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Tical is the highly acclaimed debut album by Wu-Tang Clan
Wu-Tang Clan

The Wu-Tang Clan is a New York City?based hip hop group. Wu-Tang Clan consists of nine United States rapping: RZA, GZA, Raekwon, U-God, Ghostface Killah, Inspectah Deck, Method Man, Masta Killa, and the late Ol' Dirty Bastard....
 member and hip hop
Hip hop music

Hip hop music is a music genre typically consisting of a rhythmic vocal style called rapping which is accompanied with backing beats. Hip hop music is part of hip hop culture, which began in the Bronx, in New York City in the 1970s, predominantly among African Americans and Latino Americans....
 artist Method Man
Method Man

Clifford Smith , better known by his stage name Method Man, is an United Statesn hip hop music, record producer, actor and member of the hip hop culture collective Wu-Tang Clan....
. It was released by Def Jam in 1994 making it the first Wu-Tang solo album released after Wu-Tang Clan's debut, Enter the Wu-Tang
Enter the Wu-Tang (36 Chambers)

Enter the Wu-Tang is the debut album of United States East Coast hip hop collective Wu-Tang Clan, released November 9, 1993 on Loud Records and distributed through RCA Records....
.

It was a commercial success reaching #4 on the Billboard 200
Billboard 200

The Billboard 200 is a ranking of the 200 highest-selling Albums and extended play in the United States, published weekly by Billboard magazine....
 and earning a platinum certification from RIAA on July 13, 1995. This success was driven by its two singles, "Bring The Pain" and also "Release Yo Delf", which boasts an interpolation of "I Will Survive
I Will Survive

"I Will Survive" is a song first performed by Gloria Gaynor, released in October 1978. It was written by Freddie Perren and Dino Fekaris.The song's lyrics describe a narrator who finds personal strength while recovering from a break-up; it has often been used as an anthem of female empowerment, a gay anthem, and HIV/AIDS awareness - and is...
" by Gloria Gaynor
Gloria Gaynor

Gloria Gaynor is an United States singer, best-known for the disco era hits "I Will Survive" , "Never Can Say Goodbye " , "Let Me Know " and "I Am What I Am " ....
.






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Tical is the highly acclaimed debut album by Wu-Tang Clan
Wu-Tang Clan

The Wu-Tang Clan is a New York City?based hip hop group. Wu-Tang Clan consists of nine United States rapping: RZA, GZA, Raekwon, U-God, Ghostface Killah, Inspectah Deck, Method Man, Masta Killa, and the late Ol' Dirty Bastard....
 member and hip hop
Hip hop music

Hip hop music is a music genre typically consisting of a rhythmic vocal style called rapping which is accompanied with backing beats. Hip hop music is part of hip hop culture, which began in the Bronx, in New York City in the 1970s, predominantly among African Americans and Latino Americans....
 artist Method Man
Method Man

Clifford Smith , better known by his stage name Method Man, is an United Statesn hip hop music, record producer, actor and member of the hip hop culture collective Wu-Tang Clan....
. It was released by Def Jam in 1994 making it the first Wu-Tang solo album released after Wu-Tang Clan's debut, Enter the Wu-Tang
Enter the Wu-Tang (36 Chambers)

Enter the Wu-Tang is the debut album of United States East Coast hip hop collective Wu-Tang Clan, released November 9, 1993 on Loud Records and distributed through RCA Records....
.

It was a commercial success reaching #4 on the Billboard 200
Billboard 200

The Billboard 200 is a ranking of the 200 highest-selling Albums and extended play in the United States, published weekly by Billboard magazine....
 and earning a platinum certification from RIAA on July 13, 1995. This success was driven by its two singles, "Bring The Pain" and also "Release Yo Delf", which boasts an interpolation of "I Will Survive
I Will Survive

"I Will Survive" is a song first performed by Gloria Gaynor, released in October 1978. It was written by Freddie Perren and Dino Fekaris.The song's lyrics describe a narrator who finds personal strength while recovering from a break-up; it has often been used as an anthem of female empowerment, a gay anthem, and HIV/AIDS awareness - and is...
" by Gloria Gaynor
Gloria Gaynor

Gloria Gaynor is an United States singer, best-known for the disco era hits "I Will Survive" , "Never Can Say Goodbye " , "Let Me Know " and "I Am What I Am " ....
. The album is also critically hailed by many hip hop fans as a classic album. This may be attributed to the gritty production which was handled almost exclusively by RZA
RZA

Robert F. Diggs , better known as RZA , is an United States Grammy winning music producer, rapper, and occasional actor. A prominent figure in hip hop music, he is the de facto leader of the hip hop music group Wu-Tang Clan....
. Its success is matched by its influence as a major piece in the East Coast hip hop
East Coast hip hop

East Coast hip hop is a form of hip hop music that originated and developed in New York City, USA during the 1970s and early 1980s. The style emerged as a definitive subgenre after artists from other regions of the United States emerged with different styles....
 renaissance.

