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Interview
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Just like any
burgeoning culture, hip-hop is inundated with corruptions and
false promises. Lately, the MCs in commercial leadership are too
busy basking in their new found riches to uplift the starving
streets that supported their talent in the first place. But
while the false prophets are shopping at Chanel and sipping
Cristal, there's a growing number of MCs that are dead set on
pulling hip-hop music out of its' fantasy rap mode and back into
potent reflections of real life.
As a member of one of the most significant musical collectives
in recent history, Inspectah Deck of the Wu-Tang Clan has never
fallen victim to the ill powers that be. Also know as Rebel INS,
Deck was one of the featured rappers on many of the Wu Tang
Clan's major hits like Triumph, C.R.E.A.M., Pinky Ring and more,
and just like any gracious minded veteran, the Staten Island
raised MC is primed to supply the street's demand for real live
hip-hop on his latest offering "Manifesto"
that was released just in March. The album ( featuring Raekwon,
MOP, Cormega and others) was given a 4/5 ratings on this site
and marks Deck's return to his production duties.
On the heels of dropping his fourth LP, Inspectah Deck is also
readying the release of his first instrumental album. Unknown to
most, Deck has been making beats and hits for over 15 years now,
first learning how to piece tracks together from his group's
mastermind The RZA, and crew affiliates DJ Mathematics and True
Master. Deck soon started experimenting and his efforts showed
enough promise to make him an official member of the original
almighty production team and collective known as Wu-elements,
alongside The RZA, 4th Disciple, True Master, and Mathematics.
From then on we saw him gradually placing his beats on just
about every Wu-Tang release from his fellow clansmen except the
late Ol’ Dirty Bastard, including songs for Ghostface’s "Supreme
Clientele", Method Man’s "Tical" and RZA’s "Bobby Digital in
Stereo", along with his own solo albums and outsides projects
such as the "Tales from the hood" soundtrack and lately his new
protégé Fes Taylor.
Wu-International started a Wu-elements series of interviews a
couple of months ago and it is only right we have an interview
with one of the Clan's founding member and producer The Rebel
INS. The fans will get to hear how he got into producing tracks
and people he has produced for, his latest offering "Manifesto",
the beef with Joe Budden, his supposedly 2Pac collaboration,
upcoming projects (from movies, books to the long awaited
Rebellion album) and everything else he has been involved in
lately, ... in the words of Guru (R.I.P), and long-time friend
of Deck, we say "Respect the Architect" , Enjoy... |
I like to say thanks first and foremost for
taking the time to answer these questions, highly
appreciated, and will also point out that nothing will be
altered, edited or changed when this is published online.
Wu-International: The Rebel, how are you?
Inspectah Deck: I’m doing fine. Just got back
from overseas, I was out there on tour. It was kind of rocky
at first but then it started to get better. But I’m just
glad to be back home so I can get some work done and get
back to doing what I do.
Wu-International: It was a no show for your London
concert, hope everything was alright?
Inspectah Deck: I know... a lot of people
were wondering what happened there but I explained on my
Facebook page and other places, the promoter in London did
not pay me. He had me flying out to London, had me sitting
there waiting in my hotel for him to come with my money all
night and he never came to pay me my money, simple as that.
it was nothing to do with the people of London or the club
being too small or any other speculations people have. The
promoter did not pay me and I do not perform for free. I was
highly upset at this. For the fans and people who came I
apologize but that is something you have to take up with the
promoter of the show that night.
Wu-International:
Your 4th album “Manifesto”
has gotten a good feedback from fans and critics alike, how
do you feel about this project?
Inspectah Deck: I appreciate that, you know.
