ThisIs50.com recently spoke with Wu-Tang Clan member Inspectah Deck on The Round Table radio show. The rapper shed light on the inspiration for his upcoming album, expressed his opinion on the state of Rap groups today, and even revealed some information on last year’s infamous confrontation between Joe Budden and members of the Clan.
“I got a [new] project called The Manifesto,” he told the radio show. “I chose that name based on the book by Ted Kaczynski. Not necessarily his way of life, but the name, the Unabomber. I just thought that was the way to come in 2010. To take it back to lyrics.” He added that he wanted the album to be listenable, without all of the added special effects.
Raekwon, Cormega, and Kurupt will appear on The Manifesto, which releases on Mar. 23.
Inspectah Deck also spoke on what he thinks is the lack of loyalty and substance within Hip Hop groups today. He compared his experience with the Clan to what he’s observed of the new generation of Rap cliques.
“When [Wu-Tang] came together, cliques meant we’d get our ass whooped for each other,” he explained. “We went to jail for each other because things got deep. Nowadays, cliques come together just to make that money, make that record. And you can see there’s no real chemistry between them. Because 2 weeks [after getting together] they’re ready to fight because this [member] is getting $5 more than [the other member]. When [Wu-Tang] came together, we decided the money wasn’t going to be what made us. Some of our mothers went to school together and hung out like we did. It made us family before the record.”
Lastly, Deck briefly touched on the Wu-Tang/Joe Budden altercation that occurred at the Rock The Bells festival last year. He explained that although the beef may be squashed between the two parties, there is still tension.
“[Method Man] saved [Joe Budden] that night. When Meth had the talk with Joe Budden, [I was] on Meth’s shoulder looking [Budden] square in his face and he never looked at me one time. I didn’t even care about the situation, it was just dudes was taking shots at the Clan and we were getting trashed left and right.” Although Meth claims he received an apology from Budden for a previous incident, Deck says he has yet to receive his own. However, Deck says the confrontation last summer was as good an apology as he will get.
“I got my apology. He could’t even look me in the eye, that’s good enough for me.”
budden has always been a bitch ! he only gets credits from kidos ! people born in the 70’s know what deck means when he talks bout cliques ! it’s somethin deep who connects brothers with each other. money is not even part of the equation.
fuck joe budden for his disrespectful comments. dont care if he was right or wrong. it’s not even the point. you dont speak reckless on you elders like that point blank.
one love to the wu.
ima huge wu & budden fan i dont get where ur comin from wiv “people born in the 70’s know what deck means when he talks bout cliques ! it’s somethin deep who connects brothers with each other. money is not even part of the equation” watcha tryna say cos none of tha shit was mentioned above.
budden had an opinion good or bad its wat he fort jus like u got 1 an i do… age is jus a fuckin number u sayin shady shud respect benzino & luda shud respect oprah cos of they older i dont fuckin fink so!
luda should respect oprah, she accomplished so much and that nigga can’t figure out why he’s makin us look bad. if he was smart he would had a better arguement for himself and a better defense when he went on that show. him and 50 cent should suck dick for catchin feelins and tryin to prove to young children differently.
the asshole made the same mistake with the obama issue
can’t even front, not here to say who is better or what, i LOVE the WU! BUT, anybody who truly appreciates lyricism cannot front on Joe Budden’s body of work, lyrical freshness. All emotions aside… straight objectivity…hmm
Joe Budden’s body of work has been compendious and not comprehensive, let’s be brutally honest. He’s lacked consistency and the quality of his work has been capricious. He’s finally found his niche in this hip-hop game, and, in a few years, if he ameliorates his resume, his critique of Meth or the Wu as a whole might be more credible and cogent. However, considering the Wu’s status as Titans in the pantheon of hip-hop, Budden had no right to disparage and undermine the Clan in any way. I’m a Slaughterhouse fan without question, however, there’s a colossal disparity between Slaughterhouse and the iconic luminaries who constitute the Wu.
to “Just Another Opinion..” I’ve never heard someone use so many words to try to sound intelligent, yet still sound stupid.
