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Mar 04, 2015 Mobb Deep - The Infamous (BMG Music, 1995) #TRACKLIST (Thanks 'Stewie Da Bo$$'). The Start of Your Ending (41st Side) 0:00 The Infamous Prelude 4:26 Survival.
Mobb Deep - Juvenile Hell (1993)
02 - Me & My Crew
04 - Peer Pressure
06 - Hold Down The Fort
08 - Hit It From The Back
10 - Stomp 'Em Out (Feat. Big Noyd)
12 - Peer Pressure (The Large Professor Remix)
14 - Flavor For The Non Believes
01 - The Start Of Your Ending (41st Side)
03 - Survival Of The Fittest
04 - Eye For A Eye (Your Beef Is Mines) (Feat. NaS & Raekwon)
06 - Give Up The Goods (Just Step) (Feat. Big Noyd)
08 - Up North Trip
10 - Q.U. - Hectic
11 - Right Back At You (Feat. Ghostface Killah, Raekwon & Big Noyd)
13 - Cradle To The Grave
14 - Drink Away The Pain (Situations) (Feat. Q-Tip)
16 - Party Over (Feat. Big Noyd)
Mobb Deep - Pre-Hell EP (1996)
01 - In The Long Run
03 - Reach
05 - Rep The Q.B.C.
01 - Animal Instinct (Feat. Twin Gambino & Ty Nitty)
03 - Bloodsport
05 - More Trife Life
07 - Can't Get Enough Of It (Feat. General G)
09 - G.O.D. Pt. III
11 - Hell On Earth (Front Lines)
13 - Still Shinin'
01. Perfect Plot
03. First Day Of Spring
05. Illustrious
07. In the Long Run
09. Young Luv
11. Streets Leave Ya Dead
13. Pile Raps
15. Street Life
17. Niggas and Bitches
Mobb Deep - Murda Muzik (1999)
01 - Intro
03 - What's Ya Poison (Feat. Cormega)
05 - Let A Ho Be A Ho
07 - Allustrious
09 - Where Ya From (Feat. 8 Ball)
11 - Where Ya Heart At
13 - Can't Fuck Wit (Feat. Raekwon)
15 - Murda Muzik
17 - U.S.A. (Aiight Then)
19 - Quiet Storm (Remix) (Feat. Lil' Kim)
