Mobb Deep - The Infamous - 20th Anniversary Celebration - Free Daps & Reps

[Zero]

Man, Drink Away The Pain is probably the worst song on the album...and it's still a classic



I used to be in love with this bytch named E&J
Don't fukk with her no more now I fukk with Tanqueray
Tanqueray introduced me to her first cousin Gold
Last name was English and the first name Olde
But Gold couldn't take the dikk it made me lazy
We split apart and now I met this new trick Dainy
Now me and Dainy, we been together ever since
Our love combines to form a science, what is this
I bust her cherry, took her virginity in '91
Now that she's open everybody want to tap something
Go get your own don't make me have to fukking clap something
I love my shorty more than life now ain't that something
To love you Dainy more than living itself
Even though my friends tell me she ain't good for my health
When I go pick her up they tell me put her back on the shelf
They say say yo P she only wants you for one thing that's your wealth
But I don't pay attention, cos she's my baby
The Dainy you know she drive me crazy she's my number one lady
Met her back in '89 now she's 22
Acting like she 40, she said all I need is a man to support me
Besides, you from the 41st side of things
And Queensbridge nikkas be acting like they kings
Pushing Lexuses, wearing fat diamond rings
My cellular phone reigns supreme, international think rational
The 12th street crew move back when we come through

 

[Zero]

and Tip's verse....nikka wasn't even rapping about liquor and it was still with the fashion references

Tommy Hil was my nikka, and others couldn't figure
How me and Hilfiger used to move through with vigor
Had to sit and plan on how to make these seven figures
Said a Brinks is coming through, at Fashion Avenue
At Tuesday at two, now we gotta form a crew
Of motherfukkers, who ain't going out like suckers
Told me call Karl Kani, and all my other brothers
I told my sister Walker, who was the smoothest talker
Negotiate the deal with them other money stalkers
Diesel drove the the beemer, the hatchback of course
Nautica'll navigate to keep us on course
Polo's acting bolo trying to say he the Boss
I said shut the fukk up, the kid is out with the loot sack
Got a big trey pound, itching just to swoop back
Timb is on the roof with the twelve gauge rifle
Scope is on the top so you know he living Eiffel
Took the aim of Oswald, caught him North in the Face
All them other kids they had they tools aimed at space
Levi had the snub so you know they getting laced
Donna Karan was crying, cause mad shells was flying
Damn all we want is a piece of the pie and
Nike scooped the sacks cause he moves like Air
Threw them shyts up in the trunk now we up out here
Got back to the mansion, to divvy up the paper
Helly Hansen was the brain of the whole entire caper
So she felt it was right, for her to get the whole slice
Everybody in the crew didn't think it was nice
I guess not, and Guess was hot, so guess what
Guess took the jigga, and jigged her in the gut

 

[SirBiatch]

P was the king of opening lines man.

"I put my lifetime in between the paper's lines."
"There's a war goin on outside..."
"I break bread, ribs, nundred dollar bills..."
"I used to be in love with this bytch named E&J..."
"My empire strikes with the strength of poisonous snakes"

Too many to count.

P is definitely one of the GOATs of opening lines. In fact, he's the rapper that made me pay attention to strong opening lines.

and Havoc > Kanye easily

 

[Zero]

"Took the aim of Oswald, caught him North in the Face"

Very few rappers are spitting like that these days....VERY few

 

[JayBaldacci]

Best NY album, besides lynx

 

[mobbinfms]

legendary album

Didn't you make a thread about hearing this album (or was it Hell On Earth??) for the first time
Classic thread

 

[TheDarceKnight]

Man, Drink Away The Pain is probably the worst song on the album...and it's still a classic



I used to be in love with this bytch named E&J
Don't fukk with her no more now I fukk with Tanqueray
Tanqueray introduced me to her first cousin Gold
Last name was English and the first name Olde
But Gold couldn't take the dikk it made me lazy
We split apart and now I met this new trick Dainy
Now me and Dainy, we been together ever since
Our love combines to form a science, what is this
I bust her cherry, took her virginity in '91
Now that she's open everybody want to tap something
Go get your own don't make me have to fukking clap something
I love my shorty more than life now ain't that something
To love you Dainy more than living itself
Even though my friends tell me she ain't good for my health
When I go pick her up they tell me put her back on the shelf
They say say yo P she only wants you for one thing that's your wealth
But I don't pay attention, cos she's my baby
The Dainy you know she drive me crazy she's my number one lady
Met her back in '89 now she's 22
Acting like she 40, she said all I need is a man to support me
Besides, you from the 41st side of things
And Queensbridge nikkas be acting like they kings
Pushing Lexuses, wearing fat diamond rings
My cellular phone reigns supreme, international think rational
The 12th street crew move back when we come through

It used to be my least favorite because it wasn't as dark and I thought it stood out, but I love it. Those horns man. It's crazy, when you say worst on the album, I mean even the worst song on here is a 4.5/5 IMO. Also they were even kind of ahead of Common in terms of using a woman as a metaphor for something.

