Friday, March 8, 2013

Mobb Deep - Infamy (iTunes Version)

Infamy is hip-hop duo Mobb Deep's fifth album. Infamy was released after Jay-Z dissed Prodigy and Nas on his song "Takeover," from Jay-Z's 2001 album, The Blueprint, which caused Prodigy to strike back on the Track "Crawlin'," in which he calls Jay a female-ass nigga homo emcee. "H to the you know," calls Jay's retaliation of baby pictures weak and threatens him, calling him "scared".
Basically, "Infamy" is another hardcore release from Mobb Deep. It is a dope album full of bangin' beats, potent lyrics, and reflective thoughts from the classic duo. They stepped up their creative flavor with a mixture of East Coast beats and West Coast beats. Scott Storch mainly provides the West Coast layout for standouts like "Live Foul" and "Kill Or Be Killed" feat. Ron Isley. Lil' Mo blesses "Pray for Me" arguably one of the best songs on the album. "Get Away" has a soothing voice sample that just relaxes the listener and at the same time embraces the mental of a thug who is on the verge of killing his enemies. Mobb Deep also have something for the ladies on "Handcuffs"- Havoc solo, and "Hey Luv" feat. 112. The bonus cut, "So Long" is an uplifting song to all the homies who are locked up, and it's basically saying to all of them, "Hold Ya Head". Interestingly, Havoc outshines Prodigy lyrically on a lot of the songs, but Prodigy's calm, thug attitude mixed with his master, deep rhyme flow manages to serve as proof to why people demanded that P-Dolo come with a solo project. "Infamy" is EAST COAST GANGSTA RAP TO THE THIRD POWER!
Track List:
1. Pray for Me
2. Get Away
3. Bounce
4. Clap
5. Kill That Nigga
6. My Gats Spitting
7. Handcuffs
8. Hey Luv (Anything)
9. The Learning (Burn)
10. Live Foul
11. Hurt Niggas
12. Get At Me
13. I Won't Fall
14. Crawlin'
15. Nothing Like Home
16. There I Go Again / So Long
17. So Long

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