Subject: Method Man

• Turning the Screw: 5th Ward Boyz, Scarface, Da Brat, Del, Kid Acne, M.I.A. and More

  August 25, 2008

• House of Blues Job Fair at Verizon Wireless Theater

  August 26, 2008

• Surpise Surprise: Redman Show Postponed

  September 16, 2008

• Mystic Pizza

  Candiria's genre-bending urban fusion of ambient, hardcore, rap and jazz makes for a tasty organic pie

  July 4, 2002

• Slideshow: Method Man & Redman at House of Blues

  Craig Hlavaty Craig Hlavaty braved a serious contact-high risk to take some shots of East Coast blunt-lovers Method Man & Redman's Blackout 2 tour at House of Blues last night. Click here for a slideshow. - Chris Gray

  November 20, 2008

• Rotations

  December 21, 1995

• Raggedy Vibe

  May 21, 1998

• Rotation

  June 18, 1998

• Rotation

  January 21, 1999

• Rotation

  January 28, 1999

• The Distillery: N.A.S.A.'s The Spirit of Apollo

  Truth be told, we envy N.A.S.A.'s bumptuous production acumen almost as much as we envy principal astronauts Squeak E. Clean and DJ Zegon the depths of their Rolodexes - even if, somehow, they couldn't rope Lil Wayne into their genre-mashup free-for-all. Seriously - as you'll see below - N.A.S.A.'s debut, The Spirit of Apollo, is on some profoundly next-level Judgment Night-soundtrack shit. It's not all amazing, of course, which is why it's the subject of Rocks Off's inaugural "The Distille

  March 16, 2009

• Rap Space

  June 3, 1999

• Turning the Screw: K-Rino, Nosaprise, Method Man, T.I., Devin the Dude, Trick Daddy, Flo Rida, The Kanye, Jim Jones, Botany Boyz and More

  Welcome back to Turning the Screw, Rocks Off's weekly rap post. It probably won't rhyme, at least most of the time. E-mail tips to introducingliston@gmail.com. Thanks, homies. Single of the Week: K-Rino, "Past, Present, Future" Wire To Wire In case you forgot about him, here's the link to Houston rapper Nosaprise. We caught his performance at the Westheimer Block Party and felt obligated to mention that, after some early sound trouble, he ripped it the last half of his set. Bad week for T-

  March 30, 2009

• The Shredder

  One Show, One Sentence

  November 13, 2008

• Redman

  Red Gone Wild

  May 10, 2007

• Wu-Tang Clan

  8 Diagrams

  December 20, 2007

• They Fought the Law

  In Rap, You're Nothing Without a Sheet

  August 2, 2007

• Snap to It

  Comeback kids, rhymin' Limeys and songs about partying defined Hip-Hop Nation in 2006

  December 14, 2006

• Crüe Cuts

  On the phone with the Mötley bunch

  September 22, 2005

• ODB

  A Son Unique

  September 15, 2005

• Rotation

  February 3, 2005

• Die Like an Eagle

  Michael Franti and friends fight the hawks with hits

  February 5, 2004

• Killah Priest

  Thursday, July 3

  July 3, 2003

• Good Folk

  Caroline Herring shows her South side

  April 3, 2003

• Snapping Rappers

  The right pals send a photographer down the right path

  January 9, 2003

• Making the Scene

  If you blinked, you often missed the latest club opening (and closing) on the nightlife circuit

  January 4, 2001

• Rap It Up

  Rave organizers turn to hip-hoppers to entrance the kids

  December 14, 2000

• Limp Bizkit

  Chocolate Starfish and the Hot Dog Flavored Water (Interscope)

  November 23, 2000

• Still Angry After All These Years

  The Oven feeds a malnourished punk scene

  October 26, 2000

• Mixmaster

  Director James Toback crosses racial, gender and class lines in the gracefully gritty Black and White

  April 6, 2000

• Men in Black

  Method Man and Redman have a Blackout, tour with Family Values

  October 28, 1999

• Distant Early Warning: Avant, Brad Paisley, Fear, King Sunny Ade, Ra Ra Riot and More

  Avant, Mateo:  Thu., Aug. 13. House of Blues. Babyface, Frankie Beverly & Maze: Sat., Nov. 7. Reliant Arena. Brad Paisley: Fri., Sept. 11. Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion. Candlebox, Earshot: Mon., July 6. House of Blues. Celtic Thunder: Tue., Nov. 17. Verizon Wireless Theater. Datarock: Thu., Sept. 24. Warehouse Live. Davy Knowles & Back Door Slam: Sat., July 25. Warehouse Live. Die Young (FINAL SHOW), Folsom, 7 Generations, The Golden Age: Sat., Oct. 10, 6 p.m. Walter's on Washin

  June 9, 2009

• Turning the Screw: Chamillionaire & Z-Ro, UGK, Slim Thug, Trae Day, Chris Brown, Meth & Red, Diddy, MCA, O.G. Style and More

