Mobb Deep
Mobb Deep | |
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Mobb Deep at the Out4Fame Festival 2015 |
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General information | |
Genre (s) | Hardcore rap , gangsta rap |
founding | 1992 |
resolution | 2017 |
Last occupation | |
Havoc | |
Prodigy († 2017) |
Mobb Deep was an American rap duo consisting of Prodigy and Havoc . The New York duo has been active since 1992 and has released a total of seven albums, several of which were awarded gold or platinum records in the USA. Both rappers also released solo albums.
Band history
Havoc (born May 21, 1974, real name Kejuan Muchita ) and Prodigy (born November 2, 1974; † June 20, 2017, real name Albert Johnson ) grew up in Queensbridge , New York's public housing estate , from which other hip-hoppers such as Nas and Big Noyd originate. They met at Graphic Arts High School in Manhattan and discovered their mutual interest in hip hop. In 1993 they were signed to a sub-label of Island Records and released their debut album Juvenile Hell with productions by DJ Premier and Large Professor . In a review of the album, Rolling Stone called them the "evil twins of Kris Kross " . The album was not commercially successful.
Two years later the album The Infamous appeared on Loud Records with the first successful single Shook Ones Pt. II , which reached 59th place on the American Billboard Top 100 . Overall, the album, which includes guest contributions from Nas and Raekwon , is described as darker and rougher. Hard basses with piano parts and lots of loops determine the music.
The album Hell on Earth followed in 1996 . It contains the song Drop a gem on 'em, a disstrack against 2Pac , which Mobb Deep had dissed on the single Hit' Em Up . Reviewers saw the album as a continuation of the previous style of Mobb Deep.
Three years later, the fourth album by the duo Murda Muzik appears with guest contributions by Nas, on the single It's mine (Hot Rap Singles # 25), by Lil 'Kim , on the single Quiet Storm (Hot Rap Singles # 17) as well as by Raekwon and Eightball. Reviewers saw no musical development in this album either. After this album, Prodigy released his solo album HNIC in 2000
On the 2001 album Infamy Mobb Deep changed their style of music and took on elements of R'n'B . This was evident in the single Hey Luv , which was recorded along with 112 . This was the last Mobb Deep album to be released on the Loud label. In 2003, Mobb Deep came under contract with Jive Records . There they released the single Gangstaz Roll in 2003 , which also contained a song with 50 cents . It was followed in 2004 by the Amerikaz Nightmare album , which sold poorly.
After Havoc had already been producing for 50 cents and its G-Unit in 2003 , Mobb Deep negotiated with the G-Unit Records label and signed a contract there in mid-2005. The album Blood Money , released there in 2006, contained many guest appearances by artists of the label. The album was commercially successful and reached number 3 on the charts.
Subsequently, both rappers released solo albums, namely Havoc in 2007 his debut album The Kush and Prodigy in the same year his second album Return of the Mac and in 2008 HNIC Part 2 . Havoc's second solo album Hidden Files was released in February 2009 . In April 2009 the group released the eighth joint studio album, The Safe Is Cracked . The first single from it was Don't Play . The contract with G-Unit Records ended in November 2009.
In 2014 the duo released the album The Infamous Mobb Deep as a double CD, the first CD was called The Infamous Mobb Deep , the second The Infamous Sessions . On the first CD there are 13 new tracks, produced in old school style. The second CD contains unreleased tracks and skits, mostly remastered, as well as titles from their second album The Infamous with different beats and partly new lyrics. The album was released on the HCLASS-Entertainment label . It was produced by Havoc, Prodigy,! Llmind, Gabriel Lambirth, Karon Graham, Beat Butcha, Ommas Keith, Boi-1 Da, The Alchemist and Kaytranada .
After Prodigy's prison sentence
After a three-year prison sentence for illegal gun possession, Prodigy was released in 2011 and published his autobiography and then the solo album HNIC3 in July 2012. In April 2012, some verbal attacks surfaced on Havoc's Twitter page, which were directed against his partner Prodigy. Havoc later denied that these "tweets" were from him and stated that he had lost his mobile phone and that the "tweets" were created that way.
