Method Man (song)
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| - | "'''Sound of da Police'''" is the second and final single from rapper [[KRS-One]]'s first solo album, ''[[Return of the Boom Bap]]''. The song begins with KRS-One whooping twice to evoke a [[siren (noisemaker)|police siren]] (the "sound of the police"); this recurs several times throughout the song. This song was used in the trailer for [[Cop Out]]. "Sound of da Police" was released as a CD single featuring a [[b-side]], "Hip-Hop vs. Rap". The song is produced by Showbiz from [[DITC]]. | + | "'''Method Man'''" is the [[A-side and B-side|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)|The Source]]'' magazine 100 best rap singles [http://www.rocklistmusic.co.uk/source.htm#singles]. 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. |
| - | The lyrics refer to police, in places like [[The Bronx|Bronx, New York]]. The lyrics are a protest against institutionalized racism, oppression and violence against the black community. This is all purveyed with lines like "''Are you really for peace and equality?''", comparing police officers to [[plantation]] [[overseer]]s, from the slave trade. This song is very similar to a song released by [[N.W.A]] called [[Fuck tha Police]], released 5 years earlier. | + | It is featured on ''[[The RZA Hits]]'' compilation. The remix is featured on Method Man's [[debut album]], ''[[Tical (album)|Tical]]''. |
| - | =="Hip-Hop vs. Rap"== | + | ==Song references== |
| - | The b-side of "Sound of da Police" was the song "Hip Hop vs. Rap". The song contains samples of "[[The Bird]]" by [[Jimmy McGriff]] and "[[Ain't No Sunshine]]" by the [[Gregory James Edition]]. However, the song is known for KRS-One's various interpolations of songs starting halfway through the song and continuing until the end of the song. These songs, in order of appearance, are: | + | Within the songs [[lyrics]], Method Man references many notable quotes from [[popular culture]]. |
| - | *"Adventures of Super Rhyme (Rap)" by [[Jimmy Spicer]] (2:37 - 2:42) | + | |
| - | *"[[I Get Around (2Pac song)|I Get Around]]" by [[Tupac Shakur]] (2:42 - 2:44) | + | |
| - | *"[[Sucker M.C.'s]]" by [[Run-D.M.C.]] (2:44 - 2:46) | + | |
| - | *"Freedom" by [[Grandmaster Flash]] and [[Furious Five|the Furious Five]] (2:47 - 2:49) | + | |
| - | *"Welcome to the Terrordome" by [[Public Enemy (band)|Public Enemy]] (2:49 - 2:51) | + | |
| - | *"[[I Wonder If I Take You Home]]" by [[Lisa Lisa and Cult Jam]] and [[Full Force]] (2:51 - 2:54) | + | |
| - | *"[[Microphone Fiend]]" by [[Eric B. & Rakim]] (2:54 - 2:59) | + | |
| - | *"Outta Here" by KRS-One (3:00 - 3:01) | + | |
| - | *"Too Late" by [[Junior (singer)|Junior]] (3:02 - 3:04) | + | |
| - | *"Boom Bye Bye" by [[Buju Banton]] (3:04 - 3:07) | + | |
| - | *"[[Insane in the Brain]]" by [[Cypress Hill]]" (3:07 - 3:09) | + | |
| - | *"[[Superappin']]" by Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five (3:09 - 3:11) | + | |
| - | *"[[Method Man (song)|Method Man]]" by [[Wu-Tang Clan]] (3:11 - 3:14) | + | |
| - | *"[[The Bridge Is Over]]" by [[Boogie Down Productions]] (3:14 - 3:16) | + | |
| - | *"More and More Hits" by [[Nice & Smooth]] (3:16 - 3:19) | + | |
| - | *"[[Planet Rock (song)|Planet Rock]]" by [[Afrika Bambaataa]] & and the [[Soulsonic Force]] (3:19 - 3:21) | + | |
| - | *"[[Eric B. Is President]]" by Eric B. & Rakim (3:21 - 3:24) | + | |
| - | *"Super Hoe" by Boogie Down Productions (3:25 - 3:26) | + | |
| - | *"[[The Choice Is Yours (Revisited)]]" by [[Black Sheep (hip-hop group)|Black Sheep]] (3:26 - 3:30) | + | |
| - | *"Back to the Grill" by [[MC Serch]] featuring [[Red Hot Lover Tone]], [[Nas]] and [[Chubb Rock]] (3:31 - 3:33) | + | |
