4:21... The Day After

{{use mdy dates|date=May 2023}} {{Infobox album| | name = 4:21 ...The Day After | type = [[Album]] | artist = [[Method Man]] | cover = Method Man - 4-21.jpg | alt = | released = August 29, 2006 | recorded = | studio = | genre = {{hlist|[[East Coast hip-hop]]|[[hardcore hip-hop]]<ref name="Allmusic">{{cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/421-the-day-after-mw0000417581|title=4:21... The Day After - Method Man|last=Brown|first=Marisa|work=[[Allmusic]]}}</ref>}} | length = {{duration|m=62|s=5}} | label = [[Def Jam Recordings|Def Jam]] | producer = {{hlist|[[Erick Sermon]]|[[RZA]]|[[Kinetic 9|Beretta 9]]|[[Havoc (Mobb Deep)|Havoc]]|[[Kwamé (rapper)|Kwamé]]|[[Mathematics (producer)|Mathematics]]|[[Mr. Porter]]|[[Scott Storch]]|the Chairman of the Boards|[[Versatile (producer)|Versatile]]}} | prev_title = [[Tical 0: The Prequel]] | prev_year = 2004 | next_title = [[Blackout! 2]] | next_year = 2009 | misc = {{Singles | name = 4:21... The Day After | type = studio | single1 = [[Say (Method Man song)|Say]] | single1date = June 9, 2006 }} }} {{Music ratings | MC = 65/100<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.metacritic.com/music/421-the-day-after/method-man |title=Reviews for 4:21 ... The Day After by Method Man |website=[[Metacritic]] |publisher=[[CBS Interactive]] |access-date=2015-07-24}}</ref> | rev1 = [[AllMusic]] | rev1score = {{Rating|3|5}}<ref>{{cite web|author=Marisa Brown |url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/421-the-day-after-mw0000417581 |title=4:21... The Day After - Method Man |website=[[AllMusic]] |date=2006-08-29 |access-date=2015-07-24}}</ref> | rev2 = ''[[Entertainment Weekly]]'' | rev2score = B<ref>{{cite magazine |last=Hermes |first=Will |url=http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,1516033,00.html |title=4:21...The Day After |magazine=[[Entertainment Weekly]] |publisher=[[Time Inc]] |date=2006-09-01 |access-date=2015-07-24 |archive-date=June 6, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110606160402/http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,1516033,00.html |url-status=dead }}</ref> | rev3 = ''[[HipHopDX]]'' | rev3score = 4/5<ref>{{cite web|url=https://hiphopdx.com/reviews/id.685/title.method-man-421-the-day-after|title=Method Man - 4:21: The Day After|website=[[HipHopDX]]|date=29 August 2006|access-date=4 April 2025}}</ref> | rev4 = ''[[Now (newspaper)|Now]]'' | rev4score = {{Rating|3|5}}<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nowtoronto.com/issues/2006-08-31/music_discs8.php|title=METHOD - MAN 4:21... The Day After|website=[[Now (newspaper)|Now]]|last=Perlich|first=Tim|date=6 September 2006|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070306183824/http://www.nowtoronto.com/issues/2006-08-31/music_discs8.php |access-date=4 April 2025 |archive-date=March 6, 2007 }}</ref> | rev5 = ''[[PopMatters]]'' | rev5score = 7/10<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.popmatters.com/pm/review/method-man-421the-day-after/ |title=Method Man: 4:21... The Day After |website=[[PopMatters]] |access-date=2015-07-24}}</ref> | rev6 = ''RapReviews'' | rev6score = 8/10<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.rapreviews.com/archive/2006_08_421dayafter.html |title=Method Man 4:21... The Day After |website=RapReviews |date=2006-08-29 |access-date=2015-07-24}}</ref> | rev7 = ''[[Slant Magazine]]'' | rev7Score = {{Rating|3.5|5}}<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.slantmagazine.com/music/review/method-man-421the-day-after/949 |title=Method Man: 4:21.The Day After |publisher=[[Slant Magazine|Slant]] |access-date=2015-07-24 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100512104816/http://www.slantmagazine.com/music/review/method-man-421the-day-after/949 |archive-date=May 12, 2010 }}</ref> | rev8 = ''[[Stylus Magazine]]'' | rev8Score = B−<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.stylusmagazine.com/reviews/method-man/421the-day-after.htm |title=Method Man - 4:21…The Day After - Review |work=Stylus |access-date=2015-07-24 |archive-date=March 4, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304001826/http://www.stylusmagazine.com/reviews/method-man/421the-day-after.htm |url-status=dead }}</ref> | rev9 = ''[[Vibe (magazine)|Vibe]]'' | rev9score = {{Rating|3.5|5}}<ref>{{cite web|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=8iYEAAAAMBAJ&q=Method+Man+4%3A21&pg=PA142 |title=Vibe |via=Google Books |date=October 2006 |access-date=2015-07-24}}{{dead link|date=May 2023}}</ref> | rev10 = ''[[XXL (magazine)|XXL]]'' | rev10score = {{Rating|3|5}}<ref>{{cite web|url=http://xxlmag.com/online/?p=3938 |title=Method Man 4:21... The Day After - XXL |work=[[XXL (magazine)|XXL]] |publisher=[[Townsquare Media]] |date=2006-08-18 |access-date=2015-07-24}}</ref> }} '''''4:21 ...The Day After''''' is the fourth solo album by the American rapper and [[Wu-Tang Clan]] member [[Method Man]]. It was released on August 29, 2006, by [[Def Jam Recordings]], to mostly positive reviews. The album has guest appearances by [[Fat Joe]], [[Styles P]], [[Redman (rapper)|Redman]] and various Wu-Tang Clan members. It was produced by [[RZA]], [[Havoc (Mobb Deep)|Havoc]], [[Kwamé]], [[Erick Sermon]] and [[Scott Storch]], among others. [[U-God]] appears in the song "The Glide" but is not credited.

