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

| venue =

| studio =

| genre = East Coast hip hop

| length = {{Duration|65:56}}

| label = {{hlist|Loud|Relativity}}

| producer = {{hlist|4th Disciple|The Blaquesmiths|Inspectah Deck|Mathematics|Pete Rock|RZA|True Master|V.I.C.}}

| prev_title =

| prev_year =

| next_title = The Movement

| next_year = 2003

| misc = {{Extra chronology

| artist = 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}}Conaway, Matt. [{{AllMusic|class=album|id=r428381|pure_url=yes}} Review: Uncontrolled Substance]. AllMusic. Retrieved on January 24, 2010.

|rev2 = The A.V. Club

|rev2score = (favorable){{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}}

|rev3 = Los Angeles Times

|rev3score = {{Rating|2.5|4}}{{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}}

|rev4 = Q

|rev4score = {{Rating|3|5}}{{cite magazine|last=|first=|date=November 1999|title=Review: Uncontrolled Substance|magazine=Q|page=118|location=London}}

|rev5 = RapReviews

|rev5score = 7/10{{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}}

|rev6 = Rolling Stone

|rev6score = {{Rating|3|5}}{{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}}

|rev7 = The Source

|rev7score = {{Rating|3.5|5}}{{cite magazine|last=Johnson|first=Elon D.|date=November 1999|issue=122|title=Record Report: Inspectah Deck – Uncontrolled Substance|magazine=The Source|page=216|location=New York}}

|rev8 = Spin

|rev8score = 7/10{{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|pages=192–193|location=New York|access-date=June 15, 2024}}

|rev9 = Vibe

|rev9score = (favorable){{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|page=174|location=New York|access-date=June 15, 2024}}

|rev10 = The Village Voice

|rev10score = {{Rating-Christgau|hm2}}{{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}}

}}

Uncontrolled Substance is the debut studio 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 indefinitely 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 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. The album's liner notes state that it is dedicated to Inspectah Deck's late father, Frank Hunter.