Wu Tang Clan legend Method Man has a new album, The Meth Lab, coming out this August off Tommy Boy. From his Stauton Island debut, Method Man has branched out into a productive acting career, building his own empire with franchises like How High and The Wire. That committment to his empire is very pronounced in the trailer for his new record, displaying an animated Meth (this connection was years in the making) hunting down the stars of Breaking Bad, Walter White and Jesse. As he said in a interview with Nerdist, “My next album is going to be called Crystal Meth. Crystal meth is a reference not necessarily to the drug, but to me. Being beyond gold–I love that reference. The thing you do before you get the crystal meth is bring it to the meth lab, of course, to get everything right. That is a metaphor for the studio. A lot of times when we write our rhymes, we make references to pop culture, and that’s definitely a big part of pop culture now. It’s probably going to go down as one of the best shows in television history. Why not make that comparison to what we’re trying to do.” Check out the trailer and let us know what you think.
