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Mobb Deep

Mobb Deep was a hip-hop duo from Queensbridge, New York, made up of Havoc and Prodigy. They started releasing music in the early 1990s, with their debut album...

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Mobb Deep's dark, detailed Queensbridge sound

The duo of Havoc and Prodigy defined mid-90s East Coast hip-hop with atmospheric beats and street-level storytelling.

For the full picture, start with 'Shook Ones Pt II' and then something like 'Have a Party.' That's the core of what they did.

Their 1995 album 'The Infamous' gave hip-hop 'Shook Ones Pt II,' a track that's been sampled and referenced for decades. Havoc's moody production and Prodigy's sharp rhymes about survival in Queensbridge created a template that felt both specific and widely influential. Even a later track like 'Have a Party' carries that same tense, detailed energy.

They started in the early 1990s with 'Juvenile Hell.' 'The Infamous' in 1995 cemented their sound, which they carried through albums like 'Hell on Earth' and 'Murda Muzik.' Prodigy's death in 2017 ended the duo's run.

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Mobb Deep was a hip-hop duo from Queensbridge, New York, made up of Havoc and Prodigy. They started releasing music in the early 1990s, with their debut album 'Juvenile Hell' coming out in 1993. Their sound was built on dark, atmospheric production from Havoc and sharp, detailed rhymes from Prodigy that often described street life in their neighborhood.

Their 1995 album 'The Infamous' is what really defined them. It included 'Shook Ones Pt II,' a track that became one of hip-hop's most recognizable anthems. The album's moody beats and unflinching lyrics about survival and tension set a template that they would follow on later records like 'Hell on Earth' and 'Murda Muzik.'

Prodigy died in 2017. The group's work, particularly from that mid-90s period, has been widely referenced and sampled by other artists in the years since.

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