“…I’ll be d*mned if this ain’t some sh*t
Come to spread the butter lyrics over hominy grit
It’s the low killer death trap, yes I’m a jet black ninja
Comin where you rest at, surrender
Step inside the ring, yous the number one contender
Lookin cold booty like your p*ssy in December
Aggin stop b*tchin, button up ya lip and
From Method all you gettin is a can of *ss-whippin
Hey, I’ll be kickin, you son, you doin all the yappin
Actin as if it can’t happen
You front and got me mad enough to touch somethin
Yo I’m from Shaolin, Island, and ain’t afraid to bust somethin
So what cha want aggin, ya punk aggin”
I got a six-shooter and a horse named Trigger
It’s real, ninety-four, rugged raw
Kickin down your god damn door.
– Method Man on Notorious B.I.G.’s “The What”
The hallowed drums, the back-peddling guitar, the milky silk smoothed-out cool of fluid verses from a Meth-and-BIG pour spout…there’s just something about this song. It backs into an easy three-point parallel park between “Best” and “Hip-Hop” and puts its two cents in the “Sh*t Ever” meter.
And this verse is wild to me.
Method Man is without question my favorite featured-verse rhymesayer. I always thought he spit most viciously over other people’s tracks, even if it was someone else in his crew. Probably his most redeeming quality is he doesn’t try to outshine the other artist. You can damn near hear the other dude in the booth shaking his head while Meth spits, blunted & laughing while knowing he now has to come with something sweet to compete with the Ticallion Stallion.
Were I to rap (probably the best hypothetically-speaking game to play on a morning commute) I’d have “featuring Method Man” after every song title, if I had the loot to get him. Hypothetically speaking, Wu-Tang would be the first and only stop I’d make for snagging guest appearances. But, hypothetically speaking, Ghost would probably only weird-up the track beyond my ability to play along. And, hypothetically speaking, if I had Raekwon on a verse my album might suffer OB4CL2 status and never come out.
So there I’d hypothetically be with Meth; blunted, laughing, knowing I’d have to come with something sweet. Knowing he even made the greats like Biggie stronger.
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The only other rapper to have a guest appearance on RTD…
… and B.I.G. ALMOST got outshined on his own track.
Almost.
B.I.G.’s second verse>>>>
Parallel parkin’ three -point style… LC brings it even on Fridays. I love it!
Meth was my favorite mixtape emcee in the 90s. He used to be the one spitter that I never totally knew what was coming next from one line to the next; but when you heard it, you were always like “oooh, rewind that!”
But output wise, I say him and Red got way too weeded to push their talents and the swords just got duller and duller-er.
I’m still waiting for that one great album. Not great-for-other-people album–Meth’s got one or 2 of those. But that one album where at least 9 outta 12 tracks make you think, “yeah, he put on the hardhat, rolled up the sleeves and went to work.”
i don’t think that album’s ever coming from him. Still, but yeah, when Meth’s on it, you give him 16 and he’ll still take a mile on your track.
That verse always puts an extra bop in my step when I hear it.
Certain lyrics just make you feel cool as sh*t when you hear the, and this is one of ‘em…
Good to have you back, LC..
Gotty,
What’s good man, long time no see.
Can you post the song Nasty Girl by Notorious (the original pls) I can’t find it anywhere! not on hypem or nothing!, Hope all is well, good to see you’re keeping up the good work as always!
Top 10 tracks of all time for me. Always loved how this was the only guest appearance on Ready To Die, like Meth was the only person BIG deemed worthy, lol. Throw Mo Bee in the mix and you got a certified classic.
Beautiful write up LC, always love reading ish like this and thinkin “yes, exactly!!!” as I read it.
I heard one of my co-workers bumpin’ this joint on the way out of the parking lot this afternoon…
I swear LC is psychic.
Anything B.I.G. is amazing.
I always keep a place in my heart for a Method Man comeback.
That’s what’s up. Big and Meth go so hard on this. They literally and lyrically fuck the shit out of this beat. I know the energy in the studio had to be off the meter when they did this joint. These new bootie rappers need to use this as reference material before they get in the booth and try to colab!!
RIP B.I.G. forever Notorious!! !
RIP Meth…(the MC)……Until he gets back on that Tical shit!! !
‘the what?’ the fuck, man. i downloaded that for my ringtone (about a week ago no less) after swearing ringtones off a year ago, being like, fuck the world, don’t (wanna broadcast my) shit (plus $$$)…but the track’s all edited out.
I NEED THE POWER OF THAT CHORUS EVERYTIME MY PHONE RINGS.
Goddamnit, I want the dirty ringtone, Verizon. Guess everything in the world (including ringtones) you gotta work hard for it. On that note, anyone know a good ringtone ripper?
Anybody got that Keri Hilson bonus track- “Quicksand”?
@ BG
Here you go.. . You can upload and edit your own mp3′s from your comp.
http://www.cellsea.com/site/index.htm
Notorious B.I.G. – Nasty Boy – Original Mix
http://sharebee.com/19409a27
why is it that when Ghost flies over heads…those stuck looking up always say he’s “weird”?
Oh, don’t get me wrong, Ghost is in my Top 5. I love the shit he says… I’m just saying I wouldn’t be able to keep up with him. You can’t tell me he’s not, uh, eclectic. Gold eagle and all.
KThundo Says:
why is it that when Ghost flies over heads…those stuck looking up always say he’s “weird”?
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probably cuz he spits shit that so far out there u cant even comprehend it, but, hes gotta be top 5 underrated, his discography, his story tellin, his skills, def a slept on rapper prob the best member in the Wu (since meth is too inconsistent, gza is kinda borin, and raekwon came out w/1 good album IMO)
anyway this song is def one of my favs off RTD, easy mo bee is top 5 personal fav producers just for the shit he did on RTD
i think BIG slightly outshined Meth and i mean barely, i think the reasonin for BIG choosin Meth to be the only guest appearance on the album cause other than him bein cool with the Wu (i was born in ’90 but) from what ive read in ’93 Meth kinda had the crown of NY and i feel maybe BIG challenged him for the crown, put him on the song, slightly outdid him and then due to the success of RTD the crown was his
just my theory neway classic track, never gets old
Method is that dude. But he’s not that much of an album rapper (Though the only record I never heard from him was Tical) But his features have always killed. His flow and skills are one of a kind.
Cuban links was better
“The hallowed drums, the back-peddling guitar, the milky silk smoothed-out cool of fluid verses from a Meth-and-BIG pour spout…”
well put, LC. great way to describe this classic joint.
actually, sadat x & craig mack were also originally on joints for ‘ready to die.’
my friend, dream hampton, let me peep a ruff cut of the album b4 it dropped.
(sorry to snitch years later, dream)
both joints were hot, but they came out on b.i.g.’s posthumous albums.
guess meth was the only dude who made the cut for ‘ready to die.’
Both emcees killed it on this one.
Methodman’s 4:21 is a solid album, only thing is that they could have trimmed off some of the filler.
See also: “Beatnuts – Se Acabo (Remix)”
For further proof of Meth’s featured-guest greatness…
B i’m at work bored as fuck and I need another post cuz ima shot myself!!!!!!!!!!!!
i guess a lot of you dont count Blackout with Redman a “Meth album” per say…
that shit was classic in its own right and Meth was a beast that whole CD
Half Man, Half Amazin’ with Pete Rock was erm amazing!