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The Indiana Daily Student

Member of Wu brings nothing nu

Method Man fans, don't worry about the first single, "What's Happenin'" featuring Busta Rhymes being what Tical 0: The Prequel is all about. "I came to bring the pain …," which opens the song, has been used somewhere between 100 and 5,000 times in rap. Add to that an unmemorable beat and you have to wonder what they were thinking making this the first single. \nThat being said, Tical 0 is full of singles -- almost to a flaw. Much like fellow Wu-Tanger Ghostface, who summons the "pop" of Missy Elliott to breed a hot single, Method Man does the same on the album's third song, "Say What," which is missing a little something Ghostface's "Push" has. \nRockwilder, the underachieving producer who several years ago was to be what the Neptunes and Kanye West are now, has the golden jewel of Tical 0 with "Act Right." Meth takes Rockwilder's beat and fills it with what made him the Wu's big ticket: "Oh Shit, you know the name/who flip flows like chess boards, there go the game" is one of many clownin' lyrics spit on Tical 0. "Rodeo," featuring Ludacris aka "Mr. Feature-if-you-want-a-hot-song-these-days," is no disappointment, and yet another reason why Tical 0 has plenty of meat in potential singles, but not necessarily the bones to hold it together.

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