Mobb Deep reviews

Mobb Deep

Musical Group

Forfans of 1990s east coast hip hop, gritty street rap, and classic queensbridge rap.
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The Profile

American hip hop duo from Queensbridge, Queens, composed of Prodigy and Havoc. Breakthrough with The Infamous (1995); acclaimed for gritty, street-centered lyrics and stark production. Prodigy died in 2017.

Members: Prodigy (Albert Johnson) and Havoc (Kejuan Muchita). Breakthrough album The Infamous (1995). Follow-up Hell On Earth (1996). Associated with Loud Records in the 1990s. Prodigy died in 2017.

Two DeBaser reviews examine Mobb Deep's grim, atmospheric take on street rap. The Infamous is treated with dark, black-humour admiration; Hell On Earth is praised as a consecrating follow-up. Reviews emphasize vivid storytelling and bleak production.

Notable Quotes

❝ Life is beautiful: there's the chick, there are friends, there's music, there are fists.

❝ "It’s the Infamous back in the house once again/ Livin' the life that of diamonds and guns/ and now gems pull gats like a basehead pull on stems/ the Mobb got the bomb run out and tell a friend/ Drop a gem on ’em..."