The Resident Patient is the third studio album by American rapper and Wu-Tang Clan member Inspectah Deck . Originally put out as a mixtape, its status as an official release is somewhat contested, and it is now generally considered a "street album"—an informal album released somewhat under the radar. It was also meant to be a prelude to his album The Rebellion ; however, since its release, Deck has announced that The Resident Patient 2 will be coming ahead of The Rebellion , which will be his final album.
13-473: The Resident Patient features production from largely underground artists Flowers Productions, Live Son, The Marksmen, Concrete Beats and Yak Ballz producer Mondee, as well as The Beatnuts member Psycho Les, Wu-Tang affiliate Cilvaringz , and Deck himself. Guesting are Masta Killa and U-God of the core Wu-Tang Clan, as well as Deck's loosely defined Housegang crew; here, they consist of La Banga, Carlton Fisk , Hugh Hef, and Donnie Cash. The record's sound
26-623: A form of therapy due to his mother being overprotective about their neighborhood in Queens at the time. At the age of 16 he entered the Braggin' Rites MC battle as the youngest competitor where he won second place. Yak would go on to achieve first runner-up honors two more times after that, but more importantly, the aspiring MC grabbed the attention of several interested people in attendance, including Armando "Mondee" Torres and Brett Scott, who approached Vaz about getting Yak to appear on their new mixtape. Yak
39-549: A song produced by Aesop Rock, won the MTVu Best Freshman Video with over 40,000 views. In 2011, Yak released an extended play called Gas Galaxy , which was self-released in the fall. Yak has performed the title song in support of Cage's Depart From Me tour. Definitive Jux Definitive Jux was a record label based in New York City. It was co-founded in 1999 by El-P and Amaechi Uzoigwe. Definitive Jux
52-532: Is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Yak Ballz Yak Ballz , born Yashar Zadeh , is an American independent hip hop artist who was brought up in Flushing, Queens , New York . He is one of the original members of The Weathermen . He is also a member of Cardboard City. Since 2019 he has worked for Warner Bros. Records as Vice President of their Media & Strategic Development team. Yak turned to writing as an outlet for expression and
65-447: Is a RZA student, so it's all good to me." 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
78-514: 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"). This 2006 hip hop album–related article
91-510: Is of Persian heritage. Yak is a graduate from State University of New York at New Paltz with a Bachelor of Science in business management. Bobbito Garcia put Yak's demo, "Flossin'," on his CM Famalam show on 89.9 FM WKCR in New York. He later invited Yak to appear on the show in 1998. After a few impressive appearances on WKCR, and "Flossin'" gaining regular rotation, Bobbito approached Yak about some new original music. Yak's lyrics caught
104-431: Is underground, with a more New York bent than traditional Wu-Tang releases, though some tracks—especially "A Lil' Story"—are heavily reminiscent of RZA 's signature sound. It was thought that RZA had produced the track because of its sound and Deck's shoutout to the producer at the beginning of the song, but Deck has confirmed it was in fact Cilvaringz, stating, A lot of people thought it was produced by RZA, but Cilvaringz
117-533: The Scifen clothing brand, but it quickly became one of the most talked-about mixtapes of the year within the indie hip hop world in '06. January 2008, Yak released his sophomore effort, Scifentology II on FloSpot Records in conjunction with Scifen Clothing. Scifentology II features production from the likes of Aesop Rock , the late Camu Tao , Mondee , Chapter 7, Adept, and Chris Maestro TCK. It also has guest appearances from Cage and Tame One . "Dirt Empire,"
130-469: The attention of Cage , who was impressed enough to reach out to him; making him an original member of The Weathermen . Soon after, Yak released his first 12-inch, Homepiss in 2000, courtesy of Bobbito and his Fondle'em label. His 4-song EP was released featuring "Flossin'," "The Plague," "Nasty or Nice," and "Homepiss." In 2001, Yak followed up the EP with a three-song vinyl 12-inch, The Freakshow , which
143-559: Was fueled by his Queens life and college experiences. After leaving Eastern Conference, Yak put out a mixtape in 2005, The Missing Cassettes consisting of rare and unreleased material. In 2006 he released Scifentology , a mixtape put out by Yak himself and Scifen clothing company which features cover art by Ewok One 5MH. Yak's lyrics became more introspective and the beats changed on Scifentology by relying more on rock and synthesized instrumentation. The mixtape started as an innocent idea and promotional tool to help cross-market Yak with
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#1732854918000156-467: Was initially known as Def Jux. However, popular hip hop label Def Jam Recordings sued Def Jux over the name similarity in 2001. This lawsuit was settled out of court and the name was officially changed to Definitive Jux. In February 2010, El-P announced that the label, although it will carry on selling its catalog and merchandise, would be put "on hiatus" as a traditional record label, and that it would be going through some changes in order to keep up with
169-852: Was one of the first ever 12-inch releases by the indie hip hop label Definitive Jux . Vinyl specialty stores and Web sites quickly sold out of the three-song 12-inch that featured cover art by TCK brother Ewok One 5MH . El-P even included The Freak Show on 2002's Definitive Jux Presents 2 compilation album. In 2003, he released While You Were Sleeping b/w The Drill 12-inch with Traffic Entertainment . Once Eastern Conference Records , then home to fellow Weathermen; Cage and Tame One , heard of this single they moved to sign Yak to an album deal. After working on The Weathermen 's Conspiracy mixtape (2003) Yak Ballz released his first album, My Claim in 2004 with guest appearances from both Cage and Tame One. He worked with producer Mondee for production and engineer Joe Raia . His lyrical content on My Claim
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