Actually I thought “Just Another Opinion” was really on point with what he/she said, despite the fact that he/she was trying a little too hard. After all the hype, I really tried to get into Budden’s music. People would bring me tracks because they knew that I was a big Hip-hop head, and they were like “Oh my god you have to hear this”. Each time that they brought me his music raving about it, I was just like “This is OK”. To me, he hasn’t done anything overly impressive, but he’s constantly talking shit about artist that have really established themselves as giants in the genre.
For instance, he disrespected Canibus in this one magazine interview a while back. Now say what you want about Canibus, but if you take his 10 best songs (i.e. “Poet Laureate II”, “Only Slaves D.R.E.A.M.”, “Harbinger of Light”, etc) and compare them to any other artist’s 10 best, you’d have a very hard time finding people who can stack up to him. The Wu are Living Legends…Budden tends to just pop off at the mouth for no reason sometimes. There’s nothing wrong with being opinionated, but I feel like he should work on establishing himself better, and making himself a more well-rounded MC before talking shit about MC’s who’ve made a major impact on Hip-Hop history.
“just another opinion” did go a lil to synonym check happy lol…not hatin tho. nice to have some diff vocab on these boards nowadays…anyway
my issue with the entire beef is that if hip-hop is all that it says its about then how come Meth didn’t wanna just see Joe on wax? the man said he was better than him (or at least that Meth was not more relevant at the time) why does there have to be an apology, beef, or punch thrown? get on wax, kill that fool (or get spanked) and go on. too much politickin in hip-hop nowadays…too many feelings get hurt. you ain’t gotta accept the challenge but damn stop actin like he killed ya mother or somethin…ESPECIALLY if you over 25 lol…i’ll give you 24 but 25 draws the limit. Nas and Jay ain’t throw hands and they had REAL reason to fight lol. too many emotional characteristics in hip-hop…just rap fools!!!
Co-Sign Left’s comments. Rappers are emotional egomaiacs. Too many of these dudes also listen to their own rhymes too much, and think they’re still in the streets. These dudes are millionaires trying to fist fight each other and asking for apologies for people voicing their opinions. I’m a fan of all parties involved, but at the end of the day, it’s just music.
If a mother fucker thought he was nicer than me, we would either battle or hit the cypher and spit. Game over. Same thing as in B-Ball, you talk shit about being nicer, we hitting a court for a 1-on1 or we getting into a game, and we battle it out.
As far as who makes better music, Meth’s solo performances pale in comparison to when he’s featured on a track with someone else. Joe has a lot of dope shit, but most of it is on independently released mixtapes, so a lot of people haven’t really heard his best material. Some of the “beefs” he gets into are started by the other (Ransom, Jim Jones).
Once again, at the end of the day it’s music, and when the artists and fans figure that out, a lot of the corny bs goes away.
about “Just another opinion”, you can always tell when a nigga just put down a book they like they gotta show off and shit. i’m not gonna try to knock the person’s intelligence but they did come off like they was tryin too hard.
yo i love deck but lets be fo real he needs to stop this wack cd from coming out and rerecord it wit some wu producers. i heard the cd already and most of it is pure butt crust i cant lie i was really pissed when i heard it. i was looking forward to copping this but i think ima just download a few songs instead. damn deck why did you make this farthead move? where is the rza, true master and bronze when you need them?
Having a favourite Wu member iz alwayz mercurial, because they all rep different chamberz and da rap game changez as well. I use 2 like Ghost, but he’z become too avaricious, spitting over weak-ass RnB tracks, and his recent matrerial was too attenuated, not that raw Wu ish. Deck’z deffinately da strongests member at moment, and he had da illest versez on Chessboxin’, Triumph and Protect Ya Neck. Tres Leches, Aove the Clouds and Tru Masta R boom too.
this nigga and Just another opinion about the issue at hand is the same person. he just to tone it down and get ghetto on us
yeah deck had budden running scared. dropped a diss track that shit on buddens life, and buddens was too pussy to respond. deck woulda smashed on that bum lyrically and physically, joe needs to keep his mouth shut cuz real niggas dont play. deck that dude. ill listen to deck on no name production, he still an incredible emcee. ima support duke and buy his album. joe buddens should never engage in another battle again, deck pulled the kids card. he can rap yeah, but joe writes checks he cant cash and he needs to shut the fuck up. mef woulda ate him, deck did eat him. rae sonned him. dont fuck with the wu. ever.
