Older heads , what was the reaction like when Mobb Deep The Infamous first came out ?

[DMGAINGREEN]

This album came out a year before I was born so I obviously wasn't present for the impact this album had , but I first heard this album when I was like 13 in 09 and it has never left my rotation since This is personally my favorite rap album of all time because at the time when I first heard it I was already knee deep into the street life engaging in foul acts so this album described everything I was going through at that time frame so accurately it was almost damn near scary especially Trife Life because I had got set up by a girl on Myspace which led to AIM and we were scheduled to met by the 5train on Dyre ave but I ended up getting jumped by four people .


Up North Trip resonates with me as well because I did 18 months when I was 15 for assault and possession of a firearm , only thing I ain't go upnorth I went to a juvenile detention center in the same borough but still lol (Shoutout to my Horizion cats btw)


QU hectic is another gem just off the stregnth of how P started off the verse "I open my eyes to the streets where I was raised as a man" just the way P depicted the average mind of a teenager dwelling the streets so vividly I don't think till this day anyone surpassed him in the area


I know alot of posters in the booth are 80s babies so they can recall when this album came out and how the public perceived it , I'm wild eager to hear ya' stories .

 

[DMGAINGREEN]

@BmoreGorilla
@FreshAIG
@mobbinfms
@Big Mel

 

[BmoreGorilla]

We were spoiled back than and didn't kno how good we had it. We were getting hit with so many classic albums and this was one of the true standouts. The thing that was different about the Mobb was that nobody in NY talked as much tough guy shyt as them but it was so lyrical. It was also rare for a duo to have so many different range of emotions. Only solo rappers did that.

Got this for my 8th graduation gift

 

[The Bilingual Gringo]

Havoc's production was something that nobody had ever heard before. Sadly, a lot of album that came out in that time were sonically new and refreshing. Their videos in and of themselves were dope for back then too.

 

[mson]

It was fantastic. They had their own sound and they bought you into their world. You can feel the steel and concrete listening to Havocs beats.

 

[ch15x]

...not bad!

 

[Lord Mecca]

co-sign @BmoreGorilla in the fact we were spoiled. The quality of hip-hop at the time seemed like it was just non-stop. This Mobb Deep album was amazing... came outta nowhere (where I was at) and was an instant staple in the tape deck.

I remember Trife Life was my track when it first dropped... thought that beat was insane... I was like " how can this hip-hop shyt get better!?!?"

 

[Mr. Negative]

I can't really speak on what it was like in other places, cause where I was at it was only me and one other dude listening to hip hop like that.


it just really seemed like there was a 2 year stretch where Rap City could do no wrong and there was no wack sounding music. Ever.

What a time to be alive.

 

[BmoreGorilla]

co-sign @BmoreGorilla in the fact we were spoiled. The quality of hip-hop at the time seemed like it was just non-stop. This Mobb Deep album was amazing... came outta nowhere (where I was at) and was an instant staple in the tape deck.

I remember Trife Life was my track when it first dropped... thought that beat was insane... I was like " how can this hip-hop shyt get better!?!?"

That album did seem like it came outta nowhere. Shook Ones Pt II was underground and barely anybody outside NY knew it was their second album. Only reason I knew who Havoc was cuz he was on the Black Moon album

 

[Mr. Negative]

"I'm only 19 but my mind is old. And when shyt gets for real, my warm heart turns cold. Another nikka deceased. Another story is told. It ain't nothing, really. Ay yo, dun. Spark the philly. So I can get my mind off these yella back nikkas. 'Why they still alive?' I dunno. Go figure. Meanwhile, back in Queens: The Realness. The Foundation. If I die, I couldn't pick a better location. When the slugs penetrate, you feel a burning sensation. Getting closer to God in a tight situation, now...."

Them harsh realities, brehs. Words from a young

IMDKV

 

[Truth200]

It was by far the best thing in Hip Hop since Snoop & Dre changed the game with the Chronic & Doggystyle.

 

[TheSickness]

"I'm only 19 but my mind is old. And when shyt gets for real, my warm heart turns cold. Another nikka deceased. Another story is told. It ain't nothing, really. Ay yo, dun. Spark the philly. So I can get my mind off these yella back nikkas. 'Why they still alive?' I dunno. Go figure. Meanwhile, back in Queens: The Realness. The Foundation. If I die, I couldn't pick a better location. When the slugs penetrate, you feel a burning sensation. Getting closer to God in a tight situation, now...."

Them harsh realities, brehs. Words from a young

IMDKV

Forreal, maybe 3-4 rappers ever are as cinematic as Prodigy in his prime. As he says on "Genesis":
"Rhymes so vivid Dunn I see what you sayin"
But you gotta understand how I feel
The pain and the hardship it took to build
Years of frustration, some got killed
Others fell vic' to the gates of steel"

 

[mobbinfms]

@BmoreGorilla
@FreshAIG
@mobbinfms
@Big Mel

Thanks for the recommendation. I'm gonna give the album a listen.

 

[DMGAINGREEN]

Thanks for the recommendation. I'm gonna give the album a listen.

Stop playin nikka

 

[Mr. Negative]

Forreal, maybe 3-4 rappers ever are as cinematic as Prodigy in his prime. As he says on "Genesis":
"Rhymes so vivid Dunn I see what you sayin"
But you gotta understand how I feel
The pain and the hardship it took to build
Years of frustration, some got killed
Others fell vic' to the gates of steel"

nothing but blank, shell shocked, dead eyed nihilism. No anger, no rage, no nothing. Zombie P.

"The Rotten Apple made me this way.
I don't give a fukk.
I shoot a nikka down.
Or cut a nikka up.
New York made me this way.
I'm all about a buck.
My close friends was murdered.
I bullet proofed my truck."