{{short description|1994 song by Method Man}} {{Infobox song | name = Release Yo' Delf | cover = Method Man - Release Yo' Delf.jpg | type = single | artist = [[Method Man]] | album = [[Tical (album)|Tical]] | released = January 11, 1995 | recorded = | genre = [[East Coast hip hop]] | length = 4:15 | label = {{hlist|[[Def Jam Recordings|Def Jam]]|[[PolyGram]]}} | writer = {{hlist|[[Method Man|Clifford Smith Jr.]]|[[RZA|Robert Diggs]]|[[Blue Raspberry (singer)|Candi Lindsey]]|[[Freddie Perren]]|[[Dino Fekaris]]}} | producer = [[RZA]] | prev_title = [[Bring the Pain]] | prev_year = 1994 | next_title = [[I'll Be There for You/You're All I Need to Get By]] | next_year = 1995 | misc = {{External music video|{{YouTube|kZlhbx3yGkQ|"Release Yo' Delf"}}}} }} "'''Release Yo' Delf'''" is a song by American rapper [[Method Man]] and the second single from his debut studio album ''[[Tical (album)|Tical]]'' (1994). It features vocals from American singer [[Blue Raspberry (singer)|Blue Raspberry]], who interpolates "[[I Will Survive]]" by [[Gloria Gaynor]]. Produced by [[RZA]], the song contains a sample of "Treasure of San Miguel" by [[Herb Alpert & The Tijuana Brass]].
==Background== RZA chose "Release Yo' Delf" to be the second single from ''Tical'' against Method Man's wishes. The music video for the song was shot by [[Steve Carr]]. Method Man recalls, "I was mad at him because I didn't like the look and the feel of the video. It was like he was trying to recreate '[[Method Man (song)|Method Man]],' and that wasn't gonna happen."<ref>{{cite web |last1=Ahmed |first1=Insanul |title=Method Man Breaks Down His 25 Most Essential Songs |url=https://www.complex.com/music/a/insanul-ahmed/method-man-25-essential-songs |website=[[Complex Networks|Complex]] |access-date=17 March 2025 |date=October 19, 2011}}</ref>
==Composition== The song contains gritty drums as well as horns sampled from "Treasure of San Miguel"<ref>{{cite web |title=Five Best Songs From Method Man's Debut Album 'Tical' |url=https://theboombox.com/five-best-songs-from-method-mans-tical-album/ |website=The Boombox |access-date=20 March 2025 |date=November 15, 2014}}</ref> that have been described as "lively, upbeat"<ref name="Trip">{{cite book |last1=Blanco |first1=Alvin |title=The Wu-Tang Clan and RZA: A Trip through Hip Hop's 36 Chambers |date=April 19, 2011 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=E52g0AEACAAJ |publisher=Praeger |isbn=978-0313384424 |pages=46, 48 |access-date=20 March 2025}}</ref> and "rallying, warlike",<ref>{{cite web|last=Birchmeier|first=Jason|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/tical-mw0000626811|title=Tical – Method Man|publisher=[[AllMusic]]|accessdate=February 24, 2010}}</ref> In the chorus, Blue Raspberry sings an interpolation of "I Will Survive".<ref name="Trip" /> There is also a refrain in which Method Man chants, "Keep it moving".<ref>{{cite web |url=https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/method-man-tical/ |title=Method Man: Tical Album Review |work=[[Pitchfork (website)|Pitchfork]] |date=October 9, 2022 |access-date=March 20, 2025 |last=Kearse |first=Stephen}}</ref>
==Charts== {| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center" |- ! scope="col"| Chart (1995) ! scope="col"| Peak<br />position |- {{single chart|UK|46|date=19950429|rowheader=true|access-date=March 20, 2025}} |- {{single chart|Billboardhot100|98|artist=Method Man|rowheader=true|access-date=March 20, 2025}} |- {{single chart|Billboardrapsongs|28|artist=Method Man|rowheader=true|access-date=March 20, 2025}} |}
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