@@ricaaat nah its true. Jay z, tones and i, beyonce, james blunt they all lied lol look it up. Maybe mobb deep was legit but its all marketing. Industry age is a well known thing
That's insane. I had no idea. Pretty similar to how Dre constructed (I think that's an apt description of how he made it) The first Chronic album. The level of talent and dedication it takes to make an album like that just blows my fucking mind.
It's worth noting...Q-Tip helped out Havoc with the production on this song, specifically the drums. He also mixed and produced several tracks on The Infamous album.
@@HiddenKeyElement Maybe true, but I think Tip was being very humble when he said that. Havoc himself has said that Tip helped formulate his production, as he was just learning how to make beats at the time.
Im from the same town and age as Mobb Deep. While other popular rappers were talking about designer clothes ,cars and diamonds etc. Mobb Deep gave us Reality Rap from the project benches. They gave us the raw underground sound and never switched, which is why the true hip hop heads of that golden era put them at the top of the list.
One of the most sampled songs -> Nas referenced as mentioned and some other notables: "I'm falling and I can't look back" - Dance with the Devil - Immortal Technique "When worst comes to worst, my people come first" - Worst Comes to Worst - Dilated Peoples Another great review - Windsor, ON
RZA's production does sound unpolished on purpose. He wanted it to sound gritty and raw. There's a scene in the first season of the Wu's Hulu show that addresses this topic actually.
This album was the soundtrack to my teenage years so Im glad you guys are reacting to both Survival.. and Shook ones...If you react to the whole Infamous album, you will be VERY pleased!
every time I hear this song it takes me through decades of me listening to rap because SO MUCH of it has been sampled in so many times. All these other songs pop up in my head and I'm going "oh, right I haven't heard THAT one in a while.."
'It's mine' by Mobb Deep and Nas would be a pretty good song to react to. It samples the scarface soundtrack and Nas' final verse is impeccable. 'I'm going out' is another good song off the same album Murda Muzik and is a lot more of a fast paced song with rapid lyrical deliver. Perfect song to go pumped to. 'Moment of Truth' by Gang Starr is also a pretty good song with poignant messages throughout.
Was never a fan of reaction channels before you guys, really enjoy what you do! How about some The Roots? Live instruments with rap might provide something of a middle ground… The Seed 2.0, Now or Never, When the People Cheer are among my faves.
Mobb deep & lil Kim - quiet storm Big pun & fat Joe - twins Notorious big- everyday struggle Notorious big - sky is the limit Lil cease & lil kim - crush on you Styles p - good times Dipset- gangsta music Jay z - can I live Jay z - cant knock the hustle Jay z & ugk - big pimpin Ja rule - story to tell (belly soundtrack) Tupac - me against the world Jay z & Memphis bleek - coming of age 2 Beanie sigel - tales of a hustler part 1&2 Freeway - what we do N O.R.E (Noriega) - banned from TV
I remember seeing the post about your dad getting you the old Hip-Hop magazines and thought that was great. Well, I was listening to track # 4 off this album, Eye for an Eye Feat. Nas & RaeKwon(Wu-Tang), that led me to Verbal Intercourse which is on Raekwon’s solo debut, Only Built 4 Cuban Linx. This album is considered a classic. There was a magazine back then called The Source and there was a piece called 5 mics. This piece/artist spotlight was based on lyricism, the verse would get a mic rating. The scale was from 1/2 a mic to 5 mics, 5 was rarely seen but the greats were awarded. Nas’ verse was awarded 5 mics and to me is one of the most amazing verses I’ve ever heard. I still remember reading the lyrics like “wow, how the hell does he do it?” You should review that song if you really want to hear a word smith at his finest.
Another great choice for analysis! Still waiting for GZA to get the treatment. Ideally Liquid Swords album but also for a single track that showcases GZA's intelligence try The Spark on your dad.
