Classic.Īll I Need – This was the third single released from Tical. Method’s composed and methodic flow is the cherry on top of this yummy dessert: “I came to bring the pain, hardcore from the brain, let’s go inside my astral plane, find out my mental, based on instrumental, records (hey), so I can write monumental, methods, I’m not the King, but niggas is decaf, I stick ’em for the CREAM”. Rza builds the backdrop around a simple drum beat and a soulful moaning male vocal loop and turns it into a banger. This one sounds way better than I remember it sounding back in the day.īring The Pain – This was the lead single from Tical. This record’s in need of a mean remixing, as Meth’s rhymes are almost drowned out by the music (I love the Bishop from Juice quote in his opening bars), but it’s still sick. Rza lays the melodic chords over rough drums and a wailing female vocal loop, maintaining the dim energy he created on the previous track. This shit is dope and would make for great horror movie music.īiscuits – Rza’s instrumental sounds very Casio keyboardish, but it may be the dopest Casio keyboard beat every created. Method Man’s raspy voice and grimy flow match Rza’s gloominess to perfection.

Tical – After a short intro and some signature Wu-Tang Kung-Fu flick vocal snippets, the Rza starts the evening with a dark and moody instrumental. I didn’t care much for Tical when it came out and haven’t really checked for since. Tical would receive favorable reviews, produce some pretty big singles, one which would win a Grammy (more on that in a bit), and would earn Meth his first solo platinum plaque. Method would call on Rza to produce the entire album, cause if it ain’t broke don’t fix it. The first to emerge from the pack would be Method Man, who would sign with Def Jam and release his debut album Tical at the close of 1994.

It was only a matter of time before labels would be looking to sign the standout group members to solo deals. Rza’s dark and grimy Kung-Fu flick influenced production combined with the personalities and unique styles of 9 different emcees made for a nearly flawless and undeniable classic debut album from the Staten Island (aka Shaolin) collective, that would go on to earn a platinum plaque and as of this write up, is more than three times platinum. The Wu-Tang Clan took the world by storm in 1993 with the release of their classic debut album Enter The Wu-Tang (36 Chambers) (which also shares the same release date with my second favorite album of all-time, Midnight Marauders…Tribe Degrees of Separation: check).

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