Uncontrolled Substance

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{{Infobox album
| name = Uncontrolled Substance
| type = [[Album]]
| artist = [[Inspectah Deck]]
| cover = InspectahDeckUncontrolledSubstance.jpg
| alt =
| released = {{Start date|1999|10|5}}
| recorded = 1997–1998
| studio =
| genre = [[Hip-hop]]
| length = {{Duration|65:56}}
| label = [[Loud Records]]
| producer = {{hlist|[[4th Disciple]]|The Blaquesmiths|Inspectah Deck|[[Mathematics (producer)|Mathematics]]|[[Pete Rock]]|[[RZA]]|[[True Master]]|V.I.C.}}
| prev_title =
| prev_year =
| next_title = [[The Movement (Inspectah Deck album)|The Movement]]
| next_year = 2003
| misc = {{Extra chronology
| artist = [[Wu-Tang Clan anthology|Wu-Tang Clan solo]]
| type = studio
| prev_title = [[Nigga Please]]
| prev_year = 1999
| title = Uncontrolled Substance
| year = 1999
| next_title = [[Golden Arms Redemption]]
| next_year = 1999
}}
}}
{{Album ratings
|noprose = yes
|rev1 = [[AllMusic]]
|rev1score = {{Rating|4.5|5}}<ref name="Conaway">Conaway, Matt. [{{AllMusic|class=album|id=r428381|pure_url=yes}} Review: ''Uncontrolled Substance'']. [[AllMusic]]. Retrieved on January 24, 2010.</ref>
|rev2 = ''[[The A.V. Club]]''
|rev2score = (favorable)<ref name="Rabin">{{cite web|last1=Rabin|first1=Nathan|author-link=Nathan Rabin|title=Inspectah Deck: Uncontrolled Substance|url=https://www.avclub.com/inspectah-deck-uncontrolled-substance-1798193357|website=[[The A.V. Club]]|date=March 29, 2002|access-date=June 15, 2024}}</ref>
|rev3 = ''[[Los Angeles Times]]''
|rev3score = {{Rating|2.5|4}}<ref name="Los Angeles Times">{{Cite news|last=Baker|first=Soren|author-link=Soren Baker|title=Record Rack: Inspectah Deck – Uncontrolled Substance|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-los-angeles-times-inspectah-deck-u/149362752/|date=October 15, 1999|page=200|newspaper=[[Los Angeles Times]]|via=[[Newspapers.com]]|access-date=June 15, 2024}}</ref>
|rev4 = ''[[Q (magazine)|Q]]''
|rev4score = {{Rating|3|5}}<ref name="Q">{{cite magazine|last=|first=|date=November 1999|title=Review: ''Uncontrolled Substance''|magazine=[[Q (magazine)|Q]]|page=118|location=London}}</ref>
|rev5 = ''RapReviews''
|rev5score = 7/10<ref>{{cite web|author1=DJ Fatboy|title=Inspectah Deck :: Uncontrolled Substance :: Loud Records|url=https://www.rapreviews.com/archive/1999_10_substance.html|website=RapReviews|date=October 5, 1999|access-date=June 15, 2024}}</ref>
|rev6 = ''[[Rolling Stone]]''
|rev6score = {{Rating|3|5}}<ref name="Marshall.">{{cite magazine|last=Lewis|first=Miles Marshall|author-link=Miles Marshall Lewis|date=July 8, 1999|issue=816–817|title=Whither the Wu?|url=http://www.rollingstone.com/reviews/album/244842/review/5941307/wuchronicles|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090529023540/http://www.rollingstone.com/reviews/album/244842/review/5941307/wuchronicles|archive-date=May 29, 2009|magazine=[[Rolling Stone]]|page=146|access-date=June 15, 2024}}</ref>