==Background== In regard to RZA's contributions to the album, Method Man explained, "RZA was the first name I said when I spoke to [[Jay-Z]], when he signed off on the album budget. I’m happy with the outcome, but I think RZA could have had a little bit more input, but he was busy at the time."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.dubcnn.com/interviews/methodman |title=Method Man Interview |date=October 2006 |website=Dubcnn |access-date=2015-07-24}}</ref> "This is just more RZA on production, shit like that. But some of the shit I couldn't do, because some of these producers were screaming out these niggas want a $100,000 for a track. Fuck that! Kiss my ass. I'm not paying nobody a $100,000 for shit, unless I can live in that mothafucka."<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.riotsound.com/hip-hop/rap/interviews/Method-Man/index.php |title=Method Man : Rap, Hip-Hop Interview |website=Riotsound |access-date=2015-07-24 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150912023945/http://riotsound.com/hip-hop/rap/interviews/Method-Man/index.php |archive-date=2015-09-12 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

Method Man explained the album's title: "The national weed smoking day is [[420 (cannabis culture)|4/20]], so I named my album 4/21 the day after. Because after that day, you have this moment of clarity when you’re not high and you see things clearly."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sixshot.com/articles/6239/ |title=New Method Man Album 4:21...The Day After |website=Sixshot |access-date=2015-07-24 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060705114943/http://www.sixshot.com/articles/6239/ |archive-date=July 5, 2006 }}</ref>

==Commercial performance== '' 4:21... The Day After'' debuted at number 8 on the US [[Billboard 200|''Billboard'' 200]] chart, selling 62,000 copies in its first week. It was Method Man's fifth consecutive Top 10 album in the United States, counting his previous solo albums and the collaboration [[Blackout! (Method Man & Redman album)|''Blackout!'']] with Redman.<ref>{{cite magazine |url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/57322/dylan-earns-first-no-1-album-since-1976|title=Dylan Earns First No. 1 Album Since 1976|magazine=Billboard|date=September 6, 2006|access-date=November 4, 2018}}</ref>

==Track listing== {{Track_listing | headline = ''4:21… The Day After'' track listing | extra_column = Producer(s) | total_length = 62:05

| title1 = Intro | note1 = | writer1 = {{hlist|[[Method Man|Clifford Smith, Jr.]]|[[RZA|Robert Fitzgerald Diggs]]}} | extra1 = [[RZA]] | length1 = 2:10

| title2 = Is It Me | note2 = | writer2 = {{hlist|Smith, Jr.|[[Scott Storch|Scott Spencer Storch]]}} | extra2 = [[Scott Storch]] | length2 = 3:44

| title3 = Problem | note3 = | writer3 = {{hlist|Smith, Jr.|[[Erick Sermon]]|Ivan Woods}} | extra3 = [[Erick Sermon]] | length3 = 3:30

