Sitting down for an interview session , rapper B-Real, Method Man described plans to develop a new How High sequel with fellow rapper/actor Redman, why he likes to perform as a part of a group on stage and how technology has affected the public life of many artists.
Speaking to his long career in the industry, Method Man
described his not wanting to engage in the type of industry politics
that many younger artists are forced into. “As far as sitting at award
shows and being in these fucking ‘fanzines’ and blogging, the bullshit
that comes with it, paparazzi jumping out the bushes on you and shit, we
not built like that,” he said. “We don’t get down like that. It comes
to a certain age, where, especially if you have kids, you gotta dial
your shit down in the public eye to a point where it’s like, ‘Yeah, I do
smoke, but I smoke in the house.’”
Meth added that contemporary artists keeping their public
feuds to music represents a big change from the '90s. “The shit they do
now as far as disrespecting each other on records and when they see each
other everybody popping bottles, dudes used to fight, man,” Meth said.
“I remember going to Jack the Rapper and dudes was fighting at that
shit, and I ain’t talking about the goons, the actual artists was out
there fucking thumping. How Can I Be Down? and all that shit. These
dudes is just exposed to a lot more shit where they gotta be on their
pivot and on they game a little bit more ‘cause there’s more cameras on
now. And TMZ—remember when they wouldn’t even fuck with rappers?—now
they don’t give a fuck.”
Method Man Describes Wu-Tang Clan Anniversary Performances
Referencing their recent celebration of 20 years since the drop of Enter the Wu-Tang (36 Chambers), Method Man described what it was like reuniting with the crew onstage. “Wu-Tang [Clan]
twentieth anniversary,” he said. “We had fun, man. It was amazing. I’m
always the last one to know anything, and there was a point in time in
the show where these big fucking Wu-Tang balloons—they was like balls,
huge fucking balls my G, pause—the crowd was just pushing these shits
around, I wanted one of them things so bad, I couldn’t get my hand on
one. It was a great fucking experience.”
Adding why he prefers to perform alongside his Wu-Tang
brethren or frequent collaborator Redman, Meth detailed the excitement
in playing shows together. “I told my manager this, and I’ve told a few
people this, I’d rather do shows with Wu-Tang and Redman then do shows
by myself,” he said. “Not saying I can’t do shows by myself ‘cause I
have fun up there...but those, it’s like springboarding off of somebody
else’s energy, there’s nothing like that.”
Method Man Talks New Wu-Tang Clan Album & "How High" Sequel
When asked about the group’s long history of releasing
collective as well as individual material, Method Man referenced past
“label obligations” putting a damper on the writing process. “We don’t
have that problem no more,” he said. “So, now, my writing, I could take
more time with it ‘cause I don’t have a date hanging over my fucking
head and shit. The pen is just so much mightier now, I think that I’m at
my writing peak, there is no age-limit on spitting. But there is an
age-limit on this business as far as being an artist and jumping your
ass up on stage and doing your thing. By the time we get to the age that
we’re at, yes, we’re touring and shit like, but we’re touring because
there’s a want and need for that aspect of the music at that point in
time.”
Describing the possibility of a sequel to their cult film How High,
Method Man said that, alongside Redman, he has plans to meet with
script-writers to continue the franchise. “Funny you said that ‘cause we
got a meeting tonight, with some guys that are writers, and they’re
pretty hot right now,” he said. “I don’t wanna give they resume. I’m not
a name dropper, but yeah, hopefully, something will come out of that
because we’re gonna crash our ideas together tonight. I wanna see it get
done, but I wanna see it get done right. ‘Cause if we do it and we just
throw it out there, it has to [live up to the first one] or it’s gonna
kill our bread. Hopefully we could springboard off that and do more
‘weed-esque’ movies. Like Cheech and Chong when they was doing it, you
gotta have a Dazed and Confused movie every two years.”
Referencing B-Real’s own small role in the original, Meth added the movie will “need another Cypress Hill cameo.”
The rapper also told B-Real that fans can expect new music from the How High duo collectively down the line. “As a matter of fact, [Redman’s] gonna drop a mix joint, then he’s gonna drop his Muddy
joint,” he said. “I’m gonna drop with this Wu-Tang shit, and then my
last shit and my mix shit. And then, we’re gonna go in and do the Blackout 3.
It’s going to be epic I believe, ‘cause Doc is where he need to be and
I’m where I need to be right now. We just gotta get it together.”
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