The Infamous Music Cd

Mobb Deep - The Infamous

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The Infamous      Artist : Mobb Deep      List Price : $13.98 USD        Your Price : $13.98 USD      ProductGroup: Music      Release Date : 1995-04-25      Studio : RCA      Label : RCA      Avg. Customer Rating : (153 reviews)

Reviews Customer Reviews for The Infamous      Mobb Deep is the truth!!      Rating:      this album is as good as it gets!!! you cant go wrong with classic Mobb Deep...its an easy reminder of how good Hip-Hop used to be....this album is on heavy rotation in my car!!!     Customer Reviews for The Infamous Cd      The Mobb      Rating:      What is sometimes recognized as their first LP, sophmore release The Infamous brought a grittier East Coast feel for its time. Perfectly titled "The Start Of Your Ending (41st Side)" to lead the album off with a simple track accompanied by sound effects to add to the thugged lyrical assault by the duo. Simple deep piano chords with uptempo hard kicks synchronized the street mentality attitude for "Survival Of The Fittest". Slowing down with a dark, deeper mystique of "Eye For A Eye (Your Beef Is Mine)" featuring Nas & Raekwon collaborated to enlighten on the retaliation as does "Right Back At You" featuring Ghostface Killer, Raekwon & Big Noyd goes for a reapeat over looping bass guitar and decending chords. "[Just Step Prelude] " is an accapella interlude with verses from Big Noyd and Prodigy added to the concept and the lifestyle of the Mobb. The upbeat "Give Up The Goods (Just Step)" featuring Big Noyd is a great addition with layered arrangement with violent crime content "...brothers are starvin' from tryin' to find a job / son, its all about robbin'..." "Temperature's Rising" featuring Crystal Johnson is one of the mainstream attemps with a hint of a bounce smoothed out as Mobb Deep kept their street formula. Staying on the same tempo but switching gears on "Up North Trip" as they give tales of going to jail. "Trife Life" shows the street mentality of keeping your eyes on your enemies and being aware of a set up or robbery. Representing their homeground Queensbridge on "Q.U.-Hectic" over simple production arrangement. Highlighted by deep bass on "Cradle To The Grave" is a canvas for the stories told of survival. The jazz influenced "Drink Away The Pain (Situations)" featuring Q-Tip by the horn arrangement as they exchanged liquor for women as the yin-yang combination meshed well. The classic "Shook Ones Pt. II" is a near East Coast anthem with delivery, off-key patterns also provided quotables. Three of the sixteen was produced by The Abstract a.k.a. Q-Tip as the remainder was produced by the group showing how the acronym k-i-s-s (keep it simple stupid) worked perfectly as a signature sound and style. Mobb Deep's performance and overall concept of The Infamous is a hip-hop/rap classic and essential for any collection of for this genre. Editorial Reviews for The Infamous Audio Cd      Amazon.com      With one album--no, one song ("Shook Ones, Pt. 2")--Mobb Deep went from gimmick kiddie rap duo to hip-hop's dark horsemen of the apocalypse. Gritty and nihilistic, Prodigy and Havoc ushered in a post-gangsta era of reality rap that privileged vivid street narratives over mere drive-by posturing. As well, production by themselves and guests like Q-Tip (who did the jazzy "Drink Away the Pain") kept the soundscape moving beyond just the dissonant drone of "Shook Ones." "The Infamous" captured Mobb Deep at the beginning of their rebirth, before their formula became redundant. --Oliver Wang