reaching the Billboard Hot 100.
To continue the album's promotion, "All I Need" was remixed and released in the summer of 1995 as "I'll Be There for You/You're All I Need to Get By". There are two versions of this Mary J. Blige duet: Puff Daddy and the Trackmasters' Poke's version, featuring a sample from The Notorious B.I.G.'s "Me & My Bitch", and the more famous remix by RZA (the "Razor Sharp Mix"), with accompanying video, the song would reach #3 on the Billboard Hot 100, as well number ones on the Hot Rap, Dance and R&B charts,[7] later going on to win a Grammy Award in 1996.
| # | Title | Length | Songwriters | Producer(s) | Performer (s) |
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| 1 | "Tical" | 3:56 | C. Smith, R. Diggs | The RZA | Method Man |
| 2 | "Biscuits" | 2:49 | C. Smith, R. Diggs | The RZA | Method Man |
| 3 | "Bring the Pain" | 3:09 | C. Smith, R. Diggs | The RZA | Booster, Method Man |
| 4 | "All I Need" | 3:16 | C. Smith, R. Diggs | The RZA | Method Man, Mary J. Blige |
| 5 | "What the Blood Clot" | 3:24 | C. Smith, R. Diggs | The RZA | Method Man |
| 6 | "Meth Vs. Chef" | 3:36 | C. Smith, R. Diggs, C. Woods | The RZA | Method Man, Raekwon |
| 7 | "Sub Crazy" | 2:15 | C. Smith, R. Diggs | The RZA, 4th Disciple (co-producer) | Method Man |
| 8 | "Release Yo' Delf" | 4:15 | C. Smith, R. Diggs | The RZA | Blue Raspberry, Method Man |
| 9 | "P.L.O. Style" | 2:36 | C. Smith, R. Diggs, C. Fist | The RZA, Method Man (co-producer) | Carlton Fisk, Method Man |
| 10 | "I Get My Thang in Action" | 3:45 | C. Smith, R. Diggs | The RZA | Method Man |
| 11 | "Mr. Sandman" | 3:37 | C. Smith, R. Diggs, J. Hunter, G. Cooney, P. Charles | The RZA | Blue Raspberry, Carlton Fisk, Inspectah Deck, Method Man, Streetlife, The RZA |
| 12 | "Stimulation" | 3:46 | C. Smith, R. Diggs | The RZA | Blue Raspberry, Method Man |
| 13 | "Method Man (Remix)" | 3:16 | C. Smith, R. Diggs | The RZA | Method Man |
Information on each track is taken from discogs.com.[5]
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"Sub Crazy (sample)" Image:SubCrazy.ogg is the seventh track from Tical. - Problems playing the files? See media help.
The information on the sampled music is extracted from the-breaks.com.[8]
Tical
- "Master Killer" theme music and dialogue
- Promenade theme from Mussorgsky's Pictures at an Exhibition
Bring the Pain
- "Mechanical Man" by Jerry Butler
All I Need
- "Synthetic Substitution" by Melvin Bliss
- "You're All I Need to Get By" by Marvin Gaye
Meth Vs. Chef
- "Papa Was Too (Live)" by Joe Tex
- dialogue from the film "Master Killer"
Release Yo Delf
- "I Will Survive" by Gloria Gaynor
- "The Jam" by Graham Central Station
- "Treasure of San Miguel" by Herb Alpert
- "Vicious" by Black Mamba
I Get My Thang in Action
- "Hit Or Miss" by Bo Diddley
- "Verb!" by Schoolhouse Rock
Method Man (Remix)
- dialogue from the film "Shaolin vs. Wu-tang"
The information on the singles is extracted from discogs.com[9] and All Music Guide.[10]
| Single cover | Single information |
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"Bring the Pain"
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"Release Yo' Delf"
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Album chart positions are taken from Billboard magazine (North America).[11]
| Year | Album | Chart positions | |
| Billboard 200 | Top R&B/Hip Hop Albums | ||
| 1994 | Tical | #4 | #1 |
Singles chart positions are taken from Billboard magazine (North America).[7]
| Year | Song | Chart positions | |||
| Billboard Hot 100 | Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles & Tracks | Hot Rap Singles | Hot Dance Music/Maxi-Singles Sales | ||
| 1994 | "Bring The Pain" | #45 | #30 | #4 | #1 |
| 1995 | "Release Yo Self" | #98 | - | #28 | #6 |
- ^ RIAA Searchable Database. Retrieved on November 15, 2006.
- ^ Tical at Buy.com. Retrieved on November 15, 2006.
- ^ a b c d e Cowie, Del F.. Days Of The Wu. Retrieved on November 15, 2006.
- ^ Enter the Wu-Tang (36 Chambers) Billboard Singles at AllMusic.com. Retrieved on November 15, 2006.
- ^ a b Tical at Discogs.com. Retrieved on November 15, 2006.
- ^ Birchmeier, Jason. Tical at AllMusic.com. Retrieved on November 18, 2006.
- ^ a b Method Man Billboard Singles at AllMusic.com. Retrieved on November 18, 2006.
- ^ Method Man Entry at The-Breaks.com. Retrieved on November 18, 2006.
- ^ Method Man Entry at Discogs.com. Retrieved on November 18, 2006.
- ^ Method Man Singles & EPs at AllMusic.com. Retrieved on November 18, 2006.
- ^ Method Man Billboard Albums at AllMusic.com. Retrieved on November 18, 2006.
- Tical at MusicBrainz