Inspectah Deck Details Losing First Album to RZA's Flood
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- Опубликовано: 24 июн 2015
- www.vladtv.com - Inspectah Deck went through an uphill battle to put out his first album, which was delayed after the entire project was lost in a flood at Raekwon's house. He added, "My whole album wasn't what y'all heard as 'Uncontrolled Substance,'" as the Wu-Tang emcee had to start all over again.
During the sit-down Inspectah Deck also detailed his legal issues with Loud Records, which also played a part in his album's delay after the label went "defunct." After realizing that the label wasn't a great fit, Inspectah Deck went through a legal battle to get out of his contract.
Check out his full story in the above clip. 
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Till this day I think about all those Rza beats we never got to hear because of that flood. I know they had to be insane because Rza was much hungrier then, that original Wu sound.
RZA was top 5 for sure. To me he was the Kanye of the 90s in terms of his unique use of samples in his production work
@@LouieV6 hahahaha come on now. RZA was the RZA og the 90s
Luey Newton man god said wait for the afterlife for those beats
King Sports it’ll be worth the wait
@@LouieV6 How dare you compare RZA to this punk ass
The infamous lost Deck solo debut is one of the biggest what ifs in hip hop history with DOC
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Not to mention Meth’s OG Tical album
Man imagine what could have been, he could have been seen as one of the best. His album would have been easily as good as liquid swords. But another what if was what if big l didn’t die at such a young age
@@duckonquack6535 Facts
I heard that flood story might be a lie made up by rza
Respect for Inspectah Deck, one of the unsung heroes of Wu Tang and hip hop in general.
Really a true soldier
j hoffa 💯
Totally!!!!🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥👍👍👍👍
@Apollo Spade Did you even watch the video lmao
Deck's 1st album would have been sick if it was right after 36 chambers,that damn flood!
THESNEAKERADDICT Man, I wonder how those beats would have sounded? Rza still had his style but it was evolving with each album. That run Rza had in the 90's-early 00's was fucking crazy.
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Igotcha05 hell yeah! I am pretty sure alot of wu's second album was lost too before re-recording wu tang forever
Igotcha05 Exactly. A mids 90s Rza produced Deck album would have been another classic because I know Inspectah Deck always delivered lyrically.
THESNEAKERADDICT
would have had a more grimy feel to it like 36 chambers and tical
Even Though He lost his album in floods, he didn't bugged out.. he still worked hard & made music.. True Struggle #respect
I have like 100 fans under the stage name Datzilla and 6 songs. But they take time to make from the beat to mastering so I feel him
@@nolookpass7079keep going 🙏🏿
Deck probably would've still gone platinum even with Uncontrolled had it come out right after Wu Tang Forever. His buzz after the "Triumph" verse was crazy.
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Facts. I remember when that shit dropped..... the world stood still
Yo, That Triumph Verse.... One of the Craziest sh*t i ever Heard!!!. Real Talk!!
Right!! They definetly held Deck Back!! Reguardless still one of my favorite members
lyrically performed armed robbery
Damn. Wu fans were robbed of another potential classic Wu solo. I've always wondered what a mid 90s, Rza produced Deck album would have sounded like.
Uncontrolled Substance STILL one of my fav Wu solo records
It think i would have sounded on Liquid Swords level.
lifestraight robbed!
I've always thought the track 'Nightshift' by Deck (which never appeared on his album) was from those sessions. That shit was raw as hell and defo had that original Wu-Tang sound.
Uncontrolled Substance is dope, but it's definitely not as good as who Inspectah Deck truly is; he truly is himself on Da Mystery of Chessboxin, Protect Ya Neck, Above the Clouds, Guillotine (Swordz), Triumph, etc. Him saying that the album had a completely different sound than the Uncontrolled Substance we know of today means that the album would have been up there with Liquid Swords and OB4CL. RZA probably produced the majority of the beats on it. Plus, it was supposed to be released at the time the other clan members' solo albums came out. Fuckin depressed.
I heard him tell this story around 2000. About a year after that album was released. But yeah... it is fucked up. Dude is lyrically sharp, love his voice etc... It probably would've been too much work and time to get back what was lost (records, samples etc..).