01. Survival Of The Fittest (Remix)
03. Take It In Blood
05. Street Life (ft. ACD)
07. Rep The QBC (ft. GOD Pt. 3)
09. Untitled (ft. GOD Pt. 3)
11. Everyday Gun Play
13. First Day Of Spring (ft. Tragedy Khadafi)
15. Recognize & Realize (Part 1) (ft. Big Noyd)
17. It Could Happen To You (prod. DJ Muggs)
19. Itâs The Pee â97 (ft. PMD)
01. Legal Money (ft. Shaq & Lord Tariq)
03. Hoodlum (ft. Big Noyd & Rakim) (Dirty)
04. Where Do We Go From Here (ft. Big Noyd & Chinky)
06. Know Da Game (ft. Kool G Rap & M.O.P.)
08. Perfect Plot (ft. Big Noyd)
10. Feel My Gat Blow
12. Power Raps
14. QB Meets Southside (ft. Onyx)
16. Infamous (ft. Charli Baltimore & Mike Delorean)
18. Shit That He Said (ft. Big Noyd)
20. Deadly Zone (ft. Big Noyd & Bounty Killer)
02 - Get Away
04 - Clap
06 - My Gats Splitting (Feat. Infamous Mobb)
08 - Hey Love (Anything) (Feat. 112)
10 - Live Foul
12 - Get At Me
14 - Crawlin'
16 - There I Go Again (Feat. Ron Isley)
Mobb Deep - The Dunn Language Pt. 1 (2002)
02. Killaz Theme (Feat. Cormega)
04. Shisty (Feat. Noyd)
06. Hoodlums (Feat. Rakim)
08. Everyday Gunplay
10. G.O.D. Pt. III (remix)
12. Never Goinâ Back
14. Shook Ones (remix)
16. Know Da Game (Feat. M.O.P. & Noyd)
02. Clap Us By
04. Figaro Chain
06. Perfect Plot
08. Rare Species
10. Recognize and Realize
12. Shit That He Said
14. Temperatures Rising (Remix)
16. The Grimey Way
18. Where Do We Go From Here
Mobb Deep - Free Agents (The Murda MixTape) (2003)
Disc 1:
01 - This Is Not Supposed To Be Positive... (Intro)
03 - Survival Of The Fittest 2003
05 - Double Shots (Feat. Noyd)
07 - Favorite Rapper
09 - It's Over
11 - Just Got Out The Box... (Skit)
13 - Clap First
15 - Came Up
17 - One Tribe... (Skit)
19 - Tough Love (Freestyle)
21 - Right Back At You (Freestyle)
02 - Mobb Deep: Get Back (Remix) (Feat. Big Noyd)
03 - 1st Infantry: Serious (The New Message) (Feat. Prodigy)
04 - 1st Infantry: The Midnight Creep (Feat. Havoc & Twin)
05 - 1st Infantry: Fourth Of July (Feat. Prodigy, Alchemist, Twin & Evidence)
07 - Big Noyd: Bang Bang
09 - Havoc: Bump That (Feat. 50 Cent & Big Noyd)
12 - Infamous Mobb: Killa Queens (Feat. Prodigy & Big Noyd)
13 - Infamous Mobb: We Don't Give A... (Feat. Havoc)
15 - Comega: Thun & Kicko (Feat. Prodigy)
16 - Tragedy Khadafi: What's Poppin' (Feat. Havoc)
17 - The Poet: The Heat Is On (Unreleased Version) (Feat. Prodigy & Godfather Don)
19 - Kool G Rap: Thug Chronicles (Unreleased Version) (Feat. Havoc)
Mobb Deep - Amerikaz Nightmare (2004)
01 - Amerikaz Nightmare
03 - Flood The Block
05 - Got It Twisted
07 - Real Niggaz
09 - Real Gangstaz (Feat. Lil Jon)
11 - On The Run
13 - Get Me (Feat. Big Noyd & Littles)
15 - Neva Change
1. Shed So Many Tears
3. Know How To Get It (Feat. 40 Glocc)
5. Back That (Instrumental)
7. When You Hear That
9. Wan't It (Instrumental)
11. The Hood Love It
13. Play That (Instrumental)
15. Let Them Hoes Know
02 - Put Em in Their Place
04 - Creep (Feat. 50 Cent)
06 - Backstage Pass
08 - Click Click (Feat. Tony Yayo)
10 - Capital P, Capital H
12 - The Infamous (Feat. 50 Cent)
14 - It's Alright (Feat. 50 Cent & Mary J. Blige)
15 - Have A Party (Feat. 50 Cent & Nate Dogg) (Bonus Track)
16 - Outta Control (Remix) (Feat. 50 Cent) (Bonus Track)
Mobb Deep - The Infamous Archives (2007)
Disc 1:
01 - Every Day Gun Play
03 - Untitled
05 - Reach (Feat. Chinky)
07 - Young Luv
09 - Shit Hits The Fan (Feat. Gotti)
11 - Thou Shall Not Kill (Feat. Snoop Dogg)
13 - QB Meets Southside (Feat. Onyx)
02 - Mobb Run The Rap Game
