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Tical 0: The Prequel  Hear it Now

RS: 2of 5 Stars Average User Rating: 3of 5 Stars

2004

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Method Man's extended tenure as hip-hop's Cheech to Redman's Chong has turned him into a leering grotesque of his former menacing self. Tical 0 finds the thirty-four-year-old still stuck spinning doughnuts in a cul-de-sac of blunts. "We Some Dogs," featuring Redman and Snoop, is a funky sure shot surrounded by excessively similar juvenilia. The killer swarm of 1994's Tical and Tical 2000's astro-black ambition aren't anywhere to be seen. Bloated with super-star cameos (Busta, Ludacris, P. Diddy, etc.), Tical 0's only true science is dropped by Black Ice, who on the Meth-less "Ridin for Outro" derides thugs for "bustin' slugs in the name of genocide in disguise." It's a line that must've left the Tical-ion Stallion drooping at the gums.

PETER RELIC

(Posted: May 27, 2004)

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cashprincey writes:

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Tical The Prequel is subpar at best. When I hear prequel i'm thinking the method man has gone back to his early 90's wu-tang roots. i was wrong. His rhymes were unwitty and his voice didn't have his distinguished gruff to it. the beats were recycled same ol' same ol'. the album had way too many guests to make up for everything else. but some of the songs did manage to bring the album closer to the light at the end of the tunnel. songs like What's Happenin', The Motto, The Turn, Afterparty, and Crooked Letter I, gives the album the Wu the fans have been looking for. Most notably The Turn. Meth's and Raekwon's old Wu-Chemistry comes back with a venegence on a RZA beat! the lyrics are as sharp as a liquid sword (old wu-refrence for the fans.) Method Man's attempt to keep his career alive in modernday materialistic hip-hop goes flat. Some say the wu-tang clan was ahead of their time, if they were to be introduce to the world now, i would say its about time. but Method Man is just trying to fit in with today's kids and i just have to hang my head and say, "its a damn shame."

Oct 14, 2006 21:23:10

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