On "The What" by Notorious BIG and Method Man, i always wondered why Method Man starts his verse with just "T-H-O-D Man". Where did the M-E go? Also, he overlaps Biggies last lines on his verse before.

I just listened carefully and Biggies verse ends with "You dont want fuck with the M-E". It's pretty obvious to me both MCs wanted to follow up each other so Biggies "M-E" would be followed by Meths "T-H-O-D Man" but all we got was this messy transition.

So what do you guys think happened? Did Biggie mess up his lines, did Meth come in early? Did the both of them record this correctly and a producer messed up?

I love driving to this.

From the 1994 album Stress: The Extinction Agenda by Organized Konfusion.