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3000034, which is the better duo?
Posted by PG, Wed Dec-31-69 07:00 PM
I'm sure I'm just not thinking of folks but has anybody been a part of more than one duo to rival the work of Method Man's work with ODB and Redman?

for obvious reasons the Redman material is a larger catalog... but I'd probably put both duos in my top 10 if not top 5 and I can't think of anybody but Meth who's had the perfect partner more than once... I dunno I suppose you could put Doom with Grimm and then Madlib.. I'd clap to that.

Poll question: which is the better duo?

Poll result (10 votes)
Tical & Redman (9 votes)Vote
Tical & ODB (1 votes)Vote

  

3000036, sorry... neglected all caps on DOOM... my bad.
Posted by PG, Mon Jan-08-18 02:27 PM
3000090, hardly worth voting let alone discussion eh?
Posted by PG, Tue Jan-09-18 02:50 PM
yeah yeah fair enough... it's pretty easy to give the nod to Redman on this regardless of how much love for ODB you got.

nobody can think of another cat like Meth who's had the prefect partner more than once either though eh?
3000104, Honest question
Posted by Anonymous, Tue Jan-09-18 05:18 PM
How many tracks did Meth and ODB appear on together with just the two of them?
3000113, I'm not a big Wu follower but I'm not remembering any of their songs
Posted by obsidianchrysalis, Tue Jan-09-18 08:53 PM
I think Meth and BIG made for great partners tho. (The What and The Riddler)
3000121, Big was on The Riddler?
Posted by Anonymous, Tue Jan-09-18 11:54 PM
Why don’t I remember that or find it in any search?
3000171, It turns out that you're right
Posted by obsidianchrysalis, Thu Jan-11-18 01:00 AM
For some reason I remembered BIG being in the video for The Riddler. Wishful thinking on my end.
3000123, I can only think of two. One was "Dirty Dancing"
Posted by mrhood75, Wed Jan-10-18 12:29 AM
Which is the bonus cut on "Return to..." that no one ever talks about it (I personally like it).

The other is "16th Chamber," the bonus cut on "8 Diagrams," which was recorded pre 36 Chambers and, of course, wasn't realized until after Dirt was looooong dead.
3000124, Dirty Mef from 4:21 as well
Posted by Anonymous, Wed Jan-10-18 01:07 AM
I just don’t get how we are trying to compare Meth and Dirt as a duo to anyone when they never recorded as such.

It’s like some weird ass fantasy poll that this cat made up for no apparent reason.
3000145, lol. fine. some parallel universe ish. I'm wrong for it. *kicks rocks*
Posted by PG, Wed Jan-10-18 02:15 PM
y'all are right.. I have no idea why I thought there was an actual body of work to go off for this idea... I must've been subconsciously giving credit for full wu tracks that had both of them because while I'm a fan of the actual duo tracks they cut there isn't enough material to justify the concept behind this poast...

forgive me.

*insert homer simpson/sean spicer gif receding into hedges*
3000159, Just don’t let it happen again
Posted by Anonymous, Wed Jan-10-18 07:29 PM
Lol
3000160, Better duo: Nice & Smooth or Pac and Dre?
Posted by DJR, Wed Jan-10-18 08:33 PM
3000162, RE: Better duo: Prodigy and Havoc or Mr Cheeks and Mic Geronimo?
Posted by Anonymous, Wed Jan-10-18 09:34 PM
3000166, Better duo: Tip and Phife or Jay-Z and Cam’ron?
Posted by DJR, Wed Jan-10-18 10:00 PM
3000176, RE: Better duo: Big Boi and 3000 or Snoop and Jayo Felony?
Posted by Anonymous, Thu Jan-11-18 07:22 AM
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3000191, It is something that have happened more often than it did
Posted by mrhood75, Thu Jan-11-18 12:29 PM
They were the first two "stars" of the Wu immediately before and then after the album dropped. I would have expected them to be the wilder version of Rae & Ghost. Or the even wilder version of Meth & Red.
3000178, meth vs chef
Posted by My_SP1200_Broken_Again, Thu Jan-11-18 08:45 AM
3000251, ODB was on Meth vs Chef?
Posted by obsidianchrysalis, Sat Jan-13-18 05:05 PM



3000222, Meth x Wu > Meth x Red
Posted by icecold21, Fri Jan-12-18 01:40 PM
3000272, Rawhide from RT36C and Dog Shit are the only tracks
Posted by Adwhizz, Sun Jan-14-18 11:01 AM
I can think of off the top of the head with Meth and Ol' Dirty

I really like those songs, but it's a total mismatch
3000291, Lol word.
Posted by Boogie Stimuli, Sun Jan-14-18 02:33 PM
>I can think of off the top of the head with Meth and Ol'
>Dirty
>
>I really like those songs, but it's a total mismatch


Basically. I LOVE Rawhide, but it didn't even sound
like they knew each other... as if either one was
pasted onto the song after the other had already done
his parts. Most members of the crew did sound like that
next to Dirty (with the exception of RZA on "Cuttin Headz"
but they did trade-off on verses, and I can't remember
Dirty doing that with anybody else off the top of my head).
ODB really was The One Man Army, Ason.


3000303, Dog Shit was a Dirty solo joint
Posted by Anonymous, Sun Jan-14-18 11:02 PM
I feel like I’m going crazy in here lol
3000323, Lol. Q-Tip’s verse on Butter was FIRE!
Posted by DJR, Mon Jan-15-18 06:40 PM
3000328, I love 3000’s verse on Slump
Posted by Anonymous, Mon Jan-15-18 11:14 PM
3000334, Meth does pop in to say "stankin' ass hoes" though lol
Posted by self_ish, Tue Jan-16-18 10:01 AM
>I feel like I’m going crazy in here lol
3000335, If Rawhide counts then we can include Shame On A Nigga as well
Posted by self_ish, Tue Jan-16-18 10:09 AM
Raekwon is the only other feature on both of those songs.

>I can think of off the top of the head with Meth and Ol'
>Dirty
>
>I really like those songs, but it's a total mismatch


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3000319, Redman head and shoulders above both, but Tical and ODB's a better mix
Posted by Jon, Mon Jan-15-18 04:24 PM
I feel like Redman kinda carries Meth when they're together. Meth and ODB sound great as a pair.
3000320, I completely disagree that Red is head and shoulders above Meth
Posted by Anonymous, Mon Jan-15-18 04:52 PM
Nor do I think he carries him when they’re together.

I think that’s borderline disrespectful to Meth honestly.