INSPECTAH DECK

'Inspectah Deck' (born 'Jason Hunter' July 6, 1970 in the Bronx, New York) is a rapper, producer and member of the Wu-Tang Clan. Though he has not achieved the same level of success in his solo career as some of his fellow Clansmen (like Ol' Dirty Bastard or Method Man), he has been a prominent member of the group ever since their debut album and stands out on some of their biggest hits such as "C.R.E.A.M." and "Triumph".

Contents

Biography

Early life

Later career

Samples

Technique

Examples

Aliases

Releases

Albums

Singles and EPs

Appears on

Biography

Early life

Inspectah Deck was born in the Bronx, but moved to Staten Island as a child, living in the Park Hill Projects in Clifton, where other members of the future Wu-Tang Clan would live and congregate.

Later career

In late 2004, rumors (originating on his official website, which is no longer up ) began to spring up, alleging that INS had an album in the works with DJ Muggs of Cypress Hill. Those rumors were short-lived and this project seems to have been shelved; it is likely that this idea became the ''Grandmasters'' collaboration between GZA and Muggs.
In 2006 Hunter was permitted to plead no contest to second degree aggravated assault and served 36 days in jail . Upon his release he announced he was writing two screenplays. INS is currently involved in real estate and is said to have owned large amounts of high-end property that he then sold in the late 90's and early 2000s.
The Rebel has also developed a modeling agency - Urban Iconz Models. Mostly females are selected, but both males and females are hand picked by Inspectah Deck himself. The main web pages can be found on myspace, http://www.myspace.com/urbaniconzmodels.

Samples

★ of Inspectah Deck on "Visionz" from Wu-Tang Clan's ''Wu-Tang Forever'' album, a track he also produced.

Technique

Inspectah Deck is well-known to many Wu-Tang Clan fans for his standout verses on many of their best songs. He has a reputation for "outshining" other Wu-Tang Clan members on tracks. His energetic flow, clever punchlines, and vocabulary is what makes him stand out as an MC.

Examples

Poisonous paragraphs, Smash ya phonograph//
In half, it be the Inspectah Deck on a warpath//
First class, leavin mics with a cast//
Causin ruckus like the aftermath when gunz blast//
Run fast, here comes the verbal assaulta//
Rhymes runnin wild like a child in a walker//
I've scored, from the inner slums abroad//
And my thoughts are razor sharp, slice the mic from the chord//
-"Guillotine" from fellow Wu member Raekwon's classic Only Built for Cuban Linx album.
I bomb atomically, Socrates philosophies//
and hypotheses can't define how I be droppin’ these//
mockeries, lyrically perform armed robbery//
Flee with the lottery, possibly they spotted me//
Battle-scarred shogun, explosion when my pen hits//
tremendous, ultra-violet shine blind forensics//
I inspect view, through the future see millenium//
Killa B's sold fifty gold sixty platinum//
Shacklin’ the masses with drastic rap tactics//
Graphic displays melt the steel like blacksmiths//
-"Triumph" from Wu-Tang's 1997 album Wu-Tang Forever

Aliases

★ Rebel INS (his graffiti tag as a teenager)

★ Fifth Brother (from the movie ''8 Diagram Pole Fighter'')

★ Rollie Fingers

★ Manifesto

★ Charliehorse

★ Mr.Violence

★ Radar

★ General Maximus

★ Gladiator

★ Excalibur

Releases

Albums

Album Name	Release Date	Status
''Uncontrolled Substance''	October 5, 1999	Gold U.S.
''The Movement''	June 10, 2003
''The Resident Patient''	July 25, 2006
''The Rebellion''[1]	TBA

Singles and EPs

★ 1998 "REC Room"

★ 1999 "Word On The Street"

★ 2003 "The Movement"

★ 2003 "Big City"

Appears on

(vocals only unless otherwise stated)

★ 1993 '' (album by the Wu-Tang Clan)

