Tical 0: The Prequel
by Method Man
  • Record Label: Def Jam
  • Release Date: May 18, 2004
User Score
6.4

Generally favorable reviews- based on 21 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 11 out of 21
  2. Mixed: 5 out of 21
  3. Negative: 5 out of 21

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  1. richieg
    Jul 20, 2004
    6
    Lackluster at best. Meth is lookin really bad in this one, and there are alot of different people on his record. ALOT! the track he does busta is hot. The Reggae Kardinal Official track is hot, both the rest is eh....OK. Meth tries to sound like the people that he is colaborating with. When ludacris is on that track Meth tries to sound like Luda. When Busta is on the track Meth tries to Lackluster at best. Meth is lookin really bad in this one, and there are alot of different people on his record. ALOT! the track he does busta is hot. The Reggae Kardinal Official track is hot, both the rest is eh....OK. Meth tries to sound like the people that he is colaborating with. When ludacris is on that track Meth tries to sound like Luda. When Busta is on the track Meth tries to sound like Busta, thats pretty weak… Expand
  2. SpikeJams
    Sep 29, 2005
    6
    This album is okay at most. It seems to be put together for the masses, not for the true fans of the Wu. It falls flat when comparing to his last two albums, and will go by the wayside in the decade that comes.
  3. Gnat
    Dec 6, 2006
    6
    Just too weak for Meth-Tical. And I hear no Wu-style here. That's no good.

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Metascore
51

Mixed or average reviews - based on 13 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 2 out of 13
  2. Mixed: 9 out of 13
  3. Negative: 2 out of 13
  1. Tiny Mix Tapes
    60
    While Tical 0: The Prequel is an adequate and at times entertaining record, too much collaboration has overshadowed the rhyming prowess and lyrical wittiness of Method Man.
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  2. Rolling Stone
    40
    The killer swarm of 1994's Tical and Tical 2000's astro-black ambition aren't anywhere to be seen. [27 May 2004, p.80]
  3. Dot Music
    50
    It's, well, a thoroughly professional record. And therein lies the problem. Method Man, perhaps more than any other Wu-Tang member bar ODB, has personality to burn, and trying to force it into a box fit for any other hit rapper is an impossible task.
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