Mobb Deep
Mobb Deep was a hip-hop duo made up of Havoc and Prodigy. Both members are natives of Queensbridge, New York; located in Long Island City. They are perhaps most famous for their landmark album, The Infamous, and the accompanying hit single, Shook Ones Pt. II. 1992–1994: Early Career Prodigy and Havoc met one another while attending the prestigious High School of Art & Design in Manhattan. Coming from similar backgrounds, the duo broke into the rap game in 1992. Growing up in hostile environments that included the prevalence of poverty, drugs, and gang violence, Mobb Deep attempted to express their life experiences through rapping circa 1992. Before Havoc and P were known as Mobb Deep they were a couple of teenaged rappers known as Poetical Profits. The world first heard of them via the Source's Unsigned Hype column and this is the demo track that was quoted in that feature. The song would later see the light of day on their debut LP Juvenile Hell. Flavor 4 The Non Believers (demo version) They released their first album, Juvenille Hell, in 1993. At a time when East Coast hip hop was dominated by the jazziness of A Tribe Called Quest and De La Soul, and the Afro-centric stylings of Brand Nubian and Public Enemy, their style of music eschewed the popular conscious hip hop of the time, and reflected the harsh climate of New York City in the late-1980s and early-1990s. Because both Prodigy and Havoc were still in their teens at the time of their debut, many were surprised by...
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Top Tracks
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Survival of the Fittest
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Quiet Storm
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Hell On Earth (Front Lines)
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Shook Ones Part II
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The Start of Your Ending (41st Side)
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Up North Trip
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Drop A Gem On 'Em
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Give Up the Goods (Just Step)
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Cradle to the Grave
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Bloodsport
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Shook Ones Pt. II
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More Trife Life
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Shook Ones, Pt. II
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Party Over
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Trife Life
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Still Shinin'
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Q.U. - Hectic
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Get Dealt With
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Get Away
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Apostle's Warning
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Right Back At You
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Got It Twisted
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Temperature's Rising
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Where Ya Heart At
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Drink Away the Pain (Situations)
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Adrenaline
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Hit It From The Back
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Put 'Em In Their Place
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Intro
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Extortion
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Allustrious
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Just Step Prelude
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The Infamous Prelude
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Animal Instinct
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Spread Love
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Let A Ho Be A Ho
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[The Grave Prelude]
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Eye For A Eye (Your Beef Is Mines)
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Man Down
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Shook Ones
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Give It Up Fast
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Can't Get Enough Of It
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Win or Lose
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G.O.D. Pt. III
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(Just Step Prelude)
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Hell On Earth
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Flood The Block
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(The Infamous Prelude)
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It's Mine
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Smoke It
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