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DUBCC - Tha Connection => Outbound Connection => Topic started by: cStyle on February 19, 2009, 09:24:32 AM
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|Track Listing: |
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| 01 - Can't Get Touched 02:37 |
| 02 - I Clap Em Up 03:42 |
| 03 - Watch Me feat. Ricky Blaze 03:15 |
| 04 - Heart Of The Grind 02:58 |
| 05 - You Treated Me feat. Cassidy 02:58 |
| 06 - My Life 03:16 |
| 07 - That's My Word 03:42 |
| 08 - The Hustler 03:18 |
| 09 - The Millenium 03:13 |
| 10 - Walk Wit Me 03:09 |
| 11 - On A Mission feat. Prodigy 03:38 |
| 12 - This Is Where It's At feat. Big Noyd 02:55 |
| 13 - Don't Knock It Til You Try It 03:11 |
| 14 - Tell Me More feat. Sonyae Elise 02:51 |
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| 44:43 min |
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| 2009 solo album from the Mobb Deep legend. The Queens duo of Havoc and |
| Prodigy (AKA Mobb Deep) are one of the biggest groups in Rap music, |
| selling over four million albums worldwide. With classic albums like The |
| Infamous, Hell On Earth, Murda -----, and Infamy, Mobb Deep have become |
| household names in the Hip Hop community. Not only a respected MC, Havoc |
| has also created the sonic backdrops for the likes of The Game, G-Unit, |
| Jadakiss, and others. |
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| As golden age rap suddenly gave way to West Coast gangsta in the early |
| '90s, an East Coast variety of hardcore rap arose in turn, with Mobb |
| Deep initially standing tall as one of New York's hardcore figureheads |
| on the basis of their epochal album The Infamous. Released in April |
| 1995, The Infamous was released almost exactly a year after Illmatic and |
| about a half year after Ready to Die ù the debut masterpieces of Nas and |
| the Notorious B.I.G., respectively, both albums likewise of momentous |
| significance for East Coast hardcore rap. On The Infamous, Mobb Deep |
| (comprised of Prodigy and Havoc) set the tone for future generations of |
| hardcore New York rappers, from G-Unit to Dipset. Subsequent releases |
| from the duo were likewise influential, especially Hell on Earth (1996). |
| However, by the late '90s, Mobb Deep was no longer setting trends; in |
| fact, they seemed to be following them, and they lost some of their |
| stature as subsequent generations of hardcore rappers arose. For a few |
| years, Mobb Deep struggled to reclaim their commercial standing, until |
| they eventually drifted into the G-Unit camp, where they signed a |
| lucrative deal to join 50 Cent and company. Blood Money (2006), Mobb |
| Deep's first release under the G-Unit banner, rekindled interest in the |
| veteran duo, who enjoyed a substantial uptick in sales and airplay. |
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| Prodigy (Albert Johnson, born November 2, 1974) and Havoc (Kejuan |
| Muchita, born May 21, 1974) grew up in Queens, specifically the |
| Queensbridge area, yet met in Manhattan, where both were students at |
| Graphic Arts High School. Their shared love of hip-hop resulted in a |
| natural companionship, and while they were still teens, the two young |
| men had themselves a record deal with 4th & Broadway, a major rap label |
| affiliated with Island Records. In 1993, the label released Juvenile |
| Hell, a confrontational album featuring noteworthy production work by DJ |
| Premier and Large Professor, who both within a year's time would move on |
| to produce the debut of another young Queensbridge rapper, Nas. Not much |
| came of Juvenile Hell, however, and it would be two more years before |
| Mobb Deep would return. |
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| When they did return in 1995, it was on a different label, Loud Records, |
| and with a significantly developed approach. The Infamous featured a |
| mammoth street anthem, "Shook Ones, Pt. 2," but it was a solid album all |
| around, featuring also the in-house production work of Havoc and a |
| couple high-profile features (Nas, Raekwon). The Infamous was more |
| hardcore than its two key stylistic predecessors, Illmatic and Ready to |
| Die; the beats were darker and harder-hitting while the rhymes were |
| downright threatening yet still inventive and crafty. Moreover, there |
| were no crossover hits like "Big Poppa" or "Juicy." In fact, there were |
| no light moments at all. The Infamous was an uncompromising album for |
| the streets, and it was championed as such. |
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| A year later, in 1996, Mobb Deep returned with a follow-up, Hell on |
| Earth, which was a little slicker than The Infamous yet still emphasized |
| hardcore motifs. It spawned a couple hit singles that were given |
| appropriately theatrical videos. At this point, hardcore rap was at its |
| peak, with Death Row Records flourishing on the West Coast and a legion |
| of New Yorkers jumping into the scene, following the lead of Nas, the |
| Notorious B.I.G., and Mobb Deep. So when it took over two years for Mobb |
| Deep to return with a new album, Murda -----, not released until April |
| 1999, the rap landscape had changed significantly. Mobb Deep now had |
| significant competition, and since Murda ----- offered few innovations |
| and lacked the spark of the duo's past two albums, it was met with some |
| disappointment. By and large, fans enjoyed it, yet the album didn't |
| appeal beyond the already established fan base, as the album only |
| offered one major hit, "Quiet Storm." The following year, Prodigy |
| released a solo album, H.N.I.C. (2000). It got a lukewarm reception, |
| appealing to the duo's fan base yet spawning no hits. |
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| When Mobb Deep resurfaced, in December 2001 with Infamy, they showcased |
| a new willingness to reach beyond their fan base. "Hey Luv" was issued |
| as a single, and it was the first Mobb Deep song to flirt with R&B |
| crossover, or even to mention love, for that matter. The song got some |