| title4 = Somebody Done Fucked Up | note4 = | writer4 = {{hlist|Smith, Jr.|[[Havoc (musician)|Kejuan Waliek Muchita]]}} | extra4 = [[Havoc (musician)|Havoc]] | length4 = 3:18

| title6 = Fall Out | note6 = | writer6 = {{hlist|Smith, Jr.|[[Kwamé|Kwamé Holland]]}} | extra6 = [[Kwamé]] | length6 = 3:24

| title7 = Dirty Mef | note7 = featuring [[Ol' Dirty Bastard]] | writer7 = {{hlist|Smith, Jr.|[[Ol' Dirty Bastard|Russell Tyrone Jones]]|Sermon|[[Mathematics (producer)|Ronald Maurice Bean]]}} | extra7 = {{hlist|Erick Sermon|[[Mathematics (producer)|Mathematics]]}} | length7 = 2:59

| title8 = 4:20 | note8 = featuring [[Streetlife (rapper)|Streetlife]] and Carlton Fisk | writer8 = {{hlist|Smith, Jr.|[[Streetlife (rapper)|Patrick Charles]]|Carlton Fisk|Diggs}} | extra8 = {{hlist|[[Kinetic 9]]|RZA}} | length8 = 4:34

| title9 = Let's Ride | note9 = featuring [[Ginuwine]] | writer9 = {{hlist|Smith, Jr.|[[Ginuwine|Elgin Baylor Lumpkin]]|[[Denaun Porter]]|[[DJ Toomp|Aldrin Davis]]}} | extra9 = [[Denaun Porter|Mr. Porter]] | length9 = 3:10

| title10 = The Glide | note10 = featuring [[Raekwon]], [[U-God]], and [[La the Darkman]] | writer10 = {{hlist|Smith, Jr.|[[Raekwon|Corey Woods]]|[[La the Darkman|Lason Jackson]]|Diggs}} | extra10 = RZA | length10 = 3:05

| title12 = Got to Have It | note12 = | writer12 = {{hlist|Smith, Jr.|Sermon|[[Ronald Isley]]|[[Rudolph Isley]]|[[Ernie Isley|Ernest Isley]]|[[Marvin Isley]]|[[O'Kelly Isley Jr.]]|[[Chris Jasper|Christopher Howard Jasper]]|Alloy Hume|Howard Lilly}} | extra12 = Erick Sermon | length12 = 4:13

| title13 = [[Say (Method Man song)|Say]] | note13 = | writer13 = {{hlist|Smith, Jr.|Sermon|[[Bob Marley|Robert Nesta Marley]]}} | extra13 = Erick Sermon | length13 = 3:49

| title14 = Ya'Meen | note14 = featuring [[Fat Joe]] and [[Styles P]] | writer14 = {{hlist|Smith, Jr.|[[Fat Joe|Joseph Antonio Cartagena]]|[[Styles P|David Styles]]|[[Deekay|Daniel Klein]]|[[Deekay|Johannes Jørgensen]]}} | extra14 = [[Deekay]] | length14 = 4:21

| title15 = Konichiwa Bitches | note15 = | writer15 = {{hlist|Smith, Jr.|Diggs}} | extra15 = RZA | length15 = 2:59

| title16 = Everything | note16 = featuring [[Inspectah Deck]] and Streetlife | writer16 = {{hlist|Smith, Jr.|[[Inspectah Deck|Jason Richard Hunter]]|Charles|Bean}} | extra16 = Mathematics | length16 = 3:39

| title17 = Walk On | note17 = featuring [[Redman (rapper)|Redman]] | writer17 = {{hlist|Smith, Jr.|[[Redman (rapper)|Reginald Noble]]|[[Andrew Roettger]]|[[Burt Bacharach|Burt Freeman Bacharach]]|[[Hal David|Harold Lane David]]}} | extra17 = [[Andrew Roettger|Versatile]] | length17 = 2:49

| title18 = Pimpin{{'-}} (skit) | note18 = | writer18 = Smith, Jr. | extra18 = | length18 = 0:39

| title19 = Presidential MC | note19 = featuring Raekwon and RZA | writer19 = {{hlist|Smith, Jr.|C. Woods|Diggs}} | extra19 = RZA | length19 = 4:30

| title20 = 4 Ever | note20 = featuring [[Megan Rochell]] | writer20 = {{hlist|Smith, Jr.|Holland|[[David Lewis (singer)|David Lewis]]|[[Atlantic Starr|Jonathan Lewis]]|[[Atlantic Starr|Wayne Lewis]]}} | extra20 = Kwamé | length20 = 4:04 }}