YES! My favorite Mobb track … “My fifth's a organ shifter, the human organism lifter / You'll be hearin organs if ya leavin orphans, if ya / Let these fours hit ya where the Lord split ya” - one of the greatest verses in the history of the genre
Murda Muzik is such an interesting album juxtaposed with The Infamous. The sounds are so rich and refined on MM and really shows Havoc’s growth in his production along with P’s increasingly sophisticated lyrical approach. The Realest with Kool G Rap on MM is my favorite Mobb track and is rarely brought up in discussions about their music.
I gonna keep asking for you to possibly do 'Bridging The Gap' by Nas featuring his Jazz muscian dad Olu Dara. I think you guys would like as its a mixture of Jazz/Blues/Hip-hop.
Love your videos I always get something I did know even though I thought I knew the artist or the track. It is so refreshing. When are you guys reacting to some BlackStar , Mos Def ? please 🙏 Or even Slum Village ?
Sickest duo in hip hop history. Producer + emcee. Even as a producer, havoc still could kick rhymes. These are grimey lyrics with edge. Nothing nice, dark themes. It’s a certain energy that’s hard to describe.
Almost 30 years later and I still hear this in my head when I pass by Queensbridge (which is all the time). Edit: if you wanna dig into the next Mobb album, check out Hell on Earth (Front Lines). It has a similar nihilistic vibe as Shook Ones and Survival.
I recommend "You Can Never Feel My Pain" (2000) - a Prodigy solo track about his sickle cell anemia. Really paints a picture of how it affected his worldview. I know your Dad likes 50 Cent so another one is "Pearly Gates" featuring 50 Cent (2006). You have to find the uncensored version on youtube due to Prodigy's anti-religious sentiment in the last verse.
If he enjoyed nas and mobb deep hed really like electric relaxation by a tribe called quest (queens), or runnin/4 better or 4 worse remix by the pharcyde (LA)
I love the imprint we made in Hip Hop. #queensbridge4life "Essential Elements"= Queensbridge's own Tragedy Khadafi & Jae Supreme Shout out to Queensbridge legacy Marley Marl, MC Shan, Roxanne Shante, Craig G, Nas, DJ Hot Day, Blaq Poet, Nature.... The list goes on, and we still "Do it out in da park..." (MC Shan voice)
Maybe you haven’t heard it before but react to Yoke the Joker from Naughty by Nature… Eminem even credited it for making him realize how many more ways you could rhyme instead of always on beat letting it rhyme within the sentences too! Really dope tho!
I suggest to react to "You never feel my pain", which is the closer to Prodigy's debut solo album "HNIC". He talks about his struggles with his disease, and you can better understand where he's coming from.
Off the same album, play (Just Step Prelude) straight through to the end of Give Up the Goods. It’s a beautiful story/experience. However Trife Life and then off the Hell on Earth album More Trife Life is another good combination. Blood sport is another amazing track off of Hell on Earth, if you just want the feel of a single.
Hey did you get a chance to mention 1. the "Thug Life" add libs started a well known beef with Tupac and 2. I want to suggest "Thug Life is Mine" by Mobb Deep F/ Nas... That beat is from the movie Scarface and the name is a play on Brandy and Monica's "The Boy is Mine". Also with that song, notice the progression of the Havoc then Prodigy then Nas's steadily more impressive performances.
My favorite group of all time. It's kinda hard to understand the dialect in 2023 if you wasn't around back then in NY for most. There's words that mean something else and goes completely over heads now.
Another song from Mobb Deep could be interesting is Up North Trip(one of my favs) from the same album, or maybe It’s Mine(featuring Nas) from the 4th album Murda Muzik
You guys should also check out "Children's Story" by Slick Rick. An old school British rapper with a hell of a kids story. He weaves a great story with words in this one and I think your dad will really enjoy it.
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One of the most impressive things about this album is that they were like 19 years old when they made it, just incredible
Insane
Lol dont be fooled. Most of these artists aren’t their googled age. Its all marketing
@@Andu_music thats bs bro
@@Andu_music they even mention it in the lyrics
"im only 19 but my mind is older"
@@ricaaat nah its true. Jay z, tones and i, beyonce, james blunt they all lied lol look it up. Maybe mobb deep was legit but its all marketing. Industry age is a well known thing
Not only did Havoc make these beats, he did it analog. With an MPC. No computers.