 

[mobbinfms]

I would NEVER one star a Mobb Deep thread. That would be sinful.

I could forgive someone for doing that...if the Hennessy had them not knowing how to act...

 

[mobbinfms]

Classic




....and did someone say free rep?

I'll get you breh. Everyone is gonna get that rep
I'm only on page 2...but I will get everyone.

 

[mobbinfms]

It used to be my least favorite because it wasn't as dark and I thought it stood out, but I love it. Those horns man. It's crazy, when you say worst on the album, I mean even the worst song on here is a 4.5/5 IMO. Also they were even kind of ahead of Common in terms of using a woman as a metaphor for something.

I Used to Love her was 94 if I'm not mistaken...

 

[mobbinfms]

P was the king of opening lines man.

"I put my lifetime in between the paper's lines."
"There's a war goin on outside..."
"I break bread, ribs, nundred dollar bills..."
"I used to be in love with this bytch named E&J..."
"My empire strikes with the strength of poisonous snakes"

Too many to count.



I've always said that havoc is as underrated as he is, mostly because he never really produced for anyone outside of the little Mobb/Queensbridge circle (basically just Mobb, IM3, Noyd, CNN, Nas, 'Mega) until the mid 00's. I remember him doing Last Day for Biggie/LOX and that Foxy Brown joint "The Promise" but not much else. That Xzibit Eyes May Shine Remix.

Even then it was mostly LOX solo joints like Kiss' Why, and then stuff for G-Unit here and there. I think I remember hearing Curtis and my favorite beat on there was definitely the Havoc one (that Curtis 187) without me even needing to read the credits.

When you hear the Shook Ones sample flip, or Survival of the Fittest sample? That took 20 years to find? And Hav didn't even remember what he sampled? For a kid to do that so young? Genius, man. I'm pretty sure most of the Hell On Earth samples didn't even get cleared because most of them are still unknown.

I could listen to those videos of the samples being created day in and day out.

Hav the GOAT.

 

[Zero]

The Survival of the Fittest flip

Both prime Havoc and Prodigy were both top 5 in their respective areas to me

 

[Danie84]

Stash CREAM keys on a triple beam
Five hundred SL green, ninety-five nickle gleam
Condominium, thug dressed like a gentleman
Tailor made ostrich, Chanel for my women friend
Murderin, numbers on your head while I'm burglarin
Shank is servin em, whassup to all my nikkaz swervin in
New York metropolis, the Bridge brings apocalypse
Shoot at the clouds feels like, the holy beast is watchin us
Mad man my sanity is goin like an hourglass
Gun inside my bad hand I sliced tryin to bag grams

...90s Kid

 

[mobbinfms]

Stash CREAM keys on a triple beam
Five hundred SL green, ninety-five nickle gleam
Condominium, thug dressed like a gentleman
Tailor made ostrich, Chanel for my women friend
Murderin, numbers on your head while I'm burglarin
Shank is servin em, whassup to all my nikkaz swervin in
New York metropolis, the Bridge brings apocalypse
Shoot at the clouds feels like, the holy beast is watchin us
Mad man my sanity is goin like an hourglass
Gun inside my bad hand I sliced tryin to bag grams

...90s Kid

There's no way you could convince me that society isn't on the verge of collapse and that we all aren't going to die immediately when that beat is playing.
Nas captured that feeling perfectly
And to think...that beat wouldn't have existed but for the fact that they didn't have $ to clear the loop of that Al Green record, so Hav got on his shyt and chopped it up (and god knows what else).
Hav sees his beats in colors.
I don't know what that means...because I'm not a musical genius.

 

[Zero]

There's no way you could convince me that society isn't on the verge of collapse and that we all aren't going to die immediately when that beat is playing.
Nas captured that feeling perfectly
And to think...that beat wouldn't have existed but for the fact that they didn't have $ to clear the loop of that Al Green record, so Hav got on his shyt and chopped it up (and god knows what else).
Hav sees his beats in colors.
I don't know what that means...because I'm not a musical genius.

The precursor for Hell on Earth


...but that's another thread