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4:21... The Day After (2006)

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The title is a date play: 4/20 is the US weed day, and the album was named for the clear-headed day after it.

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4:21... The Day After: fourth solo album by American rapper and Wu-Tang Clan member Method Man
Released 29 August 2006 by Def Jam Recordings, to mostly positive reviews
Guest appearances by Fat Joe, Styles P, Redman and various Wu-Tang Clan members
Produced by RZA, Havoc, Kwamé, Erick Sermon and Scott Storch, among others
U-God appears on "The Glide" but is not credited

Title refers to 4/20, the US national weed smoking day; the album is named 4/21, the day after
Method Man said the day after brings a clear-headed moment when you are not high
RZA was the first name Method Man mentioned to Jay-Z when the album budget was approved
Method Man said RZA could have contributed a bit more, but RZA was busy at the time
Method Man said some producers asked around $100,000 per track, so he could not use some of them

Clifford Smith Jr., known as Method Man, is an American rapper, record producer, and actor, born March 2, 1971 in Hempstead, Long Island.
He is a member of the East Coast hip-hop group Wu-Tang Clan and is half of the duo Method Man & Redman.
His debut solo album Tical (1994) peaked at number four on the Billboard 200.
The single "I'll Be There for You/You're All I Need to Get By" with Mary J. Blige won Best Rap Performance by a Duo or Group at the 38th Annual Grammy Awards.
Blackout! with Redman (1999) reached platinum status in the U.S. and Canada.
He is also known as an actor with recurring roles in HBO's Oz, The Wire, and The Deuce.
His stage name is a tribute to the 1979 martial arts film Method Man.

He married Tamika in 2001 and the couple has three children.
In 2009 he was arrested for income tax violations and in 2010 pleaded guilty to tax evasion.

Laut.de: rated the album four out of five points; reviewer Dani Fromm praised Method Man for being in excellent form after a low point
Laut.de praised the rapper's flow and lyrics as positive points of the release
Laut.de called RZA's productions the densest instrumentals on the album
Laut.de praised Raekwon and La the Darkman on "The Glide" and Ol' Dirty Bastard's guest spot on "Dirty Mef"
Laut.de judged the Ginuwine contribution on "Let's Ride" and Megan Rochell's vocal part on "4 Ever" negatively
Laut.de described "Say" as built on acoustic guitars and strings with a relatively unwhiny reflection
Overall, reception at release was mostly positive

Debuted at number 8 on the US Billboard 200, selling 62,000 copies in its first week
Counted as Method Man's fifth consecutive US Top 10 album, including his earlier solo albums and the Blackout! collaboration with Redman
Stayed eight weeks on the US album charts
Reached number 4 on the Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart in France
Was the first Method Man album not to place in the Billboard 200 top five

The title uses 4/20, the US national weed smoking day, and names the album for the day after
Method Man said he named the album for the clear-headed moment that follows getting high
U-God appears on "The Glide" without a credit
RZA was the first name Method Man raised with Jay-Z when the album budget was approved