{{Track listing | headline = United Kingdom bonus track | extra_column = Producer(s) | total_length = 65:37

| title21 = O.D. | note21 = | writer21 = {{hlist|Smith, Jr.|Holland}} | extra21 = Kwamé | length21 = 3:32 }}

==Personnel== {{col-start}} {{col-2}} * Chris Athens – mastering * Rob Caiaffa – marketing * Mike Chav – engineer, mixing * Carol Corless – package production * Armon Davis – keyboards * Mike Dupus – engineer, mixing * James Ellis – management * R. "Skane" Ford – A&R * Havoc – producer * Terese Joseph – A&R assistance * Gimel Keaton – engineer, mixing * Kinetic – producer * Lil O – engineer * Tai Linzie – art co-ordinator, photo co-ordination * Glen Marchese – mixing * Patrick McGee – engineer {{col-2}} * Method Man – executive producer * Ayinde "Tike" Olubayo – engineer * Jose "Choco" Reynoso – engineer, mixing * Megan Rochell – performer * Justin Rossi – engineer * RZA – arranger, vocals, producer, executive producer, mixing * [[Ken Schles]] – photography * Erick Sermon – arranger, producer, executive producer * Scott Storch – producer * Conrad "Con Da Don" Golding - engineer * Aaron "Franchise" Fishbein - electric guitar and bass guitar * David "Gordo" Strickland – engineer * Supa Engineer "Dura" – mixing * Dan Tobiason – mixing assistant * Andrew "Versatile" Roettger – producer * Alli Truch – creative director * Erni Vales – illustrations * Dawud West – art direction, design {{col-end}}

==Charts== {| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center" |+ {{sro|Chart performance}} ! scope="col"| Chart (2006) ! scope="col"| Peak<br />position |- {{album chart|Austria|68|artist=Method Man|album=4:21 ... The Day After|rowheader=true|access-date=March 1, 2026}} |- {{album chart|Flanders|98|artist=Method Man|album=4:21 ... The Day After|rowheader=true|access-date=March 1, 2026}} |- ! scope="row"| [[Canadian Albums Chart|Canadian Albums]] ([[Nielsen SoundScan]])<ref>{{cite web|url=http://jam.canoe.com/Music/2006/09/06/1807075-ca.html|title=Dylan, Kreviazuk shake up charts|last=Williams|first=John|website=[[Jam!]]|date=September 6, 2006|access-date=March 1, 2026|url-status=usurped|archive-url=https://webarchiveweb.wayback.bac-lac.canada.ca/web/20070905195503/http://jam.canoe.ca/Music/2006/09/06/1807075-ca.html|archive-date=September 5, 2007}}</ref> | 14 |- {{album chart|Netherlands|74|artist=Method Man|album=4:21 ... The Day After|rowheader=true|access-date=March 1, 2026}} |- {{album chart|France|35|artist=Method Man|album=4:21 ... The Day After|rowheader=true|access-date=March 1, 2026}} |- {{album chart|Germany|47|id=37974|artist=Method Man|album=4:21 ... The Day After|rowheader=true|access-date=March 1, 2026}} |- {{album chart|Switzerland|8|artist=Method Man|album=4:21 ... The Day After|rowheader=true|access-date=March 1, 2026}} |- {{album chart|UK2|80|date=20060903|rowheader=true|access-date=March 1, 2026}} |- {{album chart|UKR&B|7|date=20060903|rowheader=true|access-date=March 1, 2026}} |- {{album chart|Billboard200|8|artist=Method Man|rowheader=true|access-date=October 23, 2014}} |- {{album chart|BillboardTastemaker|6|artist=Method Man|rowheader=true|access-date=March 1, 2026}} |- {{album chart|BillboardRandBHipHop|4|artist=Method Man|rowheader=true|access-date=October 23, 2014}} |}

==References== {{reflist}}

[[Category:Method Man albums]] [[Category:2006 albums]] [[Category:Albums produced by Mr. Porter]] [[Category:Albums produced by Erick Sermon]] [[Category:Albums produced by Havoc (musician)]] [[Category:Albums produced by RZA]] [[Category:Albums produced by Scott Storch]] [[Category:Def Jam Recordings albums]] [[Category:Albums produced by Andrew Roettger]]