Method Man — 4:21... The Day After

Method Man has gone from selling drugs to selling deodorant and from guesting on classic albums by Big and Pac to guesting on Boston Public. But after his last two overly long, inconsistent and ill-received albums, Mr. Mef is determined to redeem himself. On the Lauryn Hill-assisted Bob Marley nod, "Say," he raps, "The last album wasn't feeling my style/This time my foot up in they ass/Bet they feelin' me now." Yep, Method Man's foot is up our ass and it feels terrific. In the place of bland radio-ready production and lazy rhymes, we get concrete-cracking beats from Erick Sermon and RZA, plus some of the freshest flows of Method Man's career. We've always known that he's the most charismatic Clansman, but 4:21 suggests that he's also one of the group's strongest MCs.

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