04 - Bump That (Feat. 50 Cent)
06 - Backwards
08 - U Know We Dont Stop
10 - All Mine
12 - We Don't Love Them Hoes
14 - Baby Baby
Mobb Deep - The Safe Is Cracked (2009)
01 - Mobb Deep
03 - Watch Ya Self
05 - Can't Win 4 Losin
07 - That Crack
09 - What Goes On
11 - Get Out Our Way
13 - Don't Play
01 - Take It In Blood
02 - Cop Hell (Demo 1992) 03 - Block Life (Feat. Arabian Knights) 04 - When You're A Thug (Feat. Kool G Rap & Tru Life) 05 - 1st Day of Spring (Feat. Tragedy) 06 - Perfect Plot 07 - Thrill Me (Like Makaveli) 08 - Locked Up Shit (Feat. Big Noyd) 09 - Survival of Da Fittest (Remix) 10 - Give Up Da Goods (Original Version) (Feat. Big Noyd) 11 - Da Doe 12 - QB Meets South Suicide (Feat. Onyx) 13 - Legal Money (Feat. Shaq) 14 - Infamous (Feat. Charli Blatimore) 15 - Feel My Gat Blow 16 - Snitch 17 - 3 From NYC 18 - Pay Back (Feat. Tragedy Khadafi) 19 - Where Do We Go (Version A) (Feat. Tragedy Khadafi & Big Noyd) 20 - Where Do We Go (Version B) (Feat. Big Noyd) 21 - True Lies 22 - Mobb of Steel
Mobb Deep - Infamous Minded (2010)
01. Dj Larry Lo â Intro
03. Alchemist â Boom Boom(World Premier)
05. Mobb Deep â Infamous Minded 2011(World Premier)
07. Mobb Deep â You Aint A Gangsta
09. Havoc â Freestyle(World Premier)
11. Havoc â No Matter I Go
13. Un Pacino â Who The Fuck
15. Big Twins Ft Big Noyd â On Smash
16. Mobb Deep Ft Nyce Da Future & L.A.D â Got The Drop
18. Prodigy â Up The Ladder Of Success
20. Havoc Ft Big Noyd â You Know My Style
21. Big Twins Ft Ty Nitty â Im3 Click(World Premier)
23. Mobb Deep Ft Kool G Rap â Gangsta Move(Sid Roams)
25. Havoc Ft Prodigy â Walk With Me(World Premier Unreleased Version With P)
27. Blaq Mobb Ft Prodigy , Un Pacino & Big Twins â How You Want It
29. Prodigy â The Dough
31. Prodigy Ft Un Pacino â Got That
01 - Dead Man Shoes (Feat. Bounty Killer)
03 - Conquer
05 - Last Days
Mobb Deep - White Cocaine (2011)
01. Intro Dj Iron Sparks
03. Body Bag feat. Tony Yayo
05. Must Go Hard
07. Twilight
09. Dog Shit feat. Nas
11. Dead Man's Shoes feat. Bounty Killer
01. Give Up The Goods
03. Paddyshop
05. Trife Life
CD 1 01. Taking You Off Here 02. Say Something 03. Get Down feat. Snoop Dogg 04. Dirt 05. Timeless 06. All A Dream feat. The LOX 07. Low feat. Mack Wilds 08. Murdera 09. Check The Credit 10. Gimme All That 11. Legendary feat. Bun & Juicy J 12. Lifetime (prod. by The Alchemist) 13. My Block CD 2 The 1994 Infamous Sessions 01. Eye For An Eye feat. Ghostface Killah, Raekwon & Nas 02. Skit 03. Get It In Blood 04. Gimme The Goods 05. If Itâs Alright feat. Big Noyd 06. Skit Mobb Deep 1995 07. Survival Of The Fittest 08. Temperatureâs Rising 09. The Bridge 10. Skit 11. The Money 12. The Money Version 2 13. We About To Get Hectic 14. The Infamous CD3 01. The Start of Your Ending (41st Side) 02. (The Infamous Prelude) 03. Survival of the Fittest 04. Eye for a Eye (Your Beef Is Mines) 05. (Just Step Prelude) 06. Give up the Goods (Just Step) 07. Temperature's Rising 08. Up North Trip 09. Trife Life 10. Q.U. - Hectic 11. Right Back at You 12. (The Grave Prelude) 13. Cradle to the Grave 14. Drink Away the Pain (Situations) 15. Shook Ones Part II 16. Party Over Mobb Deep - Daytrotter Studio 5-3-2014 (2014) 01. Survival Of The Fittest 02. Taking You Off Here 03. Quiet Storm 04. Shook Ones Part II Mobb Deep - White Cocaine 2 (2015) 01 - Dj Iron Sparks (Intro) 02 - Who You Bullshittin 03 - Make A Hole 04 - Uncut Raw 05 - Biology 06 - So What 09 - Street Certified (Feat Mop) 12 - Shark 13 - Time Switch (Feat Benefit & Rap-P) 14 - How It Goes (Feat Chinky) 15 - The Outcome Mobb Deep - Survival of the Fittest EP (2015)
