Inspectah Deck Details Losing First Album To RZA’s Flood [Video]

Inspectah Deck went through an uphill battle to put out his first album, which was delayed after the entire project was lost in a flood at Raekwon’s house. He added, “My whole album wasn’t what y’all heard as ‘Uncontrolled Substance,’” as the Wu-Tang emcee had to start all over again. During the sit-down Inspectah Deck also detailed his legal issues with Loud Records, which also played a part in his album’s delay after the label went “defunct.” After realizing that the label wasn’t a great fit, Inspectah Deck went through a legal battle to get out of his contract. Check out his full story in the above clip.

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Capone-N-Noreaga On Nas Beef: “That S*** Wasn’t About Nothing” [Video]

Everyone was ecstatic when Queens emcees Nas and Nore decided to patch things up and end their beef during Nas’ celebration for “Illmatic” back in April. Capone? Not so much. “I know my bro and I know Nas, and that s*** wasn’t about nothing,” he expressed in this VladTV exclusive. While on the couch with Nore, both Tragedy Khadafi and Capone made statements regarding people on the sidelines blowing situations out of proportion. “A lot of dudes have died over dumb s***,” stated Tragedy, who saw Nas and Nore’s reconciliation as a “sign of growth.” He claims instigators create “friction between two dudes because they see a unity about to happen, and they’re just hating.” Capone on the other hand, feels the beef shouldn’t have ever existed. “That’s supposed to happen,” he said about their decision to end the conflict. “But it wasn’t supposed to happen because it should’ve never came to that in the first place.” “But f*** it. It was good for hip-hop, [now] let’s move on. Let’s make money [and] let’s make music,” he ended. Catch it all in the clip above.

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Odd Couple – DayDream [Stream x Download]

Producer Odd Couple is ready to release his new LP “Chatterbox” on June 30th. The project features Michael Christmas, Allan Kingdom, Joey Purp, Saba, Pell, Alex Wiley, The O’My’s and more. “‘DayDream’ really came from me more or less envisioning that breakthrough moment where the trials make sense, the work pays off, where I can just say, ‘It was worth it.’ And because that concept is pretty personal to me, I wanted to do everything myself, and make it as big and dynamic and individual as I could. I’ve gotten so much better at taking an idea or a feeling I’ve experienced and expressing it sonically.”

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