History

In 1991, the rapper GZA
GZA

Gary Grice , better known by his stage name GZA , is an United States hip hop music artist best known as a founding member of seminal hip hop group the Wu-Tang Clan and for his inclusion on their group albums, his groupmates' solo releases and a successful solo career....
 tried to help out colleague Method Man by shopping him to label executives at Cold Chillin' Records
Cold Chillin' Records

Cold Chillin' Records was a producer-and-crew label that released many classic records in the late 1980s and early 1990s, founded by manager Tyrone Williams and run by Len Fichtelberg....
. GZA was unsuccessful, but when he formed Wu-Tang Clan, Method Man was included in the group. Method Man went on to perform on eight of the twelve tracks on Wu-Tang's acclaimed debut album, Enter the Wu-Tang
Enter the Wu-Tang (36 Chambers)

Enter the Wu-Tang is the debut album of United States East Coast hip hop collective Wu-Tang Clan, released November 9, 1993 on Loud Records and distributed through RCA Records....
, and even had a solo song named "Method Man". That song as well as "C.R.E.A.M.
C.R.E.A.M. (Cash Rules Everything Around Me)

"C.R.E.A.M.", an acronym for Cash Rules Everything Around Me, is the second single from Wu-Tang Clan's highly praised debut album Enter the Wu-Tang ....
" on which he performed the chorus reached #69 and #60 respectively on the Billboard Hot 100
Billboard Hot 100

The Billboard Hot 100 is the United States music industry standard Single popularity chart issued weekly by Billboard magazine. Chart rankings are based on airplay and sales; the tracking-week for sales begins on Monday and ends on Sunday; while the airplay tracking-week runs from Wednesday to Tuesday....
. These two songs had better chart positions than any other tracks on Enter The Wu-Tang and thus hyped Method Man's solo career greatly. At the time of Wu-Tang Clan's debut album, Method Man's deadly rhymes, charisma and smooth, deep voice made him the group's most popular member.

New York City
New York City

The City of New York is the List of United States cities by population in the United States, while the New York metropolitan area ranks among the List of urban areas by population....
 studios: RZA
RZA

Robert F. Diggs , better known as RZA , is an United States Grammy winning music producer, rapper, and occasional actor. A prominent figure in hip hop music, he is the de facto leader of the hip hop music group Wu-Tang Clan....
's 36 Chambers Studios in Staten Island
Staten Island

Staten Island is a borough of New York City, situated almost entirely on the island of the same name in the extreme southwest part of the city....
, as well as the Chung King
Chung King Studios

Chung King Recording Studios, formerly known as The Chung King House Of Metal, is a New York City recording studio founded by John King that was site of many classic Punk rock and hip hop recordings....
, Firehouse and Platinum Island studios in Manhattan
Manhattan

Manhattan is one of the five borough of New York City, located primarily on Manhattan Island at the mouth of the Hudson River.With a United States Census of 1,620,867 living in a land area of 22.96 square miles , Manhattan, coextensive with New York County, is the most population density county in the United States, w...
. RZA produced the album in its near-entirety - except for "Sub Crazy" and "P.L.O. Style", co-produced by 4th Disciple
4th Disciple

4th Disciple, El-Divine Amir Bey , hip hop producer, engineer who was one of the founding members of Killarmy and one of the best-known List of Wu-Tang Clan affiliates....
 and Method Man respectively - leading Jason Birchmeier of Allmusic to refer to the album as "a two-man show". As with rest of the first round of Wu-Tang albums, RZA would recreate the distinct "Shaolin" sound while tailoring it to the featured rapper. On Tical, his production was especially dark and murky, complementing both Method Man's distinctly smooth-yet-rugged voice and his raps of cannabis smoking
Cannabis smoking