Discography
Studio albums
year | title |
Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes) |
Remarks | ||||
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DE | AT | CH | UK | US | |||
1993 | Juvenile bright | - | - | - | - | - |
First published: April 13, 1993
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1995 | The Infamous | - | - | - |
UK-
silver
UK
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US18th
gold
(18 weeks)US |
First published: April 25, 1995
Sales: 700,000+ |
1996 | Hell on Earth | - | - | - |
UK67 (1 week) UK |
US6th
gold
(16 weeks)US |
Initial publication: November 19, 1996 US sales: 500,000+ |
1999 | Murda Muzik |
DE67 (2 weeks) DE |
- | - |
UK81 (1 week) UK |
US3
platinum
(17 weeks)US |
Initial Release: April 27, 1999
US Sales: 1,000,000+ |
2001 | Infamy | - | - | - | - |
US22nd
gold
(23 weeks)US |
Initial release: December 11, 2001 US sales: 500,000+ |
2004 | Amerikaz Nightmare |
DE95 (1 week) DE |
- |
CH50 (3 weeks) CH |
UK68 (2 weeks) UK |
US4 (10 weeks) US |
First published: August 10, 2004
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2006 | Blood Money |
DE38 (3 weeks) DE |
- |
CH42 (4 weeks) CH |
UK70 (1 week) UK |
US3 (10 weeks) US |
First published: May 2, 2006
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2014 | The Infamous Mobb Deep | - | - | - | - |
US49 (1 week) US |
First published: April 1, 2014
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EPs
- 2001: Black Cocaine
Compilations
- 2006: Life of the Infamous: The Best of Mobb Deep
- 2007: The Infamous Archives
- 2008: The Infamous Instrumentals
- 2009: The Safe Is Cracked
Mix tapes
year | title |
Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes) |
Remarks | ||||
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DE | AT | CH | UK | US | |||
2003 | Free Agents: The Murda Mix Tape |
DE84 (1 week) DE |
- | - | - |
US21 (9 weeks) US |
First published: 2003
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More mix tapes
- 2002: The Dunn Language Part 1
- 2002: The Dunn Language Part 2
- 2004: Infamous Allegiance Part One
- 2004: The Mixtape Before 911
- 2005: Mobb Deep: From Queensbridge To Kingston
- 2006: G-Unit Radio Part.17 (The Best in the Bizznezz)
- 2006: G-Unit Radio Part.20 (Still the Best in the Bizznezz)
- 2006: More Money, More Murda
- 2011: White Cocaine
- 2015: White Cocaine 2
- 2015: The Realest Duo
Singles
year | Title album |
Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, album , rankings, weeks, awards, notes) |
Remarks | ||||
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DE | AT | CH | UK | US | |||
1995 | Shook Ones (Part II) The Infamous |
- | - | - |
UK-
silver
UK
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US59 (10 weeks) US |
First published: February 3, 1995
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Survival of the Fittest The Infamous |
- | - | - | - |
US69 (12 weeks) US |
First published: May 30, 1995
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2001 | Burn Infamy |
- | - | - | - |
US99 (2 weeks) US |
First release: October 30, 2001
feat. Big Noyd and Vita |
2002 | Hey Luv (Anything) Infamy |
- | - | - | - |
US58 (15 weeks) US |
First release: January 2002
feat. 112 |
2004 | Got It Twisted Amerikaz Nightmare |
- | - | - | - |
US64 (20 weeks) US |
First published: March 30, 2004
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2006 | Put Em in Their Place Blood Money |
- | - | - |
UK75 (1 week) UK |
- |
First published: March 14, 2006
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More singles
- 1992: Peer Pressure
- 1993: Hit It from the Back
- 1995: Temperature's Rising (feat.Crystal Johnson)
- 1996: Give Up the Goods (Just Step) ( feat.Big Noyd )
- 1996: Back at You
- 1996: Drop a Gem on 'Em
- 1996: Front Lines (Hell on Earth)
- 1997: GOD Pt. III
- 1999: Quiet Storm
- 1999: It's Mine (feat. Nas )
- 2002: Get Away
- 2002: Pray for Me ( feat.Lil 'Mo )
- 2004: Real Gangstaz (feat. Lil Jon )
- 2004: Throw Your Hands (in the Air)
- 2004: Win or Lose
- 2005: Have a Party (feat. Nate Dogg and 50 Cent )
- 2006: Give It to Me (feat. Young Buck )
- 2006: Creep (feat. 50 Cent)
- 2012: Love You More
- 2014: Taking You Off Here
- 2014: Say Something
Guest Posts
year | Title album |
Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, album , rankings, weeks, awards, notes) |
Remarks | ||||
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DE | AT | CH | UK | US | |||
1996 | Microphone Master Hold It Down |
- | - | - | - |
US86 (3 weeks) US |
First release: 1996
The EFX feat. Mobb Deep |
1998 | Deadly Zone Next Millennium |
- | - | - | - |
US79 (7 weeks) US |
First release: 1998
Bounty Killer feat. Mobb Deep and Rappin 'Noyd |
2005 | Outta Control (Remix) |
DE8 (19 weeks) DE |
AT18 (22 weeks) AT |
CH10 (22 weeks) CH |
UK7th
silver
(20 weeks)UK |
US6 (20 weeks) US |
First published:
Aug 6, 2005 Sales: 200,000+ ( 50 Cent feat. Mobb Deep) |
Further guest contributions
- 1995: Bloodshed and War (with Da Youngsta's)
- 1996: LA, LA (with Capone-N-Noreaga and Tragedy Khadafi )
- 1997: It's the Pee (with PMD )
- 2014: Street Certified (with MOP )
Awards for music sales
Note: Awards in countries from the chart tables or chart boxes can be found in these.
Country / Region | silver | gold | platinum | Sales | swell |
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Awards for music sales (country / region, awards, sales, sources) |
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United States (RIAA) | - | 3 × gold3 | platinum1 | 2,500,000 | riaa.com |
United Kingdom (BPI) | 3 × silver3 | - | - | 460,000 | bpi.co.uk |
All in all | 3 × silver3 | 3 × gold3 | platinum1 |
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- ↑ a b c d Mobb Deep Music Artists. MTV .com; accessed on October 30, 2008 (English)
- ^ Mobb Deep Biography. Rolling Stone . "On Juvenile Hell the duo of Prodigy and Havoc come off as Kris Kross' twisted evil twins"
- ↑ a b c d Artists Chart History - Mobb Deep - Singles. ( Memento of September 29, 2007 in the Internet Archive ) Billboard.com (English)
- ^ Mobb Deep Biography. Rolling Stone. "Noisy drum samples with eerie piano and string loops"
- ↑ a b biography of Mobb Deep at laut.de
- ↑ Artists Chart History - Mobb Deep ( Memento from December 6, 2008 in the Internet Archive ) Billboard.com (English)
- ↑ The Safe Is Cracked on Amazon
- ↑ 50 Cent Collabos With Beanie Sigel, Drops Mobb Deep From G-Unit . sixshot.com, November 11, 2009 (English)
- ↑ Havoc Disses Prodigy; End of Mobb Deep… Or Hack? at egotripland.com, accessed July 26, 2015 (English)
- ↑ a b c d Chart sources: DE AT CH UK US