Editing Method Man (section)

===2011–present: ''The Meth Lab'' and ''Crystal Meth''===
[[File:Wu-Tang Clan at Budapest Park - 2015.07.07 (1).JPG|thumb|Method Man at Budapest Park in 2015]]
''Crystal Meth'' was to be Method Man's fifth and final studio album.<ref name="MTV">[https://web.archive.org/web/20100225013756/http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1632400/20100222/method_man.jhtml Method Man Wants Next Solo Album To Be 'My Classic LP']. MTV. Retrieved on April 11, 2010.</ref><ref>[https://archive.today/20130125091047/http://www.hiphopgalaxy.com/Method-Man-Crystal-Method-hip-hop-6536.html Method Man ''Crystal Method'']. hiphopgalaxy.com. Retrieved July 12, 2010.</ref><ref>{{cite web |last=Rys |first=Dan |url=http://www.xxlmag.com/news/2013/11/method-man-on-wu-tangs-new-album-chris-brown-and-why-hes-not-a-rapper/ |title=Method Man On Wu-Tang's New Album, Chris Brown And Why He's Not A Rapper |date=November 12, 2013 |publisher=XXL |access-date=April 24, 2014}}</ref> The album has no confirmed release date. The ''Crystal Meth'' album was first announced before Method Man began working on [[Method Man & Redman|his and Redman's]] second album together, ''[[Blackout! 2]]'', at which time it was tentatively titled ''The Crystal Method''. In the liner notes of that album, it was given a scheduled release date of 2009. The album, however, was further postponed until it was later mentioned in an MTV interview that it would be released in early 2010.<ref name="MTV"/> At a concert on December 23, 2010, Method Man told the crowd to look for his album in March 2011. However, the album was postponed again.

In an April 2011 interview with ''The Come Up Show'', following a performance in Canada, Method Man replied to a question regarding his "weed-loving" image: "When you get older and you've got kids and your kids are going to school and you know [their] teachers...and they see how active you are and concerned [you are] with your kids' education or well being, it's hard to sit there and be taken seriously if people are always talking about he's always high...which is totally not the case", he said. "When I first came out, I was young, we were doing our thing, we smoked a lot...and we didn't care if the world knew. Now, I have to use more discretion because of my kids. This is not for me; everything I do is for them now, so I use a bit more discretion and I don't put weed as a forefront any more."<ref>{{cite web|last1=Man|first1=Method|title=Method Man Interview on The Come Up Show|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XA7wPpQ32PM&t=3m16s|publisher=The Come Up Show|language=en|format=video|date=April 21, 2011|accessdate=April 22, 2024}}</ref>

