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Meth battles with a bout of schizophrenia ...
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Method Man admits that the drugs, partying and 'fake love' compromised his music ...
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Meth applies for candidacy in hip-hop's hall of fame ...
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"I need another slash," the ever-business-minded Meth said. "Rapper slash actor slash director slash producer all that. You give me a bunch of credits so that I can fall back on one of those."
Because, let's be real: While Method Man has both genuine talent and interest in all of his entertainment projects, he's been telling us for a decade now that artistic integrity is something, but it isn't everything. It's all about the dollar-dollar bill, y'all.
"I'm not looking for respect [as an actor]. As soon as I come in the door [people whisper] 'rapper.' I do my reading and everything and [they still just see] 'rapper.' Sometimes I get called back, sometimes I don't. The thing I want to do is get me like three of those $5 million joints and then they can have that sh-- because I'll just sit back and just live. Word."
Coming from any other musician, a comment like that might come off as more than just a little disingenuous, particularly to longtime fans. But for Method Man, his mission is crystal-clear — to feed his growing family. And without any firm future plans with the Wu-Tang Clan — "I got kids," he says, indicating that it often takes too long for the crew to get its act together in the studio — as far as income is concerned, he's only relying upon himself.
The difference between Meth and younger rappers still finding their footing in the game is that he's put in his time. Too busy trying to stack paper, he's not concerned about making gritty, Wu-sounding records anymore. He's making a living as an entertainer because that's what he's good at. Meth has no beef with anyone. He's not about rubbing anybody the wrong way. He's not trying to catch buzz off of someone else's name. Add hip-hop's elder statesman to his growing list of slashes.
"I can walk anywhere and go up in any place right now with no problem," he said assuredly. "A lot of people open themselves up for that stuff if you ask me. I'm not in stuff like that. You won't hear me beating my own meat on every record [saying] 'I got more this than you got' because where I'm from them n----s ain't got sh-- and they still ain't got sh--. I'm living, you know. I hurt every day for my people."
But what if someone has a problem with Meth-lite?
"What if ifs was fifs?" he said with a laugh. "Ain't nobody gonna come at me. I ain't no threat to them n----s. I'm not in their radar right now. It's all gravy. Like I said, three movies. Five million. You ain't gotta worry about me. For real, gone."
He and Redman, still very much hip-hop's favorite duo, have discussed creating a new cartoon based on their antics, but haven't yet made plans to record another album. In the meantime, it's all about The Prequel, where the story of Tical begins properly. Adopting the rap formula for success this time around — a few well-placed hooks here, a track by guest rapper du jour Ludacris there — Mr. Meth is hell-bent on guaranteeing his name will always be relevant. Maybe change isn't a bad thing after all.
"It's like baseball hall-of-famers — people I never even f---ing heard of before be in the hall of fame. They contributed in their era, and they played their position well enough to be talked about in the hall of fame. They didn't hurt the game. That's how I want to be looked at — that I didn't hurt the game. Don't f---- with me," he said. "I got kids."
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