One of the most impressive things about this album is that they were like 19 years old when they made it, just incredible

Not only did Havoc make these beats, he did it analog. With an MPC. No computers.

You can't talk mobb and Nas without bringing up "eye for an eye" that song is my shiiiiiit.

Would love to see you guys listen to A Tribe Called Quest!

"Lord forgive me, the Hennessy got me not knowing how to act. I've fallen and I can't turn back."

It's worth noting...Q-Tip helped out Havoc with the production on this song, specifically the drums. He also mixed and produced several tracks on The Infamous album.

The way that Prodigy refers to things is very poetic, that's a big part of the appeal. Referring to clothing as garments etc

P's opening verse is of Hip Hop lore. Rest Easy Legend! Production speaks for itself...Havoc and Q-Tip, simply magic!

This whole album is fire! Not one song skipped. Love your videos and the relationship you two have 🤙🏽

Im from the same town and age as Mobb Deep. While other popular rappers were talking about designer clothes ,cars and diamonds etc. Mobb Deep gave us Reality Rap from the project benches. They gave us the raw underground sound and never switched, which is why the true hip hop heads of that golden era put them at the top of the list.

You should do some Gang Starr at some point, for example Betrayal with Scarface, that one would be a banger and I’m sure your dad would love it❤

OG of a dad 😅

The Infamous was THE album that got me into hardcore real hip hop. Every track is as raw as it gets

MOS DEF - MATHEMATICS

One of the most sampled songs -> Nas referenced as mentioned and some other notables: "I'm falling and I can't look back" - Dance with the Devil - Immortal Technique "When worst comes to worst, my people come first" - Worst Comes to Worst - Dilated Peoples Another great review - Windsor, ON

Quickly becoming my fav channel on KZfaq. Your fathers perspective is fantastic. Keep up the good work.

The infamous Mobb deep is the greatest album of all time.

You have to do Prodigy - U Can Never Feel My Pain .. one of the deepest rap songs ever.

Temperature's Rising and Trife Life . Those two are hard to beat on the album .

Great review guys. Awesome dad and son relationship.

Bro I love your videos finally someone who shows real rappers

RZA's production does sound unpolished on purpose. He wanted it to sound gritty and raw. There's a scene in the first season of the Wu's Hulu show that addresses this topic actually.

"Temperature's Rising" and "Drink Away the Pain" are musts.

Loved this! Y'all should do the full album !!!

Lost Boyz - Renee Dead Prez - Hip Hop or Hell Yeah Based on your reactions, I feel like these would be in your lane

Wow, the smiths and Al Green vinyls in the background, beautiful taste in music all the way round on this channel 💯💯💯💯 🙏💙💙💙💙

This song originated lso many samples and references . Thier words are legendary😢

You guys gotta react to The Infamous album! Your pops would love it!

My favorite Mobb Deep song is Quiet Storm. (Remix as well). I sometimes just listen to the instrumental.

Havoc is a great producer! Very underrated MOBB DEEP is legendary 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🚒

So glad you guys got to this song. It's a classic for sure.

Y’all need to react to the whole album. I bet pops will love it! 🤩

Fun fact: there is a pretty well known rap group (duo) on the West Coast, and those rappers are also called Havoc and Prodeje.

this song has aged well.

This album was the soundtrack to my teenage years so Im glad you guys are reacting to both Survival.. and Shook ones...If you react to the whole Infamous album, you will be VERY pleased!

Was never a fan of reaction channels before you guys, really enjoy what you do! How about some The Roots? Live instruments with rap might provide something of a middle ground… The Seed 2.0, Now or Never, When the People Cheer are among my faves.

great how your dad learned about the hip hop scene. Great Reactions❤️👍🏼🤞🏼

This will forever be one of the top rap songs. 💯💯 quiet storm is my fav.