Crazy and impressive yes, but also this was pretty much every hip hop beat in the 90s
I think Q-tip helped him on the production on this track, and helped a lot with production on first/Second album
That's insane. I had no idea. Pretty similar to how Dre constructed (I think that's an apt description of how he made it) The first Chronic album. The level of talent and dedication it takes to make an album like that just blows my fucking mind.
@@imusic1006its an east coast beat that got real popular, pretty sure nas uses a sample of this beat in one of his songs
@@imusic1006 give me a single beat like this in history that wasnt made by havoc
It's worth noting...Q-Tip helped out Havoc with the production on this song, specifically the drums. He also mixed and produced several tracks on The Infamous album.
Q-Tip said he didn't really even have to do much, they just had it down. He just gave his stamp of approval.
@@HiddenKeyElement Maybe true, but I think Tip was being very humble when he said that. Havoc himself has said that Tip helped formulate his production, as he was just learning how to make beats at the time.
@@HiddenKeyElement Q Tip has always been humble, but he helped out alot..
@@KardiFan2000 Facts
DRINK AWAY THE PAIN 🙌🙌🙌
Would love to see you guys listen to A Tribe Called Quest!
Oh yes! Would love to seem them going through the entire Low End Theory album
Can I Kick It?
And De La Soul....Stakes is High!
You can't talk mobb and Nas without bringing up "eye for an eye" that song is my shiiiiiit.
“Shoot at the clouds feels like the Holy Ghost is watchin us!”
P's opening verse is of Hip Hop lore. Rest Easy Legend!
Production speaks for itself...Havoc and Q-Tip, simply magic!
This whole album is fire! Not one song skipped. Love your videos and the relationship you two have 🤙🏽
The way that Prodigy refers to things is very poetic, that's a big part of the appeal. Referring to clothing as garments etc
That’s why they were originally the Poetic Prophets before they became Mobb Deep.
"Lord forgive me, the Hennessy got me not knowing how to act. I've fallen and I can't turn back."
Im from the same town and age as Mobb Deep. While other popular rappers were talking about designer clothes ,cars and diamonds etc. Mobb Deep gave us Reality Rap from the project benches. They gave us the raw underground sound and never switched, which is why the true hip hop heads of that golden era put them at the top of the list.
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You should do some Gang Starr at some point, for example Betrayal with Scarface, that one would be a banger and I’m sure your dad would love it❤
That's a good shout you know
Hell they need to do the whole Moment of Truth album.
Definitely! Gifted unlimited Rhymes universal 4ever !
One of the most sampled songs -> Nas referenced as mentioned and some other notables:
"I'm falling and I can't look back" - Dance with the Devil - Immortal Technique
"When worst comes to worst, my people come first" - Worst Comes to Worst - Dilated Peoples
Another great review
- Windsor, ON
People sleep on Immortal Technique, that was a jarring cut when it came out, and has been since.
The Infamous was THE album that got me into hardcore real hip hop. Every track is as raw as it gets
Temperature's Rising and Trife Life . Those two are hard to beat on the album .
The infamous Mobb deep is the greatest album of all time.
"Temperature's Rising" and "Drink Away the Pain" are musts.
Temperature's Rising and Trife Life are my musts
My favorite Mobb Deep song is Quiet Storm. (Remix as well). I sometimes just listen to the instrumental.
Lil Kim is amazing on that track! Awesome pick.
@@ashez2ashez316 the remix is way harder, prodigy goes absolutely crazy on it
“The P rock 40 inch cables, drinkin White Label / My chain hang down to my dick, my piece bang glass tables” - a certified masterpiece.
This!
Great review guys. Awesome dad and son relationship.
You guys gotta react to The Infamous album! Your pops would love it!
