Mobb Deep – The Infamous

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Label:	Loud Records – 66480-2, RCA – 07863 66480-2
Format:	CD, Album
Country:	US
Released:	Apr 25, 1995
Genre:	Hip Hop
Style:	Hardcore Hip-Hop, Gangsta, Boom Bap

Tracklist

1	The Start Of Your Ending (41st Side) Mixed By – Tony Smalios Producer, Mixed By – Mobb Deep Recorded By – Louis Alfred III Written-By – A. Johnson, K. Muchita	4:24
2	[The Infamous Prelude]	2:12
3	Survival Of The Fittest Mixed By – Tony Smalios Producer, Mixed By – Mobb Deep Recorded By – Tim Latham Written-By – A. Johnson, K. Muchita	3:43
4	Eye For A Eye (Your Beef Is Mines) Featuring – Nas, Raekwon Mixed By – Tony Smalios Producer, Mixed By – Mobb Deep Recorded By – Tim Latham Written-By – A. Johnson, C. Woods, K. Muchita, N. Jones	4:54
5	[Just Step Prelude]	1:06
6	Give Up The Goods (Just Step) Featuring – Big Noyd Mixed By – Tony Smalios Producer, Mixed By – The Abstract Recorded By – Tim Latham Written-By – A. Johnson, J. Davis, K. Muchita, M.W. Small JR, T. Perry*	4:02
7	Temperature's Rising Co-producer – Mobb Deep Featuring – Crystal Johnson Mixed By – Tony Smalios Producer, Mixed By – The Abstract Recorded By – Louis Alfred III Written-By – A. Johnson, F. Washington, J. Davis, K. Muchita, P. Rushen*	5:00
8	Up North Trip Mixed By – The Abstract, Tony Smalios Producer – Mobb Deep Recorded By – Louis Alfred III Written-By – A. Johnson, K. Muchita	4:58
9	Trife Life Mixed By – The Abstract, Tony Smalios Producer – Mobb Deep Recorded By – Dino Zerros* Written-By – A. Johnson, K. Muchita, M. Henderson*	5:19
10	Q.U. -- Hectic Producer, Recorded By, Mixed By – Mobb Deep Programmed By [Additional], Recorded By, Mixed By – Tony Smalios Written-By – A. Johnson, K. Muchita	4:55
11	Right Back At You Co-producer – Schott Free Featuring – Big Noyd, Ghostface Killah, Raekwon Mixed By – Tony Smalios Producer, Mixed By – Mobb Deep Recorded By – Louis Alfred III Written-By – A. Johnson, C. Woods, D. Coles, K. Muchita, T. Perry*	4:52
12	[The Grave Prelude]	0:30
13	Cradle To The Grave Producer, Mixed By – Mobb Deep Written-By – A. Johnson, K. Muchita	5:16
14	Drink Away The Pain (Situations) Co-producer – Mobb Deep Featuring – Q-Tip Producer, Mixed By – The Abstract Recorded By – Tim Latham Written-By – A. Johnson, B. Maupin, B. Summers, D. McKnight, D. Youman, J. Davis, K. Muchita, M. Clark, P. Jackson, P. Potyen	4:44
15	Shook Ones Pt. II Producer, Mixed By – Mobb Deep Recorded By – Louis Alfred III Written-By – A. Johnson, K. Muchita	5:24
16	Party Over Co-producer – Matt Life Featuring – Big Noyd Producer, Mixed By – Mobb Deep Recorded By – Louis Alfred III Written-By – A. Johnson, K. Muchita, T. Perry*	5:40

Companies, etc.

Distributed By – BMG Music
Manufactured By – BMG Music
Phonographic Copyright ℗ – BMG Music
Copyright © – BMG Music
Published By – Albert Johnson Music
Published By – Baby Fingers Music
Published By – BMG Songs, Inc.
Published By – Careers-BMG Music Publishing, Inc.
Published By – Cigum Music
Published By – Electrocord Music
Published By – Jazz Merchant Music
Published By – Juvenile Hell Publishing
Published By – Pierphil Music
Published By – Zomba Music Publishing
Recorded At – Battery Studios, New York
Recorded At – Platinum Island Studios
Recorded At – Firehouse Studio, NYC
Recorded At – Unique Recording
Mixed At – Unique Recording
Mixed At – Platinum Island Studios
Mastered At – Absolute Audio
Designed At – C²
Pressed By – Disc Manufacturing, Inc., Huntsville – 103105

Credits

A&R [Direction] – Matt Life, Schott Free, Stretch Armstrong
Art Direction – Merge One
Executive-Producer – Matt Life, Mobb Deep, Schott Free
Mastered By – Leon Zervos
Photography By – Chi Modu
Producer – Mobb Deep (tracks: 1, 3, 4, 8 to 11, 13, 15, 16), The Abstract (tracks: 6, 7, 14)

Notes

℗ & © 1995 BMG Music.
Manufactured and Distributed by BMG Music, New York, NY.
Printed in USA.

Mastered at Absolute Audio, NYC.

Managed for MAC Management.