Cannabis smoking is the process of inhaling the vapors released by combusting Cannabis . Most frequently the flowering buds of the cannabis plant, or hashish, a preparation of the trichomes of the cannabis plant, are used....
 ("Tical"), project love ("All I Need"), and traditional hardcore hip hop
Hardcore hip hop

Hardcore hip hop, also referred to as hardcore rap, is a form of hip hop music that developed through the East Coast hip hop scene in the late 1980s....
 lyricism ("Bring The Pain"). In those early days of the Wu-Tang Clan the RZA was the sole provider of beats for eight talented emcees, who he would have battle over the rights to record over them. This approach to quality control would result in Ticals "Meth Vs. Chef", a recording of one such a battle between Method Man and Raekwon
Raekwon

Corey Woods, better known by the stage name Raekwon , is an United States East Coast hip hop rapper and a member of the Wu-Tang Clan. His 1995 album Only Built 4 Cuban Linx... is widely considered to be one of the best Wu-Tang solo albums, and one of the finest and most influential hip hop albums of the 1990s....
. "Meth Vs. Chef" was recorded in 1993 before RZA's 36 Chambers Studios was flooded, destroying reportedly fifteen beats per Wu-Tang Clan rapper. Many of the beats for Tical would be hastily recreated and mixed, resulting in a decrease in sound quality.

In 1994 the lead single "Bring The Pain" (backed with "P.L.O. Style") was released. "Bring The Pain" was an RZA-produced track with an understated but funky groove, capped with the ragga
Ragga

Raggamuffin music, usually abbreviated as ragga, is a sub-genre of dancehall music or reggae, in which the instrumentation primarily consists of electronic music....
 vocals of Booster. The single would reach #45 on the Billboard Hot 100
Billboard Hot 100

The Billboard Hot 100 is the United States music industry standard Single popularity chart issued weekly by Billboard magazine. Chart rankings are based on airplay and sales; the tracking-week for sales begins on Monday and ends on Sunday; while the airplay tracking-week runs from Wednesday to Tuesday....
 and #1 on the Hot Dance chart. The follow-up single, 1995's "Release Yo' Self", was a more upbeat track - at least by RZA's standards - and featured Wu-affiliate Blue Raspberry
Blue Raspberry (singer)

Blue Raspberry is a singer affiliated with the Wu-Tang Clan. Her stage name was given to her by Killah Priest, who said she reminded him of a blue raspberry....
 singing a B-Boy
B-boy

A B-boy or B-girl is a person devoted to hip hop culture, more specifically, bboying/breakdancing. The term originates with the first hip hop DJ, DJ Kool Herc, who, noticing the reaction of some dancers to his playing the part of the record with a drum break, named them beat-boys or B-boys....
 interpretation of Gloria Gaynor
Gloria Gaynor

Gloria Gaynor is an United States singer, best-known for the disco era hits "I Will Survive" , "Never Can Say Goodbye " , "Let Me Know " and "I Am What I Am " ....
's disco anthem, "I Will Survive
I Will Survive

"I Will Survive" is a song first performed by Gloria Gaynor, released in October 1978. It was written by Freddie Perren and Dino Fekaris.The song's lyrics describe a narrator who finds personal strength while recovering from a break-up; it has often been used as an anthem of female empowerment, a gay anthem, and HIV/AIDS awareness - and is...
". "Release Yo' Self" reached #98 on the Hot 100, failing to match the success of "Bring The Pain"; Tical however remains the only Method Man album with two singles reaching the Billboard Hot 100
Billboard Hot 100

The Billboard Hot 100 is the United States music industry standard Single popularity chart issued weekly by Billboard magazine. Chart rankings are based on airplay and sales; the tracking-week for sales begins on Monday and ends on Sunday; while the airplay tracking-week runs from Wednesday to Tuesday....
.

To continue the album's promotion, "All I Need" was remixed and released in the summer of 1995 as "I'll Be There for You/You're All I Need to Get By". There are two versions of this Mary J. Blige
Mary J. Blige

Mary Jane Blige is a nine-time Grammy Award-winning and Golden Globe-nominated American R&B music singer-songwriter, rapper, record producer, and actor who has sold more than forty eight million albums worldwide....
 duet: one remixed by Puff Daddy and one remixed by the Trackmasters' Poke. Puff Daddy's version featured a sample from The Notorious B.I.G.
The Notorious B.I.G.

