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

[ig88]

First tape i ever dubbed. Early 96 i got it.

To me , wu tang and mobb deep was tye best of the best, making authentic soulful music noone else could replicate.

While evryone else was chasing established sounds and the new pop sounds that emerged, they did it the best.

Thank god the rza told havoc no to producing on the album and told him to make his own beats.

 

[Whips-n-Chains]

Back in the day there was a record store that used to have Albums/CDs with headphones that they'd let ppl listen to them. I was a youngin at the time so for me to buy a CD I had to scrape my loot together, I first saw the Shook Ones Part. 2 video and was like "yoooooo I need this joint" so I went to the record store and they let me peep the album, I still remember hearing "Start of your Ending" and I played it back to back to back before moving on to the next song. I might've made it to "Eye for an Eye" and was "sold!" and bought it on the spot.

 

[Whips-n-Chains]

First tape i ever dubbed. Early 96 i got it.

To me , wu tang and mobb deep was tye best of the best, making authentic soulful music noone else could replicate.

While evryone else was chasing established sounds and the new pop sounds that emerged, they did it the best.

Thank god the rza told havoc no to producing on the album and told him to make his own beats.

I didn't even know this

 

[Whips-n-Chains]

It's prolly been 15 years since i've seen the physical orangish & blue CD...shyt was dope. I wish I knew were all my CD booklets were man...haven't seen that ish since like 2004

 

[Whips-n-Chains]

Better than doggystyle

Yea...the hype on Doggystyle was unmatch except for maybe GRODT. Doggystyle was one of the first albums I ever owned too. BUT The Infamous is a better album

 

[Whips-n-Chains]

Back when The Source reviews were like the Bible....

 

[Bugzbunny129]

The 1,2,3 punch of 36 chambers, the infamous, and cuban linx was the defining era east coast rap and what it would be for the next 10 years. Loud really was a great label to see all of this.

 

[Awesome Wells]

Everyone had this album in NYC, when it dropped.

I remember at the ball tournament on 145th & Lenox (Baby Rucker) that summer, the two records they played all day were "Shook Ones" and "How High". At The Rucker you would hear "Survival of the Fittest" and "Shook Ones" nonstop. This and OB4CL had the city in a chokehold from that spring to damn near winter.

Easily one of the best Hip Hop albums ever.