this beef needs to just completely die and everyone needs to stop talking about it already
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word these niggas above spitting truth. buddens always got someone elses name in his mouth. 50, g-unit, jay-z, back when they were HUGE. nigga dissed melle mel, a nigga that made it possible for joe to make a living in rap. dissed canibus, prodigy, who still make better music than him. he act like hes a hip hop head, but in reality hes a jealous hater with limited knowledge in hip hop history. he fuck it up for himself popping off at the mouth, mind yours nigga. i feel bad for slaughterhouse, cuz the rest of them niggas are humble. buddens would have more fans if he shut the fuck up. saigon and deck sonned him HARD.
Co-sign. Budden is a whiny, bipolar bitch who needs to shut up and respect legends…he has a little talent but puts out no memorable material…and he stays getting put in his place lyrically and physically..what a clown. Oh yeah, Deck is ill.
Deck is nice!!! He’ll eat Joe Budden for lunch… Budden can spit, but he puts out sub-par albums
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“House Nigga” did indeed shit on Buddens life
everything Deck says about rap cliques today vs. when the Wu came up is true too
House Nigga was some of the toughest Ether in recent memory
How corny and immature is Inspectah Deck? Joe Budden made a comment about Method Man that he quickly explained the logic behind.
If he apologized to Method Man, what the fuck does DECK deserve an apology for? I understand the brotherhood of Wu-Tang and bla bla bla, but as a huge Wu fan, this made me lose respect for the Clan on the sheer basis of…you guys are all in your 30s and 40s and still actin like 15 year-old kids in the lunchroom at high school?
Fuck outta here…….
LUPE!
meth shud have got on a track wiv budden & let the ppl tell is how it is… an as for joey not respondin yall need to go an listen to escape route!
Deck was always the most under-rated clan member and house nigga was dope, but I’m not some groupie who’s not capable of liking too artists who hate each other, Budden is a beast and probably my favorite lyricist today, dude is the truth
What’s up with Deck’s voice lately?
his voice is fine. cop his new album, sounds like the deck we all love. his voice was shot for a stretch back in 06 and 07, its fine now. clarity is back to what it was. one of the cleanest deliveries in the game. he got his chords back and he mashin on niggas.
man theirs too many beefs, i mean i kno once in while their was always sum type of beef but hiphop is crazy you got this dude beefing with that dude and that dude beefing with this dude insted of music its become ufc.dont get me wrong its fun hearing shit once inwhile but its like is this music or fighting, no wonder y people out side of hiphop look at us this way u got millions dudes beefing flashing guns on you tube and shit,when im walking and sumbodys sees me and c how im dressed i cant blame them for getting nervous. and people saying oh y the cops keep on messing with us, BECAUSE YOUR STANDING ON THE CORNER WITH CRACK IN YOUR POCKET WITH A GUN STRAPED ON YOUR WASTE LOOKING REAL SHADY WTFF? and if u ant got that on you than u look like the dude that does thats y their bothering u.now we all kno theirs times wer u could be dressed real nice and they still bother u but its like they bother every body u can go on you tube and see white skateboard kids getting tasered.go to the mother land them cops will cut your arms off jus for looking at them wrong so the point is being careful and not fighting as much will change hiphops future…
This nigga just mad cause Budden told the truth!! Go look at the video when Budden commented about the Vibe list (believe thats what it was). The nigga didn’t disrespect no one. He simply said he will out rap Meth today, not when Meth was in his prime but today!! Which is true. He will smash Meth today!! Meth know dude didn’t mean it in no disrespect!! As far as Deck, he is garbage, even back n the days!!
This nigga just mad cause Budden told the truth!! Go look at the video when Budden commented about the Vibe list (believe thats what it was). The nigga didn’t disrespect no one. He simply said he will out rap Meth today, not when Meth was in his prime but today!! Which is true. He will smash Meth today!! Meth know dude didn’t mean it in no disrespect!! As far as Deck, he is garbage, even back n the days!!
man your from the south so shut the fuck up ! go listen to your crunk shit instead of bothering us with your lame opinion. we talk bout wu right here and not bout some nelly or lil john shit goddamnit !
@ DONTGIVEAFUCK….