Couldn't said better myself Fam!!!
IMO uncontrolled substance is up already there
"I don't have to be lebron dog, all I gotta do is hit that three in the corner when he pass it to me" Lol that's solid af. Not a lot dudes are content with not necessarily getting there's so the team can shine overall. Respect. I could also see this quote being an intro to a solid ass song lol.
Solid AF!!
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Thank you for this idea I’ll show you how it turns out
I don't care if Deck went platinum or not. Dude is STILL my favorite MC in the clan period. In my top 5 of all time for sure
Uncontrolled Substance is a seriously solid album. What a tragedy to lose that original Wu-involved album though. I can't even imagine how insane it must've been when you consider what Rza was up to at that time. Wish they had tried to recreate it.
Imagine having put that OG one out, and uncontrolled substance on the sequence...
What if it was worse ?
Yo, Deck's football references and championship rings were on point.
Factual.
Facts
Actual Facts
Absolutely
Best analogy
Damn shame we never got to hear the original joints that RZA did
poisnous paragraphs smash your phonograph in half
It be the Inspectah Deck on your warpath
First class, leaving mics with a cast
Causing ruckus like the aftermath when guns blast
Run fast, here comes the verbal assaulter
Rhymes runnin' wild like a child in a walker
Method Man wasn't satisfied with his solo either. In the Hot 97 interview, he said he lost a lot of recorded material in a flood(probably the same flood Deck is referring too). He had to rush an album that didn't meet his standards.
That was his second album
djwarzone1 No, it was Tical.
+inquisitive871 Meth's 1st solo album was straight trash. Didn't like it all. 2nd was a classic.
+AQUAPHREESH193 omg what!!!!! to say Tical is trash is just crazy. it's a classic and one of the illest album ever
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I love the whole clan and got most of they work and even some affiliates but the 1st meth just didn't do it for me except for the joint with Mary. I like a lot of 2nd albums over the 1st which I consider classic or better. 2nd Nas - It Was Written, Fugees - The Score, Meth - Tical 2000 , Boyz II Men - II , Inspectah Deck - The Movement, Jodeci - Show Party Hotel, Jodeci - The New 1, Cappadonna - Slang Prostitution, Ghosface - Sumpreme, Pretty Tony, Rza - Birth. I have more but I'll be here all day with shit. Nah mean?
His "stop & go flow" along with his dope rhyme style and wordplay make him one of the most innovative & under appreciated rappers of all time...I also include the GZA, Large Professor and AZ amongst some of the best that never got their just due...you young cats need to study those four brothers before you begin your career...real talk
True Indeed!!!!!
Salute
Yup
Inspectah Deck was arguably the best lyricist in the group. True lyricists know!
Just finished season 2 and had to pay respect, Deck would've been on top of the game if it wasn't for the flood
Deck should have come out between Liquid Swords and Ironman. There was almost a full year between those two albums. Prior to that, Wu solos had been coming out each season. Imagine how dope it would have been to get a Deck solo between GZA and Ghost.
You're right - the timing would have been perfect. Plus, a RZA produced album with the early Wu sound and top-notch Wu features would have been a true gem.
FACTS! That album was needed at that time and it would have made perfect sense being Deck was on FIRE with his verses on their solo albums at that time. He verse you always had to rewind.
Deck was the backbone on the Mcee Side . he had that hype sound, yet catchy punchlines. R.I.P to the original album.
"i had no meth, no ghost, no rae...... Only u-god people like that. I had nothing. And still pulled off a gold album"
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thersten Lmao savage
Youre taking it the wrong way thats not what he meant
Meth, Rae, and Ghost were the front runners of Wu.. the others unfortunately didnt get that level of fame although they where dope MCs
NO, he sayd: LA the Darkman, Masta Ace, UGod. Dont bring ugod down like that man
@@Kaido_928 Masta Killa
When I was in high school, my boys and I all thought Deck was the tightest lyricist in the clan and was anticipating his first album. "Uncontrolled Substance" was nice, but it was lacking. I see why now. I bet that flooded album would've shut shit down!