It’s been a couple of years between albums, I have been
going through contract struggles and things like that. So to
come out now and put that album out like that and the fans
and critics are liking it ... especially the critics,
because they've been criticizing me for years now on beats
and different things. But I do what I do and not everyone is
supposed to like what I do. If people don’t like what I do,
c’est la vie. But for those that appreciate Inspectah Deck
and what I do; I love you back. I appreciate the love,
that’s why I do it and why I m’ still here, you know, after
no million dollar solo success or a million albums sold solo
success, that’s why I’m still here doing it. And for those
fans and critics who love what I do, this is why I still do
it. And I appreciate the support for the Manifesto album. I
feel the Manifesto is a blue collar album, it’s for the
people who ain’t balling, if you don’t have Rollies, you
don’t have Bentleys, if you’re not blowing $20.000 a night
on champagne, ... then this album is for you.
Wu-International: It took you quite some time to put
this out after your last album, any reason for the delay?
Inspectah Deck:
The delay was contracts
that I was still being obligated to coming from the Wu-Tang
side of the fence, where I wasn’t trying to put money in
people’s pockets that wasn’t due or that didn’t help me put
this project together. No more of you eating off Inspectah
Deck when you didn’t even help cook it and that’s the end of
that.
Wu-International:
Some of the songs that were planned for “Resident Patient 2”
ended up in Manifesto, will you still be releasing RP 2 or
did it develop into Manifesto?
Inspectah Deck: I will not be releasing
Resident Patient 2, due to the fact that it got leaked on
the internet. There’s a couple of songs I revamped, remixed.
Some I kept as they were and I recorded about ten new ones
and that became Manifesto. If I do release RP 2 it will
probably be a completely new mixtape again. But I doubt that
it will get done due to the fact I was beaten to the punch
when it leaked.
Wu-International: A song people were expecting to
hear on the album was the “House Nigga” diss to Budden, any
reason why you left that out and has the situation with Joe
been resolved?
Inspectah Deck:
That was
never a song to be put on the album, I never glorified I had
a song dissing Joe Budden. The only reason I got involved in
this situation is because he disrespected Method Man and
Meth didn’t want to get involved in it. The guy put a song
out where he disrespected Meth in it anyway and he
disrespected me. But I expected that because I said things
about him. I didn’t take that personal but I did take it
personal when he went after Meth and Meth had publically
said he didn’t want to be sucked into that cause he was
doing movies and taking care of his family. He still took
shots at Meth and Meth wasn’t even here to defend himself so
that’s how Deck got involved in it. I’m not going to put
that song out, for the people who heard it and have it, you
can have it as a collector’s item but you won’t hear that
song on any album.
Wu-International: This album saw you taking more on
production duties not seen since your first album
“Uncontrolled Substance”, any specific reason for this or
rather, any reasons why you did not produce on your other
albums “The movement &
Resident Patient”?
Inspectah Deck:
Well, it’s on my
label so I had creative control so that made it more hands
on for me where as the previous two records "The Movement"
was done as a production deal with Koch and "Resident
Patient" was more like a mixtape with Traffic. This was an
actual album that we marketed this as, it had a little more
potential. I figured if I did do a lot of beats on this
album that would push it a bit more. I had the live band
come in and put their touches on it too. I learned that from
the RZA how to work with the bands to play these samples we
sample so much, to avoid sample clearances and costs that
occur from not clearing stuff we use. I felt it was
necessary for me to produce on this one to give it some
extra weight as I didn’t have any RZA production on it or
any other Elements people might have been looking for.
Wu-International: How has your production skills
developed since you started out?
Inspectah Deck: Like I already said in
previous answer I learned to work with live bands in the
studio from RZA to avoid sample clearance. I had to bring in
the live band aspect also just to see where I am now outside
of these keyboards. Because the technology of making beats
has become so pre-schooled: even 6th graders are making
beats on I-Phone programs now. So I had to branch out and
start getting around real instrument players. So I think
I’ve come a long way and I owe a lot of credit to RZA for
that.
Wu-International: You said you learnt a thing or two
from RZA and others like 4th Disciple, Maths and True, what
did you learn from them?
Inspectah Deck: RZA taught me how to put breakdowns in
your beats . Instead of just having one loop going straight
through, you find 2 or 3 pieces and you make breakdowns and
you make it a song, you know ? You give it bridges.
