Mobb Deep - Blood Money Appreciation thread

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The best tracks on this are uncut raw, I have the physical so I been bumping it the last couple of weeks in the whip instead of the iPhone car play. And blood money explicit version isn’t on streaming only the clean version is and some tracks are missing.

Speaking so freely, stole something, smoke it, put em in their place, creep, the infamous and theirs other dope tracks too like click click (this beat is crazy).The first 5 tracks are perfect.

Also pop them thangs the j love version and the track titled “blood money” should’ve made the cut. A couple tracks should’ve been replaced with them.





These two tracks are both classics and would’ve made the album dope. Blood money (the track) would’ve been the perfect closer. Put em in their place is next level. Pearly gates is kindve messed up cuz of the verse prodigy spit dissing god otherwise it’s high quality too. That song is perfect from a production standpoint and 50s verse/hook is fire.
 
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The best tracks on this are top tier idc what anyone says I have the physical so I been bumping it the last couple of weeks in the whip instead of the iPhone car play. And blood money explicit version isn’t on streaming only the clean version is and some tracks are missing.

Speaking so freely, stole something, smoke it, put em in their place, creep, the infamous and theirs other dope tracks too like click click (this beat is crazy), in love with the moula, and daydreaming. But this shyt shouldn’t be hated. The first 5 tracks are perfect.

Also pop them thangs the j love version and the track titled “blood money” should’ve made the cut. A couple tracks should’ve been replaced with them.





These two tracks are both classics and would’ve made the album even doper. Blood money (the track) would’ve been the perfect closer. Put em in their place is one of the mobbs best tracks that’s not on the first 3 albums. Pearly gates is kindve messed up cuz of the verse prodigy spit dissing god otherwise it’s a next level track too. That song is perfect from a production standpoint and 50s hook is amazing and his verse is even more fire. Havoc does his thing on it too.

'Pop Them Thangs' was from like 2002 or 2003 tho, Blood Money was in 2006, which was a long time back then, damn near a whole different sound and era, so I'd say that one belongs more with Mobb's Free Agents tape or the Amerikaz Nightmare album from 2003 and 2004. Which along with 'Bump That' from back then solidifies the Mobb/G-Unit connection earlier than I think a lot of people realize.

That 'Blood Money' track definitely belongs tho, dunno how the fukk they scrap the damn title song from the album, especially when its that good. crazy. Other unreleased Mobb tracks from the Blood Money era that should've been on the album is 'Angel' and 'Nightmares' - both with 50 Cent and both great. And definitely 'The System' with Sizzla, that was a fukking heat rock. And 'Project Nikkas' from a YoungBuck mixtape that same year was good and deserved a bigger audience so I'd throw all those on there.

That album coulda been very good.
 
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'Pop Them Thangs' was from 2003 tho, Blood Money was in 2006, which was a long time back then, damn near a whole different sound and era, so I'd say that one belongs more with Mobb's Free Agents tape or the Amerikaz Nightmare album from 2003 and 2004.

That 'Blood Money' track definitely belongs tho, dunno how the fukk they scrap the damn title song from the album, especially when its that good. crazy. Other unreleased Mobb tracks from the Blood Money era that should've been on the album is 'Angel' and 'Nightmares' - both with 50 Cent and both great. And definitely 'The System' with Sizzla, that was a fukking heat rock. And 'Project nikkas' from a YoungBuck mixtape that year deserved a bigger audience too so I'd throw all those on there.

That album coulda been very good.
Idk it sounds like the version of pop them thangs that I posted was reworked by havoc for blood money. Seems like it was scrapped, it’s not the same one from 03 it has a different beat more fitting to blood money. Sounds perfect for the album and everyone went in on their verses. I don’t like the beat of the original version. That one sounded more fitting to amerikaz nightmare but it wasn’t good enough for that album production wise.

And I agree about angel it’s produced by dr Dre but that was made for get rich or die trying. It was one of the 5 songs 50 recorded with Dre for GRODT. There’s a version with just 50 on it. The other name for the track is “Crabz in a bucket”. 50 added mobb deep to the track when they signed to gunit. the only thing new about the track was that mobb deep had verses. It was just new mobb verses added to an old song that didn’t make the cut for GRODT. Still would’ve been great if it made the blood money album, was a really dope Dre beat, was too dope not to make any album. Also heat from “the safe is cracked compilation” is another one but that shyts apparently from 2004 too but sounds like some blood money shyt. I’m not sure tho.


Cobras an obvious one that def should’ve been on the album that beat is monstrous & classic dope.


One of my favourites of all the leftovers is str8 murda that track should’ve def been on it but this one may have been for hnic 2/Return Of the Mac


And I just checked “project nikkas” off Chronic 2006 cuz u mentioned it and I haven’t heard it in awhile. You are right on the money with that one, it should’ve made it on the album as well.


They easily had the tracks to make this a classic album. Still a great album tho.
 
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