Christopher George Latore Wallace , popularly known by Biggie Smalls , and his primary stage name, The Notorious B.I.G., was an American rapper....
's "Me & My Bitch". The RZA remix is more popular and famous. Its accompanying video helped the song reach #3 on the Billboard Hot 100 and number one on the Hot Rap
Hot Rap Tracks

Hot Rap Tracks is a chart released weekly by Billboard magazine in the United States. It lists the most popular Hip hop music songs, calculated weekly by airplay on rhythmic and urban contemporary radio stations and sales in hip hop-focused or exclusive markets....
, Dance and R&B
Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs

Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs, is a chart released weekly by Billboard magazine in the United States.The chart, initiated in 1942, is used to track the success of popular music songs in Urban area, or primarily African-American, venues....
 charts. The RZA remix also won the two a Best Rap Performance by a Duo or Group Grammy Award
Grammy Award

The Grammy Awards ?or Grammys?are presented annually by the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences of the United States for outstanding achievements in the music industry....
 in 1996.

Reception

  • Rolling Stone
    Rolling Stone

    Rolling Stone is a United States-based magazine devoted to music, politics, and popular culture that is published every two weeks. Rolling Stone was founded in San Francisco in 1967 by Jann Wenner and music critic Ralph J....
     (12/29/94-1/12/95, pp.178-80) - "He's...capable...of something resembling a love song....But it is with its heaviest numbers...that Tical delivers the primo goods."


  • Entertainment Weekly
    Entertainment Weekly

    Entertainment Weekly is a magazine published by Time Inc. in the United States which covers movies, television, music, Broadway stage productions, books, and popular culture....
     (12/9/94, p.76) - "...one or rap's most formidable players....[Method Man's] gripping rhymes creep out of the darkness and take listeners hostage." - Rating: B


  • Q magazine (2/96, p.65) - Included in Q's 50 Best Albums of 1995 - "...every second [is] worth paying attention to."


  • It was included in Q Magazine's 50 Heaviest Albums of All Time.


  • The Wire
    The Wire (magazine)

    The Wire is a British avant garde music magazine, founded in 1982 by jazz promoter Anthony Wood and journalist Chrissie Murray. The magazine initially concentrated on contemporary jazz and improvised music, but branched out in the early 1990s to various types of experimental music....
     (10/01, p.46) - "Compact but fried....There's a reason Meth is the closest The Wu have to a star."


  • Vibe (11/94, pp.125-126) - "Method is the man who would be king....Method takes the listener on a brilliant journey through the broken boulevards of existence."


  • The Source
    The Source (magazine)

    The Source is a United States-based, monthly full-color magazine covering hip-hop music, politics, and Hip hop culture, founded in 1988. It is the world's second longest running rap periodical, behind United Kingdom-based publication Hip Hop Connection....
     (1/95, p.85) - 4 Mics - Slammin' - "His hoarse voice and sense of what's metaphorically fly have seen him take over as hip-hop's urban paramilitary....He shows a fragmented hip-hop nation what this music is really about."


  • Melody Maker
    Melody Maker

    Melody Maker, published in the United Kingdom, was, according to its publisher IPC Media, the world's oldest weekly music newspaper. It was 1926 in music as a magazine targeted at musicians; in 2000 in British music it was merged into "long-standing rival" New Musical Express....
     (5/23/00, p.56) - 4 stars out of 5 - "[Meth] comes correct with [this] beamed-down-from-Planet-Mars [stuff] making music that's way darker and more disorienting than was previously thought possible. 'Bring The Pain' is 'still' the bomb."


  • NME
    NME

    The New Musical Express is a popular music magazine in the United Kingdom which has been published weekly since March 1952. It was the first British paper to include a singles chart, which first appeared in the 14 November 1952 edition....
     (12/23-30/95, pp.22-23) - Ranked #40 in NME's `Top 50 Albums Of The Year' for 1995 -


  • NME
    NME

    The New Musical Express is a popular music magazine in the United Kingdom which has been published weekly since March 1952. It was the first British paper to include a singles chart, which first appeared in the 14 November 1952 edition....
     (1/28/95, p.47) - 8 - Excellent - "The East Coast hip-hop renaissance continues apace...supremely laid-back, mooching along at a bass-weighted amble whether it's framing the monogamous lover's lament of `All I Need'...or the `I Will Survive' hook of `Release Yo Self'."