4th Disciple ... You could never detect his sounds, he used
to make his own sounds up from scratch and put effects on it
so you’d think it’s something and he was like “No, it’s not
that, I did this to it.” You know ?
Math, he is very creative. He let me know what direction to
look for music. If I ever need a record or any type of
sound, Mathematics pretty much has the music down pack. I
can say “Yo, what record was that ?” and make the noise to
him and he knows what record I’m talking about.
True Master had a slick style of making beats with 4 or 5
sounds. RZA would have about 28 tracks going with something
on each track. True Master would have about 5 tracks going,
with bits and pieces and he used to piece things together
and make his own sounds.
So I learned different things from each and every one of
them and incorporated it all in into my own style. I guess
that’s where my style comes from but if I had to credit one
person I would have to credit the nights I put in, sitting
there with the RZA, watching him do what he does.
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Wu-International: Most people are not aware that you
actually produce and you are very good at it too,
have you done production for people outside the
Clan?
Inspectah Deck:
Not really
outside of the Clan, except for a couple of artists
you might know, for instance I’ve done some
production on Fes Taylor’s album, one of my first
artists coming out on Urban Icon Records. Outside of
that I kept strictly to the unit. Would I produce
outside of the Clan? Sure would but I’m still
reluctant to put my production skills out on the
table like that because there’s people out there
that actually do that for a living and are good at
it. Me, I’m a RZA student, I can pull it off here
and there but I still got a way to go so ... |
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Wu-International:
Is it safe to assume you
started off as an MC and can you tell us how you gradually
moved onto production if so?
Inspectah Deck:
I definitely started out as an MC. I started out as a dj
actually first: I bought 2 Technic BD 100 turntables with
the straight arms, cutting up LL Cool J’s “Dear Yvette”
record you know, cutting up songs like that man. I used to
put the speakers in the window and cut up for the whole
outside. Eventually my man was rhyming and I wanted to rhyme
with him so I started rhyming too. I was DJ’ing and rhyming
and then he became the DJ and I became the MC , it was crazy
because we switched it around. And now he became an MC again
and I went into production, that’s my man Ratched Rush. We
kinda helped eachother make that adjustment, going from
years back.
Wu-International: What sort of machines, software or
equipment do you use when making beats and which is your
preferred option?
Inspectah Deck:
I still have my ASR 10, the
keyboard, I still have the Treyton keyboard, the Motive, you
know , I still have those ... those dinosaurs you might call
them . I have Logic 8, I have Pro Tools 8, I experienced
with reasons and Fruity Loops and all those type of
programs. To me, I find Logic 8 to be the easiest. Because
in Pro-Tools if you want to record, it works fine but if you
want to make a beat, you have to go find your sounds or
import them in. Where as Logitech has a 3 Gig sound library
already imported in so all I have to do is go to the side
bar and drag what I want in. Or you can make your own
library of sounds too which I have . So I can make a beat in
Logic in 10 minutes, it has unlimited tracks. And I been
watching Just Blaze tutorials on Youtube, you know {laughs}.
I been able to get further with Logic then with any other
program, and that’s what I’m actually using now.
Wu-International: Are there any songs you have
produced for Wu-Tang and its members that remain unreleased
to date you might want to share with us?
Inspectah Deck: I don’t know if there is any
unreleased music, there is certainly a lot of tracks I’ve
produced, like “Kiss of a black widow” on RZA’s “Bobby
Digital” album. I’ve done “Elements” and “Spazzola” on
Meth’s joint, Ghost’s “Stay true” which is the flip side to
“Elevation” on my album “Uncontrolled substance”, you know
... just plenty. I did “Rumble” on U-god’s ... I mean, every
Clan member I have produced for. GZA’s “Beneath the surface”
Streetlife’s “A star is born” ... it’s so much, but I doubt
if there is something that’s unreleased that you haven’t
heard yet. You probably heard some things but just didn’t
know it was me that produced it, like “Visionz” off the
double album, it’s so much man, but I appreciate those fans
that have taken the time to notice all that for me.
