4:21... The Day After

4:21 ...The Day After
4:21 ...The Day After
Studio album by Method Man
Released	August 29, 2006
Genre	East Coast hip-hop; hardcore hip-hop;
Length	62:05
Label	Def Jam
Producer	Erick Sermon; RZA; Beretta 9; Havoc; Kwamé; Mathematics; Mr. Porter; Scott Storch; the Chairman of the Boards; Versatile;
Method Man chronology
Singles from 4:21... The Day After
	"Say"; Released: June 9, 2006;

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
Source	Rating
Metacritic	65/100^[2]
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	^[3]
Entertainment Weekly	B^[4]
HipHopDX	4/5^[5]
Now	^[6]
PopMatters	7/10^[7]
RapReviews	8/10^[8]
Slant Magazine	^[9]
Stylus Magazine	B−^[10]
Vibe	^[11]
XXL	^[12]

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 and various Wu-Tang Clan members. It was produced by RZA, 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."^[13] "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."^[14]

Method Man explained the album's title: "The national weed smoking day is 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."^[15]

Commercial performance

4:21... The Day After debuted at number 8 on the US 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! with Redman.^[16]

Track listing

*4:21… The Day After* track listing
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Producer(s)	Length
1.	"Intro"	Clifford Smith, Jr. Robert Fitzgerald Diggs	RZA	2:10
2.	"Is It Me"	Smith, Jr. Scott Spencer Storch	Scott Storch	3:44
3.	"Problem"	Smith, Jr. Erick Sermon Ivan Woods	Erick Sermon	3:30
4.	"Somebody Done Fucked Up"	Smith, Jr. Kejuan Waliek Muchita	Havoc	3:18
5.	"Shaolin Soldier (skit)"	Smith, Jr.		0:21
6.	"Fall Out"	Smith, Jr. Kwamé Holland	Kwamé	3:24
7.	"Dirty Mef" (featuring Ol' Dirty Bastard)	Smith, Jr. Russell Tyrone Jones Sermon Ronald Maurice Bean	Erick Sermon Mathematics	2:59
8.	"4:20" (featuring Streetlife and Carlton Fisk)	Smith, Jr. Patrick Charles Carlton Fisk Diggs	Kinetic 9 RZA	4:34
9.	"Let's Ride" (featuring Ginuwine)	Smith, Jr. Elgin Baylor Lumpkin Denaun Porter Aldrin Davis	Mr. Porter	3:10
10.	"The Glide" (featuring Raekwon, U-God, and La the Darkman)	Smith, Jr. Corey Woods Lason Jackson Diggs	RZA	3:05
11.	"Kids (skit)"	Smith, Jr.		0:47
12.	"Got to Have It"	Smith, Jr. Sermon Ronald Isley Rudolph Isley Ernest Isley Marvin Isley O'Kelly Isley Jr. Christopher Howard Jasper Alloy Hume Howard Lilly	Erick Sermon	4:13
13.	"Say"	Smith, Jr. Sermon Robert Nesta Marley	Erick Sermon	3:49
14.	"Ya'Meen" (featuring Fat Joe and Styles P)	Smith, Jr. Joseph Antonio Cartagena David Styles Daniel Klein Johannes Jørgensen	Deekay	4:21
15.	"Konichiwa Bitches"	Smith, Jr. Diggs	RZA	2:59
16.	"Everything" (featuring Inspectah Deck and Streetlife)	Smith, Jr. Jason Richard Hunter Charles Bean	Mathematics	3:39
17.	"Walk On" (featuring Redman)	Smith, Jr. Reginald Noble Andrew Roettger Burt Freeman Bacharach Harold Lane David	Versatile	2:49
18.	"Pimpin' (skit)"	Smith, Jr.		0:39
19.	"Presidential MC" (featuring Raekwon and RZA)	Smith, Jr. C. Woods Diggs	RZA	4:30
20.	"4 Ever" (featuring Megan Rochell)	Smith, Jr. Holland David Lewis Jonathan Lewis Wayne Lewis	Kwamé	4:04
Total length:				62:05

United Kingdom bonus track
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Producer(s)	Length
21.	"O.D."	Smith, Jr. Holland	Kwamé	3:32
Total length:				65:37

Personnel

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

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

Charts

Chart performance
Chart (2006)	Peak position
Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria)^[17]	68
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)^[18]	98
Canadian Albums (Nielsen SoundScan)^[19]	14
Dutch Albums (Album Top 100)^[20]	74
French Albums (SNEP)^[21]	35
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)^[22]	47
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)^[23]	8
UK Albums (OCC)^[24]	80
UK R&B Albums (OCC)^[25]	7
US Billboard 200^[26]	8
US Indie Store Album Sales (Billboard)^[27]	6
US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums (Billboard)^[28]	4

References

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^ "Reviews for 4:21 ... The Day After by Method Man". Metacritic. CBS Interactive. Retrieved July 24, 2015.
^ Marisa Brown (August 29, 2006). "4:21... The Day After - Method Man". AllMusic. Retrieved July 24, 2015.
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[Allmusic-1] Brown, Marisa. "4:21... The Day After - Method Man". Allmusic.

