No 90s Hip Hop Album has Stood The Test of Time Quite Like Mobb Deep’s The Infamous - GOAT Album

[Whips-n-Chains]

Define “too much” filler. Here’s the track list:

Intro
Somebody’s got to die
Hypnotize
Kick in the door
F* you tonight
Last day
I love the dough
What’s beef
BIG interlude
Mo money Mo problems
Nyggas bleed I got a story to tell

Disc 2

Notorious thugs
Miss u
Another
Going back to Cali
Ten crack commandments
Playa hater
Nasty boy
Sky’s the limit
The world is filled
Downfall
Long kiss goodnight
You’re nobody


Maybe 3/4 skippable tracks (one being a 1 minute interlude) out of 23…

I'll go thru it. But having skips automatically means it's not on the same level as Infamous

I like RTD more than LAD, and there's some filler/lag on RTD too.

 

[The War Report]

Without Q Tip this album wouldn’t have been possible. His influence is all over this album. A Mobb Deep album hasn’t sounded like this ever since.

 

[mvp_status]

One my 3 favorite albums of all time

 

[CoryMack]

Goodie Mob's 'Soul Food' is right there too.

 

[Whips-n-Chains]

Goodie Mob's 'Soul Food' is right there too.

Respectfully disagree.

I don’t even Think Aquemeni or ATLiens is on this level.

Something like OB4CL is more comparable

 

[bigde09]

It’s in my top 5 and one of my most listened to albums

 

[Whips-n-Chains]

Without Q Tip this album wouldn’t have been possible. His influence is all over this album. A Mobb Deep album hasn’t sounded like this ever since.

I never realized how involved Tip was until the last 5-6 years. I always wondered why Havoc's production sounded much different after The Infamous (less background horns for example like in Survival of the Fittest, or QU Hectic).

 

[Rell84shots]

The Infamous
Hell on Earth
Murda Muzik

All undisputed hip hop classics

One of my all time favorite tracks.

 

[Sauce Dab]

I'll go thru it. But having skips automatically means it's not on the same level as Infamous

I like RTD more than LAD, and there's some filler/lag on RTD too.

IMO there’s no filler on RTD but there is on LAD. But 10 crack commandments might be the greatest rap song ever written. LAD is real top heavy

 

[Whips-n-Chains]

IMO there’s no filler on RTD but there is on LAD. But 10 crack commandments might be the greatest rap song ever written. LAD is real top heavy

Friend of Mine is def filler to me...I don't love Respect either.

And I'll get hate for this, but the singles are so played out to me that I have no issue skipping Juicy & Big Poppa.

I don't skip any of the singles from Infamous or Liquid Swords for example bc they weren't commercial.

 

[qnsfinest]

Gonna be in my top 5 all time until the day i die. Shyt gets better with time.

Illmatic
36 chambers
Cuban link
Low end theory
Infamous

 

[CoryMack]

Respectfully disagree.

I don’t even Think Aquemeni or ATLiens is on this level.

Something like OB4CL is more comparable

Absolutely not. But, as you said, respectfully.

Soul Food has held up as well if not better than any rap album that's ever come out.

 

[Whips-n-Chains]

Absolutely not. But, as you said, respectfully.

Soul Food has held up as well if not better than any rap album that's ever come out.

Soul Food is dope, I need to revisit it bc it's been a long time.

There are many southern albums I prefer over it, kast's first 3, The Diary for example.

I've always loved the infamous from the first time I heard it, always been a top 3-5 album for me and at times it was my all time fav.

Strangely, I don't remember the infamous getting this much love back in the sohh days (circa 2000-2002) it was loved but I don’t remember People holding it in the same tier as Illmatic, OB4CL, 36 Chambers, The Chronic. I think ppl had it a tier lower bc it wasn't "groundbreaking" like some of those listed, and/or it wasn't a commercial smash like doggystyle or what RTD became.

 

[T.he I.nformant]

Friend of Mine is def filler to me...I don't love Respect either.

And I'll get hate for this, but the singles are so played out to me that I have no issue skipping Juicy & Big Poppa.

I don't skip any of the singles from Infamous or Liquid Swords for example bc they weren't commercial.

How sway

 

[CoryMack]

Soul Food is dope, I need to revisit it bc it's been a long time.

There are many southern albums I prefer over it, kast's first 3, The Diary for example.

I've always loved the infamous from the first time I heard it, always been a top 3-5 album for me and at times it was my all time fav.

Strangely, I don't remember the infamous getting this much love back in the sohh days (circa 2000-2002) it was loved but I don’t remember People holding it in the same tier as Illmatic, OB4CL, 36 Chambers, The Chronic. I think ppl had it a tier lower bc it wasn't "groundbreaking" like some of those listed, and/or it wasn't a commercial smash like doggystyle or what RTD became.

I don't disagree about the Infamous. I'd put it in my top 10, maybe even top 5