The album was recorded following the early 2004 broadcast of his failed Idol audition where Hung, a 20-year-old civil engineering student, received notoriety and a cult following due to an enthusiastic yet mediocre performance of "She Bangs".

The album was recorded the weekend of March 6, 2004, with Hung singing vocals over digital MIDI music, with real musicians occasionally playing as well.

[4] To promote the album, Hung performed before nearly 20,000 fans during half-time at a Golden State Warriors game on April 6.

[6] Allmusic's Stephen Thomas Erlewine gave Inspiration one star out of five, but adding it was still worth a chuckle or two for those wanting a laugh, "since it has some of the worst singing ever captured on record".

[8] David Browne of Entertainment Weekly, who graded the album an F, said that it "adds a particularly ugly race card" to the tradition of "William Shatner to schizophrenic indie-rock icon Wesley Willis.