Havoc is a great producer! Very underrated MOBB DEEP is legendary 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🚒
This song originated lso many samples and references . Thier words are legendary😢
Notice in this song "I'm falling and I can't turn back" is also referenced in Dance with the devil
Lost Boyz - Renee
Dead Prez - Hip Hop or Hell Yeah
Based on your reactions, I feel like these would be in your lane
Wow, the smiths and Al Green vinyls in the background, beautiful taste in music all the way round on this channel 💯💯💯💯 🙏💙💙💙💙
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You have to do Give Up The Goods from this same album it is so raw your dad would love it!!!!
You have to do Prodigy - U Can Never Feel My Pain .. one of the deepest rap songs ever.
Crazy how good this song is, HNIC album is just heat back to back
LOL "Hopsin! That's him!" "Yeah we're not covering him..." *golf clap*
RZA's production does sound unpolished on purpose. He wanted it to sound gritty and raw. There's a scene in the first season of the Wu's Hulu show that addresses this topic actually.
OG of a dad 😅
This album was the soundtrack to my teenage years so Im glad you guys are reacting to both Survival.. and Shook ones...If you react to the whole Infamous album, you will be VERY pleased!
Fun fact: there is a pretty well known rap group (duo) on the West Coast, and those rappers are also called Havoc and Prodeje.
south central cartel
and i've been listening to rap for a long time, this is THE song with best grittiest lyrics imo
On the Queensbridge theme you need to show your dad Cormega. The illest poet out there! Start with Beautiful Mind or The Saga Remix
Bro I love your videos finally someone who shows real rappers
MOS DEF - MATHEMATICS
Y’all need to react to the whole album. I bet pops will love it! 🤩
This will forever be one of the top rap songs. 💯💯 quiet storm is my fav.
Loved this! Y'all should do the full album !!!
every time I hear this song it takes me through decades of me listening to rap because SO MUCH of it has been sampled in so many times. All these other songs pop up in my head and I'm going "oh, right I haven't heard THAT one in a while.."
'It's mine' by Mobb Deep and Nas would be a pretty good song to react to. It samples the scarface soundtrack and Nas' final verse is impeccable. 'I'm going out' is another good song off the same album Murda Muzik and is a lot more of a fast paced song with rapid lyrical deliver. Perfect song to go pumped to. 'Moment of Truth' by Gang Starr is also a pretty good song with poignant messages throughout.
Infamous is one the best and well organized rap albums of all time, it got no skips man
Was never a fan of reaction channels before you guys, really enjoy what you do!
How about some The Roots? Live instruments with rap might provide something of a middle ground…
The Seed 2.0, Now or Never, When the People Cheer are among my faves.
Mobb deep & lil Kim - quiet storm
Big pun & fat Joe - twins
Notorious big- everyday struggle
Notorious big - sky is the limit
Lil cease & lil kim - crush on you
Styles p - good times
Dipset- gangsta music
Jay z - can I live
Jay z - cant knock the hustle
Jay z & ugk - big pimpin
Ja rule - story to tell (belly soundtrack)
Tupac - me against the world
Jay z & Memphis bleek - coming of age 2
Beanie sigel - tales of a hustler part 1&2
Freeway - what we do
N O.R.E (Noriega) - banned from TV
I remember seeing the post about your dad getting you the old Hip-Hop magazines and thought that was great. Well, I was listening to track # 4 off this album, Eye for an Eye Feat. Nas & RaeKwon(Wu-Tang), that led me to Verbal Intercourse which is on Raekwon’s solo debut, Only Built 4 Cuban Linx. This album is considered a classic. There was a magazine back then called The Source and there was a piece called 5 mics. This piece/artist spotlight was based on lyricism, the verse would get a mic rating. The scale was from 1/2 a mic to 5 mics, 5 was rarely seen but the greats were awarded. Nas’ verse was awarded 5 mics and to me is one of the most amazing verses I’ve ever heard. I still remember reading the lyrics like “wow, how the hell does he do it?” You should review that song if you really want to hear a word smith at his finest.