Track listing

#TitleSongwritersProducer(s)Featured guest(s)Length
1"Tical"C. Smith, R. DiggsRZA
RZA

Robert F. Diggs , better known as RZA , is an United States Grammy winning music producer, rapper, and occasional actor. A prominent figure in hip hop music, he is the de facto leader of the hip hop music group Wu-Tang Clan....
 3:56
2"Biscuits"C. Smith, R. DiggsRZA
RZA

Robert F. Diggs , better known as RZA , is an United States Grammy winning music producer, rapper, and occasional actor. A prominent figure in hip hop music, he is the de facto leader of the hip hop music group Wu-Tang Clan....
 2:49
3"Bring the Pain
Bring the Pain

"Bring the Pain" is a song recorded by the rap artist Method Man. It was the first Single released from his debut album Tical .Comedian Chris Rock named his 1996 tour and television special "Chris Rock: Bring the Pain" after this song....
"		C. Smith, R. DiggsRZA
RZA

Robert F. Diggs , better known as RZA , is an United States Grammy winning music producer, rapper, and occasional actor. A prominent figure in hip hop music, he is the de facto leader of the hip hop music group Wu-Tang Clan....
Booster3:09
4"All I Need"C. Smith, R. DiggsRZA
RZA

Robert F. Diggs , better known as RZA , is an United States Grammy winning music producer, rapper, and occasional actor. A prominent figure in hip hop music, he is the de facto leader of the hip hop music group Wu-Tang Clan....
Mary J. Blige
Mary J. Blige

Mary Jane Blige is a nine-time Grammy Award-winning and Golden Globe-nominated American R&B music singer-songwriter, rapper, record producer, and actor who has sold more than forty eight million albums worldwide....
3:16
5"What the Blood Clot?"C. Smith, R. DiggsRZA
RZA

Robert F. Diggs , better known as RZA , is an United States Grammy winning music producer, rapper, and occasional actor. A prominent figure in hip hop music, he is the de facto leader of the hip hop music group Wu-Tang Clan....
 3:24
6"Meth vs. Chef"C. Smith, R. Diggs, C. WoodsRZA
RZA

Robert F. Diggs , better known as RZA , is an United States Grammy winning music producer, rapper, and occasional actor. A prominent figure in hip hop music, he is the de facto leader of the hip hop music group Wu-Tang Clan....
Raekwon
Raekwon

Corey Woods, better known by the stage name Raekwon , is an United States East Coast hip hop rapper and a member of the Wu-Tang Clan. His 1995 album Only Built 4 Cuban Linx... is widely considered to be one of the best Wu-Tang solo albums, and one of the finest and most influential hip hop albums of the 1990s....
3:36
7"Sub Crazy"C. Smith, R. DiggsRZA
RZA

Robert F. Diggs , better known as RZA , is an United States Grammy winning music producer, rapper, and occasional actor. A prominent figure in hip hop music, he is the de facto leader of the hip hop music group Wu-Tang Clan....
, 4th Disciple
4th Disciple

4th Disciple, El-Divine Amir Bey , hip hop producer, engineer who was one of the founding members of Killarmy and one of the best-known List of Wu-Tang Clan affiliates....
 (co)		 2:15
8"Release Yo' Self"C. Smith, R. DiggsRZA
RZA

Robert F. Diggs , better known as RZA , is an United States Grammy winning music producer, rapper, and occasional actor. A prominent figure in hip hop music, he is the de facto leader of the hip hop music group Wu-Tang Clan....
Blue Raspberry
Blue Raspberry (singer)

Blue Raspberry is a singer affiliated with the Wu-Tang Clan. Her stage name was given to her by Killah Priest, who said she reminded him of a blue raspberry....
4:15
9"P.L.O. Style"C. Smith, R. Diggs, C. FistRZA
RZA

Robert F. Diggs , better known as RZA , is an United States Grammy winning music producer, rapper, and occasional actor. A prominent figure in hip hop music, he is the de facto leader of the hip hop music group Wu-Tang Clan....
, Method Man
Method Man

Clifford Smith , better known by his stage name Method Man, is an United Statesn hip hop music, record producer, actor and member of the hip hop culture collective Wu-Tang Clan....
 (co)		Carlton Fisk2:36
10"I Get My Thang in Action"C. Smith, R. DiggsRZA
RZA