02. Survival Of The Fittest Part 2 (ESPN Remix)
04. Life Is What You Make It
06. Conquer
Mobb Deep - Unreleased (2016) 01 â Intro (Unreleased) 02 â Hold It Down (Unreleased) 03 â Horizons (Unreleased) ![]() 05 â How Thugs Play (Unreleased) 06 â Respect My Gangster (Unreleased) 07 â Fuck That Bitch (Unreleased) 08 â Kells (Unreleased) 09 â Feel My Gat Blow (Unreleased) 10 â Snitch (Unreleased) 11 â Duns & Kikos (Unreleased) (J-Love) 12 â Gun Love (Unreleased) 13 â Taste Of Revenge (Unreleased) 14 â Hold Down Hip-Hop (Unreleased) 15 â Suspect Niggaz (Unreleased) 16 â Reach (Unreleased) 17 â The Bridge (Unreleased) 18 â Perfect Plot (Unreleased) 19 â Shook Ones Pt3 (Unreleased) 20 â True Lies (Unreleased) 21 â Take It In Blood (Unreleased) 22 â Anita (Unreleased) 23 â Street Life (Unreleased) 24 â Naaaah (Unreleased) 25 â Saga Ruff (Unreleased) 26 â Killaz Theme Pt2 27 â Let Nothin Die (Unreleased) 28 â Crime Connection 29 â Rock Them To Sleep (Unreleased) 30 â Shiesty 31 â Locked Up Shit 32 â Thrill Me 33 â Flippin 34 â Give Up Da Goods 35 â Wher Do We Go 36 â Queens Mobb Deep - The Infamous Features (Bootleg) (2019)
01. Bloodshed And War (feat. Da Youngsta´s)
03. Know Da Game (feat. Kool G Rap, Frankie Cutlass & M.O.P.)
05. Live Nigga Rap (feat. Nas)
06. L.A.,L.A (Kuwait Mix) (feat. Tragedy Khadafi & Capone N Noreaga)
08. Nessun Dorma (feat. The Rapsody)
10. The Roof (feat. Mariah Carey)
12. Deadly Zone (feat. Bounty Killer & Rappin' Noyd)
14. Play IV Keeps (feat. Inspectah Deck & Method Man)
15. Infamous (feat. Charli Baltimore & Mike Delorian)
16. Tonight (feat. The Notorious B.I.G & Joe Hooker)
18. Da Bridge 2001 (feat. Capone, Nas, Tragedy, Nature, MC Shan, Marley Marl, Cormega & Millennium Thug)
19. Queens Finest (feat. CNN, Algado & Shoballotti)
21. Killaz Theme II (feat. Cormega)
23. The Best Of Queens (It's Us) (feat. DJ Clue)
24. Get Shot The Fuck Up (feat. DJ Kay Slay & Big Noyd)
26. Shoot 'Em Up (Bang Bang) Part 2 (feat. Big Noyd)
28. Playa (feat. Nelly & Missy Elliot)
30. Infinite Team (feat. Big Noyd)
31. Money Rolls (feat. Infamous Mobb, Big Noyd & Illa Gee)
33. Have a Party (feat. 50 Cent & Nate Dogg)
35. En Bas (feat. Kayna Samet)
36. 300 Shots (feat. Mase, 50 Cent, Lloyd Banks, M.O.P., Young Buck & Tony Yayo)
38. Beef (feat. The Notorious B.I.G)
40. Every Time (feat. Termanology)
42. Keep It Real Hoe (feat. Too Short & Murda One)
44. Hi Speed Chasin (feat. Rah Digga)
46. Boy Back Up (feat. DMX)
48. Duel to the Death (feat. Vinnie Paz)
50. Aim Shoot (feat. Papoose)
52. Final Cut (feat. Fard)
54. Outta Control (Remix) (feat. 50 Cent)
56. Play The Record (feat. Racq Dolo & 40 Glocc)
58. Illest Alive (feat. Gist)
60. What the Thugs Do (feat. Joe Young & Big Noyd)
62. Mobb of Steel
The Infamous (stylized as The Infamous...) is the second studio album by the American hip hop duo Mobb Deep. It was released on April 25, 1995, by Loud Records. The album features guest appearances by Nas, Raekwon, Ghostface Killah, and Q-Tip, who also contributed to its production and mixing. Embedded with hyper-visual lyricism, dark soundscapes, gritty narratives, and hard beats, it marked Mobb Deep's transition from a relatively unknown rap duo to an influential and commercially successful one.[not verified in body] Most of the left-over songs from the album became bonus tracks for Mobb Deep's The Infamous Mobb Deep album (2014).
