This is a classic album. The beats are true East Coast, mid-90s style at its best and the rhymes are timeless. From beginning to end, this album hits all points and does not disappoint. It remains solid throughout.The singles off this album were "Survival of the Fittest" and "Shook Ones Part II". These were both great tracks, but each track on this album is equally impressive - each telling a different story.Havoc does some notable sample-work and arrangement on this album. The beats are as good as it gets ..
Mobb Deep's 2nd album "The Infamous" (1995) is excellent. This was the first Mobb Deep album I got and to this day remains my favourite Mobb Deep album, though there next album "Hell on Earth" is not to be missed either. Mobb Deep (Prodigy & Havoc), Matt Life & Schott Free executive produce, with additonal track production coming from Abstract (aka Q-Tip). Guest appearances come from: Nas, Raekwon, Big Noyd, Q-Tip, Crystal Johnson & Ghostface Killer. Thirteen tracks plus three preludes, album starts off wit..
THis cd is amazing. THe production is tight. Packs some Street anthems like a champ. Nice diverse sound with Q-tip and Havoc handling most of the production this cd never gets boring. Although they are not the best of rappers( even Prodigy says he aint super n..... he skinny) they know how to flip they stuff and make it work. This album is for deep in the streets. Guest appearances are kept to a minimum but when they do appear they put in classic perfomrances. Artists like Raekwon, Nas, Ghostface, Q-Tip..