| - | *"Friends" by [[Whodini]] (3:34 - 3:35) | + | |
| - | *"My Philosophy" by Boogie Down Productions (3:36 - 3:41) | + | |
| - | *"[[Hip Hop Hooray]]" by [[Naughty by Nature]] (3:41-3:43) | + | |
| - | *"[[Keep on Movin' (Soul II Soul song)|Keep on Movin']]" by [[Soul II Soul]] (3:43 - 3:46) | + | |
| - | *"Nobody Beats the Biz" by [[Biz Markie]] (3:47 - 3:48) | + | |
| - | *"Pee-Wee's Dance" by Joeski Love (3:48 - 3:50) | + | |
| - | *"Watch Yo Nuggets" by [[Redman (rapper)|Redman]] featuring [[Erick Sermon]] & Charlie Marotta (3:50 - 3:55) | + | |
| - | *"[[Method Man (song)|Method Man]]" by [[Wu-Tang Clan]] (3:55 - 3:57) | + | |
| - | *"The Godz" by [[Brand Nubian]] (4:01 - 4:02) | + | |
| - | *"You Ain't Fresh" by [[The Boogie Boys]] (4:03 - 4:07) | + | |
| - | ==In other music and 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]]''. |
| - | *[[Neg Dupree]] from [[Channel 4]]'s ''[[Balls of Steel]]'' show uses the song as his entrance music, and hollers "Woop-Woop!" during the stunts although he claims that he started howling "Woop-Woop!" before the "Sound of da Police" was released to the public in 1993. | + | * [[Pattycake]] - (''Pattycake, pattycake, hey, the Method Man''). |
| - | *"Sound of da Police" was later sampled by [[Fatboy Slim]] in his song "Mad Flava" and [[Girl Talk (musician)|Girl Talk]] in his song "Too Deep". | + | * [[Jif (peanut butter)|Jif peanut butter]], [[Skippy (peanut butter)|Skippy peanut butter]], [[Peter Pan (peanut butter)|Peter Pan peanut butter]] - (''Don't eat Skippy, Jif or Peter Pan, Peanut butter cuz I'm not butter''). |
| - | *The b-side "Hip Hop vs. Rap" was later sampled for KRS-One's "MC's Act Like They Don't Know", [[The Black Eyed Peas]] in their song "Bend Your Back", [[O.C. (rapper)|O.C.]] in his song "Constables", [[The Alkaholiks]] in their song "2041", [[Will Smith]] in his song "Pump Me Up" and [[Kanye West]] in his song "[[Better Than I've Ever Been|Classic (Better Than I've Ever Been) (DJ Premier Remix)]]". | + | * [[Green Eggs and Ham]] - (''I be Sam, Sam-I-Am, and I don't eat green eggs and ham''). |
| - | *Used in the trailer for [[Cop Out]] | + | * Skunk, a strain of cannabis (''I got fat bags of skunk''). |
| - | *Remixed by a DJ in a scene in the French Film [[La Haine]] | + | * [[White Owl]] [[Blunt (cigar)|blunts]]. (''I got white owl blunts''). |
| - | *[[Skindred]] used the first few lines in their song [[Babylon (Skindred album)|Babylon]] | + | * Method Man uses the term "Super [[Spermatozoon|Sperm]]" a reference to the song "Rapper's Delight" by The Sugarhill Gang. |
| - | *British comedy panel game show [[Never Mind the Buzzcocks]] occasionally features a round entitled "Whoop Whoop! Dat's Da Sound Of Da Police" in which each team will be shown a clip of a band or singer and must guess how the artist got in trouble with the police. | + | * [[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 (plastic)| 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]]". | ||
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| + | ==Intro== | ||
| + | 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]] | ||
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"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.
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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".
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Intro
The introduction to the song includes a dialogue between Method Man and Raekwon detailing various methods of torture.
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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
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