Two people who felt the envy right away - Havoc and Prodigy.Īfter signing with Loud Records - by that point, Matty C was working at Loud as an A&R - Prodigy and Havoc started crafting The Infamous. Nas instantly became the hottest rapper from Queensbridge. Nas was a brilliant MC, observant, wise, and he rapped with a vast vocabulary and a poetic flair. Nas would release his magnum opus later that month, and, although not a commercial success, the impact of the album was felt immediately. This was solidified when Illmatic got 5 mics in the Source in the April 1994 issues. By the fall of 1993, when Columbia sent out previews for Illmatic, whispers of a classic album could already be heard throughout New York City. By late 1993, Nas, who was from Queensbridge but not very close with Havoc, was seen as the golden child, getting cosigns from legends like MC Search and Large Professor. Which gets to the second album that led to The Infamous. 4th & B'way Records would drop the two shortly after.Īround this time another MC from Havoc’s neighborhood was emerging. They would have a song that would chart on the hip-hop charts - the awkward “ Hit it From the Back '' - but the album bricked, selling around 20,000 copies. Sonically, the album was confused and oddly dated - the album featured jazzy production and shout and response choruses that were all the rage in 1992 - even though there was production from Large Professor and DJ Premier. There were hints of the themes and motifs that would become prevalent in their later albums (like depression and the casualties of street violence) but the two weren't sophisticated enough as MCs yet. Young Havoc and P were animated and cursed like teenagers who were cursing for the first time. ( According to Havoc, they ditched the Poetical Prophets moniker after a meeting with Puff Daddy, in which he said they needed to change their name.) By almost all metrics the album was a failure.
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They eventually signed to 4th & B'way Records - the label that released Erick B and Rakim’s Paid in Full - and released Juvenile Hell as Mobb Deep in the spring of 1993. Poetical Prophets rhyme from the hardcore perspective of two little street soldiers who like to bug out, puff blunts, and sip forties.” The photo featured two baby-faced teenagers - in a baggy sweater and jersey - doing rap squats (although that's not what it was called at the time.) In his column, Matty C wrote: "Yes, they're young and they look even younger, but understand that there is no ABC. (Prodigy briefly was signed to Jive records after a chance encounter with Q-Tip that led to nothing but an uncredited appearance on the B oyz N The Hoodsoundtrack in 1991.)Īt the age of 16, they were featured on Matty C’s iconic Unsigned Hype column for The Source magazine. The group remained unsigned but they were actively pitching themselves to labels. They bonded over hip-hop and eventually formed Poetical Prophets. Prodigy, who was from Hempstead, Long Island, and Havoc, who lived in Queensbridge Houses, met at the High School of Art and Design in Manhatten a couple of years prior.
Even though they were only 18 at the time, the album's release concluded what was already a long journey for the two MCs. The first is Mobb Deep's debut Juvenile Hell. one of the greatest albums ever recorded - you need to understand two albums that came prior. To fully understand Mobb Deep's The Infamous. He talked about crafting his classic, the best Queensbridge albums, what Q-Tip did for the Mobb's career, Nas' early success, and more. Where the chorus in "It's Mine" (sung by Nas) goes "Y'all need to give it up/We don't give a fuck/What y'all niggas want/Thug life is mine".To celebrate the 25 year anniversary of Mobb Deep's The Infamous. The original Brandy and Monica lyrics were "You need to give it up/Had about enough/It's not hard to see/The boy is mine". The chorus of the song is also both a lyrical and instrumental interpolation of the 1998 song by female R&B singers Brandy and Monica, " The Boy Is Mine". This is the second time that Mobb Deep used music from the film for one of their singles, with the first being " G.O.D. The song's instrumental is based on a sample of the title theme of the 1983 film Scarface (credited as "Scarface Cues") which was composed by Giorgio Moroder. The song features guest vocals from friend and fellow Queensbridge artist Nas. " It's Mine" is a song performed by American hip hop duo Mobb Deep for their fourth studio album Murda Muzik (1999).
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