Critical reception
''The Meth Lab'' received mixed reviews from Music criticism, music critics. At Metacritic, which assigns a Standard score, normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album received an Weighted mean, average score of 59 based on 11 reviews, which indicates "mixed or average reviews". David Jeffries of AllMusic gave the album three and a half stars out of five, saying "Uncle Murda, Streetlife, and Hanz On appear often, making this LP close in structure to the crew-focused Theodore Unit releases from Ghostface, but that's not a complaint as much as a caution. Consider this a Meth-led posse LP aimed at returning fans, and a very good one at that." Paul Cantor of ''Billboard (magazine), Billboard'' said, "Method's skill and charisma are by far the highlight of ''The Meth Lab'', but there's not enough of him to make this unremarkable compilation pop." Del F. Cowie of ''Exclaim!'' stated, "Too often, the album is weighed down by pedantic, average beats and too many run of the mill guest verses, indicating Meth's generosity is a bit of a weakness. Ultimately, it dilutes ''The Meth Labs potency." Andrew Gretchko of HipHopDX said, "''The Meth Lab'' may be Method Man’s return to solo work, but without a true connection between the tracks the album feels more like a mixtape than an album, a string of songs that range from uninspiring to a reminder that Method Man was once one of Hip Hop’s elite."Track listing
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References
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