[2] "Reviews for 4:21 ... The Day After by Method Man". Metacritic. CBS Interactive. Retrieved July 24, 2015.

[3] Marisa Brown (August 29, 2006). "4:21... The Day After - Method Man". AllMusic. Retrieved July 24, 2015.

[4] Hermes, Will (September 1, 2006). "4:21...The Day After". Entertainment Weekly. Time Inc. Archived from the original on June 6, 2011. Retrieved July 24, 2015.

[5] "Method Man - 4:21: The Day After". HipHopDX. August 29, 2006. Retrieved April 4, 2025.

[6] Perlich, Tim (September 6, 2006). "METHOD - MAN 4:21... The Day After". Now. Archived from the original on March 6, 2007. Retrieved April 4, 2025.

[7] "Method Man: 4:21... The Day After". PopMatters. Retrieved July 24, 2015.

[8] "Method Man 4:21... The Day After". RapReviews. August 29, 2006. Retrieved July 24, 2015.

[9] "Method Man: 4:21.The Day After". Slant. Archived from the original on May 12, 2010. Retrieved July 24, 2015.

[10] "Method Man - 4:21…The Day After - Review". Stylus. Archived from the original on March 4, 2016. Retrieved July 24, 2015.

[11] "Vibe". October 2006. Retrieved July 24, 2015 – via Google Books.^{[dead link]}

[12] "Method Man 4:21... The Day After - XXL". XXL. Townsquare Media. August 18, 2006. Retrieved July 24, 2015.

[13] "Method Man Interview". Dubcnn. October 2006. Retrieved July 24, 2015.

[14] "Method Man : Rap, Hip-Hop Interview". Riotsound. Archived from the original on September 12, 2015. Retrieved July 24, 2015.

[15] "New Method Man Album 4:21...The Day After". Sixshot. Archived from the original on July 5, 2006. Retrieved July 24, 2015.

[16] "Dylan Earns First No. 1 Album Since 1976". Billboard. September 6, 2006. Retrieved November 4, 2018.

[ac_Austria_Method_Man-17] "Austriancharts.at – Method Man – 4:21 ... The Day After" (in German). Hung Medien. Retrieved March 1, 2026.

[ac_Flanders_Method_Man-18] "Ultratop.be – Method Man – 4:21 ... The Day After" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved March 1, 2026.

[19] Williams, John (September 6, 2006). "Dylan, Kreviazuk shake up charts". Jam!. Archived from the original on September 5, 2007. Retrieved March 1, 2026.

[ac_Netherlands_Method_Man-20] "Dutchcharts.nl – Method Man – 4:21 ... The Day After" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved March 1, 2026.

[ac_France_Method_Man-21] "Lescharts.com – Method Man – 4:21 ... The Day After". Hung Medien. Retrieved March 1, 2026.

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[ac_UKR&B_-25] "Official R&B Albums Chart on 3/9/2006 – Top 40". Official Charts Company. Retrieved March 1, 2026.

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v t e Method Man
Discography Videography
Studio albums	Tical (1994) Tical 2000: Judgement Day (1998) Tical 0: The Prequel (2004) 4:21... The Day After (2006) The Meth Lab (2015) Meth Lab Season 2: The Lithium (2018) Meth Lab Season 3: The Rehab (2022)
Collaboration albums	Blackout! (1999) Blackout! 2 (2009) Wu-Massacre (2010)
Compilations	Back to Back: Raw & Uncut (2008)
Singles	"Bring the Pain" "Release Yo' Delf" "I'll Be There for You/You're All I Need to Get By" "The Riddler" "Hit 'Em High (The Monstars' Anthem)" "Judgement Day" "Grand Finale" "Break Ups 2 Make Ups" "What's Happenin'" "Say"
Featured singles	"Ice Cream" "Shadowboxin'" "Wu-Wear: The Garment Renaissance" "4, 3, 2, 1" "Grand Finale" "Symphony 2000" "Left & Right" "N 2 Gether Now" "Love @ 1st Sight" "Still on It" "Trillmatic"
Other songs	"Rollin' (Urban Assault Vehicle)" "Wu Tang Forever"
Related articles	Wu-Tang Clan Method Man & Redman Method & Red Davis MacLean