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7-452: Initially, the album was slated to be titled Resident Patient II , as a sequel to Inspectah Deck's 2006 album The Resident Patient . However, a mixtape entitled Resident Patient II leaked in 2008 that was not the actual product. Deck eventually changed the name of the project and is still planning to release his final album under the name The Rebellion . Manifesto is composed of songs originally cut from Resident Patient II . Manifesto

14-423: 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

21-433: 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 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

28-531: 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 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

35-897: The record's 20-minute mark". The Resident Patient 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. 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

42-568: The rest of the album". AllMusic 's Matt Rinaldi wrote: "still, despite a handful of throwaway cuts, Manifesto has more than enough heat to prove that Deck's mike skills still stand up up to any of his Wu brethren". In mixed reviews, Ian Cohen of Pitchfork resumed: "as Manifesto runs through its forbidding 20-track playlist, it unsurprisingly falters when it chases Hot 97 spins that are laughably out of reach". Huw Jones of Slant summed up with "the album does have some decent moments though. It's just unfortunate that they're all exhausted by

49-416: Was met with generally favourable reviews from music critics . At Metacritic , which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream publications, the album received an average score of 62 based on four reviews. Pedro Hernandez of RapReviews stated: "the material found on Manifesto is, for the most part, superb, with only a handful of tracks that fail to live up to the quality found on

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