|rev7 = ''[[The Source (magazine)|The Source]]''
|rev7score = {{Rating|3.5|5}}<ref name="The Source">{{cite magazine|last=Johnson|first=Elon D.|date=November 1999|issue=122|title=Record Report: Inspectah Deck – Uncontrolled Substance|magazine=[[The Source (magazine)|The Source]]|page=216|location=New York}}</ref>
|rev8 = ''[[Spin (magazine)|Spin]]''
|rev8score = 7/10<ref name="Spin">{{cite magazine|last=Salamon|first=Jeff|date=September 1999|title=Review: Inspectah Deck – Uncontrolled Substance|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=bGjsvmNt8UgC&pg=PA192|magazine=[[Spin (magazine)|Spin]]|pages=192–193|location=New York|access-date=June 15, 2024}}</ref>
|rev9 = ''[[Vibe (magazine)|Vibe]]''
|rev9score = (favorable)<ref name="Wilson">{{cite magazine|last=Wilson|first=Elliott|author-link=Elliott Wilson (journalist)|date=August 1999|title=Revolutions: Inspectah Deck – Uncontrolled Substance|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=YygEAAAAMBAJ&dq=inspectah+deck+uncontrolled+substance&pg=PA174|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160909103919/https://books.google.com/books?id=YygEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA174&dq=inspectah+deck+uncontrolled+substance&as_pt=MAGAZINES&cd=2&hl=en#v=onepage&q=inspectah%20deck%20uncontrolled%20substance&f=false|archive-date=September 9, 2016|magazine=[[Vibe (magazine)|Vibe]]|page=174|location=New York|access-date=June 15, 2024}}</ref>
|rev10 = ''[[The Village Voice]]''
|rev10score = {{Rating-Christgau|hm2}}<ref name="Christgau">{{cite news|last=Christgau|first=Robert|author-link=Robert Christgau|date=February 1, 2000|volume=45|number=4|title=Happy You Near|url=http://www.robertchristgau.com/xg/cg/cgv100-00.php|newspaper=[[The Village Voice]]|page=111|access-date=June 15, 2024}}</ref>
}}
'''''Uncontrolled Substance''''' is the debut solo album by American rapper and [[Wu-Tang Clan]] member [[Inspectah Deck]]. The album was released on October 5, 1999, under [[Loud Records]]. Originally slated for release in 1995, the record was postponed after a flood destroyed over 100 beats in [[RZA]]'s basement, including his original productions for the album. Eventually released four years later, ''Uncontrolled Substance'' received mostly positive reviews, and is Inspectah Deck's most critically acclaimed and most commercially successful album to date. The album features Wu-Tang Clan members [[U-God]] and [[Masta Killa]], and appearances from lesser-known affiliates [[Streetlife (rapper)|Street Life]], [[Killa Sin]], and [[La the Darkman]]. A music video was made for the songs "Word on the Street" directed by [[Gregory Dark]] & "Show 'N' Prove" directed by [[Joseph Kahn (director)|Joseph Kahn]]. The album's liner notes state that it is dedicated to Inspectah Deck's late father, Frank Hunter.

