There's more to life than Nando's...

Report Submitted By Special Agent Slappa Debass
Dept. GSL! Undercover Reporting Team
Operation: Method Man
Location: Matter, 02, London

Yesterdays evening was spent at Nando’s eating a HOT chicken breast wrap accompanied by chips and some coleslaw – delicious! What you may actually be interested in though is what I got up to afterwards; I went to Matter to see arguably Wu-Tang Clans finest and one of hip hops legends: Method Man.

The doors opened at 7pm and DJ Skeptic was playing some of hip hops golden oldies from Nas’s ‘Halftime’, to Gang Starr’s ‘Full Clip’, to Pete Rock and CL Smooth’s ‘T.R.O.Y’. Method Man made his appearance around 10:15 accompanied by a Wu-affiliate Streetlife. Tracks from the ‘36 Chambers’ were played alongside songs from Method Man’s first solo album ‘Tical’ and even some from the collaborative album with Redman ‘Blackout 2’.

The venue was packed and I (now regrettably) opted out of the mosh pit where every so often Method Man would launch himself into the crowd and surf his way back to the stage. He gave away his cap to an elated fan, walked on top of obliging crowd member’s shoulders and against the regulations of the venue, repeatedly smoked on stage!

The show was great and almost every song I had hoped he would perform was performed. I saw Genius / Gza recite his Liquid Swords album a couple of years back in Camden, which was undoubtedly great, but I had been long awaiting an opportunity to see Method Man perform – one of my all time favorite rappers – and I couldn’t fault it.

If you missed it, I strongly advise that you snap up the next opportunity.