How many mics did Inspectah Deck's Uncontrolled Substance album get in The Source Magazine?

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This album got 4 mics in the source

I dont hate a single song on this album, but i dont love that many joints either. Imo if this album just traded 5 of its weaker tracks for songs that dropped in and around when it was supposed to, it would be a better album for it. 4.5 micer.

It just has sime issues. Ie. No big features on a wu album…. And the production is kinda slower without wu bangers. Lack if features combinrd with verse heavy solos make it way more of a solo than albums like cuban, ironman or even supreme clientele. The first few songs kinda drag it in the beginning after 9th chamber. The big singles dont even show up til the end of the album. Semi auto is superior to grandprix and sos is superior to the cause. Lay ya hammer was slated for this album. Execute them is in same beat style as longevity and friction. Just makes sense to add these tracks.

Songs like:


Put ya hammer down ft rae ghost meth gza ugod (would have fit the vibe of the album)
Execute them ft rae masta killa streetlife
Semi automatic ft ugod n streetlife
Rap burglars ft rae (verse used on word on street)
Tres leches ft pun and prodigy
Spazzola - from tical 2 fits US vibe way more than tical 2s vibe
SOS ft streetlife - again fits like a glove
Tru master ft pete rock

Even
Stay bent ft igt prod by alchemist
The authentic ft ruthless b*stards

Or the settlement scary movies freestyle
Or common denominator
As the albjm works up a freestyle twice and never delivers anyway.

Theres actually too much dipe material to fit on this album cUse like i said, the tracks aint bad, just needs more variety and wu members


As well as nightshift. Settlement is a slower song that i just feel is too slow for the album with a half finished beat. The scary movies version is superior snd i add that to my mixtape version of the album with tru master and above the clouds. All these songs are better than the songs on the album and were released after the album was sposed to drop on random osts and mixtapes.

Considering loud owned most of these as well as tru master, dont get why they just werent on the album. If this album came out ten Years later, theyd all be there.
 
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Hip-Hop was robbed of what would've been a guaranteed classic when Deck's original album was lost in the flood

RZA's plumbing :pacspit:
 

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Hip-Hop was robbed of what would've been a guaranteed classic when Deck's original album was lost in the flood

RZA's plumbing :pacspit:
Its a good album. Just has too many solos and beats dont have the aggression the early albums did. Deck actually did himself a favor adding songs once it leaked cause

Forget me not
Uncintrolled substance
Trouble man
Hyperdermix

Are some of the best verses on the album. Def needed.

Seriously tho, take the 5 weakest songs and replace with 5 songs given away on osts and i think the perception changes comoleteley. Imo, rap burglars > word on the atreet, spazzola > the cause, semi automatic > grand prix, nightshift > for ya least fav solo; add execute them, tres leches, SOS and lay ya hammer. I dont even dislike these songs im replacing i just like the replacements more. That album is stacked.

Thats a 4.5 mic album just as good as ironman, bulletproof wallets, return, tical, heavy mental wu classic territory at the very least. As for a cuban linx territory? Possibly

Intro (tru master)
Lay ya hammer
Movas n shakas
9th chamber
Femme fatale
Uncontrolled substance
Execute them
Nightshift
Longevity
Rap burglars
Elevation
Lovin you
Spazzola
Trouble man
REC room
SOS
Friction
Hyperdermiz
tres leches
Show and prove
Semi automatic

Not a weak joint in sight. Its almost perfect.
 
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