To celebrate the 25th anniversary of The Infamous album, Havoc told me the story of how the whole song came together. Prodigy passed away in 2017 from complications due to sickle-cell anemia, a…
For decades now, rap and hip-hop has been the most fertile soil for slang and new language across pop culture. But when looking back on Mobb Deep, the duo didn’t just have their own slang, they had…
There are many albums that define the grimy mid-90s New York scene, but it will be a hard find that can match the intensity and true feel of what it was like to be a teenager going into your 20s in…
Mobb Deep’s Havoc connects with Ebro to celebrate the 25 year anniversary of the rap duo’s album ‘The Infamous’ and remember Prodigy. Collaborators Raekwon and Q-Tip join to talk about the…
To fully understand Mobb Deep’s The Infamous… — one of the greatest albums ever recorded — you need to understand two albums that came prior. The first is Mobb Deep’s debut Juvenile Hell.…
For its ninth season, The Opus heads to Queens to discuss the landmark album. Join host Andy Bothwell as he gets the street-level facts from Havoc (the surviving member of Mobb Deep) and Infamous…
In 1995, Havoc and Prodigy were trying to rebound from their disappointing debut album. They went into the studio and came out with a project that not only redefined their careers, it breathed life…
In the mid-1990s, New York City was in the midst of a major hip-hop resurgence. As the West Coast had taken hold of the mainstream circa 1992, New York had answered with a new generation of hardcore…
Havoc of Mobb Deep interview with The Breakfast Club on April 24, 2020.
To coincide with its 25 year anniversary tomorrow (April 25), Mobb Deep takes it back to The Infamous by re-releasing their icon album. Notably one of the greatest albums of all time, the updated…
Today, The Infamous, the sophomore album by Queensbridge rap duo Mobb Deep, turns 25. A milestone moment for Havoc, 45, and his late partner Prodigy. To commemorate the anniversary, Sony Music…
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