== Commercial performance ==
The album reached the positions no. 19 and no. 3 on the [[Billboard 200]] and the [[Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums]] charts, respectively. According to Inspectah Deck himself, the album managed to reach gold-level sales.<ref>{{Citation |title=Inspectah Deck Details Losing First Album to RZA's Flood |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DF2mz215Ln0 |language=en |access-date=2023-02-12}}</ref>

==Track listing==
{{Track listing
| extra_column = Producer(s)
| total_length = 65:56

| title1 = Intro
| note1 =
| writer1 = [[Inspectah Deck|Jason Richard Hunter]]
| extra1 = [[Inspectah Deck]]
| length1 = 2:01

| title2 = Movas & Shakers
| note2 =
| writer2 = Hunter
| extra2 = [[RZA]]
| length2 = 4:33

| title3 = 9th Chamber
| note3 = featuring [[La the Darkman]], [[Kinetic 9]], [[Killa Sin]] & [[Street Life (rapper)|Street Life]]
| writer3 = {{hlist|Hunter|[[Kinetic 9|Samuel Craig Murray]]|[[Killa Sin|Jeryl Grant]]|[[Street Life (rapper)|Patrick Charles]]}}
| extra3 = [[4th Disciple]]
| length3 = 2:51

| title4 = Uncontrolled Substance
| note4 = featuring Shadii
| writer4 = {{hlist|Hunter|[[RZA|Robert Fitzgerald Diggs]]|[[Mathematics (producer)|Ronald Maurice Bean]]}}
| extra4 = {{hlist|RZA|[[Mathematics (producer)|Mathematics]]}}
| length4 = 5:00

| title5 = Femme Fatale
| note5 =
| writer5 = Hunter
| extra5 = Inspectah Deck
| length5 = 3:06

| title6 = The Grand Prix
| note6 = featuring [[U-God]] & Street Life
| writer6 = {{hlist|Hunter|[[U-God|Lamont Jody Hawkins]]|Charles}}
| extra6 = 4th Disciple
| length6 = 4:43

| title7 = Forget Me Not
| note7 =
| writer7 = Hunter
| extra7 = The Mighty V.I.C.
| length7 = 3:50

| title8 = Longevity
| note8 = featuring U-God
| writer8 = {{hlist|Hunter|Hawkins}}
| extra8 = [[True Master]]
| length8 = 4:40

| title9 = Word on the Street
| note9 =
| writer9 = Hunter
| extra9 = Inspectah Deck
| length9 = 3:44

| title10 = Elevation
| note10 =
| writer10 = Hunter
| extra10 = Inspectah Deck
| length10 = 3:15

| title11 = Lovin You
| note11 = featuring La the Darkman
| writer11 = {{hlist|Hunter|[[True Master|Derrick Harris]]|[[La the Darkman|Lason Jackson]]}}
| extra11 = True Master
| length11 = 2:36

| title12 = Trouble Man
| note12 = featuring [[Vinia Mojica]]
| writer12 = Hunter
| extra12 = [[Pete Rock]]
| length12 = 5:05

| title13 = R.E.C. Room
| note13 =
| writer13 = Hunter
| extra13 = True Master
| length13 = 3:16

| title14 = Friction
| note14 = featuring [[Masta Killa]]
| writer14 = {{hlist|Hunter|[[Masta Killa|Jamel Irief]]}}
| extra14 = RZA
| length14 = 3:36

| title15 = Hyperdermix
| note15 =
| writer15 = Hunter
| extra15 = Inspectah Deck
| length15 = 4:52

| title16 = Show N Prove
| note16 =
| writer16 = Hunter
| extra16 = The Blaquesmiths
| length16 = 4:08

| title17 = The Cause
| note17 = featuring Street Life
| writer17 = {{hlist|Hunter|Charles}}
| extra17 = Inspectah Deck
| length17 = 4:35
}}

==Personnel==
{{col-begin}}
{{col-2}}
*The RZA – executive producer, producer
*Mitchell "Divine" Diggs – executive producer, executive supervisor
*Jeff Trotter – A&R direction
*Ashuanna Ayers – project coordinator
*Che Harris – A&R coordinator
*Charlene Thomas – A&R coordinator
*Chris Gehringer – mastering, recording
*Maurice Whitaker – creative direction, design, layout
*Piotr Sikora – photography
*Inspectah Deck – producer, mixing
*Allah Mathematics – producer
{{col-2}}
*Nolan Moffitte – recording, mixing
*4th Disciple – producer
*Djini Brown – recording, mixing
*V.I.C. – producer, mixing
*Gabe Chiesa – recording
*True Master – producer
*Tony Black – mixing, recording
*Pete Rock – producer, mixing
*Brian Stanley – recording
*Large Professor – mixing
*The Blaquesmiths – producers
*Chris "CHAMP" Champions – recording
{{col-end}}

==Charts==
{|class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders"
|-
!Chart (1999)
!Peak<br/>position
|-
{{Album chart|Billboard200|19|artist=Inspectah Deck|date=September 18, 2013|refname=Billboard 200|accessdate=September 18, 2013}}
|-
{{album chart|BillboardRandBHipHop|3|artist=Inspectah Deck|accessdate=September 19, 2013}}
|}

== References ==
{{Reflist}}

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[[Category:1999 debut albums]]
[[Category:Inspectah Deck albums]]
[[Category:Loud Records albums]]
[[Category:Albums produced by True Master]]
[[Category:Albums produced by Mathematics]]
[[Category:Albums produced by RZA]]
[[Category:Albums produced by 4th Disciple]]

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