Inspectah Deck Speaks On Losing First Album In RZA's Studio Flood

[Remy Danton]

 

[King Sun]

 

[Remy Danton]

didnt RZA or someone said that they was a Killarmy album that got lost as well?

 

[beenz]

didnt RZA or someone said that they was a Killarmy album that got lost as well?

I believe the original TICAL got lost in that flood also.

 

[TrifeGod]

Peace to Deck, just the fact he had to re-do his first album and technically his "2nd" album came out so damn good..

I can't even imagine his first album ..shyt probably sounded like all variations of Execute Them

 

[the cac mamba]

that flood is one of the worst things in rap history

 

[BuddahMAC]

RZA lost around 500 beats in two separate floods in the mid 90s including the original beats for Tical, beats for Deck's debut & the OBFCL original masters. While Meth's album was closest to being done & mostly recorded, the way RZA had them set up was the beats were made & stored with each member in mind. So, while Deck didn't really have an album w/ vocals recorded that got lost, the beats that were set aside & made specifically for a potential Deck album were lost.

 

[Remy Danton]

^yeah i think Raekwon mention that in a interview

 

[L68]

RZA lost around 500 beats in two separate floods in the mid 90s including the original beats for Tical, beats for Deck's debut & the OBFCL original masters. While Meth's album was closest to being done & mostly recorded, the way RZA had them set up was the beats were made & stored with each member in mind. So, while Deck didn't really have an album w/ vocals recorded that got lost, the beats that were set aside & made specifically for a potential Deck album were lost.

 

[EastsideRio]

Why so many “floods”?

 

[Sean7]

Why so many “floods”?

Pipes burst on that first one, no clue how there was another after that. They basically had to re do their first albums and Mef had to rush to get his out so you got Tical.

Did RZA really lose all the music in a flood?


Rza had beats produced, finished, and ready to go for a bunch of the solo albums when pipes burst at his crib and flooded his basement (the first flood -- there have been others). He lost those disks and had to recreate all those beats, some have been lost forever.

 

[DaveyDave]

Why so many “floods”?

It’s not like these days where you just save your beat to 3 back up hard drives. Back then you had you ASR or whatever you used and a little floppy disk that held all the sounds. If you have a thing full of disks and they get water all over them then they’re fukked. Doesn’t matter what other hardware or software you have.

 

[Lonj]

Didn't Q-tip lose his and some Dilla beats for a Tribe album too in the 90's the same way?

 

[DanielAlfredsson]

Didn't Q-tip lose his and some Dilla beats for a Tribe album too in the 90's the same way?

His was a fire, he apparently lost a whole lot of completed Tribe music, Dilla beats specifically made for him/them, and a large portion of his vinyl collection

 

[EastsideRio]

Pipes burst on that first one, no clue how there was another after that. They basically had to re do their first albums and Mef had to rush to get his out so you got Tical.

Did RZA really lose all the music in a flood?


Rza had beats produced, finished, and ready to go for a bunch of the solo albums when pipes burst at his crib and flooded his basement (the first flood -- there have been others). He lost those disks and had to recreate all those beats, some have been lost forever.

It’s not like these days where you just save your beat to 3 back up hard drives. Back then you had you ASR or whatever you used and a little floppy disk that held all the sounds. If you have a thing full of disks and they get water all over them then they’re fukked. Doesn’t matter what other hardware or software you have.

Sounds like RZA should have left the basement alone after that first flood.