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Timestamps
0:00 – Havoc on documenting real life through music
1:00 – Welcome to rapfabulous CONVOS (Mic Fox and Wood Harris intro)
1:35 – When did hip-hop become your obsession? (Alchemist and Havoc origin stories)
5:00 – Linking with DJ Muggs and Cypress Hill
7:20 – Mobb Deep’s authentic storytelling process
8:45 – How Havoc learned from Large Professor and Q-Tip
10:45 – The Alchemist on how “The Realest” brought him into Mobb Deep’s world
13:00 – Touring with Mobb Deep and Limp Bizkit; Jam Master Jay memories
14:00 – Wood Harris on hip-hop aging like the blues
15:30 – The “new nostalgic” movement and bridging generations
17:00 – The Alchemist on staying inspired by younger artists
20:00 – Havoc breaks down “Down” featuring Nas and Jorja Smith (sample: Adagio for Strings)
22:00 – The Alchemist on his beat volume, process, and unreleased material
24:00 – Working with Erykah Badu and genre fusion
25:00 – What would Prodigy think of Infinite?
26:00 – The story behind the name “Mobb Deep”
28:00 – Alchemist’s vinyl-digging rituals and biggest finds
30:00 – What’s next: Havoc x Method Man, Alchemist x Hit-Boy and Erykah Badu projects
33:00 – The science behind sampling and production evolution
35:00 – Closing reflections on the “new nostalgic” era and hip-hop’s future
36:00 – Mic Fox wrap-up | rapfabulous CONVOS outro
