Inspectah Deck - Manifesto Album Review  

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Release Date: March 2010

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Featured Artists: Raekwon, Cappdonna, Kurupt, Billy Danz, Fes Taylor, Carlon Fisk etc.

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Written By: The Reccollectah

I always felt very ambiguous towards the Inspektah : on one hand you have the amazing, promising MC we all loved straight away who simply blew us away with legendary verses on Wu Tang classics and on the other hand you have the General who somehow kept failing expectations with his solo albums. I always thought it was an incredible shame Deck never really could consolidate his street rep an an MC on a classic solo venture of his own . Instead somehow he seemed to singlehandedly destroy that same rep as each consecutive album just disappointed even more .
Just look at his discography so far as I try to summarize them in one word each:
Uncontrolled Substance ( Wu-Light ), The Movement ( mediocre), Resident Patient ( awful), Resident Patient 2 /Myspace freestyles (crap) , …
And now that I listened to “Manifesto” repeatedly last week , the one word that comes to my mind is … COMEBACK !!

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Syndicate Entertainment and Wu-International are proud to present the limited edition release of the album "Grimlenz" with 2 new album cover art (new one as well as present one)  and additional 9 bonus songs that were initially left out the album.

The album was initially released end of last year / early this year in digital (MP3) format only, and contained 11 songs and was sold only for $1.99 the album was a mere giveaway to fans who have stayed loyal and constantly demanded for Wu Syndicate.

Myalansky felt the fans needed more, Speaking directly to Wu-International on a recent interview he said  "We read our mails and hear the feedback and it seems a number of people wanted more than 11 songs and also on a CD" and has decided to release a limited edition of the album with 8 extra songs 

that were left out of the digital release exclusively via Wu-international.

Only a 100 of this copy will be pressed and once sold out that would be it, each album will be individually number out of a hundred with new art work but will also contain the both covers of the album. A silver laser mark proof, resistant to UV, oil, grease and water proof label will be used to hand number each item individually to corresponding number on actual CD and cover. Joe Mafia pointed out that "This one is for the fans that were around our first album and for the new digital age fans who still want to own a copy".

Exclusive pre-order for the Grimlenz limited edition release starts today, 27th January 2010 and ends when items are sold out or 27th of April, 2010. International orders are for those living in USA, Africa, Asia, Australia and South America, and the other is for those within Europe.

Myalansky and Joe Mafia are currently working on another album that involves The RZA and Divine and this album serves as an in-between for the first album and upcoming projects. Grimlenz has been predominately produced by Antagonist with the help of Jon Vegaz and features very little guests such as Ray Lugar, Jesse Taylor and Shaka Amazulu The 7th from UK.

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Tekitha - Drops The Prelude EP Today.

Wu-Syndicate [Myalansky & Joe Mafia] - Looking Through The Grim Lenz Interview

Initially known as Crime Syndicate, the group became Wu Syndicate upon meeting and establishing a music and business relationship with the almighty Wu-Tang Clan, specifically between The RZA and Divine who saw the potential of the

group and quickly signed them   up and amalgamated  them onto the then new but ever growing Killa Beez family tree.

The trio came together to create music way before their Wu-tang affiliation, Myalansky was a solo artist creating a buzz on his side of Virginia, while Joe Mafia and Napoleon then collectively known as Hell Raisers were also eminent on the underground, a chance meeting via a mutual friend ended up with the trio becoming a group. When the album "Wu-Syndicate [Myalansky & Joe Mafia]" was released Napoleon was incarcerated and was featured as a guest artist on the album which sold very well and to date is considered a classic within Wu fans and any hip-hop fan who have heard the album in its entirety. Due to a number of circumstances the group members took time out amid being locked up to focus on other things. Joe Mafia released a solo album independently entitled “This One” in 2002, Myalansky came back home and joined forces with Joe Mafia around 2006/2007 and continued making music resulting in the highly sort after mixtape “The Syndicate is Back” which was later given to fans for free via Wu-International in 2008. Napoleon on the other hand released his solo album “Kingpin Wit Da Inkpen” in 2007, and 2008 saw Mya also dropping his solo album “Drastic Meazures”. While the group members have been independently active within the game, its been about 10 years in exact since the fans heard a full album from Wu-Syndicate as a group not taking into account the mixtape or features.

Wu-0010, the new year sees Mya and Joe Mafia finally complete and put out the highly awaited and anticipated  “Grimlenz” album that have been in talks for a while now. This digital only release is an exclusive album for the fans and can be purchased directly via their own site www.myspace.com/myalansky757, This album produced entirely by upcoming producer Antagonist, reflects the grim horror witnessed through the eyes of Joe Mafia and Myalansky over years of struggling in the Ghetto, the music industry and life on the streets, politics, relations and what have you. This album can be considered as a free album as The Syndicate brothers felt it necessary to give something back to the fans for their constant support over the years and have made it available for only $1.99 as a way to say thanks and hold on for bigger things as the group is currently working on their 3rd album (or 2nd official album depending on how you want to view it) expected to drop something this year. This will involve features from their Killa Beez affiliates as well as The Abbott (The RZA) being involved as well.  

With the release of Grimlenz, The RZA back in the picture, continued steady growth of fans, and a more matured Mya and lyrically sharper Mafia, 2010 seems like a year to watch out for the duo (unfortunately as of date Napoleon is not in the pipeline). Wu-International went to the labs to look through the lenses as seen by Joe Mafia and Myalansky to view the music, Grimlenz, their Wu affiliation, Mya's public fall out with Napoleon, future plans and everything else the fans wanted to know. Happy Wu year 2010. Enjoy!!

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