| airplay, thanks in part to its hook, which is sung by the R&B act 112, |
| and its video, which played up the song's air of seduction. Nonetheless, |
| Infamy proved to be a relative disappointment commercially, and it |
| seemed like Mobb Deep was beginning to see their popularity erode with |
| each passing year. It didn't help, either, that around this time the duo |
| ù and Prodigy, in particular ù had been attacked by Jay-Z on "Takeover." |
| And too, that Loud Records would go out of business, leaving Mobb Deep |
| without a label deal. For the next few years, from roughly 2002-2005, |
| Prodigy and Havoc tried to regain their footing. There were one-off |
| albums released via various label arrangements ù Free Agents: The Murda |
| Mix Tape (Landspeed, 2003), Amerikaz Nightmare (Jive, 2004), and The Mix |
| Tape Before 9/11 (X-Ray, 2004) ù that made minimal impact. By this |
| point, not even the fan base was all that interested; it had been eroded |
| with each passing year, leaving few faithful. |
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| Then came a surprise announcement that 50 Cent had signed Mobb Deep to |
| his G-Unit family and that an album would be forthcoming. First came a |
| quick remix featuring the latest G-Unit signing, "Outta Control," which |
| supplanted the original version when 50's The Massacre was reissued in |
| 2005 as a CD/DVD. Too, Mobb Deep had become omnipresent on the New York |
| mixtape scene, releasing all kinds of streets-only material in attempt |
| to re-establish themselves. It evidently worked, as Blood Money debuted |
| in the Top Ten of Billboard's album chart and brought more exposure to |
| Mobb Deep than the duo had enjoyed since their late-'90s heyday. Not |
| everyone was convinced by the group's makeover, however, as the G-Unit |
| approach was substantially more polished than the Mobb Deep of The |
| Infamous. Still, Mobb Deep found a new generation of younger listeners ù |
| the large G-Unit market base, in particular ù who were mostly unfamiliar |
| with them. It had been over a decade since The Infamous, after all, and |
| Mobb Deep had been out of the spotlight for years. Then, in early 2008, |
| Prodigy went away to prison to serve a three-year sentence, putting Mobb |
| Deep's future in question. |
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I hoped for some P. Diddy on this record and I feel sad now :(
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someone please tell its not wack... And its better than kush
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let me peep!
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I'm on first listen, so far it's not that bad.
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Another +1 for Funk...this shit is hot :bandit:
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Damn Funk, that would be a 5 day ban if you wasn't such an OG.. :nawty:
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On first listen, it's way better than The Kush..
Favorite tracks:
1. Can't Get Touched
2. I Clap Em Up
4. Heart Of The Grind
5. You Treated Me feat. Cassidy
9. The Millenium
10. Walk Wit Me (This track is actually old, but this sounds MUCH better, real mastered & tweaked now, dope Alchemist beat)
12. This Is Where It's At feat. Big Noyd
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i forgot how big of a douche Jome is
can someone message me a link
The Kush was bad ass im excited to listen to this one
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10. Walk Wit Me (This track is actually old, but this sounds MUCH better, real mastered & tweaked now, dope Alchemist beat)
I think it's a Havoc beat, nah?
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im sorry for calling you a douche jome...
i will bootleg it myself quit getting your goons to send me messages and lower my karma!!
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im sorry for calling you a douche jome...
i will bootleg it myself quit getting your goons to send me messages and lower my karma!!
LOL
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for real after i made that post i got 2 messages from 2 different posters telling me not to pick on jome
im not gonna say their names...
and my karma has dropped 5 points
geee'z i miss the good old days when everyone else hated Jome also lol
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for real after i made that post i got 2 messages from 2 different posters telling me not to pick on jome
im not gonna say their names...
and my karma has dropped 5 points
geee'z i miss the good old days when everyone else hated Jome also lol
i didn't tell you not to pick on jome, i'm telling you why he does what he does. what's your problem? are you just trying to act cool on a forum by blowing up my PM?
and nah, i didn't lower your karma. i should use your mentality and tell you to get over it.
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Wasn't impressed with Kush at all, hope this one is better.
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3 day ban for AG, for being an asshole and not taking a hint. ::)
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Nice album. I actually liked The Kush but this album Hav was a little bit more innovative with the beats and lyrically he was much better on this album.
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this is very nice, some real hot joints!
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so the general consensus on hidden files is that it's better than the kush? i might have to check it out.
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so the general consensus on hidden files is that it's better than the kush? i might have to check it out.
I think it is a different sound beat wise, not a dark as The Kush. But lyrically hell yeah it is a upgrade.
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cotdaymn this is fuckin hot
Best traccs:
Havoc Ft. Sonyae Elise - Tell Me More
Havoc - Heart Of The Grind
Havoc - All My Life
Havoc - Walk Wit Me
PROPS!!!!
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i listened to it and The Kush is better IMO