I remember seeing the post about your dad getting you the old Hip-Hop magazines and thought that was great. Well, I was listening to track # 4 off this album, Eye for an Eye Feat. Nas & RaeKwon(Wu-Tang), that led me to Verbal Intercourse which is on Raekwon’s solo debut, Only Built 4 Cuban Linx. This album is considered a classic. There was a magazine back then called The Source and there was a piece called 5 mics. This piece/artist spotlight was based on lyricism, the verse would get a mic rating. The scale was from 1/2 a mic to 5 mics, 5 was rarely seen but the greats were awarded. Nas’ verse was awarded 5 mics and to me is one of the most amazing verses I’ve ever heard. I still remember reading the lyrics like “wow, how the hell does he do it?” You should review that song if you really want to hear a word smith at his finest.

I like you guys a lot Enjoy how dad appreciates old school rap Long time listener Go Kia

Mobb deep & lil Kim - quiet storm Big pun & fat Joe - twins Notorious big- everyday struggle Notorious big - sky is the limit Lil cease & lil kim - crush on you Styles p - good times Dipset- gangsta music Jay z - can I live Jay z - cant knock the hustle Jay z & ugk - big pimpin Ja rule - story to tell (belly soundtrack) Tupac - me against the world Jay z & Memphis bleek - coming of age 2 Beanie sigel - tales of a hustler part 1&2 Freeway - what we do N O.R.E (Noriega) - banned from TV

Infamous is one the best and well organized rap albums of all time, it got no skips man

every time I hear this song it takes me through decades of me listening to rap because SO MUCH of it has been sampled in so many times. All these other songs pop up in my head and I'm going "oh, right I haven't heard THAT one in a while.."

On the Queensbridge theme you need to show your dad Cormega. The illest poet out there! Start with Beautiful Mind or The Saga Remix

Notice in this song "I'm falling and I can't turn back" is also referenced in Dance with the devil

You have do this whole album bro, pure fire.

LOL "Hopsin! That's him!" "Yeah we're not covering him..." *golf clap*

and i've been listening to rap for a long time, this is THE song with best grittiest lyrics imo

Love your videos I always get something I did know even though I thought I knew the artist or the track. It is so refreshing. When are you guys reacting to some BlackStar , Mos Def ? please 🙏 Or even Slum Village ?

The sound of my BX teenage years!!!!❤

Great vid, thank you!

This is my fav song!

4:17 woooooow I didn’t know this was used in Dance with the Devil- I knew I heard it somewhere but thought it was a movie. Glad I watched this

'It's mine' by Mobb Deep and Nas would be a pretty good song to react to. It samples the scarface soundtrack and Nas' final verse is impeccable. 'I'm going out' is another good song off the same album Murda Muzik and is a lot more of a fast paced song with rapid lyrical deliver. Perfect song to go pumped to. 'Moment of Truth' by Gang Starr is also a pretty good song with poignant messages throughout.

You should have your pops react to "Drink away the pain" from this very album Dad will enjoy the creativity

You have to do Give Up The Goods from this same album it is so raw your dad would love it!!!!

I gonna keep asking for you to possibly do 'Bridging The Gap' by Nas featuring his Jazz muscian dad Olu Dara. I think you guys would like as its a mixture of Jazz/Blues/Hip-hop.

You guts should react to Prodigys album hegelian dialectic it's heavily underrated

Murda Muzik is such an interesting album juxtaposed with The Infamous. The sounds are so rich and refined on MM and really shows Havoc’s growth in his production along with P’s increasingly sophisticated lyrical approach. The Realest with Kool G Rap on MM is my favorite Mobb track and is rarely brought up in discussions about their music.

I would love for you guys to do The Realest off of the Murda Muzik album. The Kool G. Rap verse is mind blowing. Prodigy's verse is amazing too.

Another great choice for analysis! Still waiting for GZA to get the treatment. Ideally Liquid Swords album but also for a single track that showcases GZA's intelligence try The Spark on your dad.

i love this vibe, wish my dad was alive so i can play him stuff

Almost 30 years later and I still hear this in my head when I pass by Queensbridge (which is all the time). Edit: if you wanna dig into the next Mobb album, check out Hell on Earth (Front Lines). It has a similar nihilistic vibe as Shook Ones and Survival.

