Method Man (song)

"Method Man"
Single by Wu-Tang Clan
from the album Enter the Wu-Tang (36 Chambers) and Tical
Released	August 3, 1993
Recorded	March 1993 Firehouse Studio in New York City
Genre	East Coast hip hop
Length	5:50
Label	Loud Records
Writer(s)	Robert Diggs, Clifford Smith
Producer(s)	RZA

"Method Man" is the B-side to the single "Protect Ya Neck" from critically acclaimed debut album by the Wu-Tang Clan titled 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] 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.

It is featured on The RZA Hits compilation. The remix is featured on Method Man's debut album, Tical.

Song references

Within the songs lyrics, Method Man references many notable quotes from popular culture.

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 strain of cannabis (I got fat bags of skunk).
White Owl blunts. (I got white owl blunts).
Method Man uses the term "Super Sperm" a reference to the song "Rapper's Delight" by The Sugarhill Gang.
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.
David Alan Grier's character Calhoun Tubbs from the TV series In Living Color: "Wrote a song about it; like to hear it? Here it go." This phrase was previously used in En Vogue's "Free Your Mind".

Intro

"Torture" The introduction to the song includes a dialogue between Method Man and Raekwon detailing various methods of torture.

Song order

Pre-song dialogue: Raekwon and Method Man
Intro: GZA
Verse one: Method Man
Chorus: Method Man
Verse two: Method Man
Outro: RZA and Ghostface Killah

References

↑ "100 Best Rap Albums & Singles". Rocklistmusic.co.uk. Retrieved 14 May 2013.

Wu-Tang Clan

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Wu-Tang Clan albums	Enter the Wu-Tang (36 Chambers) (1993) Wu-Tang Forever (1997) The W (2000) Iron Flag (2001) 8 Diagrams (2007) A Better Tomorrow (2014) Once Upon a Time in Shaolin (2015)

Wu-Tang Killa Bees albums	The Swarm (1998) The Sting (2002) Disciples of the 36 Chambers (2004) Wu-Tang Meets the Indie Culture (2005) Mathematics Presents Wu-Tang Clan & Friends Unreleased (2007) Return of the Swarm (Vol. 3) (2007) Return of the Swarm (Vol. 4) (2007) Lost Anthology (2007) Return of the Swarm (Vol. 5) (2008) Soundtracks from the Shaolin Temple (2008) Killa Bees Attack (2008) Wu-Tang Chamber Music (2009) Wu-Tang Meets the Indie Culture, Vol. 2 (2009) Legendary Weapons (2011)

Compilation albums	Wu-Chronicles (1999) Wu-Chronicles, Chapter 2 (2001) Legend of the Wu-Tang Clan (2004) Wu-Tang Clan's Greatest Hits (2007) Wu-Box: Cream of the Clan (2007) Wu XM Radio (2007) Wu: The Story of the Wu-Tang (2008)

Singles	"Protect Ya Neck" "Method Man" "C.R.E.A.M." "Can It Be All So Simple" "Triumph" "The Worst" "Gravel Pit" "Uzi (Pinky Ring)" "The Heart Gently Weeps"

Related	Discography Anthology Record Labels The Wu-Tang Manual The Tao of Wu Wu-Tang: Shaolin Style Affiliates Affiliates discography Loud Records Wu-Massacre Wu Block

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Method Man

Discography Videography Filmography

Studio albums	Tical (1994) Tical 2000: Judgement Day (1998) Tical 0: The Prequel (2004) 4:21... The Day After (2006) The Meth Lab (2015)

Collaboration albums	Blackout! (with Redman) (1999) Blackout! 2 (with Redman) (2009) Wu-Massacre (with Raekwon and Ghostface Killah) (2010)

Compilations	Back to Back: Raw & Uncut (2008)

Singles	"Bring the Pain" "I'll Be There for You/You're All I Need to Get By" "How High" "The Riddler" "Hit 'Em High (The Monstars' Anthem)" "Judgement Day" "Part II" "Say" "A-Yo" "Mrs. International"

Featured singles	"Ice Cream" "4, 3, 2, 1" "The Worst" "Symphony 2000" "Left & Right" "N 2 Gether Now" "Love @ 1st Sight" "Still on It" "Trillmatic"

Related articles	Wu-Tang Clan Method Man & Redman How High Method & Red Cheese Wagstaff Dustin Lee Abraham

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