At only 33 minutes, this flies by. It's half an hour of no-nonsense rhymes with hard east coast beats. One of my biggest problems though is Meth's almost hashtag/punchline style of rapping.
For example, here is some of 'Switch Sides' -
"Don't get yourself popped tryna trigger me
Bop you in your head, this where the buck stop; literally
Buck shots, what the blood clot? Watch the picking knee
If he flee, stop him with a leg shot, pick a knee
Chest shot to make your chess move, Bobby Fisher me
Get assassinated, tryna run? Bobby Kennedy
Keep that same energy, poison in my pen
What's the penalty? My life behind these bars, ain't no clemency"
I've always rated Method Man extremely highly, and this isn't a criticism I remember having about him before, but the style gets annoying here. Another example is when one of the featuring artists raps "aqua" and then says "water" afterwards... It's an easy listen given the short runtime, short track lengths, and the consistent quality of the tracks, but there isn't much if anything here to go back to.
Beats: ★★★
Rapping/Bars: ★★★☆
Hooks: ★★★
Best Tracks: Stop Crying, Butterfly Effect, Live From the Meth Lab, Switch Sides, Find God
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