Inspectah Deck

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Name = Inspectah Deck


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Background = solo_singer
Birth_name = Jason Hunter
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Origin = Staten Island, New York City, New York
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Genre = Hip Hop
Occupation = Rapper, Producer, actor
Years_active = 1993 - Present
Label = Loud, Relativity, Koch, Urban Icon Records
Associated_acts = Wu-Tang Clan
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Jason Hunter, better known by his stage name of Inspectah Deck, is an American rapper, producer, actor, and member of the Wu-Tang Clan. He has not achieved the same level of success in his solo career as some of his fellow Clansmen (such as Ol' Dirty Bastard or Method Man). Nevertheless, he has been a member of the group since their debut album.

Biography

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.

Born Jason Hunter, Deck earned the first part of his nickname as the quiet, watchful eye in the corner. He was heard on tracks from the group's classic 1993 debut, Enter the Wu-Tang (36 Chambers) such as the singles "C.R.E.A.M." and "Protect Ya Neck". He made guest appearances on most of the ensuing Wu-Tang solo projects, such as Raekwon's Only Built 4 Cuban Linx... and GZA's Liquid Swords. However, the release of his own solo debut — which was rumored to have been completed in 1995 — was postponed indefinitely. Meanwhile, "Let Me at Them," effectively a Deck solo track that was credited to the Clan,fact|date=July 2008 appeared on the "Tales From the Hood" soundtrack in 1995.

On the Clan's second album, Wu-Tang Forever (1997), Deck produced the track "Visionz" and contributed the essentially solo "The City". In 1999, he finally released his debut solo album, Uncontrolled Substance, which featured a number of less-exposed Wu-Tang affiliates as guests and more of Deck's own production. The record sold fairly well, climbing into the Top Five of the R&B charts.fact|date=July 2008 Deck subsequently returned to the Wu-Tang fold for the albums The W and Iron Flag. In 2003 the rapper released his follow-up, The Movement, and three years later the mixtape The Resident Patient came out. He reunited with his fellow bandmates and released 8 Diagrams in 2007.

Names and aliases

He also has other aliases, Rebel INS, and Rollie Fingers, which is his Wu-Gambino alias. He has also referred to himself as Charlie Horse, Manifesto, and the Fifth Brother. [http://www.wutang-corp.com/artists/wu-tang-clan.php]

Discography

Albums

ingles and EPs

* 1998 "REC Room"
* 1999 "Forget Me Not"
* 1999 "Show N Prove (Power of God)"
* 1999 "Word on the Street" b/w "Movas & Shakers"
* 2003 "The Movement" b/w "City High"
* 2003 "He's a Rebel" b/w "Big City"
* 2003 "Bump & Grind" b/w "Vendetta"

Appears on

* 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)
* 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", "Play IV Keeps" (from the Method Man album "")
* 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 "The Legacy" (from the Group Home album "A Tear for the Ghetto")
* 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")
* 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")
* 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 "")
* 2007 "I Don't Wanna Go Back" (from the Joe Young album "Gorilla Street Gang")
* 2008 "You Can't Stop Me Now" (from the RZA album "Digi Snacks")

References