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"He&amp;apos;s a movie star (How High), a Right Guard pitchman and a\nfamed member of the Wu-Tang Clan. But all Method Man really wants\nto do is finish his long-delayed third solo album, which is\ncurrently &amp;quot;seventy percent done.&amp;quot; The tentatively-titled &amp;quot;Tical 0:\nThe Prequel&amp;quot; is currently slated for a March release.\nMeth&amp;apos;s much-anticipated &amp;quot;prequel&amp;quot; to 1998&amp;apos;s Tical 2000:\nJudgement Day includes guest shots from Ludacris, Redman,\nGhostface Killah, Raekwon and RZA, who also produces a few tracks.\nThe rapper hasn&amp;apos;t been completely idle since his last\nTical release: In 1999 he issued Blackout! a\ncollaboration with Redman, and the Wu-Tang Clan have released a\npair of albums (2000&amp;apos;s The W and 2001&amp;apos;s Iron\nFlag) in that span.\n\nForget the dark themes of Meth&amp;apos;s last record -- &amp;quot;Tical&amp;quot; is all\nabout fun. &amp;quot;The majority of our audience can&amp;apos;t afford Versace and\nall the name brands and these big expensive cars,&amp;quot; he says. &amp;quot;A lot\nof them just like to party, that&amp;apos;s the common denominator among\nevery class. We all just like to party so that&amp;apos;s what the album is\nbased on.&amp;quot;\nWatch for that party vibe on one particular track, which sounds\nlike this year&amp;apos;s first big hip-hop singalong. &amp;quot;There&amp;apos;s one joint\neveryone wants to call &amp;apos;Uh-huh,&amp;apos;&amp;quot; he says. &amp;quot;But damn, there&amp;apos;s more\nwords than just &amp;apos;uh-huh.&amp;apos;&amp;quot;\nAlso on the docket for Method Man is a part in an upcoming\nepisode of The Twilight Zone and he&amp;apos;s signed on to star in\nThe Other Side of Simple, a feature film to begin shooting\nlater this year."^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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