It's messed up we'll never know but I agree. He killed it on Cold World.
That saddens me... I know it hurt his heart to lose that first album.
I wish we could've heard it
@@hunterarlen18 to be fair i rather hear it than one upon a time in shaolin
I love Deck's attitude man. Thats inspiring. All the shit he's been through and has a golden attitude. Hats off to The Rebel.
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The original Uncontrolled Substance could've been better than Only Built 4 Cuban Linux & Liquid Swords.
Eric DeVito
It would of been a classic album without a shadow of a doubt pure 💥💥💥💥💥💥💣💣💣💣💣💣💣
Eric DeVito possibly. Fuckinh flood
Razwan Akram it would have been the greatest hip hop album of all time.
Probably
@@stevegta6830 But you can only run it in Cuba...SMH
When he said he took the album leftovers and tried to get a tech expert to salvage it - I wonder if he still has that stuff around? tech has improved significantly since 95/96
Anybody here after the season finale of the wu tang American saga season 2
I can only imagine how amazing the original album was. Shame we never got to hear it
Imagine if all those Classic Wu-Tang beats weren't destroyed, Deck's, Masta Killa's and U-God's 1st solo albums could've gone gold or platinum if they were all released between 1994-1996.
Exactly
Well, not U God...
@@hunor9191 I’m guessing you’re mainly a rza fan...
@@hunor9191 lol
You forgot Method Man's album as well
Damn that Marshawn Lynch/football penalty analogy was DOPE. U can tell he's a lyricist
Love Decks attitude. He's like that player every championship team needs. Doesn't have to be the main guy, it's all about the team.
who is here after watching season 2 episode 10 of wu tang saga?
Deck deserves A Lifetime Achievement award for his verse on Triumph .....
Man, it pains me so much to think about that lost first album. That original version probably would've been Liquid Swords level. Who knows, maybe even better. We were robbed, guys... Fucking robbery! It's 2 decades after the fact and yet I feel angry thinking about it...
One of the Wu's strongest!!!
Watchin the Hulu series brings back the bad memories that we didn't get THAT Deck album. That would've hit for real.
His album is one of the most under rated albums of all time
RZA was just on fire in '95, it's a sure bet to say that Deck's original album would've been a classic like all the other first-round solo albums. Knowing that RZA had a lot more material to release during his absolute peak and we'll never get to hear any of it because it got wiped out is such a crying shame..an absolute travesty:(
Really enjoying these Inspectah Deck interviews, the honesty is unreal. True OG
That original album may well have been the greatest solo Wu album. I love Uncontrolled Substance anyways and it's still one of my favorites. Like I said on another video, Deck is the most underrated member of The Wu and is one of the most underrated rappers period when it comes to wordplay and lyricism.
He is a fucking poet
No question
Most sport analogies ever. So basically his first album was a field goal?
GrumpyoldSole That's how ill his mind works
GrumpyoldSole Lol I don't even watch sports but somehow I was getting his analogies and was like "yo this guy a sports commentator on the side?"
Alec Olszewski Read your comment re-watched it and im cracking up
I don’t think it was a fourth and goal.
Uncontrolled Substance was a dope ass album! I bought that CD at the same time Jay Z album dropped. Inspector Deck CD got more play though.
Man this is heartbreaking he seems like such a nice, regular guy. I couldn't tell if the quiet type image he had was real but I guess he's a genuinely humble guy. He still has that street edge and some bitterness but can't blame him.
Deck at 5:20 going into that football analogy feels like when GZA used the baseball analogy in “Clan in da front” and Deck sounded like he was about to lay a few more bars
Every time I hear about this flood I wish I could time travel to that era and save all those files. My god can you only imagine what Decks album originally was? It could have been another timeless classic like the other original classic Wu albums.
Deck's attitude is an inspiration to me. I've been feeling overlooked for a long time but ima keep pushing.
The Inspectah had some of the greatest verses in all of Wu-Tang. I see you bro! I see you!