Wu-International: A totally random question is
the deletion of your verse from 2Pac’s “got my mind made
up”, can you tell us more about this please?
Inspectah Deck:
Well I can tell you that I went to LA with Meth and
Red. Meth and Red were going to meet up with Snoop and Tha
Dogg Pound so we went over there and got the Maiden on.
Snoop kicked my ass in Iron Maiden, Kurupt and Daz were
there, just hanging out, Lady of Rage came over, even RBX ,
... there was a few people over there and we were about to
get it in, you know, I was the uninvited guest, I just
happened to be there, Meth and Red were actually there to do
the song with Daz & Kurupt and being that I was there I was
able to get involved with it. Daz made the beat in a hot 15
minutes, Kurupt rolled up some of that sticky. We were just
in there having fun and next thing I know, Daz was like: ”
Yo, Deck you got something?” I had a verse on hand that
actually suited the beat so I went in. From what I
understand right after that happened, Pac got signed to
Deathrow and he had come over and he heard the song and he
wanted to get it from Daz. From what I heard, when Pac got
the song, The Lady of Rage got taken off, RBX got taken off
and I supposedly also got taken off. But instead of them
taking off my verse, they left the adlibs so I don’t know if
that was done on purpose or not, all I know is that I
recorded a song with Daz and next thing I know 2Pac had it.
Some people say he Debo’ed it, some people say Daz gave it
to him, ... I can’t call it. For the most part man, I am
just happy they left my adlibs there because people know
that I was there. It’s not like it was a typo or something,
I was actually there in the house when that was being
recorded. It’s just that my verse didn’t make it on there
somehow, who knows but hey, I’m still there, you hear “INS
The Rebel” loud and clear .
Wu-International: It is common knowledge that Wu-Tang
were pioneers in using vocal samples as done today by the
likes of Kanye West etc, what’s your take on this?
Inspectah Deck:
I think it’s beautiful when people carry on tradition like
that and people show respect and salute what you do, that’s
a beautiful thing. I would never take that from nobody,
that’s what I was born and raised and grew up on, so when I
hear it coming from the Kanye’s, the Just Blazes, etc,
that’s like a compliment, those dudes are beasts. I always
put them in the same type of category anyway, RZA might have
been out there first but from the RZA’s, to Dr. Dre’s,
Primo, Havocs, Pete Rocks, they are all in the same category
to me. Those dudes make hip-hop and they make that banging
shit too. The times have changed, it's 2010 so of course the
sound is going to change but you know they still do what
they do and they are still legendary at it and I appreciate
that, I ain't got no problems with that. But as far as
karate chops go, you have a lot of people taking karate
samples now, that’s a whole different story. I think
everybody knows where that came from, you’re definitely dick
riding if you have a karate sample in your song. There is no
denying that, the vocal samples is all good, everybody does
that but the kung fu samples ... that’s us, that’s our shit,
get your own shit.
Wu-International: Another component Wu brought to the
game was the use of In-house producers like the Wu Elements
as eminent on your first album “Uncontrolled Substance”
which had you, RZA, 4th, True, Maths and so on it, is there
any reason The Wu and its member including you have stopped
using this approach or formula to your albums?
Inspectah Deck:
Nah, I haven’t stopped using that approach. I just know that
this album wasn’t meant for that. “Manifesto” was meant to
reintroduce the public to what Deck is doing and to what
Deck does, you know what I am sayin'? I didn’t put all the
eggs on one basket on this one, I just knew that this was
just to wake people up to what I do again: like “ Oh, Decks
is been out of the picture, Oh, he is back again? ”.
So that was all that was for me, and I will never stop using
the Wu-Tang elements, because that’s who we are, that’s what
made what we are, know what I am sayin’? Maths, RZA, 4th,
True, everybody ... You will definitely hear them on this
“Rebellion” album, that’s for sure.
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Wu-International: You have apparently been making
beats for 15 years, which songs have you produced
that you have been most proud of?