You should have your pops react to "Drink away the pain" from this very album Dad will enjoy the creativity
Another great choice for analysis!
Still waiting for GZA to get the treatment.
Ideally Liquid Swords album but also for a single track that showcases GZA's intelligence try The Spark on your dad.
YES! liquid swords bruhhhh 😮💨😮💨👌🏽
He gotta do the Wu as a group while he does Tical. Liquid Swords and Only Built 4 Cuban Linx at the same time. Would be so lit!
I would love for you guys to do The Realest off of the Murda Muzik album. The Kool G. Rap verse is mind blowing. Prodigy's verse is amazing too.
YES! My favorite Mobb track … “My fifth's a organ shifter, the human organism lifter / You'll be hearin organs if ya leavin orphans, if ya / Let these fours hit ya where the Lord split ya” - one of the greatest verses in the history of the genre
this song has aged well.
So glad you guys got to this song. It's a classic for sure.
4:17 woooooow I didn’t know this was used in Dance with the Devil- I knew I heard it somewhere but thought it was a movie. Glad I watched this
Murda Muzik is such an interesting album juxtaposed with The Infamous. The sounds are so rich and refined on MM and really shows Havoc’s growth in his production along with P’s increasingly sophisticated lyrical approach. The Realest with Kool G Rap on MM is my favorite Mobb track and is rarely brought up in discussions about their music.
I gonna keep asking for you to possibly do 'Bridging The Gap' by Nas featuring his Jazz muscian dad Olu Dara. I think you guys would like as its a mixture of Jazz/Blues/Hip-hop.
Love your videos I always get something I did know even though I thought I knew the artist or the track. It is so refreshing. When are you guys reacting to some BlackStar , Mos Def ? please 🙏 Or even Slum Village ?
great how your dad learned about the hip hop scene. Great Reactions❤️👍🏼🤞🏼
Fun Fact: In his 1996 album, "It Was Written," Nas actually featured Mobb Deep in the pen-ultimate track, "Live N- Rap."
Prodigy has also featured on Self Consciense as well
Sickest duo in hip hop history. Producer + emcee. Even as a producer, havoc still could kick rhymes. These are grimey lyrics with edge. Nothing nice, dark themes. It’s a certain energy that’s hard to describe.
OutKast is #1 then you can put Mobb Deep #2
Outkast clears
Correct me if im wrong but didnt prodigy write havocs rhymes? Not that its a bad thing
Gang Starr?
Can't forget Eric B and Rakim, but I agree with another comment on here as Outkast being number 1.
The sound of my BX teenage years!!!!❤
UK here. I bought this album just for the song.
i love this vibe, wish my dad was alive so i can play him stuff
You have do this whole album bro, pure fire.
I like you guys a lot
Enjoy how dad appreciates old school rap
Long time listener
Go Kia
Now that your dad knows the "half way crooks" you gotta have him react to 8 mile 😅😅
There’s a video showing the sample breakdown for shook one pt2 and it just goes to show how genius havoc is.
Mobb Deep,
"Rare Species"
🔥🔥🔥
A Super-Classic!
P died from choking on an egg. Hospital didn't monitor him enough for oxygen levels due to his condition from sickle cell. Some BS.
Almost 30 years later and I still hear this in my head when I pass by Queensbridge (which is all the time). Edit: if you wanna dig into the next Mobb album, check out Hell on Earth (Front Lines). It has a similar nihilistic vibe as Shook Ones and Survival.
The infamous is legit in my top 5 O.A.T, P and Hav were only kids when they released this sick classic album
I recommend "You Can Never Feel My Pain" (2000) - a Prodigy solo track about his sickle cell anemia. Really paints a picture of how it affected his worldview.