Upon its release, The Infamous achieved notable commercial success, debuting at number 15 on the US Billboard 200 and number 3 on the Top R&B/Hip Hop Albums charts. On June 26, 1995, the album was certified gold by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA).[2] The album produced four singles; 'Shook Ones Pt. II', 'Survival of the Fittest', 'Temperature's Rising', 'Give Up the Goods (Just Step)', which all achieved varying degrees of chart success, with 'Shook Ones Pt. II' being the most successful.
The album's haunting style, defined by its evocative melodies, rugged beats, and lyrics dealing with crime and poverty in inner city neighborhoods reflected the dark side of New York's urban landscape in a manner that received special recognition and critical praise. Along with albums such as Enter the Wu-Tang (36 Chambers), Illmatic and Ready to Die, The Infamous is widely credited as a major contributor to the East Coast Renaissance. Furthermore, the album is credited with helping to redefine the sound of hardcore hip-hop, using its production style, which incorporated eerie piano loops, distorted synthesizers, eighth-notehi-hats, and sparse bass lines.
Background[edit]
During the spring of 1993, while the group was still in their late-teens, Mobb Deep released their first album Juvenile Hell under the 4th & B'way Records label. The album included production from several revered New York based producers, including Large Professor, DJ Premier, and Public Enemy affiliate Kerwin Young, and included the underground single 'Hit It from the Back'. Due to Juvenile Hell's failure to achieve significant commercial and critical success, the duo was dropped from their label several months after the album's release.[3]Havoc and Prodigy later described Juvenile Hell as a 'learning experience'.[3]
During the summer of 1993, Loud Records was looking for another group to sign, owing to the success of Wu-Tang Clan's first single, 'Protect Ya Neck', and by fall 1993, the label had signed Mobb Deep.[3] Recording for the album began in early 1994, and ended almost one year later in early 1995. Unlike the duo's first album, The Infamous was almost entirely self-produced by Havoc and Prodigy, with outside help from Matt Life, Schott Free and Q-Tip (credited as the Abstract). Producer Matt Life later recalled Q-Tip's involvements, stating, 'Tip was very involved in The Infamous from early on. Probably more than people know. Tip was just a fan of theirs and I knew him from way back, so he was really helpful, giving them advice. Then he came in later in the sessions and said he'd help mix a couple records. And then he ended up picking a couple of records they did to re-do. Except for 'Drink Away the Pain', the songs that Tip produced were already a full song before he got to them. He liked the lyrics on those original songs, but he re-did the beats. It was the same song title, same hook, same rhymes, just new beats.'[4] Havoc later commented 'Q-Tip definitely bent his style a little bit to get with what we was doing. Like with 'Drink Away the Pain' you see him trying to get gangsta with it.'[5]
On the group's decision to handle most of the production, Havoc later commented, 'We started producing because other producers was giving us shit that we didn't like, or they was just charging too much. I didn't know nothing about producing music at the time, but I learned by watching others.'[6] The style of production on The Infamous was part of a change in New York City hip-hop from upbeat and jazz-influenced, into raw, gritty beats. This style of production, often characterized by dissonant, minor key samples and heavily filtered bass lines became a hallmark of mid-1990s New York rap.
