Legendary Wu-Tang emcee Method Man is the special guest on this episode of Talib Kweli and Jasmin Leigh’s ‘People’s Party’ podcast.
Towards the end of the conversation, Mef revealed that he’s finished a full album with Mobb Dee’s Havoc and they have named it ‘Dirty P’. “Take on Dirty’s name and Prodigy’s name and we going to call it ‘Dirty P’. That’s pretty much done, we’re trying to think of a single to put out first. Don’t know about that yet,” he said.
Watch the entire interview below.
When we have an industry giant like Mr. Mef bless us with an interview, we almost always get more than we could’ve asked for. That’s how this went down. All the Wu-Heads surely won’t be disappointed as Kweli and Jaz score rich insight and great backstories about a group that forever changed the hip-hop landscape. Topics include where Meth gets his incredible drive from being such a prolific artist, his love of Marvel and his dream of landing a role as a superhero, when he became a fitness buff, his competitive nature as an emcee, and how the Wu-Tang classic ‘M.E.T.H.O.D. Man’ song came to fruition. Later, Meth reflects on the historic rivalry of the Park Hill and Stapleton neighborhoods as depicted in the ‘Wu-Tang: An American Saga.’, tells how he feels about Dave East’s portrayal of him in the series, goes into playing lacrosse in high school and meeting racism while on the road, the lack of black history in school books, and being inspired by the youth of today. The trio discusses alternate strategies of pushing social movements forward, speaking the hard truths of racism to children early on, and the need for black unity. As the 90 minute interview rolls on, the conversation moves back to Wu-Tang and the enormous success of the members branching out as solo artists. Meth depicts how he landed his deal on Def Jam, and also outlines the intent behind the concept for his hood-love classic ‘All I Need.’ Meth also reflects on what it was like seeing a young Biggie Smalls perform ‘Party & Bullshit’ in the early days and talks about sneaking out to collaborate on ‘The What’ which would become one of the highlights on BIG’s iconic album ‘Ready To Die.’ Meth also gets into some real detail about what led to him linking up with Tupac to collaborate on ‘Got My Mind Made Up’ appearing on the album ‘All Eyez On Me’ — all of this occurring during the height of the East/West beef. The trio goes on to discuss Meth’s most underrated collabs, recent releases on Meth’s radar, and how he feels about potentially working with some of the youngsters in the game. Rolling into the second hour, Meth speaks on the Trump presidency and how he’s handling the social unrest. Meth is also asked about how the Method Man & Redman dynamic duo manifested following their first collab with 1995’s “How High”. He talks about how the friendship formed and how naturally funny Red is. Meth also digs into his experiences as an actor working in the movie ‘Belly’, the hit series ‘The Wire’, and touches on what it was like filming the comedy ‘How High’ while high. He tells us who his favorite female emcee is in the game right now, describes what it was like being on the road with Redman, Jay-Z, and DMX during the Hard Knock Tour of ’99, and speaks to the responsibility of celebs speaking out regarding the Black Lives Matter movement. The interview concludes with Meth revealing what he has in store for us musically, and offering a shout-out of encouragement to all the female emcees in the game.