On October 5, 2011, a new single from Method Man, entitled "World Gone Sour (The Lost Kids)", was released on iTunes.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://music.apple.com/us/album/world-gone-sour-the-lost-kids/470588642?i=470588757&ign-mpt=uo%3D4 |title=iTunes – Music – World Gone Sour (The Lost Kids) – Single by Method Man |website=[[iTunes]] |date=October 5, 2011 |access-date=March 30, 2012}}</ref> In July 2012, he confirmed that the album would come out in 2013 & would be produced by RZA,<ref>{{cite web |last=Vasquez |first=Andres |url=http://www.hiphopdx.com/index/news/id.20331/title.method-man-speaks-on-crystal-meth-lp-with-rza-blackout-3-with-redman |title=Method Man Speaks On "Crystal Meth" LP With RZA, "Blackout! 3" With Redman &#124; Get The Latest Hip Hop News, Rap News & Hip Hop Album Sales |publisher=HipHop DX |date=July 6, 2012 |access-date=April 17, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121104092843/http://www.hiphopdx.com/index/news/id.20331/title.method-man-speaks-on-crystal-meth-lp-with-rza-blackout-3-with-redman |archive-date=November 4, 2012 |url-status=dead }}</ref> although he has also stated that RZA would not produce the whole album, but instead be one of a few producers which would also include Erick Sermon, Rockwilder, and some then-younger producers such as Diggilo.<ref>Archived at [https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211211/B7rcCp2x81M Ghostarchive]{{cbignore}} and the [https://web.archive.org/web/20170407214102/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B7rcCp2x81M Wayback Machine]{{cbignore}}: {{cite web|last1=Culture|first1=Soul|title=Method Man & Masta Killa talk The Crystal Meth & Loyalty is Royalty|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B7rcCp2x81M#t=01m03s|website=[[YouTube]]|access-date=March 27, 2017|date=June 18, 2011}}{{cbignore}}</ref> He also expressed a desire to work with [[Odd Future]] frontman [[Tyler, the Creator]].<ref>{{cite web |last=Horowitz |first=Steven J. |url=http://www.hiphopdx.com/index/news/id.17165/title.method-man-expresses-desire-to-collaborate-with-tyler-the-creator |title=Method Man Expresses Desire To Collaborate With Tyler, The Creator &#124; Get The Latest Hip Hop News, Rap News & Hip Hop Album Sales |publisher=HipHop DX |date=October 10, 2011 |access-date=March 30, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120126095706/http://www.hiphopdx.com/index/news/id.17165/title.method-man-expresses-desire-to-collaborate-with-tyler-the-creator |archive-date=January 26, 2012 |url-status=dead }}</ref> Throughout 2013, Method Man worked on material for ''Crystal Meth'' and on the Wu-Tang Clan's sixth studio album, ''A Better Tomorrow''. He also toured with Redman throughout the year.<ref>{{cite web |last=Rys |first=Dan |url=http://www.xxlmag.com/news/2013/11/method-man-on-wu-tangs-new-album-chris-brown-and-why-hes-not-a-rapper/2/ |title=Method Man On Wu-Tang's New Album, Chris Brown And Why He's Not A Rapper – Page 2 of 3 |date=November 12, 2013 |publisher=XXL |access-date=April 24, 2014}}</ref> On January 1, 2014, Method Man announced that a mixtape titled ''The Meth Lab'' would be released in March 2014 and that ''Crystal Meth'' would be released in August 2014 on [[Tommy Boy Records|Tommy Boy Entertainment]].<ref>{{cite web |last=Horowitz |first=Steven J. |url=http://www.hiphopdx.com/index/news/id.15504/title.method-man-updates-on-crystal-meth-progress-hints-at-new-writing-technique |title=Method Man Updates On "Crystal Meth" Progress, Hints At New Writing Technique |publisher=HipHop DX |date=June 11, 2011 |access-date=April 24, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140620013146/http://www.hiphopdx.com/index/news/id.15504/title.method-man-updates-on-crystal-meth-progress-hints-at-new-writing-technique |archive-date=June 20, 2014 |url-status=dead }}</ref> However, Method Man released ''[[The Meth Lab]]'' as a mixtape album<ref>{{cite web|url=http://pitchfork.com/news/59783-method-man-announces-new-album-the-meth-lab/ |title=Method Man Announces New Album The Meth Lab |publisher=Pitchfork |date=June 1, 2015 |access-date=July 24, 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last=Hudson |first=Alex |url=http://exclaim.ca/Music/article/method_man_cooks_up_new_album_meth_lab |title=Method Man Cooks Up New Album 'The Meth Lab' |website=Exclaim.ca |date=June 1, 2015 |access-date=July 24, 2015}}</ref> through Tommy Boy on August 21, 2015. In 2019 Method Man featured on the record 'Winnebago' with South London rapper Blue Meth. The music video was directed by [[Nick Donnelly]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=November 1, 2019 |title=Hip-Hop Legend Method Man Joins Blue Meth On "Winnebago" |url=https://grmdaily.com/blue-meth-method-man-winnebago/ |access-date=March 1, 2022 |website=GRM Daily |language=en-GB}}</ref>

''Crystal Meth'' was supposedly going to be released in August 2016 but still hasn't been released as of {{CURRENTYEAR}}.