Make It A Classic: Method Man - 'Tical 2000: Judgement Day'

[KillaCham]

Let's see if we can take some disappointing 3-4 star albums and turn them into classics by rearranging the tracklist.

Rules
-You can rearrange the song order however you'd like
-You can remove as many songs as you want
-You can only add 3 songs that didn't make the album (leftovers, unreleased tracks, etc. from around album release)
-You can add/replace features on up to 3 songs

Let's start off with...

Released: November 17, 1998

Singles
Judgement Day - October 20, 1998
Break Ups 2 Make Ups - January 26, 1999

1. Judgement Day (Intro)
2. Perfect Word
3. Cradle Rock (feat. Left Eye)
4. Dangerous Grounds (feat. Streetlife)
5. Sweet Love (Skit)
6. Sweet Love (feat. Cappadonna & Streetlife)
7. Shaolin What (Skit)
8. Torture
9. Where's Method Man? (Skit) (feat. Ed Lover)
10. Suspect Chin Music (feat. Streetlife)
11. Retro Godfather
12. Dooney Boy (Skit)
13. Spazzola (feat. Inspectah Deck, Skilla Sin, Masta Killa, Raekwon, & Streetlife)
14. Check Writer (Skit)
15. You Play Too Much (Skit) (feat. Chris Rock)
16. Party Crasher
17. Grid Iron Rap (feat. Streetlife)
18. Step By Step
19. Play IV Keeps (feat. Inspectah Deck, Mobb Deep, Streetlife, & Hell Razah)
20. Donald Trump (Skit)
21. Snuffed Out (Skit) (feat. Streetlife)
22. Elements (feat. Polite & Star)
23. Killin' Fields
24. Big Dogs (feat. Redman)
25. Break Ups 2 Make Ups (feat. D'Angelo)
26. Message From Penny (Skit) (feat. Janet Jackson)
27. Judgement Day
28. C.E.O. Outro

 

[KillaCham]

I'm gonna do one later but I'll start by saying this album had way too many tracks, way too many skits, and way too much Streetlife.

 

[5 Grand]

Illmatic

Add the World Is Yours Remix as a bonus track





I'm sure we can all agree that Illmatic was kinda light as far as the number of songs.

Add The World Is Your Remix and it makes a near perfect album just that much better.

 

[KillaCham]

Illmatic

Add the World Is Yours Remix as a bonus track





I'm sure we can all agree that Illmatic was kinda light as far as the number of songs.

Add The World Is Your Remix and it makes a near perfect album just that much better.

That's cool but this ain't the thread for that lol

 

[Infamous114]

@5 Grand never reads the OP.

 

[Ghostface]

I actually like the songs I just hate the pointless ass skits

 

[CeLLar-DooR]

Start by removin' those damn skits

 

[genocide_cutter]

This album cant be salvaged

 

[KillaCham]

1. Shaolin What
2. Perfect Word
3. Cradle Rock (feat. Left Eye)
4. Dangerous Ground (feat. Ghostface)
5. Suspect Chin Music (feat. Inspectah Deck)
6. Sweet Love (Skit)
7. Sweet Love (feat. Cappadonna & Streetlife)
8. Retro Godfather
9. You Play Too Much (Skit) (feat. Chris Rock)
10. Torture
11. Grid Iron Rap (feat. Streetlife)
12. Elements (feat. Ghostface & Raekwon)
13. Killin' Fields
14. Break Ups 2 Make Ups (feat. D'Angelo)
15. Judgement Day


What I changed...

-Made Shaolin What the intro track.
-Kept the You Play Too Much skit cause that's one of the only good ones. The rest, eh.
-Kept the Sweet Love skit because it flows well between the two tracks

Features:
-Took Streetlife off Dangerous Ground and added Ghostface. I think Ghost was in jail at the time, but in a perfect world...
-Took Star & Polite (lol) off Elements and replaced them with Ghost & Raekwon
-Added Inspectah Deck to Suspect Chin Music

Break Ups 2 Make Ups and Judgement Day... I dunno. He needs singles. I'd make BU2MU a little grittier. Judgement Day fits the theme of the album but those corny ass lyrics gotta be rewritten of something and it'd be straight.

Removed:
9. Where's Method Man? (Skit) (feat. Ed Lover)
12. Dooney Boy (Skit)
13. Spazzola (feat. Inspectah Deck, Skilla Sin, Masta Killa, Raekwon, & Streetlife)
14. Check Writer (Skit)
16. Party Crasher
18. Step By Step
19. Play IV Keeps (feat. Inspectah Deck, Mobb Deep, Streetlife, & Hell Razah)
20. Donald Trump (Skit)
21. Snuffed Out (Skit) (feat. Streetlife)
24. Big Dogs (feat. Redman)
26. Message From Penny (Skit) (feat. Janet Jackson)
28. C.E.O. Outro

Not all of the songs are bad, but some just didn't fit. Save Spazzola for a Wu album.

I think this would make a good 4.5/5 album at least.

 

[RozayTabernacle]

lmao I forgot he had a Donald Trump skit

 

[Swiffness!]

This shit really had 28 tracks? Lol

Bobby Digital album dropped a week later, so you could add N.Y.C Everything from that to Tical 2000. Always thought that was Meth's best verse.