Cover artwork[edit]
The cover art for The Infamous was created in Queensbridge Houses, New York by photographer Delphine A. Fawundu, who later commented about the photography session in Vikki Tobak's 2018 analog hip hop photography collective Contact High: A Visual History of Hip-Hop (published by Clarkson Potter), 'I was inspired by how all these elements came together, making New York hip-hop such a force at that time. It just felt so powerful and it was all happening right before my eyes, and my camera'. In 2019, images from Fawundu's photoshoot with Mobb Deep and the previously unseen contact prints were featured in a full-size museum exhibit at the The Annenberg Space for Photography in Los Angeles.[7][8]
Reception[edit]Commercial performance[edit]
The album spent 18 weeks on the US Billboard 200 for peaking at number 15, and it also spent 34 weeks on the Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums charts for peaking at number 3. The Infamous was certified gold, with shipments of 500,000 copies in the United States by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) on June 26, 1995.[2]
Initial reaction[edit]
Upon its release, The Infamous received widespread critical acclaim. Entertainment Weekly's Tiarra Mukherjee gave it a B+ rating, stating, 'Over mostly self-produced, bare-bones beats, the pair's hard-edged rhymes paint a chilling picture of life on their mean streets, New York City's Queensbridge Housing Projects. Underground rap-heads, and those who can break away from Jeep beats will rejoice.'[10]The Source's Dimitry Leger stated, 'Mobb Deep earn credibility, winning the crucial battle between style and substance, who's real and who's a move-faker. Havoc and Prodigy simply report what they know.'[16]
Elliott Wilson from Vibe wrote a favorable review of the album as well, and stated 'Each song is a different chapter in the hard street life Havoc and Prodigy have experienced in their Queensbridge neighborhood ... While describing their lives with brutal realism and raw imagery, Havoc's love for his hometown hits you in the head like a Mike Tyson comeback punch.'[18]NME gave the album an eight out of ten rating, noting its 'Shuttering nitro beats and scratchy jazz samples (that) cut back to reverberating piano chords and odd squealing horn breaks', also stating, 'As rappers they bring the clipped, rolling style of Rakim or EPMD, adding a chill menace to neighborhood boasts like 'Right Back at You' and 'Eye for a Eye'.'[12]Rolling Stone called it 'a darkly nihilistic masterpiece'.[14]
Retrospect[edit]
Since its initial release, The Infamous has earned additional critical praise and has been widely regarded as a cornerstone album of New York hardcore rap.[1]Allmusic's Steve Huey gave it a five star rating, and commented 'The Infamous is Mobb Deep's masterpiece, a relentlessly bleak song cycle that's been hailed by hardcore rap fans as one of the most realistic gangsta albums ever recorded [...] it has all the foreboding atmosphere and thematic sweep of an epic crime drama. That's partly because of the cinematic vision behind the duo's detailed narratives, but it's also a tribute to how well the raw, grimy production evokes the world that Mobb Deep is depicting.' Huey further stated:
This is hard, underground hip-hop that demands to be met on its own terms, with few melodic hooks to draw the listener in. Similarly, there's little pleasure or relief offered in the picture of the streets Mobb Deep paints here: They inhabit a war zone where crime and paranoia hang constantly in the air. Gangs are bound together by a code of fierce loyalty, relying wholly on one another for survival in a hopeless environment. Hostile forces â cops, rivals, neighborhood snitches are potentially everywhere, and one slip around the wrong person can mean prison or death.
ââSteve Huey[1]
In 2004, The Source re-rated the album to the perfect five 'mics' and stated 'Prodigy's thugged-out entertainment and Havoc's sonic production on cuts like the bone-chilling 'Shook Ones Pt. ll' ... proved to be timeless street joints in the same vein as 'Life's a Bitch' and 'You Gots to Chill.' The album was a staple for all hardheaded delinquents comin' up in the game.'[19]Rolling Stone also re-rated the album in 2004 to a maximum five, while calling The Infamous 'one of the greatest rap albums of the [1990s]'.[15] Similar to The Source, XXL magazine gave it a classic rating of 'XXL' in its retrospective 2007 issue.[20]
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