Robert F. Diggs , better known as RZA , is an United States Grammy winning music producer, rapper, and occasional actor. A prominent figure in hip hop music, he is the de facto leader of the hip hop music group Wu-Tang Clan....
 3:45
11"Mr. Sandman"C. Smith, R. Diggs, J. Hunter, G. Cooney, P. CharlesRZA
RZA

Robert F. Diggs , better known as RZA , is an United States Grammy winning music producer, rapper, and occasional actor. A prominent figure in hip hop music, he is the de facto leader of the hip hop music group Wu-Tang Clan....
Blue Raspberry
Blue Raspberry (singer)

Blue Raspberry is a singer affiliated with the Wu-Tang Clan. Her stage name was given to her by Killah Priest, who said she reminded him of a blue raspberry....
, Carlton Fisk, Inspectah Deck
Inspectah Deck

Jason Hunter , better known as Inspectah Deck, is an United States rapping, Record producer, and Acting. A founding member of the Wu-Tang Clan, he has not achieved the same level of success in his solo career as some of his fellow Clansmen ; nevertheless, he has continued to release material into the late 2000's....
, Streetlife, RZA
RZA

Robert F. Diggs , better known as RZA , is an United States Grammy winning music producer, rapper, and occasional actor. A prominent figure in hip hop music, he is the de facto leader of the hip hop music group Wu-Tang Clan....
3:37
12"Stimulation"C. Smith, R. DiggsRZA
RZA

Robert F. Diggs , better known as RZA , is an United States Grammy winning music producer, rapper, and occasional actor. A prominent figure in hip hop music, he is the de facto leader of the hip hop music group Wu-Tang Clan....
Blue Raspberry
Blue Raspberry (singer)

Blue Raspberry is a singer affiliated with the Wu-Tang Clan. Her stage name was given to her by Killah Priest, who said she reminded him of a blue raspberry....
3:46
13"Method Man
Method Man (song)

"Method Man" was among the first singles and videos made for the Wu-Tang Clan's first release, Enter the Wu-Tang . It was a solo track for the first successful solo star of the Wu-Tang Clan, Method Man....
" (Remix)		C. Smith, R. DiggsRZA
RZA

Robert F. Diggs , better known as RZA , is an United States Grammy winning music producer, rapper, and occasional actor. A prominent figure in hip hop music, he is the de facto leader of the hip hop music group Wu-Tang Clan....
 3:16
Information on each track is taken from discogs.com.

Samples

The information on the sampled music is extracted from the-breaks.com.

Tical
  • "Master Killer" theme music and dialogue
  • A synthesized reworking of the First Promenade theme in Mussorgsky
    Mussorgsky

    Mussorgsky can refer to:*The Mussorgsky family of Russian nobility;*Modest Mussorgsky, a Russian composer belonging to that family.*Mussorgsky , a 1950 Soviet film about the composer...
    's     Pictures at an Exhibition
    Pictures at an Exhibition

    Pictures at an Exhibition is a famous suite of ten piano pieces composed by Modest Mussorgsky in 1874.The suite is generally acknowledged to be Mussorgsky's greatest solo piano composition, and has become a showpiece for virtuoso pianists....
    , used in the production logo for the World-Northal Corporation, a distributor of martial art films in the 70s and 80s.
  • "Guillotine (Swordz)" by Raekwon
    Raekwon

    Corey Woods, better known by the stage name Raekwon , is an United States East Coast hip hop rapper and a member of the Wu-Tang Clan. His 1995 album Only Built 4 Cuban Linx... is widely considered to be one of the best Wu-Tang solo albums, and one of the finest and most influential hip hop albums of the 1990s....


Bring the Pain
  • "Mechanical Man" by Jerry Butler
    Jerry Butler (singer)

    Jerry Butler is an United States soul music singing and songwriter, known as "The Ice Man" because of his cool demeanour while singing often intensely emotional lyrics....