Track 6 contains excerpts from "That's Alright With Me" by Ester Phillips courtesy of Sony Music Entertainmen.
Track 7 contains excerpts from the Patrice Rushen Recordings "Where There Is Love" courtesy of Elektra Entertainment by arrangement with Warner Special Products.
Track 9 contains excerpts from "You Are My Starship" performed by Norman Connors courtesy of Essex Entertainment.
Track 11 contains excerpts from the Les McCann recording "Benjamin" (Les McCann) courtesy of Atlantic Recording Corp. by arrangement with Warner Special Products. Published by Irving Music (BMI).
Track 14 contains excerpts from "I Remember I Made You Cry" performed by The Headhunters courtesy of Arista Records. Used by Permission.

Nas appears courtesy of Columbia Records.
Q-Tip appears courtesy of Jive Records.

Loud Records gives special thanks to Courtenay "Soup" Henderson, Deborah Mannis-Gardner and Laurie Marks.

Track 1 recorded at Battery Studios, NYC.
Mixed at Unique Recording Studios, NYC.
Published by Careers-BMG Music Publishing, Inc./Albert Johnson, administered by Careers-BMG Music Publishing Inc. (BMI)/BMG Songs, Inc./Juvenile Hell Publishing, administered by BMG Songs, Inc. (ASCAP).
Track 3 recorded at Battery Studios, NYC.
Mixed at Unique Recording Studios, NYC.
Published by Careers-BMG Music Publishing, Inc./Albert Johnson, administered by Careers-BMG Music Publishing Inc. (BMI)/BMG Songs, Inc./Juvenile Hell Publishing, administered by BMG Songs, Inc. (ASCAP).
Track 4 recorded at Platinum Island Studios, NYC.
Mixed at Unique Recording Studios, NYC.
Published by Careers-BMG Music Publishing, Inc./Albert Johnson/Ramecca Music, administered by Careers-BMG Music Publishing Inc. (BMI)/BMG Songs, Inc./Juvenile Hell Publishing, administered by BMG Songs, Inc. (ASCAP)/Zomba Music Publishing (ASCAP).
Track 5 published by Published by Careers-BMG Music Publishing, Inc./Albert Johnson, administered by Careers-BMG Music Publishing Inc. (BMI).
Track 6 recorded and mixed at Platinum Island Studios, NYC.
Published by Careers-BMG Music Publishing, Inc./Albert Johnson, administered by Careers-BMG Music Publishing Inc. (BMI)/BMG Songs, Inc./Juvenile Hell Publishing, administered by BMG Songs, Inc. (ASCAP)/Jazz Merchant Music, amdinistered by Zomba Music Publishing/Pierphil Music (BMI).
Track 7 recorded at Platinum Island Studios, NYC.
Mixed at Unique Recording Studios, NYC.
Published by Careers-BMG Music Publishing, Inc./Albert Johnson, administered by Careers-BMG Music Publishing Inc. (BMI)/BMG Songs, Inc./Juvenile Hell Publishing, administered by BMG Songs, Inc. (ASCAP)/Jazz Merchant Music, amdinistered by Zomba Music Publishing/Baby Fingers Music/c/o Sylvia's Music Resources (ASCAP).
Track 8 recorded at Battery Studios, NYC.
Mixed at Platinum Island Studios, NYC.
Published by Careers-BMG Music Publishing, Inc./Albert Johnson, administered by Careers-BMG Music Publishing Inc. (BMI)/BMG Songs, Inc./Juvenile Hell Publishing, administered by BMG Songs, Inc. (ASCAP).
Track 9 recorded at Firehouse Studios, NYC.
Mixed at Unique Recording Studios, NYC.
Published by Careers-BMG Music Publishing, Inc./Albert Johnson, administered by Careers-BMG Music Publishing Inc. (BMI)/BMG Songs, Inc./Juvenile Hell Publishing, administered by BMG Songs, Inc. (ASCAP)/Electrocord Music (ASCAP).
Track 10 recorded and mixed at Unique Recording Studios, NYC.
Published by Careers-BMG Music Publishing, Inc./Albert Johnson, administered by Careers-BMG Music Publishing Inc. (BMI)/BMG Songs, Inc./Juvenile Hell Publishing, administered by BMG Songs, Inc. (ASCAP).
Track 11 recorded at Battery Studios, NYC.
Mixed at Unique Recording Studios, NYC.
Published by Careers-BMG Music Publishing, Inc./Albert Johnson/Ramecca Music, administered by Careers-BMG Music Publishing Inc. (BMI)/BMG Songs, Inc./Juvenile Hell Publishing, administered by BMG Songs, Inc. (ASCAP).
Track 13 recorded at Battery Studios, NYC.
Mixed at Unique Recording Studios, NYC.
Published by Careers-BMG Music Publishing, Inc./Albert Johnson, administered by Careers-BMG Music Publishing Inc. (BMI)/BMG Songs, Inc./Juvenile Hell Publishing, administered by BMG Songs, Inc. (ASCAP).
Track 14 recorded and mixed at Platinum Island Studios, NYC.
Published by Careers-BMG Music Publishing, Inc./Albert Johnson, administered by Careers-BMG Music Publishing Inc. (BMI)/BMG Songs, Inc./Juvenile Hell Publishing, administered by BMG Songs, Inc. (ASCAP)/Jazz Merchant Music, amdinistered by Zomba Music Publishing (BMI)/Cigum Music (BMI).
Track 15 recorded at Battery Studios, NYC.
Mixed at Unique Recording Studios, NYC.
Published by Careers-BMG Music Publishing, Inc./Albert Johnson, administered by Careers-BMG Music Publishing Inc. (BMI)/BMG Songs, Inc./Juvenile Hell Publishing, administered by BMG Songs, Inc. (ASCAP).
Track 16 recorded at Battery Studios, NYC.
Mixed at Unique Recording Studios, NYC.
Published by Careers-BMG Music Publishing, Inc./Albert Johnson, administered by Careers-BMG Music Publishing Inc. (BMI)/BMG Songs, Inc./Juvenile Hell Publishing, administered by BMG Songs, Inc. (ASCAP).