★ 1994 "Mr. Sandman" (from the Method Man album ''Tical'')

★ 1995 "Guillotine (Swordz)" (from the Raekwon album ''Only Built 4 Cuban Linx'')

★ 1995 "Cold World" & "Duel of the Iron Mic" (from the GZA album ''Liquid Swords'')

★ 1996 "Assassination Day" (from the Ghostface Killah album ''Ironman'')

★ 1996 "Got My Mind Made Up" (from Tupac Shakur album ''All Eyez on Me'', verse cut)

★ 1996 "Let Me At Them" (song by the Wu-Tang Clan, from Tales Of The Hood soundtrack)

★ 1996 "America" (song by the Wu-Tang Clan, from ''America Is Dying Slowly'' compilation)

★ 1997 "Semi Automatic Full Rap Metal Jacket" (song by the Wu-Tang Clan, from High School High soundtrack)

★ 1997 ''Wu-Tang Forever'' (album by the Wu-Tang Clan)

★ 1998 "S.O.S." & "Execute Them" (from the '' compilation, vocals & beat and vocals only respectively)

★ 1998 "Cross My Heart" (from the Killah Priest album ''Heavy Mental'')

★ 1998 "Spazzola", "Elements" & "Play IV Keeps" (from the Method Man album '', vocals & beat, beat only and vocals only respectively)

★ 1998 "Tres Leches (Triboro Trilogy)" (from the Big Punisher album ''Capital Punishment'')

★ 1999 "True Master" (from the Pete Rock album ''Soul Survivor'')

★ 1999 "Beneath The Surface" (from the GZA album ''Beneath The Surface'', beat only)

★ 1999 "Beneath The Surface (Remix)" (GZA single)

★ 1999 "Kiss Of A Black Widow" (from the RZA album ''Bobby Digital In Stereo'', beat only)

★ 1999 "No Exit (Extended Video Version)" (Blondie single)

★ 1999 "Above The Clouds" (from the Gang Starr album ''Moment of Truth'')

★ 1999 "Rumble" & "Glide" (from the U-God album ''Golden Arms Redemption'', vocals only and beat only respectively)

★ 1999 "Stay True" (from the Ghostface Killah album ''Supreme Clientele'', beat only)

★ 2000 "Verbal Slaughter" (from The Dwellas album ''The Last Shall Be First'')

★ 2000 ''The W'' (album by the Wu-Tang Clan)

★ 2001 ''Iron Flag'' (album by the Wu-Tang Clan)

★ 2001 "Revenge" (from the Cappadonna album ''The Yin & The Yang'')

★ 2001 "Speaking Real Words" (from the 7L & Esoteric album ''The Soul Purpose'')

★ 2002 "Killa Beez" (from the '' compilation)

★ 2002 "The X (Y'all Know The Name)" (from the X-Ecutioners album ''Built From Scratch'')

★ 2003 "Always NY" (from the Mathematics album ''Love, Hell Or Right'')

★ 2003 "Sparring Minds" (from the GZA album ''Legend of the Liquid Sword'')

★ 2003 "Get Away From The Door" (from the Cappadonna album ''The Struggle'')

★ 2003 "Musketeers of Pig Alley" (from the Raekwon album ''The Lex Diamond Story'')

★ 2003 ''Street Rap'' (from the Mareko album ''White Sunday'')

★ 2004 "Silverbacks" (from the Masta Killa album ''No Said Date'')

★ 2004 '' (album by the Wu-Tang Clan)

★ 2005 "Strawberries & Cream" & "Spot Lite" (from the Mathematics album ''The Problem'')

★ 2005 "A Star Is Born" (from the Streetlife album ''Street Education'')

★ 2006 "9 Milli Bros." (from the Ghostface Killah album Fishscale)

★ 2006 "Street Corner" (from the Masta Killa album ''Made in Brooklyn'')

★ 2006 "Everything" (from the Method Man album '')