Inspectah Deck Quotes
Inspectah Deck, born Jason Hunter, is a rapper and founding member of the Wu-Tang Clan known for his sharp lyricism and observational style. His words often cut through pretence, offering a raw, street-level perspective on life, loyalty, and ambition.
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“I'm a street journalist, man.”
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“We live in a world where everything is lies.”
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“Don't get me wrong; Ghost used to have an afro, like the Jackson 5.”
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“When I first signed, I signed in 1995 for my 'Uncontrolled Substance' album. And what happened with that album was that Loud Records had went defunct. After I put out 'Uncontrolled Substance'… There was nobody left to run that situation.”
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“I was always one that wanted to expand my mind and learn, 'cause I looked up to a lot of dudes who were like that. Those were the cats around me, I guess.”
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“I was in elementary school, going to school knowing Rick James, Aretha Franklin, way before my time.”
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“I was never dumb, son.”
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“My mom used to wake us up with music and keep the music on high so we wouldn't go back to sleep.”
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“RZA had a flood in his apartment. Lost my whole first album.”
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“My first album wasn't even the album that y'all hear as 'Uncontrolled Substance.' It was a totally different album… I had a whole different album.”
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“I used to pop and lock. Electric Boogie.”
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“We used to battle every day like it was 'Beat Street' the movie.”
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“When we first came out, we had the masks on. Stocking caps and everything on the album cover, so people didn't really know who we were, what we looked like.”
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“I like Kendrick because Kendrick is keeping that spirit alive of trying to educate and teach people, man.”
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“I don't make solo albums for the masses and the millions of radio fans out there, I make music for people that see things the way I see it.”
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“When you question who's one of the greatest of all time lyrically… I don't sell a lot of records, but it's all good, man. My first solo album sold over 500,000 copies. And my second album - which I put out independently - sold over six figures as well.”
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“We learned how to hustle and get money. You stack and plan the future ahead - get your house, your car, your wife and start your family. Pass the jewel on. We grew up under those rules like the mob… the mafia.”
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“When I say, 'Life as a shorty shouldn't be so rough,' I'm talking about me, myself - I grew up poor, but we grew up happy as a family.”
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“I like Curren$y.”
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“When I came up, we had to fight and scrap.”
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“I just like to be great at what I do, and it's just a simple mentality. The hardest part for me is just making it rhyme.”
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“A lot of times when I see people on the street and they ask me, 'How do you think of that? I bomb atomically, Socrates, like oh my God!' I'm like, 'You know what, man? I watch CNN, play PS3, and I do everything that everybody else does. I just stay in tune with it, and I like to reflect that in my rhymes.'”
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“You know what I do? I study '70s music.”
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“Hip-hop got so ravaged, it's snobby now.”
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“For me, Wu-Tang is like the Justice League, the X-Men. And I can play any character I want. It's like I'm more of the Martian Manhunter, I'm like the Vision. I'm on a team with Superman and Iron Man and Batman.”
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“We're always testing our weaponry on each other. It's more of a friendly competition when it's Wu-Tang and you're basically slinging your blade. It's more of a combat, Game of Thrones type thing over there. When it's me and Esoteric, it's more a verbal thing.”
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“We live in a world in which you'll be attentive for like thirty seconds and your attention span moves onto the next. So anything is really not much of long-term significance.”