Their shared love of hip-hop resulted in a natural companionship, and while they were still teens, the two young men had themselves a record deal with 4th & Broadway, a major rap label affiliated with Island Records. Prodigy (Albert Johnson, born November 2, 1974, died June 20, 2017) and Havoc (Kejuan Muchita, born May 21, 1974) grew up in Queens, specifically the Queensbridge area, yet met in Manhattan, where both were students at Graphic Arts High School. For a few years, Mobb Deep struggled to reclaim their commercial standing, until they eventually drifted into the G-Unit camp, where they signed a lucrative deal to join 50 Cent and company.īlood Money (2006), Mobb Deep's first release under the G-Unit banner, rekindled interest in the veteran duo, who enjoyed a substantial uptick in sales and airplay.

However, by the late '90s, Mobb Deep was no longer setting trends in fact, they seemed to be following them, and they lost some of their stature as subsequent generations of hardcore rappers arose. Subsequent releases from the duo were likewise influential, especially Hell on Earth (1996). On The Infamous, Mobb Deep (comprised of Prodigy and Havoc) set the tone for future generations of hardcore New York rappers, from G-Unit to Dipset. Released in April 1995, The Infamous was released almost exactly a year after Illmatic and about a half year after Ready to Die - the debut masterpieces of Nas and the Notorious B.I.G., respectively, both albums likewise of momentous significance for East Coast hardcore rap. 7th '194.4 GB 3.Īs golden age rap suddenly gave way to West Coast gangsta in the early '90s, an East Coast variety of hardcore rap arose in turn, with Mobb Deep initially standing tall as one of New York's hardcore figureheads on the basis of their epochal album The Infamous. New Edition Discography Torrent DownloadĢ7th '192.2 GB 442May. New Edition Discography Torrent DownloadĤth '1910.3 GB 550Apr.

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