Great reaction.More.mobb please

Pleaaase more mobb deep reactions

I recommend "You Can Never Feel My Pain" (2000) - a Prodigy solo track about his sickle cell anemia. Really paints a picture of how it affected his worldview. I know your Dad likes 50 Cent so another one is "Pearly Gates" featuring 50 Cent (2006). You have to find the uncensored version on youtube due to Prodigy's anti-religious sentiment in the last verse.

One of my favs ❤

yessss i lovee this song

Now that your dad knows the "half way crooks" you gotta have him react to 8 mile 😅😅

There’s a video showing the sample breakdown for shook one pt2 and it just goes to show how genius havoc is.

Absolute classic

Mos def - auditorium Would love to see you and your dad react to that

Mobb Deep, "Rare Species" 🔥🔥🔥 A Super-Classic!

QTip from A Tribe Called Quest helped Havoc with this album. You guys should do some ATCQ reviews. One of the best hip hop groups ever

Would be interested to hear your Dads thoughts on Group Home - Supa Star.

Off the same album, play (Just Step Prelude) straight through to the end of Give Up the Goods. It’s a beautiful story/experience. However Trife Life and then off the Hell on Earth album More Trife Life is another good combination. Blood sport is another amazing track off of Hell on Earth, if you just want the feel of a single.

Had this album twice played the first one so many times it got messed up, this is a classic hip hop album it plays like a movie.

Gotta do the whole album bro. That album ain't no joke.

I suggest to react to "You never feel my pain", which is the closer to Prodigy's debut solo album "HNIC". He talks about his struggles with his disease, and you can better understand where he's coming from.

You guys should do Drink Away the Pain it is definitely different and features Q-Tip. You also should do Eye 4 an Eye featuring Nas & Raekwon…

Sickest duo in hip hop history. Producer + emcee. Even as a producer, havoc still could kick rhymes. These are grimey lyrics with edge. Nothing nice, dark themes. It’s a certain energy that’s hard to describe.

The infamous is legit in my top 5 O.A.T, P and Hav were only kids when they released this sick classic album

Maybe you haven’t heard it before but react to Yoke the Joker from Naughty by Nature… Eminem even credited it for making him realize how many more ways you could rhyme instead of always on beat letting it rhyme within the sentences too! Really dope tho!

You guys should review Hip Hop movies. Since you mentioned you can possibly Wu Tang start with their recent Hulu series. I also like the movie that was about Roxanne Shanté. Powerful.

Prodigy was one of the greatest MC’s

I love the imprint we made in Hip Hop. #queensbridge4life "Essential Elements"= Queensbridge's own Tragedy Khadafi & Jae Supreme Shout out to Queensbridge legacy Marley Marl, MC Shan, Roxanne Shante, Craig G, Nas, DJ Hot Day, Blaq Poet, Nature.... The list goes on, and we still "Do it out in da park..." (MC Shan voice)

above the clouds by Gangstarr is a must!!!!

I knew this song when i played getting up ps2

Story telling at its finest….

Dad... I'm impressed

You HAVE to do Quiet Storm by Mobb Deep ft Lil Kim!!

mobb deep featuring nas and raekwon = eye for an eye

Do Temperature's Rising!!

Damien- dmx should be on the list and eye for an eye another mob deep banger

Please could you do where ya heart at it’s so good

Everyone should listen to Prodigy’s audiobook it’s on KZfaq! It’s amazing his story is crazy

There is also reference to Dilated Peoples - Worst comes to worst ... I think that's no question if you should do that one too

You need to do a Smiths track - you’ve got their best album (Queen Is Dead) sat right on the shelf! ‘There Is a Light That Never Goes Out’ would blow your Dad’s mind both musically and lyrically.

Fun Fact: In his 1996 album, "It Was Written," Nas actually featured Mobb Deep in the pen-ultimate track, "Live N- Rap."

My favorite group of all time. It's kinda hard to understand the dialect in 2023 if you wasn't around back then in NY for most. There's words that mean something else and goes completely over heads now.