Inspectah Deck:
Personally, I am proud of the song I did a long time
ago called “Let me at them” off the soundtrack
“Tales from the hood”. I had a Nina Simone sample on
there that they wouldn’t clear but I ended up
putting the songs on the album without the sample
and we still pulled it off. I have a gold record of
that song hanging off my mum’s house.
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That was the first time I earned a plaque out of
anything I have done outside the Clan, and I am
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Wu-International: If you were to produce a full
album for one of your Clan members apart from yourself, who
would be your preferred choice and why?
Inspectah Deck:
I will produce U-God, and
its so crazy you asked me that because I just had that
thought in my head, it will be U-god or Cappadonna, either
one of them. Because U-God is an emcee that I think doesn’t
get enough credit for what he does. I’ve been rhyming with
U-God for years and I know who U-God is. He is one of the
dopest dudes that, due to people being so used to certain
ways or things they never give certain things a chance, and
I think U-God never had his due chance, you know what I
mean? He got locked up right around the time when we
started, just came home in time to catch “Protect ya neck”
and I think he has really been just trying to play catch up
ever since, but as far as talent and what he says goes... I
mean people need to understand that everyone is different.
He’s not gonna sound like me, I’m not gonna sound like Meth
and Meth ain't gonna sound like Ghost. I would produce
fast a whole album for U-God or Cappadonna or even Masta
Killa, the underdogs of the crew, because I know how
hard we work and that’s the simple reason why..
Wu-International:
If you were to have your album produced by one producer
within the Wu Elements (RZA, True, Maths, 4th & Goldfingaz)
who would you choose?
Inspectah Deck:
I don’t even know who Goldfinghaz is
for a start. There are so many Wu-such and such motherfuckaz,
a lot of people running around with Wu more than I do for
one. I’m not sure of all these Wu other bullshit. I support
the 9 generals, period! and all that “Search for the 9
generals” bullshit I don’t support that either. I fucks with
the 9 that I came in with and that’s it. It’s 8 but 1 in the
spirit, that makes it 9. All that other shit I don’t fuck
with but if I was to choose a producer, being that RZA never
produced a whole album for me, it would have to be the RZA
first . And if I had to choose a second, then it would be
True Master or Math, or even 4th, I will take either one of
those four, but RZA first, then give me Math, 4th and then
True, in that order if I had to choose them like that, but
RZA first though.
Wu-International:
I think Goldgfinghaz came in through RZA, anyways same
question similar to the one above but someone outside your
circle like the likes of Dr. Dre, Timberland, Kanye West,
Just Blaze etc?
Inspectah Deck:
Just Blaze for sure, because Just Blaze has that hip-hop
edge I am looking for, his beats sounds dirty and
grungy but yet up to date. He got that dirty, grungy sound
but he also got drum rolls, snares crackling and high-hats
moving a 100 miles an hour. He‘s got all of that, so
definitely Blaze. Not taking anything away from Dre, or
Kanye, but out of them all I will go with Blaze.
Wu-International:
You are releasing an instrumental album soon, what would
you say you are trying to achieve if any with this release?
Inspectah Deck:
Just to big up my production skills, especially for those
who have been checking for my production and were not able
to hear any tracks or those that heard I produced but don’t
know what songs I have produced. Hey, this ain't nothing but
biggin' up your stocks, you might hear this album and want
to give me a call like “ Yo, you know what Deck? I need some
beats.” So this is nothing but just building your stocks,
building it up and preparing myself to meet new clients,
that’s all..
Wu-International:
Do you have a date in mind and title for the instrumental
album yet?
Inspectah Deck:
No,
but as part of the contracts agreement that I have with
Traffic and The Orchid, I can guarantee you that it would be
within the next four months. So look out for that, its going
to have a nice title and about 20 instrumentals. You can get
your write on, its for MCs too, get your write on to a real
beat, none of these candy pop corn radio shit. If you write
your rhymes to a real beat you make a real rhyme, you know?
If you write to that candy coated shit, then that’s how your
rhymes gonna come out. I’ll let the album tell itself.
Wu-International: Fans want to know what is up with
The Rebellion project?
