Uncontrolled Substance was being pushed, but it wasn’t being pushed with the forced of an Only Built 4 Cuban Linx, ya dig? So I got caught up in all those types of storms or wars, really. The next thing you know I’m on Columbia with Three 6 Mafia and everybody else. Sony picked up, then Sony merged with Relativity and they Columbia. “The Champion” was…my career’s been shuffled around: BMG dropped Loud right when I signed. That’s what I was trying to do with this album. I feel like the underdog who’s about to succeed in at least bringing back the listener to Rap. It’s at a point where I can’t even back down. In a certain sense, my competition right now seems to be that I chose to release my album that are coming out.

I was pretty much thinking about what if Shane pulled off the major upset over Floyd? I started thinking of myself in that form or fashion. The song that I was making, what was the Shane Mosely vs.

My man Hasan could’ve did the beat, and it would’ve probably been overlooked, but being that it’s an Alchemist beat, it’s ‘Oh shit!’ That shouldn’t even be the point. are more concerned with a name than the actual product right now. Yeah, a lot of people are going to miss that ’cause they’re so concerned with the beat and who did the beat. That’s why I still do it at this late stage in the game. Inspectah Deck: Number one, I appreciate the fact that you noticed that, man. As an emcee, how do you stay so technical and innovative at this point in your career? I listened to a number of times, and the places where the words rhyme is really innovative, and it still sounds like good music.

HipHopDX: Listening to “The Champion”, that song has such an innovative rhyme scheme. Inspectah Deck did not just steal the show on “Triumph,” the emcee has lived it since birth. Speaking with HipHopDX, Deck explains that he’s dealing with rivalries and fair-weather fraternities with his brothers, but his commitment to lyricism, wisdom and technical flow may finally yield the pensive emcee his first solo masterpiece, in a score that’s been especially kind to Shaolin alumni. Released through Traffic Entertainment, March 23’s The Manifesto hopes to alter perceptions. The Park Hill, Staten Island emcee (and producer) may lack the classic solo album that Ghostface, GZA, Method Man and Raekwon can all claim, but the Rebel INS proves to be an essential ingredient to the group’s success as any Clansman. Inspectah Deck might just be the secret weapon of the Wu-Tang Clan.

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