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{{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 = 2005–2006
| venue =
| 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]] {{small|(also [[Executive producer#Music|exec.]])}}|[[RZA]] {{small|(also exec.)}}|[[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 = [[The Meth Lab]]
| next_year = 2015
| 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=https://web.archive.org/web/20070306183824/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|access-date=4 April 2025}}</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 [[studio 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 eight on the US [[Billboard 200|''Billboard'' 200]] chart, selling 62,000 copies in its first week. It was Method Man's fifth consecutive top-ten album in the United States.<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

| title5 = Shaolin Soldier (skit)
| note5 =
| writer5 = Smith, Jr.
| extra5 =
| length5 = 0:21

| 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

| title11 = Kids (skit)
| note11 =
| writer11 = Smith, Jr.
| extra11 =
| length11 = 0:47

| 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"
|-
! Chart (2006)
! Peak<br />position
|-
{{album chart|Billboard200|8|artist=Method Man|access-date=October 23, 2014}}
|-
{{album chart|BillboardRandBHipHop|4|artist=Method Man|access-date=October 23, 2014}}
|-
{{album chart|UK|80|artist=Method Man|access-date=October 3, 2019}}
|-
|}

==References==
{{reflist}}

{{Meth}}

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[[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]]

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