Damn, Deck. We still need a full album with you and rza doing all the beats(none of that better tomorrow album bullshit).
any1 know where to find some of Deck's lost track's? I read somewhere on the internet that cilvarings claimed that Deck was able to recover a few of the lost songs and planning to use them on his next project. idk tho, you cant beleive everything you read on the radio.
Man, I know what it is like to lose beats and lyrics because of someone or something happening to them. I had three other beat machines that were full of beats that took me some time to make. To this day, I am very disappointed, even to this day. I had notebooks of lyrics too that were thrown out when my mom moved and I was away in rehab, but yeah man, I'm still making nice beats to this day.
I remember when I was in high school waiting and waiting and waiting for Deck's album, Uncontrolled Substance, to finally come out. Deck, GZA, and Masta Killa were always my top 3 in the Wu.
Deck is easily one of the most underrated meme era of the clan, he’s close to cracking my top 3 as far as pure lyricism.
He’s on the humble though and I respect that. Even without the platinum ring deck, know that we luv you fam and we-tang wouldn’t have been the same without u!
Why didn't rxa have backups? And why did he have at least have a copy?
Tbh when you hear decks story and realize how much he had to sacrifice it makes you feel bad for him this dude is literally one of the greatest MC’s to ever spit a bar and the word will never see him that way it sucks tbh
Dam! What if we had that first album, the rebel INS is a humble dude with some of the most memorable bars from the clan. Respect inspectah deck my G.
Deck. was always my favorite. waited and waited for his album
I know right I did too
My biggest question about this flood is where were decks rhyme books and why could RZA not recreate the beats??? These have been my questions for years!!!!
Dude is VERY well spoken, flood jammed him up, but still couldn't stop his "FLOW"
That's really too bad. But for one, his first album was solid dope and some of my favorite cuts are from that album. Secondly, regardless of anything, Inspectah Deck will always be considered as one of the best rappers lyrically and style wise not just to me but many other people as well. Peace and much respect to Inspectah
The flood situation was just portrayed in episode 10 the final episode of season 2 Wu-Tang an America saga
Humble, level headed and speaking truth. Arguably dropped the best verse ever on a Wu joint and clowns talking that he ain't all that, please! The production, I feel, has always not been quite up to par on his solo joints BUT the lyrics are top notch....but as MK says "the dumb are mostly intrigued by the drum"....imagine Deck spitting on tracks like The City and CREAM for a full album....that is what he, and we, NEED !!!
How did I not know about this flood and lost album after all these Years? This is so painful to know it will never be heard. RZA should've remade the beats and deck the rhymes, you think they would have been able to somewhat piece it back together.
I had no clue that Inspectah Deck's first album was supposed to come out then. And itz really bad that RZA lost all of his beats in that flood
I wonder how many songs were on Inspectah Deck's 1st album.
Thanks Vlad for getting this Cleared up, i always wondered why Decks Solo came really late.
No classic album, but I say he had the most memorable Wu verses. "life as a shorty shouldn't be so rough" from C.R.E.A.M. and the iconic verse in Triumph.
If you can read this inspectah deck in my book that was a platinum album a Niger respect you so much bro appreciate the work you put in❤❤❤❤❤
If that Deck album didn't get lost it woulda been the best Wu solo album
some of the songs you can find on RUclips... I heard they were saying his album that got messed up was being call the second coming of the purple tape
Wow, I enjoyed this and the maturity and insight. Inspectah Deck is underrated.
I always wondered what took Inspectah Deck so long to release his album. Thanks for the interview
He had best verse on - protect ya neck, triumph and cream - arguably their three most famous songs. And his verse on careful (click click) is one of my favourite across the whole back catalogue. To me he is one of their best. he’s level with the 5 who had the hit albums, just doesn’t have the album
First, nice Marshawn analogy. Second, I always have liked Inspectah Deck, next to Meth and ODB he has the most distinctive sound to me.
If Deck Dropped his first Album in his Prime Him as a solo artist and the Wu would be even bigger in The hip hop group category nobody would be able to fuck wit em They still can’t but it would’ve been more explosive
I feel sad for deck. one of the most underrated fucking lyricist in rap. RZA shoulda gave him a full fuckin production album
such a tragedy. Why didnt they just try to recreate some of the lost songs? You could tell Deck still has those songs in his memory. Wu Tang owes the world an entirely RZA produced Deck album.