Barcode and Other Identifiers

Barcode (Printed): 0 7863-66480-2 6
Barcode (Scanned): 078636648026
Matrix / Runout: DISC MFG., INC. (H4) W.O. 103105-2 07863664802

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	Title (Format)	Label	Cat#	Country	Year
	The Infamous (2×LP, Album)	Loud Records, RCA Records Label, BMG	07863 66480-1	US	1995
Recently Edited	The Infamous (CD, Album)	BMG Music Canada	BG2 66480	Canada	1995
Recently Edited	The Infamous (CD, Album)	Loud Records, RCA	07863 66480 2	Europe	1995
Recently Edited	The Infamous (Cassette, Album)	Loud Records	07863-66480-4	US	1995
Recently Edited	The Infamous (CD, Album)	Loud Records, RCA	66480-2, 07863 66480-2	Canada	1995

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Reviews

Zucchini_AT Feb 9, 2024
This album go hard asf bro love the grittiness of it.
Pusherman_Records Oct 12, 2018
Easily one of the best albums of any genre of all time.
Lux1991 Jun 20, 2017
R.I.P. PRODIGY. . . . . . . . .
dlgale1974 Jul 13, 2015
Definitely a classic for the genre, a fine example of mid 90's Hip-Hop, containing Mobb's most abiding tune "Shook Ones Pt. II". It's all pretty dark, with a more realistic, if not uplifting, message than many of their contemporaries, but not something that I can relate to or that I would chose to listen to nowadays. My highlight is actually "Give Up the Goods".
maroko May 24, 2015
Though I will probably never listen to this album again, I just wanted to chime in and say that Shook Ones Pt. II still gets my vote for the grittiest, muddiest street life anthem ever.

Not the most lyrically sophisticated, not the best produced, not the most complex one, not the tightest, and not the funkiest one. Not the thuggish ruggish to the bone tune y'all wanna play when you in the mood for upping' your street cred, given you had any in the first place. The grittiest. True grit on raw wax.

This is pure grit right here. Granted, everyone has moved on ages ago and ventured into all sorts of stuff, but twenty years later and this is literary the soundtrack of night crawling assassins, with over sized raincoats, packing sawed-off shotguns under rainy, dimly lit street corners in Queensbridge... Or something like that. Like I would know. I'm from central Europe, yo!

However, this track is a gravel pit of teeth clenching pain. The members of Mobb Deep, if I remember correctly, were hardly twenty years old when this was recorded. Given that fact, this is raw enough that I'd almost believe they actually live every syllable they spit. Way more often than not, most of these cats were day dreaming. Maybe these two lads were as well, I could care less, 'cause even if they were, impersonation in hip hop has hardly ever gotten better.

Nas may have been more poetic. Jay-Z may have had the most expensive cigar. Onyx may have screamed a little louder. Big L (RIP and respect, though) may have bitten the bullet. Gnag Starr dropped all the knowledge. Jeru The Damaja threw darts at the fakers like no other. The "Wu" clan may have boasted unprecedented production vaults. Raeknow may have recorded that soundtrack to Scarface Giorgio Moroder never got around to recording. All of the above may be correct. It may as well be a bunch of turd. However, this remains as gritty as they come. True grit, I will say it again for you now:

G.R.I.T.
thezovietdada May 30, 2008
Of all the gritty SP-1200 laden early 90s NYC hiphop masterpiece albums (you know them, anything RZA touched, Nas, etc.) no production feels as fresh in my mind as The Infamous. I mean this album is unbelievably dark and dirty. Every sample seems buried under layers and layers of record hiss, rain and fog. It's so hardboiled, urban, deep and atmospheric, that I would doubt that modern dubstep producers like Burial and Vex'd aren't huge fans. Havoc & Prodigy's rhymes have a deadpan, stone cold but wavering delivery that carries the the straightforward beats along, but they never get old or samey. Being a sound art junky the moments that hit me the most on this album are the more noisy/ sound effect-like, in specific the sample of a humming streetlamp (yeah!) in "Party's Over." A kind of ambient sense not seen in many other (true, street, and un-pretentious) hiphop productions. The best part is that it feels (of course) real and not inserted for the sake of the experimentation of some bloody college students.