The Infamous
Production
- Mobb Deep
- Q-Tip
- Schott Free
- Matt Life
- Battery Studios, NYC
- Platinum Iceland Studios, NYC
- Firehouse Studios, NYC
- Unique Recording Studio, NYC
The Infamous is the second album of the rap duo Mobb Deep from Queensbridge, New York City. It is one of the most influential hip hop albums of the 1990s and convinces through dark melodies, intelligent lyrics and stories from the everyday ghetto. With this album, Mobb Deep 's breakthrough and they went from an unknown group to an underground phenomenon.
Every song on The Infamous reflects the dark side of New York City, including for example the trade in narcotics and the use of firearms to count. One can say that The Infamous falls into the typical stereotype of hip-hop music. The album is regarded in the hip- hop scene as a classic and has many famous fans like RZA, the producer of the Wu -Tang Clan.
As singles the songs "Temperature 's Rising ", " survival of the fittest " and the timeless street anthem " Shook Ones Pt were. II "is selected. For the last two videos were filmed in which rap Mobb Deep in their " Hood".
On "The Infamous " and the famous New York rapper Nas and the Wu -Tang Clan members Raekwon and Ghostface Killah are guests who feel the album also connected. Other guest appearances from Big Noyd there, a good friend of the " Mobbs ," Q-Tip from A Tribe Called Quest and the singer Crystal Johnson.
From The Source 5 Mics were awarded ( the highest award in rap, which is very rarely awarded). When online magazine laut.de the album in the column milestones was evaluated in retrospect with five out of five possible points.