Method Man (song)
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| Song by Wu-Tang Clan | |||||
| Album | Enter the Wu-Tang (36 Chambers) | ||||
| Released | November 9, 1993 | ||||
| Recorded | Firehouse Studio in New York City | ||||
| Genre | Hip hop | ||||
| Length | 5:50 | ||||
| Label | Loud Records | ||||
| Writer | Robert Diggs Jason Hunter Lamont Hawkins Clifford Smith Corey Woods Dennis Coles Russell Jones Gary Grice |
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| Producer | RZA | ||||
| Enter the Wu-Tang (36 Chambers) track listing | |||||
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"Method Man" was among the first singles and videos made for the Wu-Tang Clan's first release, Enter the Wu-Tang (36 Chambers). It was a solo track for the first successful solo star of the Wu-Tang Clan, Method Man. The song was chosen for The Source magazine 100 best rap singles.[1]
It is featured on The RZA Hits compilation.
[edit] Intro
The introduction to the song includes a dialogue between Method Man and Raekwon detailing various methods of torture.
[edit] References in the song
- The refrain of the song (M-E-T-H-O-D) draws from the 1984 Hall & Oates hit "Method of Modern Love" from Big Bam Boom.
- Pattycake - (Pattycake, pattycake, hey, the Method Man)
- Jif peanut butter, Skippy peanut butter, Peter Pan peanut butter - (Don't eat Skippy, Jif or Peter Pan, Peanut butter cuz I'm not butter)
- Green Eggs and Ham - (I be Sam, Sam-I-Am, and I don't eat green eggs and ham.)
- Skunk; a popular strain of Cannabis
- White Owl Blunts
- Method Man uses the term "Super Sperm" a reference to the song "Super Sperm" by Captain Sky.
- Tootsie Pops - (Now how many licks does it take, for me to hit the tootsie roll center of a break?)
- Get off of My Cloud - ("Hey, you, get off my cloud/You don't know me and you don't know my style") - a reference to the Rolling Stones song.
- "Hey, hey, hey, like Fat Albert; It's the Method Man, and there's no if, ands about it...".
- Tweety Bird: "Hold up, what; I tawt I taw a putty tat over there..."
- '"I am the one and only Method Man; rapper with the plan, wrapping shit like Saran..."
- "Chiminy chim chiminy" echoes the chimney sweep song from Mary Poppins'
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