Ins D be the nigga outshining anybody he gets put up with on a track, he even outshined Guru, love em both tho
I can say that I was truly waiting for that Inspector Deck tape and it seemed like it was never gonna drop.... That cream verse sold me on Deck
Inspecktah Deck was probably the best spitter out of the wu his lyrical content and delivery is highly underrated but I’m one of the Wu-Tang fans that got mad respect for him
Deck and baby U deserve so much more then what they got. They are savages on the mic 🎙 they got some of the kraziest bars. If they would’ve got pushed in that 93-97 spot. Platinum no doubt. I’ll bet my soul on that
Delay of game penalty is 5 yards, not 10 :-P
Can't keep a good brotha down. Always so calm, cool, and humble. Deck and GZA were always my favorite Wu members...
Wondering why RZA didn't write down the samples he used for the original album
Deck is still my fav Wu member, hands down. Always spittin fire, i see you & the crew 03/06-23!
peace god!
Irregardless once that "Word On The Street" video dropped, I knew I had to rush out to buy that record first day out
I always wondered why he didn't drop until 99 instead of 96,or 97 after the Wu Tang Forever album. I thought je had some of the best features on that album. I was waiting for hia album more than the 2nd Meth that was getting promoted after the Clan album.
Decks debut album in 95 would've been fuckin dope. I still think that if both u-god/masta killa released their debut albums in 96' after gfk's ironman, they would be classics as well. Same goes for rza. Bobby digital in stereo woulda been way doper if he recorded/released it in 97' before wutang forever album. The thing is that he was also making music with the gravediggaz as well, which they released 2 albums w/rza in 94' & 97'.
We lost a GEM, we lost a Return 36, Tical, Liquid Swordz, Ironman, Linx etc., imagine Deck over 95 Rza beats... I can't imagine how dope that album was, just bad luck for Deck all alone on releasing that first album.
"Dudes do tha Marshall Lynch"!! LMAO!!!
Makes me wish that USB flash drives were a thing back then. I've had flash drives that survived some shit, and I was able to salvage a lot of old stuff. Floppies and Zip disks were horrible back then 😭
"WORD ON THE STREET" all time banger!!!!! Wish we could've heard that 1st albim!!! You know it was heat!!!
Deck was my favorite member back then, I wonder what that album would've been like?
probably 1 of the best if not the best punchline album ever
DJJekyllTV
I think it would've been a more complete album than that though. You listen to him on tracks like "A Better Tomorrow", "C.R.E.A.M.", "Cold World" etc. and he was clearly a thinker and a story-teller. By the time "Uncontrolled Substance" came out Deck had kinda fallen off and RZA didn't do his beats and RZA had fallen off...I think honestly Deck's album could've been amazing. The world wil never know...
@@ScubaDude79 man... if the flood album was anything like Ironman, Liquid Swords, Only Built for Cuban Links, Tical... if it came out during that time with a prime Rza on production??? You're right, we'll never know, but I'm gonna go all out and say it was a classic album.
Has he or RZA ever talked about what the lost album sounded like? In the early days Deck was the best lyricist IMO. It’s such a shame what happened but he deserves respect for how he handed things and still got a gold record.
Please. Please please do it again. Try bro! You’re my favorite lyricist.
I wished he had that LP in tbe original form raw material i know what its like to lose good material that you can't find including researched photos and artwork
It's not too late to get uncontrolled substance platinum. Guys go support that body of work. Buy that shit twice if you can.
Damn this is heartbreaking.. fucked but still has the greatest opening verse in hiphop history. Still a legend. Could’ve been the biggest star but stays cool. Wow
the Original Tical album was also lost in the Flood.
The new episode of the wu tang show just showed this
My lil bro a Die Hard Wu Tang Clan Fanatic, I asked him who’s his fav MC, Inspecta Deck his answer 💯
The humble, honesty from this man is incredible...
"All i gotta do it hit that three in the corner when he passes it to me." ...and you have every damn time, the set off master. Respect the Deck.