Inspectah Deck:
As
we speak right now, I am in the studio going through beats
for this next project, and I am making this next project
big. I am trying to get at Snoop, E-40, Dipset, ...
everybody that I can get that I respect as MC’s that is out
there and relevant to hip-hop and not on this commercial
radio bullshit is what I want to get for this album. That
will be my final album: The “Rebellion” album. Not
“Manifesto”, not “Resident Patient 2” ... ‘Rebellion’ will
be the final album and it will be on Urban Iconz records.
Wu-International: Thanks for those answers, we are
going to move on to a project you were initially presenting
or working on, The House Gang, what’s the current situation
with this group and are you part of it?
Inspectah Deck: Housegang had to come to a seize
because 2 of the members are currently locked up. Carlton
Fisk and my boy Donnie Cash are locked up right now so
that’s only leaves P.C. (Paulie Caskets), you know? He is
dope on his own but we needed that whole element for this
project. So what I am working on now actually, is doing a
House Gang mixtape where we are going to donate the proceeds
to La Banger’s family. I forgot to mention, La Banger from
Housegang was murdered last year, so you got one dude who is
deceased and you got two who are locked up and one who is
out struggling on his own in the world. So you know the
situation with HG is kindda crazy but it’s never dead. So we
are going to put together an album/mixtape and donate
portions of the proceeds to La Banger’s family, portions of
the proceeds to take care of these dudes while they are in
jail. Just to help keep their kids intact through all of
this, because anytime someone dies or goes to jail, the kids
lose a father or a mother or a parent, so we doing this for
the kid’s sake...
Wu-International: Ghost, Meth and Rae paired
themselves as a group under the Wu, if you were to pair
yourself as a duo or more who would you pair yourself with?
Inspectah Deck:
I
would go do an album with me, GZA and Masta Killa. Because
the same way Rae, Ghost and Meth are the same types of dude
in their own right; me, GZA and Killa are the same type of
persons in our own rights. Our shit would be a bomb factory,
the three of us together on a project? Your fucking brains
will be oozing out your ears by the time you are done fuckin'
with us, you would just start questioning everything, you
wont believe nothing after that. I would love to get
that crackin’, now that you’ve mentioned it, that would be
worth bringing to those brothers’ attention.
Wu-International: What other upcoming projects are
you working on (books, movies, groups, albums etc)?
Inspectah Deck:
Right now I am working on a book called “From Pawn to King”
and that’s just my story behind the Wu-Tang, my own
personally struggle all the way through and then there is
going to be another book called “Behind the W”, which is
pretty much an account of the whole Wu-Tang. As far as
movies: I have casted for a lead role in the movie called
“Crime and Punishment” based on the book by Dostoevsky being
filmed by my man Heinz Stuceae. That should be a good look
for me, the lead role as well as a possible soundtrack work
for this movie. It’s going to be a big thing, especially for
me, because I have been in a few movies but never nothing to
this degree of actually being in the lead role. Right now I
am working on casting, working on building up more finances
to make this movie a success.
There is the album “The Rebellion”, my label Urban Iconz
records where you will get to hear about Fes Taylor, Ida
Divine, Cheddar Bang, Ms Whitney, we got an ongoing list of
dudes. I am saying names and you probably don’t know about
these people but these are people that are definitely going
to be coming through the Urban Iconz Chamber, so look out
for them.
Wu-International: What decides that the time is right
to go into the studio to record an album for you? Or is it
an ongoing process?
Inspectah Deck: It’s an ongoing process
men, sometimes you record albums, sometimes you record
mixtapes. Some days you just record tracks, you might hear
an ill track and “Wow”, you just do it. Then maybe later on
that might be an album track or a mixtape track. Or that
might be something to leak, just give that to the people for
free, just to let them know you’re still alive and you are
still doing things. You know I put out a couple of songs,
one was called “Dream catcher” where I was rhyming off an
Anita Baker’s beat. Another one was called “Stages”, that my
man Blastahbeats did, I just threw those out to the public
in preparation for them to know the new Manifesto was
coming. They were like ear candies to prepare the fans for
Deck’s coming.
