Mobb Deep - The Infamous Mobb Deep (Official Discussion Thread)
TheDarceKnight
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Ya'll know this was meant for Hell on Earth too, right? Nas even used P's flow on there.
Flipping like makaveli what thrill me.....
I think these are hav's originals because some of the drums are rigid as fukk.
Ya'll know this was meant for Hell on Earth too, right? Nas even used P's flow on there.
You mean war report? He spit that on La La also.
TheDarceKnight
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Maybe that too. I know they were both recorded in that time period. I remember it from here.
http://www.complex.com/music/2012/05/the-making-of-nas-it-was-written/live-nikka-rap
"Prodigy: “We recorded that for Hell On Earth. Nas called us when he was working on his album like, ‘Yo, I want to buy that song from y’all that we did.’ I was real reluctant at first because that shyt was crazy hot and that was our Nas feature for our album. He was like, ‘I want to buy that shyt.’ After thinking about it for a while, we sold it to him. We figured his shyt would be bigger than our shyt and it’d be good promotion for us because it’s Nas.
“The rhyme that I had on there is actually the rhyme that I [originally] had on ‘L.A., L.A.’ I had took that verse off of ‘L.A., L.A.’ because it was just too hot. When we did the song ‘L.A., L.A.’ we all was rhyming on it, we all had verses, but when I had wrote that verse, I was like, ‘Nah, I can’t put this on here. This is too crazy right here.’ So I ended up just doing the chorus on that song, and Hav did his verse on there, and that was it. I took that rhyme and I put it on ‘Live nikka Rap’ like two days later.
“If you listen to the rhyme on ‘Live nikka Rap,’ I’m talking about California shyt. I said, ‘Got links with big cats down in Santa Barbre.’ Nore tried to jack my little style off of that too. That whole ‘Live nikka Rap’ verse, Nore tried to jack my shyt a little something [Laughs.]. If you listen to it, you’ll know what I’m talking about. But it ain’t nothing, that’s cool.”
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I can't fukk with the version of temp rising remix on the second disc, there's a much better and longer version with better beat brakes than the one they put on disc 2.....and i know it's been said, but how the fukk did they not include Keeping It Real? At least we got Alright in good quality.
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listening to give up the goods on this..Noyd sounds like mega..
I wonder what beat they actually rapped over for eye for an eye? And some of the demos. I doubt they redid their vocals for most of them.
Nas has the same part so i wonder if the the kept his part and the chorus for the new beat and the rest redid or i they spit other verses to the OG beat. Who knows. From what i've read it sounded like Rae and Ghost were just at the 1 session with Mobb so i don't thin they ever came back.
edit.. found my own answer.
Matty C a.k.a. Matt Life (Executive Producer and A&R for Loud Records): “‘Eye for an Eye’ was one of the last songs we did and I knew we were already over budget, and spent too much on samples.
"And here comes Hav with a straight Al Green hook [but I forget which song]. In the middle of the session, I was like, ‘Yo, the sample is straight Al, yo.’ And we weren’t even sure Al Green would clear it. So that’s when Hav fukked with it, started chopping it some more. He was literally playing the sample out, key for key on the pads.
“The way he flipped it there was nothing to clear and we were all happy. For a while, there were different versions going back and forth. Then when Nas’ verse comes in, it goes back [to the original beat]. It’s hot, but I think in hindsight it was the right thing as far as pushing the envelope for creativity. I think Nas did two different verses."
Schott Free (Executive Producer and A&R for Loud Records): “Once we had everything straight with ‘Eye for an Eye,’ Ghostface came in and did something [on it]. We were talking about coming with an ‘Eye for an Eye (Remix)’ and we were gonna put Ghost on there.
"On the strength, I hit him up one day like, 'Yo, come through.' He was more than happy and he came with this rhyme and killed it over that beat. I wish to God I woulda just paused for a minute and put the shyt to that. But nobody did. The rhyme Ghost used on [‘Real Live shyt’], he wrote that to the ‘Eye for an Eye’ beat.
“I remember Havoc basically had caught an Al Green loop [of ‘I Wish You Were Here’] which later on became Nas’ ‘Shootouts.’ I actually have a couple different versions of that shyt on cassette. P had like two or three different rhymes he tried out for that shyt and all of them were fire.
"He had an entirely different rhyme when it had the Al Green loop on it. I think Tip might have touched it a little bit, but for the most part Hav kinda did a wonderful job on that one in terms of just chopping up the loop [so we didn’t have to clear the sample].”
Nas has the same part so i wonder if the the kept his part and the chorus for the new beat and the rest redid or i they spit other verses to the OG beat. Who knows. From what i've read it sounded like Rae and Ghost were just at the 1 session with Mobb so i don't thin they ever came back.
edit.. found my own answer.
Matty C a.k.a. Matt Life (Executive Producer and A&R for Loud Records): “‘Eye for an Eye’ was one of the last songs we did and I knew we were already over budget, and spent too much on samples.
"And here comes Hav with a straight Al Green hook [but I forget which song]. In the middle of the session, I was like, ‘Yo, the sample is straight Al, yo.’ And we weren’t even sure Al Green would clear it. So that’s when Hav fukked with it, started chopping it some more. He was literally playing the sample out, key for key on the pads.
“The way he flipped it there was nothing to clear and we were all happy. For a while, there were different versions going back and forth. Then when Nas’ verse comes in, it goes back [to the original beat]. It’s hot, but I think in hindsight it was the right thing as far as pushing the envelope for creativity. I think Nas did two different verses."
Schott Free (Executive Producer and A&R for Loud Records): “Once we had everything straight with ‘Eye for an Eye,’ Ghostface came in and did something [on it]. We were talking about coming with an ‘Eye for an Eye (Remix)’ and we were gonna put Ghost on there.
"On the strength, I hit him up one day like, 'Yo, come through.' He was more than happy and he came with this rhyme and killed it over that beat. I wish to God I woulda just paused for a minute and put the shyt to that. But nobody did. The rhyme Ghost used on [‘Real Live shyt’], he wrote that to the ‘Eye for an Eye’ beat.
“I remember Havoc basically had caught an Al Green loop [of ‘I Wish You Were Here’] which later on became Nas’ ‘Shootouts.’ I actually have a couple different versions of that shyt on cassette. P had like two or three different rhymes he tried out for that shyt and all of them were fire.
"He had an entirely different rhyme when it had the Al Green loop on it. I think Tip might have touched it a little bit, but for the most part Hav kinda did a wonderful job on that one in terms of just chopping up the loop [so we didn’t have to clear the sample].”
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