  Welcome back to Turning the Screw, Rocks Off's weekly rap post. It probably won't rhyme, at least most of the time. E-mail tips to introducingliston@gmail.com. Thanks, homies. Single of the Week: Chamillionaire feat. Z-Ro, "Denzel Washington" Wire To Wire Slim Thugga cut off his braids. Not sure how we feel about that just yet. Check back with us next week. Been listening to UGK's Ridin' Dirty a lot lately. What Bun B does on "One Day," "Murder" and "Pinky Ring" might be the best three-song set

  July 28, 2009

• Asking for Method Man's Autograph? That's a Shooting

  ​When Mary Anderson of Fort Bend County allegedly asked rapper Method Man for an autograph after a show last November at Houston's House of Blues, she claims she got a different kind of signature: A wound in the stomach from a pellet gun.Anderson is suing Method Man, more formally known as Clifford Smith, in Harris County District Court for allegedly shooting at her six times with a pellet gun. According to the lawsuit, Anderson attended a rap concert where Method Man and Redman were perf

  August 4, 2009

• Bayou Beat: Three Fantastic on NPR, Beyonce Leads MTV Noms, Rocks Off Seeking Intern, More Live Nation Deals, etc.

  Mark C. Austin​ Congratulations to Houston's Three Fantastic, whose "Hot Summer Day" was chosen as NPR's "Song of the Day" Wednesday. Comparing it to "one of those half-remembered Sugar Ray hits from a decade ago," NPR's David Browne is a little taken aback by the band's idea of a "glorious summer day": "As the music revs up, the litany of environmental disasters continues," he writes. "Trees burn to cinders and oceans boil; even the air conditioners are at loose ends." Sounds like Houston to

  August 4, 2009

• Some Answers On The Method Man Lawsuit

  courtesy of TtekcorBNavE.​News of a lawsuit filed against rapper Method Man for allegedly pelting a female autograph seeker outside Houston's House of Blues with ammo from an air-gun sure has exploded all over the Internet. Some folks have questions, there's a smattering of alleged eyewitness accounts, and many just want to add their own two cents. Here's a sample of the gab, and hopefully, a few answers. Some truth-seekers have asked whether a criminal complaint was filed and others, suc

  August 5, 2009

• Method Man, On His Pellet-Gun Habits

  Rapper Method Man, who is being sued for allegedly plugging a fan with an air-gun outside Houston's House of Blues last winter, is apparently no stranger to shooting people with the BB gun. Above, he tells VladTV all about the time he injured someone on a tour bus. "I shot one of my people in the leg with a fucking BB, man," Method Man says. "That shit's still in his leg, too." Later in the video, the famous rapper apologizes and says, "It was dumb as shit." Method Man says he was aiming

  August 6, 2009

• Bayou Beat: Method Man on His Pellet-Gun Aim, The Debut of HUSH, Local Bands Vying for ACL Spot, Thee Armada MySpace Finalist, etc.

  Above, Method Man talks about his pellet-gun accuracy, which was a little off the night he allegedly shot Houstonian Mary Anderson, who is now suing him on several counts including assault. Besides playing House of Blues Friday with Redman and Ghostface, looks like Meth will spend some time in Houston meeting with lawyers as well. ​This evening is the first installment of the Houston Underground Social Hour, or HUSH, Matt Brownlie of Bring Back the Guns' monthly event offering late-night-styl

  August 6, 2009

• For Method Man, Five Musical Shootings

  ​Should be an interesting scene at House of Blues this evening, where Method Man, not exactly the shy type, might get a little more attention than he bargained for. Rumor has it some time between sound check and the tall, fragrant rapper's headlining set with Redman, he'll be served with papers in conjunction with the lawsuit area resident Mary Anderson filed this week claiming Mr. "Tical" shot her in the chest after his and Red's House of Blues show last year. Anderson says she was waiting fo

  August 7, 2009

• Digital Domain

  August 13, 2009

• Turning the Screw: Dustin Prestige: ESG, 50 Cent, Lil' Jon (Whaaaat?!), Lil' Wayne, Snoop & Dre, Taylor Swift's Revenge, etc.

  Welcome back to Turning the Screw, Rocks Off's weekly rap post. It probably won't rhyme, at least most of the time. E-mail tips to introducingliston@gmail.com. Thanks, homies.Courtesy Dustin Prestige​Single of the Week: Dustin Prestige (right), "Polos and AKs, Pt. 2" Wire To Wire Counting down the days until ESG releases his album. Please don't let it be crappy, please don't let it be crappy, please don't let... And for this week's installment of Books That Probably Aren't Helping The Book Ind

  September 14, 2009

• Modern-Day Jedis - or Wannabe Jedis - In Pop Music

  ​"For over a thousand generations, the Jedi Knights were the guardians of peace and justice in the Old Republic. Before the dark times... before the Empire." - Obi-Wan Kenobi, Star Wars Sounds pretty impressive, doesn't it? Almost like there somebody had put together a detailed, well thought-out story arc and not, as it happens, a bunch of half-formed plotlines and misfires that would tarnish the legacy of the first two movies and make the name "George Lucas" synonymous with "directorial overi

  October 22, 2009