Mobb Deep's "Got It Twisted" was a banger....

[DaveyDave]

That entire 1st Infrantry Alchemist era was some type shyt brehs



I remember he sampled some Korean singer for this absolute piffery with the Lox

EDIT: Found the sample but can't seem to find the track on Youtube, but here's a breakdown

 

[Lord Mecca]

Didn't like this track at all. Was even more disgusted to find out it was Alchemist at that time . It took me a while to understand why it was a banger.

Win Or Lose though?
I put a lot of people on Alchemist off the strength of Win or Lose.

 

[Ty-Fife]

 

[*L*E*G*A*C*Y*]

Alchemist with the Thomas Dolby sample

SHE BLINDED ME WITH SCI-ENCE....

 

[JuvenileHell]

This was actually how I came across Mobb Deep. First song i heard from them. Knew them as two dudes signed with 50.

Then I listened to their 90s shyt

 

[OnlyInCalifornia]

I thought it was a genius sample flip, the raping was meh.

 

[observe]

whole album is underrated, alchemist did his thing

Win or lose

Facts. I felt Mobb did they thing with this album enjoyable listen even though a lot of it wasn't traditional Mobb sound. Shyt had bangers

Win or Lose

my version is better

http://www.datpiff.com/Observe-Hi-Voltage-mixtape.131551.html

 

[GollyImGully]

that jadakiss verse had me freshman yr of high school

"Im a rare thumper
YOU just a gay nikka, with a rainbow sticker on your rear bumper"

"And nah i dont wanna poly yall
Im in a zone in my own sorta like Tom Hanks talking to that volley ball
A Castaway ill blast away
fukk if you broke tomorrow, get cash today"

 

[JamesCannon]

Was a banger!
Like u said not in their normal style, but with the drums one of the last NY songs to hit in the clubs
No hate on NYC but at that point it was only a few certain style NYC records hitting in the clubs
50 had the recipe but this was a nice entry

 

[insomniac]

I have than clean verson of the cd in the beater now. This really is an underated album.

 

[riddlerap]

This was actually how I came across Mobb Deep. First song i heard from them. Knew them as two dudes signed with 50.

Then I listened to their 90s shyt

same

 

[mobbinfms]

I thought it was a genius sample flip, the raping was meh.

 

[TheDarceKnight]

Daps and pos rep. I actually don't think it w3as that out of character. Maybe the hook was, but for the beat I remember in Scratch magazine Alchemist said he was trying to channel what Havoc did with Quiet Storm, so he also wanted to do an 80's sample that had sort of an upbeat feel and keep the feel but kind of make it sinister sounding. Quiet Storm is way better lyrically, obviously, but it's still a banger IMO.

Got It Twisted definitely got some mainstream/club burn. I remember some white chicks I knew that weren't into hip-hop at all, and they would rap along with it.

Win Or Lose though?
I put a lot of people on Alchemist off the strength of Win or Lose.

Yeah, Win Or Lose was crazy. At least as of 2007 or so I think Alchemist said it was definitely his favorite beat he did for Mobb Deep and in his top 3 that he had done period. I remember them asking him on HipHopDX. I think he said The Realest was more special, but that beat for beat Win Or Lose was the best he thought. I dunno, is it me or did Al and prodigy go after that Win or Lose sound again for this? Even the way the vocal sample opens up the same way as Win or Lose at the end around 3:30.

 

[Trey0'5Blue2Gz]

Speakin of Alchemist and Mobb Deep and 2004...this was my jam back then...

When the Fitted Hat movement came forward.
Nikkas was throwin out throwback jerseys in favor of button downs, evisus, and air force 1s...
Lumidee actually had a career.
Cam had everybody wearing pink
Tall white tees
Womens wearing baby phat jeans and tracksuits...

THose were the days!

 

[BigF]

What was the name of that track with Styles P with this line....

'I don't wanna parlay y'all/I'm in a zone of my own sort of like Tom Hanks talking to that volleyball'