Sunalmighty
Superstar
I agree. I started to put that, just didnt feel like arguing lol
Looking back, THE INFAMOUS was...
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I agree. I started to put that, just didnt feel like arguing lol
Sunalmighty
Superstar
When I visited my brother in Flatbush, we were listening to Raekwon. I swear, the album didnt sound the same, it was a totally different vibe. Like, riding around NYC brought it to life.
the rhyme king
truth.com
hell on earth was better lyrically easily p never spit multis like that but on hell on earth he did
i remember when i brought the cd on the day after christmas in 99 and when my mom found out, she took it back to the store. some months later, she brought me the tape and damn, that shyt was powerful. it changed my life. i think she did me a favor by not buying it but being a kid that was always curious, i just had to hear it. it didn't help that i was depressed as fukk at the time too. that's why i refuse to believe prodigy and havoc could fall off so hard after the clock hit 2000. i was extremely disappointed with prodigy's first solo album as after hearing the infamous, hell on earth and murda muzik. i expected p to put out a classic, instead he does something else and he sounded horrible on it too.
i used to idolize p where i wanted to be just like him but damn, dude ruined his own career.
i used to idolize p where i wanted to be just like him but damn, dude ruined his own career.
Sunalmighty
Superstar
During this era, I was in Cali. But what was it like living in NYC when classic after classic was dropping. Even underground classics
infamousred
All Star
mobb were legends just off of this album alone. they didnt even need to drop more heat like hell on earth and murda muzik. the production on hoe was just so much more refined and they both improved on the mic(p even more), and then they went dropped murda muzik which showed havoc was REALLY versatile w/ the production. i mean, now that i think about it, i dont think another producer has changed up their sound so much through out their career. anyway, favorite track off of infamous was probably temperature rising. even the other version w/ the soul sample is just
bigbadbossup2012
Biggest baddest boss
Convincingly better than illmatic and OB4CL to me
Mike Statik
Pro
havoc is under rated as a rapper IMO
obv not better than P in his prime...but dude held his own
obv not better than P in his prime...but dude held his own
GetInTheTruck
Member
cradle to the grave gives me chills to this day.
the cac mamba
Veteran
i dont like drink away the pain that much. kinda throws off the vibe a lil. i dont know if its where the songs placed, or q tips corny ass, but i could do without that track
m i kno tip produced on the album, never liked him as a rapper tho
m i kno tip produced on the album, never liked him as a rapper tho
ISO
Pass me the rock nikka
Who cares about multis? You always stressing that shyt, the Infamous is better lyrically. There is more raw emotion coming from the voices from P and Hav, the subject matter is better, the rhymes hit harder. The guest features are also better rappers.
kermit da hustla
Banned
This one album solidified mobb deep as NYC legends. Every album after that was icing on the cake. Jayz clowned P and possibly exposed him, but he never released an album even half as good as the infamous.
chopchop702
Pro
my absolute fav album of all time.
I think Q-tip was the special ingredient which made that album special and unlike any other mobb deep album. You can tell he had a heavy influence on the album and the overall mix and mastering of it all.
Just listen how prodigy and havoc's voices sounded on "Trife life." They had some storytelling ghostly phone effect on them. It was great.
Listen to "drink away the pain." You'll NEVER hear mobb rhyme over a beautiful jazz saxophone like that again.
I think Q-tip was the special ingredient which made that album special and unlike any other mobb deep album. You can tell he had a heavy influence on the album and the overall mix and mastering of it all.
Just listen how prodigy and havoc's voices sounded on "Trife life." They had some storytelling ghostly phone effect on them. It was great.
Listen to "drink away the pain." You'll NEVER hear mobb rhyme over a beautiful jazz saxophone like that again.
JayBaldacci
All Star
The infamous is better than illmatic. Nas was a better technical mc on illmatic but the infamous was just too raw to the point where I think havoc would have made illmatic twice as good.