All I Need
  • "Synthetic Substitution" by Melvin Bliss
  • "You're All I Need to Get By
    You're All I Need to Get By

    "You're All I Need to Get By" is a song recorded by the United States Rhythm and blues/Soul music duo Marvin Gaye and Tammi Terrell and released on Motown Records' Tamla label in 1968....
    " by Marvin Gaye
    Marvin Gaye

    Marvin Pentz Gay, Jr., better known by his stage name Marvin Gaye was an United States singer-songwriter and instrumentalist with a three-octave vocal range....
  • "Me & My Bitch" by The Notorious B.I.G


Meth Vs. Chef
  • "Papa Was Too (Live)" by Joe Tex
    Joe Tex

    Joe Tex , was an United States soul music and disco singer-songwriter most popular during the 1960s and 1970s. His style of speaking over music, which he called 'rap music', made him a predecessor of the modern style of music....
  • dialogue from the film "Master Killer"


Release Yo Self
  • "I Will Survive
    I Will Survive

    "I Will Survive" is a song first performed by Gloria Gaynor, released in October 1978. It was written by Freddie Perren and Dino Fekaris.The song's lyrics describe a narrator who finds personal strength while recovering from a break-up; it has often been used as an anthem of female empowerment, a gay anthem, and HIV/AIDS awareness - and is...
    " by Gloria Gaynor
    Gloria Gaynor

    Gloria Gaynor is an United States singer, best-known for the disco era hits "I Will Survive" , "Never Can Say Goodbye " , "Let Me Know " and "I Am What I Am " ....
  • "The Jam" by Graham Central Station
    Graham Central Station

    Graham Central Station was a funk music band named after founder Larry Graham and is a pun on New York City's Grand Central Station.The band's origins date from when Santana guitarist Neal Schon formed the band Azteca along with Larry Graham and Gregg Errico , both from Sly & the Family Stone, and Pete Sears , from Hot Tuna and Jefferso...
  • "Treasure of San Miguel" by Herb Alpert
    Herb Alpert

    Herbert "Herb" Alpert is an United States musician most associated with the group variously known as Herb Alpert & The Tijuana Brass or as Herb Alpert's Tijuana Brass or just TJB for short....
  • "Vicious" by Black Mamba


I Get My Thang in Action
  • "Hit Or Miss" by Bo Diddley
    Bo Diddley

    Bo Diddley , was an original and influential American rock and roll singer, guitarist, and songwriter. He was known as "The Originator" because of his key role in the transition from blues music to rock & roll, influencing a host of legendary acts including Buddy Holly, Jimi Hendrix and Eric Clapton....
  • "Verb!" by Schoolhouse Rock


Method Man (Remix)
  • dialogue from the film "Shaolin and Wu Tang
    Shaolin and Wu Tang

    Shaolin and Wu Tang is a 1981 in film Hong Kong martial arts film directed by Lau Kar Leung. The film is about the rivalry between the martial arts schools Shaolin kung fu and Wudangquan....
    "


Singles

The information on the singles is extracted from discogs.com and Allmusic.
Single information
"Bring the Pain
Bring the Pain

"Bring the Pain" is a song recorded by the rap artist Method Man. It was the first Single released from his debut album Tical .Comedian Chris Rock named his 1996 tour and television special "Chris Rock: Bring the Pain" after this song....
"
  • Released: 1994
  • B-side: "P.L.O. Style"
"Release Yo' Delf"
  • Released: 1995
  • B-side: "Bring The Pain (Remix)"


    • Chart positions


    Albums

    Album chart positions are taken from     Billboard magazine (North America
    North America

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    ).
    Year Album Chart positions
    Billboard 200
    Billboard 200

    The Billboard 200 is a ranking of the 200 highest-selling Albums and extended play in the United States, published weekly by Billboard magazine....
    		 Top R&B/Hip Hop Albums
    1994 Tical #4 #1


    Singles

    Singles chart positions are taken from     Billboard magazine (North America
    North America

    North America is the northern continent of the Americas, situated in the Earth's northern hemisphere and almost totally in the western hemisphere....
    ).
    Year Song Chart positions
    Billboard Hot 100
    Billboard Hot 100

    The Billboard Hot 100 is the United States music industry standard Single popularity chart issued weekly by Billboard magazine. Chart rankings are based on airplay and sales; the tracking-week for sales begins on Monday and ends on Sunday; while the airplay tracking-week runs from Wednesday to Tuesday....
    		 Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles & Tracks Hot Rap Singles
    Hot Rap Tracks

    Hot Rap Tracks is a chart released weekly by Billboard magazine in the United States. It lists the most popular Hip hop music songs, calculated weekly by airplay on rhythmic and urban contemporary radio stations and sales in hip hop-focused or exclusive markets....
    		 Hot Dance Music/Maxi-Singles Sales
    1994 "Bring The Pain" #45 #30 #4 #1
    1995 "Release Yo' Delf" #98 - #28 #6


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