![]() ![]() Rap album intro? What rap album intro? Havoc's flow has already advanced beyond his Juvenile Hell antics, and the beat is the perfect way to advise listeners that this isn't your little brother's Mobb Deep. Havoc and Prodigy pulled off an impossible feat, one which I'm sure we probably won't ever see again, unless we find out later that The Game originally played 'Mathman' on Square One, bumped his head (oh, and got shot), switched it on us, and reinvented himself as a name-dropping Blood.ĭoes it still hold up? I'm guessing yes, but I haven't started listening to it yet. When brought up in conversation, nobody can dispute its classic status, by penalty of you putting your foot into their ass. Dre's G-funked West Coast back to where it all started, on the East Coast. Along with Biggie and the Wu, Mobb Deep is credited for shifting hip hop's focus from Dr. The Infamous has since appeared on "Essential Albums" lists from magazines as diverse as Rolling Stone, The Source, and Highlights For Children. And, of all people, Q-Tip from A Tribe Called Quest, a fellow drinker of the Queensbridge water supply, comes with the production assist (on a handful of tracks) and the guest vocal, although he's credited as 'The Abstract' in the CD booklet, which is just about as gangsta a name as 'Q-Tip'. ![]() Musically, Havoc slowly becomes the monster behind the boards that we would eventually know him to be, and Prodigy's lyrical game takes a dramatic step forward, with his visceral storytelling and imagery that burns into your brain. With this album, Havoc and Prodigy pulled off the image reinvention that eluded even MC Hammer: you believe that these guys have been around some shit and will fuck you up if they need to. The Infamous is considered by most as their "true" debut album, and it completely wipes the memory of the gimmick of two kiddie rappers rhyming about robbing, stealing, and fucking, as if they were Kris Kross on meth. Then they released a classic fucking album, which was hard to do in 1995, since hip hop actually sounded great back then. They released one of the best songs in hip hop history. They were granted a rare second chance to get their message across by the mighty Loud Records, where they would ultimately stay for several albums, and the duo did the one thing that nobody could have expected from them. ![]() Their careers were seemingly over before they started. Juvenile Hell was a considerable flop, and Havoc and Prodigy were without a record label. The former Poetical Prophets were in a tight spot. ![]()
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