Infamy [PA]

Performer: Mobb Deep
Artist: Ronald Isley; Lil' Mo; 112; Big Noyd; Infamous Mobb; Littles
Distributor: Sony Music Distribution (

Notes: Mobb Deep: Prodigy, Havoc. Additional personnel includes: Ron Isley, Lil' Mo, 112, Big Noyd, Littles (vocals); Vita, Johnson Sisters (background vocals); Chucky Thompson. Producers: EZ-Elpee, Scott Storch, Alchemist, Havoc. Engineers: Steve Sola, Oscar Monsalve, Sheldon Guide. Recorded at Kejuan Entertainment Studios, Long Island, New York and Right Track Studios, New York, New York. Mobb Deep: Prodigy, Havoc. Additional personnel includes: Ron Isley, Lil' Mo, 112, Big Noyd, Littles (vocals); Vita, Johnson Sisters (background vocals); Chucky Thompson. Producers: EZ-Elpee, Scott Storch, Alchemist, Havoc. Engineers: Steve Sola, Oscar Monsalve, Sheldon Guide. Recorded at Kejuan Entertainment Studios, Long Island, New York and Right Track Studios, New York, New York. Though Havoc and Prodigy, the east coast duo known as Mobb Deep, have been famed since the mid-1990s as one of the most intense, powerful outfits on the hardcore gangsta rap scene, they've never resorted to in-your-face delivery or over-the-top production. In a sonic tradition continued on INFAMY, the two heavyweight rappers prefer to take a deadpan approach to their delivery of unrelenting, gritty lyrics that describe the thug life with detail and candor. Likewise, the production eschews party-hearty jeep beats for a subtle, often almost seductive sound that finds room for lilting female vocals, R&B grooves, and twinkling keyboard atmospheres. While INFAMY finds Mobb Deep losing none of their signature lyrical fire, neither have they lost the ability to make their message more palatable via some exceptional production skills. Though Havoc and Prodigy, the east coast duo known as Mobb Deep, have been famed since the mid-1990s as one of the most intense, powerful outfits on the hardcore gangsta rap scene, they've never resorted to in-your-face delivery or over-the-top production. In a sonic tradition continued on INFAMY, the two heavyweight rappers prefer to take a deadpan approach to their delivery of unrelenting, gritty lyrics that describe the thug life with detail and candor. Likewise, the production eschews party-hearty jeep beats for a subtle, often almost seductive sound that finds room for lilting female vocals, R&B grooves, and twinkling keyboard atmospheres. While INFAMY finds Mobb Deep losing none of their signature lyrical fire, neither have they lost the ability to make their message more palatable via some exceptional production skills.

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Hailing from New York City's notorious Queens Bridge projects, Prodigy and Havoc, a.k.a. Mobb Deep, took the hip-hop world by storm with the release of their second album, 1995's THE INFAMOUS. An instant classic, the album was filled with raw beats, dark hooks, and brilliantly unflinching rhymes about ghetto life that, although filled with standard gangsta rap themes, emanated from a world entirely their own. Mobb Deep continued to record into the 21st century, and remain one of rap's most respected duos.

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