Wu-International: Last question, if you were to
write a manifesto, what would the first line be to describe
your platform?
Inspectah Deck: Wow,
the first rules would be no more tight jeans, no more fake
jewelleries, no more paid video models, no more cubic
zirconia-ism {Laughs} I cant even give it a phrase, no more
Cubic Zirconia-ism, no more fake diamonds, no phoniness, ...
That would be a declaration, first rule: everything has to
be authentic and genuine or will be repossessed and
destroyed, that would be my first rule y’all. {Laughs}
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Wu-International: Anything else you would like to
share with the fans that have not been covered
already?
Inspectah Deck: Just to go out there and
support that Manifesto album. It’s a real album, its
heartfelt, it’s a story of me and what I am going
through. It’s not any far fetched bullshit,
fabrications or stretches of the truth. It’s actual
facts of things that I have gone through or am still
going through now. And it’s a blue collar workers
album, its not for the ballers, or Bentley drivers,
or you know: if your pants is $400 and your shoes
are a $1.000 ? This is for the hard working men and
women out there, for real, for those that work
everyday and provide and take care of their kids,
family members that might be sick, everybody who is
out there struggling. This is for the struggle. Go
out there and support this album, whatever way you
get it, the bootleg, you download it or buy it, do
whatever man. Get it how you get it, but just get in
where you fit in at the same time. Like: don’t let
this one slide past off the radar and then I hear
y'all talking about “Where is the real rap, and all
this commercial bullshit ”. But then when somebody
puts out a real hip-hop album. Y’all don’t go
support his shit: the shit sells only 5 fuckin
copies, but the same bullshit you talking about
sells 5 million ! |
I blame it on the fans now, I don’t blame it on the
corperations in the industry, it’s the fans. It’s
the motherfucker that’s actually pulling the money
out his pocket now and buying these albums, it’s on
y’all now, so if you don’t like that shit, keep your
credit cards in your pocket. Don’t buy the CD if you
don’t like it, don’t request it on the radio, don’t
go to these summer jams. Boycott shit, the power is
in your hands, you hold the power as far as being
the fan. You make that motherfucker the celebrity he
thinks he is.
You all got to enforce your shit: start booing
people off stage when they are out there and not
even kicking the whole songs but they wanna just
flash how big their jewellery is or how tight their
pants is, you know what I mean? Boo their ass off
the stage, that’s all I got to say. Take the power
in your own hands, stop letting these dudes slide!
A nigga like Inspectah Deck should be selling like a
million each and every time, why ? Because I make
that real heartfelt real shit, that you can see me
on the streets and understand that “Yeah, he might
even have been through that.” There is no question
to look at me and tell if my shit is real or not,
because I don’t rhyme about none of that fake
bullshit because I don’t live that.
Go out there and work it out people, Manifesto is
$9.00 on iTunes, you can order from Amazon, every
record store ain’t gonna have it because its an
independent album that’s competing with the 50
Cents, and the Jay-Z’s of the world. And I am not
saying I am competing with them but those are the
brothers in the way. When you go to a record store,
Jay-z’s and the 50’s have bought all the shelf live,
so that leaves me fighting for shelf live,. I got to
pay for the little corner to the right, that’s next
to all that shit, you know what I mean? {Laughs}
THAT’s real talk, and I don’t even bullshit you,
that’s what I mean by real, no need to lie to you.
Inspectah Deck is always part of the struggle, I’ve
been struggling for years and like I said in my
Manifesto: “struggling is nothing to me, come and
see, I get in like Kobe at the buzz of a three” And
that’s it, thanks the fans, thanks to
Wu-International for taking the time out to post
this interview and do what y’all do, and hopefully
we catch up with this Rebellion album cause it’s
going to be worth your time, Inspectah Deck, signing
off, PEACE! |
Thanks
for your time and we wish you all the best in your future
endeavours.
Keep up to date with Deck
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