The scenic southern Appalachian town of Asheville, North Carolina, is a long way from the dank housing projects of Staten Island, New York, and Newark, New Jersey, that gave birth to legendary MCs Method Man, Redman, and Ghostface Killah, but the raucous response by the not-quite-capacity crowd at local club the Orange Peel seemed to make the crew as comfy as if they were puffing blunts on a ch

Patience is a virtue.

10 years after the release of Method Man and Redman's classic album, 1999's Blackout!, the blunt-smokin' hip-hop duo have finally unveiled Blackout 2 (out May 19).

But why the decade-long wait?