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Method Man feat. D'Angelo - Break Ups 2 Make Ups

Music Video
ArtistMethod Man
ArtistMethod Man
ArtistD'Angelo (featuring)
SongBreak Ups 2 Make Ups
DirectorHype Williams
IntroNo
OutroNo
Sound MixStereo
Technical Specificationscolour - format unknown

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Synopsis

Method Man appears at the center of a turbulent nightlife scene shaped by romantic tension, jealousy, and confrontation. The video places the rapper and D'Angelo in a club setting, where relationship drama spills into a physical altercation. Performance shots and scenes of women, friends, and partygoers reinforce the song's mix of wounded reflection and streetwise bravado. The visual closes with the sense that arguments and rivalries remain part of the cycle suggested by the title: breakups can quickly turn into reconciliations.

Factoids & Trivia

  • The video was released during the campaign for Method Man's second solo album, Tical 2000: Judgement Day, which came out in 1998. The single itself was issued in early 1999.
  • D'Angelo's contribution gives the track an R&B center, while the video keeps the presentation rooted in a late-1990s hip-hop club atmosphere.
  • The song is often viewed as a thematic follow-up to Method Man's earlier duet with Mary J. Blige, "I'll Be There for You/You're All I Need to Get By." Both tracks combine relationship-focused writing with a rap and soul pairing.
  • The visual features a brief pre-fame appearance by 50 Cent. He can be spotted among the figures involved in the club brawl, years before his mainstream breakthrough with Get Rich or Die Tryin' .
  • Contemporary coverage later highlighted the cameo because 50 Cent was already working in New York hip-hop circles in the late 1990s, but had not yet become a major recording star.
  • The track became one of Method Man's stronger charting solo singles, reaching the Top 10 on Billboard's Hot Rap Songs chart.

Lyrics

(feat. D'Angelo)

[Method Man]
You and I, 'til the day we die.. (day we die..)

Yo, yo
Ex-girlfriend, how you been? I see you still
tryin to fuck with other women men, remember when
I first met you in my cousin's house, a week later
we was fuckin on your momma couch, now it's been said
that big girls they don't cry, but they damn sure lie
Look you in the eye, sayin you they only
You and I, til the day we die, said you'd never
leave me lonely, fly tenderoni but you phony
...
© Method Man feat. D'Angelo - Break Ups 2 Make Ups. This is an excerpt, provided as citation under fair-use.
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