I know your Dad likes 50 Cent so another one is "Pearly Gates" featuring 50 Cent (2006). You have to find the uncensored version on youtube due to Prodigy's anti-religious sentiment in the last verse.
mobb deep featuring nas and raekwon = eye for an eye
If he enjoyed nas and mobb deep hed really like electric relaxation by a tribe called quest (queens), or runnin/4 better or 4 worse remix by the pharcyde (LA)
I love the imprint we made in Hip Hop. #queensbridge4life
"Essential Elements"= Queensbridge's own Tragedy Khadafi & Jae Supreme
Shout out to Queensbridge legacy Marley Marl, MC Shan, Roxanne Shante, Craig G, Nas, DJ Hot Day, Blaq Poet, Nature.... The list goes on, and we still "Do it out in da park..." (MC Shan voice)
Everyone should listen to Prodigy’s audiobook it’s on TH-cam! It’s amazing his story is crazy
You guts should react to Prodigys album hegelian dialectic it's heavily underrated
Thanks, people are sleeping on this album. As long as I love the HNIC trilogy, this one is deeper
Maybe you haven’t heard it before but react to Yoke the Joker from Naughty by Nature… Eminem even credited it for making him realize how many more ways you could rhyme instead of always on beat letting it rhyme within the sentences too! Really dope tho!
This is my fav song!
Naughty by nature- Yoke the joker.
Would be interested to hear your Dads thoughts on Group Home - Supa Star.
Had this album twice played the first one so many times it got messed up, this is a classic hip hop album it plays like a movie.
There is also reference to Dilated Peoples - Worst comes to worst ... I think that's no question if you should do that one too
You’re joking right 😅 The Dilated People song is from 2001 and obviously samples the Mobb Deep song
QTip from A Tribe Called Quest helped Havoc with this album. You guys should do some ATCQ reviews. One of the best hip hop groups ever
You guys should do Drink Away the Pain it is definitely different and features Q-Tip. You also should do Eye 4 an Eye featuring Nas & Raekwon…
I suggest to react to "You never feel my pain", which is the closer to Prodigy's debut solo album "HNIC". He talks about his struggles with his disease, and you can better understand where he's coming from.
Having The Queen is Dead in the back is 👌
Off the same album, play (Just Step Prelude) straight through to the end of Give Up the Goods. It’s a beautiful story/experience. However Trife Life and then off the Hell on Earth album More Trife Life is another good combination. Blood sport is another amazing track off of Hell on Earth, if you just want the feel of a single.
Prodigy was one of the greatest MC’s
Hey did you get a chance to mention 1. the "Thug Life" add libs started a well known beef with Tupac and 2. I want to suggest "Thug Life is Mine" by Mobb Deep F/ Nas... That beat is from the movie Scarface and the name is a play on Brandy and Monica's "The Boy is Mine". Also with that song, notice the progression of the Havoc then Prodigy then Nas's steadily more impressive performances.
My favorite group of all time. It's kinda hard to understand the dialect in 2023 if you wasn't around back then in NY for most. There's words that mean something else and goes completely over heads now.
yessss i lovee this song
Another song from Mobb Deep could be interesting is Up North Trip(one of my favs) from the same album, or maybe It’s Mine(featuring Nas) from the 4th album Murda Muzik
Great reaction.More.mobb please
Pleaaase more mobb deep reactions
I have a recommendation song i know you will both love! The song is called “Im Sorry” by Joyner Lucas
You guys should also check out "Children's Story" by Slick Rick. An old school British rapper with a hell of a kids story. He weaves a great story with words in this one and I think your dad will really enjoy it.
We did this one early on actually!
@@frontroom Oh nice! I'll go check it out.
above the clouds by Gangstarr is a must!!!!
Absolute classic
Mobb deep ft. Big Noyd - The Learning (Burn)
Nas - Book of Rhymes
Nas - The cross
Damien- dmx should be on the list and eye for an eye another mob deep banger
Kai, when did you first hear shook ones? I remember hearing it first through nba 2k13 LMAO 10 years ago
Probably 2014/2015ish. 2K soundtracks are always great
One of the greatest songs ever made..lyrical geniuses at 19..fun fact nas illmatic was was made when he was only 16
Mos def - auditorium
Would love to see you and your dad react to that