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[48] 2Pac dissed Mobb Deep (along with The Notorious B.I.G.) in "Hit 'Em Up" where, in the outro of the song, he made a remark in clear reference to Prodigy's ailment in having sickle cell anemia. [49] Mobb Deep responded in a track called "Drop A Gem On 'Em" which was released as a single 2 weeks before 2Pac was murdered.
Mobb Deep was an American hip hop duo from Queens, New York [1] [3] formed in 1991. Consisting of rappers/songwriters/record producers Prodigy and Havoc, they are considered to be among the principal progenitors of hardcore East Coast hip hop. [4] Mobb Deep became one of the most successful rap duos of all time, having sold over three million ...
He is one half of the iconic hip hop duo Mobb Deep, and in addition to producing nearly the entire Mobb Deep catalogue, has also produced songs for MCs such as The Notorious B.I.G., Eminem, Nas, Raekwon, 50 Cent, 112, Method Man, Mariah Carey, Puff Daddy, Kanye West, LL Cool J, Rohff, Big Noyd, Lil' Kim, Capone-N-Noreaga, Foxy Brown, Onyx, and ...
The original "Shook Ones" was released as a promotional single in 1994 as the debut single on Mobb Deep's new label, Loud Records.Producer Havoc stated, . What made us do a remix or a part two to the first “Shook Ones” was just our nervousness about failing because we had came off of the Juvenile Hell album, which wasn’t too successful.
[4] [5] Unlike the duo's first album, The Infamous was mostly self-produced by Havoc and Prodigy, with outside help from Loud A&R representatives Matt Life (aka Matty C) and Schott Free, as well as A Tribe Called Quest producer Q-Tip, who discovered Mobb Deep in the early 1990s. [6]
[112 featuring Prodigy] 2001 — "Hold You Down" (The Alchemist featuring Prodigy, Nina Sky and Illa Ghee) 2004 95: 47 — 1st Infantry "New York City" [12] (Troy Ave featuring Raekwon, N.O.R.E. and Prodigy) 2013 — — — New York City: The Album "Chase the Paper" (50 Cent featuring Prodigy, Styles P and Kidd Kidd) 2014 — — — Animal ...
Prodigy, who made up one half of Mobb Deep, has recently died at 42.
Life of the Infamous: The Best of Mobb Deep is the greatest hits album from Queensbridge rap duo Mobb Deep, made up of rappers Prodigy and Havoc. It contains songs dating back to their 1993 debut album, Juvenile Hell, through their 2004 album, Amerikaz Nightmare.