I was gonna say the same thing myself. LOL
b.u.t. while I’m a fan of Mef & Joe Buddens, I gotta disagree about Buddens smashin’ Mef in a battle & I definitely disagree about Deck being garbage.
@both of u bumbs
U Damn right I’m from the south Pussy Niggas!! It still don’t change the fact that Budden will out rap Meth!!
Now u bumbs gone back n da alley and fight over that last sip of Night Train!!
Deck – one word ” Triumph” Classic!
Yeah, this shit is gettin’ weak. All this “beef”, like NJ LOU said get on wax and then shut the fuck up about all these feelings. Fuck what you feel about it, show & prove! And that’s not just this situation, which was blown out of the water, it’s about all this “he said she said”, why’d you say my name? business goin’ on. It’s lame. Just rap, and make it hot yo! I really don’t care about the majority of “beefs” because they’re usually letdowns.
Also, the person using all the large synonyms, that was too much. You don’t have to prove your intelligence with “big words”, just talk we’ll get it.
I’d say this was some genuine rap battle shit but I know what ya sayin. a lot of these emotional (and often bipolar) rappers beefs seem more like soap operas or WWF or reality TV than hiphop
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ah ant nobody checking for deck but 33 year old wiggers and 34 year old guys named self master or people from france somewere, wu fell off long time ago they dident move with the times..
Joey Budden is the best rapper in the game right now…….I love Wu-tang but Inspectah Deck’s old album Uncontrollable Substance or whatever was horrible. Joey has the hottest albums of the last couple years….Padded Room, Halfway House, Escape Route, Slaughterhouse, all the Mood Muziks were straight fire. Joey is that dude cant wait for The Great Escape…..couldnt care less about Decks new album. Peace
WUTANG!!! Nuff Said!!
Wu-tang is forever
this guy always has joe buddens name in his mouth lol and that diss he dropped was weak and yall call it ether? an didnt even hav good bars jus the same shit everybody eles said smh. Maybe he was nice back then but today? and tryn to spare with budden is sucide. Yall heard the lyrical beat down he gave to saigon? yall wildn
preach
I’m no stan, I have slaughterhouse and Wu albums but the shit Deck said in House Nigga was 1000% true and it tore Budden up pretty bad.
So when Buddens was standing in his face he didn’t say shit, but then he went and put out a diss record? If you so tough why didn’t handle it man to man when you and meth was standing in front of him? Oh yeah, the WU didn’t have enough people then. They had to wait for Rock the Bells concert when it was 7 on 1 before they attacked Buddens. Fuck outta here with that shit. He lucky Buddens didn’t respond to the diss track cause he would have embarassed his ass. When it comes eating a rapper, nobody does it better than Buddens. Maybe Eminem or Cassidy but thats it.
John-boy, Put down the pipe and step away from the crack. Buddens counldn’t f*ck with deck or any member of the 36th chambers. Dog plz. learn your hip hop before you make stupid comments like that.
yo johnny-boy that faggot joe budden was busy apologizing to meth at the time deck was standing next to him, after he apologized he made 1 of his fan movies where he was rude in the way he explained his apology, that’s why he got fucked up
Budden fans are as corny as he is….always a million excuses. He get’s punched in the eye — it was 80 on 1. He apologizes for getting punched in the eye — he’s keeping it real. He won’t look deck in the eye — Deck musta been scared. He says Deck avoided him and people booed him at Rock da Bells even though video disproves it — silence.
Corny ass rapper, I lost respect for him when he had frozen peas on his face talkin bout he got hit in the shoulder.
Da reazon 4 da verbosity in my missivez, izn’t 2 come across as glib or ostentatious, but becauze I don’t get 2 use big, posh wordz in my day-2-day life. Az 4 bein’ Just, I’m actually from da UK. By da way, da British term 4 “Ghetto” iz “Road”.
Let me see if I got this correct…….Joe Buddens felt some kinda way about a Top 10 list in the VIBE?!? Wtf………..Is it me or am I the only person who believes that the VIBE has as much to do with Hip-Hop as Rush Limbaugh?!? LOL!!! Whoa………I’m sure with all the dudes reppin their opinions up on here, if you asked them to name their Top 10……..Buttens wouldn’t be anywhere in there………