The Resident Patient
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The Resident Patient is the third
Background
The Resident Patient features production from largely underground artists Flowers Productions, Live Son, The Marksmen, Concrete Beats and
A lot of people thought it was produced by RZA, but Cilvaringz is a RZA student, so it's all good to me."[4]
The Resident Patient's release comes only three years after Inspectah Deck's previous album, The Movement, marking the shortest time period between two of the Wu rapper's solo releases; like his previous albums, it forgoes any effort at popular success and aims for a strictly underground, street feel. Unlike his two other releases, however, its sound is more cinematic, relying on strings or horns low in the mix and synthesizers, organs or piano chords for emphasis. The subject matter also differs, shifting from enlightening street narratives to gritty boasts and scattered movie or pop culture references, including "A Lil' Story" (made up of movie titles and actors' names) and even the album's title, taking the name of a Sherlock Holmes detective story (a reference in itself, to Deck being an "Inspectah").
Track listing
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Producer(s) | Length |
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1. | "Sound of the Slums" (featuring Masta Killa) | Concrete Beats | 2:05 | |
2. | "C.R.E.E.P.S." | Hunter | Mondee | 2:54 |
3. | "What They Want" | Hunter | Mondee | 2:25 |
4. | "Get Ya Weight Up" | Hunter | Inspectah Deck | 3:15 |
5. | "Interlude I" | Hunter | 0:08 | |
6. | "It's Not a Game" (featuring House Gang and Suga Bang Bang) | Hunter | Mondee | 3:30 |
7. | "Interlude II" | Hunter | 0:12 | |
8. | "My Style" | Hunter | Inspectah Deck | 2:17 |
9. | "All I Want Is Mine" | Hunter | Mondee | 3:38 |
10. | "A Lil Story" | Hunter | Cilvaringz | 3:08 |
11. | "Get Down Wit Me" | Hunter | Cilvaringz | 2:39 |
12. | "I.O.U." | Hunter | Flowers Prod. | 2:26 |
13. | "No Love" (featuring Carlton Fisk and Chico Debango) | Hunter | The Marksmen | 4:24 |
14. | "Grits" (Freestyle) | Hunter | Live Son | 1:35 |
15. | "Do My Thang" | Hunter | Psycho Les | 2:48 |
16. | "Handle That" (featuring U-God and Hugh Hef) |
| Mondee | 3:29 |
17. | "Animal Rights" (featuring House Gang) |
| The Marksmen | 4:07 |
18. | "H.G. Is My Life" (featuring House Gang) | Hunter | Live Son | 4:14 |
Total length: | 49:14 |
References
- ^ "The Resident Patient - Inspectah Deck | Songs, Reviews, Credits | AllMusic". AllMusic.
- ^ Allmusic review
- ^ [1] Archived January 10, 2007, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ a b "Exclusive Hip Hop News, Audio, Lyrics, Videos, Honeys, Wear, Sneakers, Download Mixtapes". Hiphopgame.com. Retrieved 2012-08-24.
- ^ "Exclusive Hip Hop News, Audio, Lyrics, Videos, Honeys, Wear, Sneakers, Download Mixtapes". Hiphopgame.com. 2007-12-14. Retrieved 2012-08-24.