Mobb Deep: The Infamous (Vinyl 2xLP)

The Infamous is the second studio album by the American Hip Hop duo Mobb Deep, released in 1995. The album features guest apperances from Nas, Wu-Tang Clan members, Reakwon and Ghostface Killah. It marked Mobb Deep's transition from a relatively unknown rap duo to an influential and commercially successful one.

One of the cornerstones of the New York hardcore movement, The Infamous is Mobb Deep's masterpiece, a relentlessly bleak song cycle that's been hailed by hardcore rap fans as one of the most realistic gangsta albums ever recorded.

This is hard, underground hip hop that demands to be met on its own terms, with few melodic hooks to draw the listener in. Similarly, there's little pleasure or relief offered in the picture of the streets Mobb Deep paint here. They inhabit a war zone where crime and paranoia hang constantly in the air.

2015 reissue.

1. The Start Of Your Ending (41st Side)
2. [The Infamous Prelude]
3. Survival Of The Fittest
4. Eye For A Eye (Your Beef Is Mines)
5. [Just Step Prelude]
6. Give Up The Goods (Just Step)
7. Temperature's Rising
8. Up North Trip
9. Trife Life
10. Q.U. -- Hectic
11. Right Back At You
12. [The Grave Prelude]
13. Cradle To The Grave
14. Drink Away The Pain (Situations)
15. Shook Ones Pt. II
16. Party Over