Mobb Deep Album: “Infamy”

This album probably deserves 3 stars, but it's grown on me a little since I've been playing it out trying to cope with their change of style. I've have loved all of their previous albums (including H.N.I.C. and excluding Juvenile Hell) but I'm just not really feelin this one like the others. They trash Jay-Z pretty hard but they gotta deal with Nas now that he's seemingly turned on Prodigy after P's appearance on that Cormega song (I guess that was probably the biggest catalyst). Anyway, most of the beats are tight, especially tracks like Pray For Me, My Gats Spittin, Nothing Like Home, and a few others. However, the Mobb done tried to change their flow up and it sounds [like it]. Like in the first song, Pray For Me, the beat's awesome, but they use a simple aabb rhyme scheme pausing before the words that rhyme making those rhymes stand out which is kinda weak and it's slow. They do this on various other songs and it just don't flow very well. They're still hard but having guests like 112 on Hey Luv doesn't really keep that hard appearance making it look like they're trying to be a little more commercial than they have been. Don't get me wrong though, even though this really isn't up to the standards Mobb Deep has set in the past, it's still better than most albums, such as um...Blueprint, and any other Jay-Z album. Hardcore Mobb Deep fans will probably be disappointed but maybe this will get Mobb Deep more in the public eye, whether that be good or bad, I'm not sure. But if you want some classic QB representin harcore awesome beats and flows, go get Stillmatic, it's good. As for this album, oh well, might as well get it, it's decent enough.

i think this is a great cd to listen and ride to. it has great beats and serious flow! i love prodigy and havoc. buy this cd if you love non commercial rap! every last song is great!

True this album has some 2 or 3 hot joints, but the majority of this is that watered down electronic style that we had to deal with since Murda Muzik. Mobb Deep has kissed the concrete beats and the intricate "reality rap" style that they had mastered goodbye. Now they kick basic "thug rap" and use experimental electronic (synthy) beats. "Get Away" and "Burn" are my favorite joints on here. But make no mistake, the Infamous/Hell On Earth Mobb Deep will never be back.

Plus the old Prodigy is dead, so we have to listen to his new super simple (and super slow) rhyme style once again. After taking a heavy beating from both Jay-Z and Nas, be prepared to throw a rose on their career's casket.

Before I start this review, I'll say one thing that is apparent: Havoc FLOORS Prodigy on every other song. It's not that Prodigy's rhymes were terrible, it's just tha Havoc stole the show most of the time. So much so that you even forget that Prodigy is on some of these tracks. Clap is a fine example of this. This album has some dope cuts on it but dont expect Prodigy to come out of the gate spittin flames like he did on The Infamous and Hell On Earth. The Learning(Burn)(feat Big Noyd and Vita) was a hot first single. Get Away was a nice third single. My Gat's Spitting has Infamous Mobb joining in on the track. Prodigy takes shots back at Jigga on Crawlin. Nothing Like Home(feat friend turned foe Littles) is tight and the bonus track So Long is hot too. There are songs that stop this LP from being a classic Mobb Deep album. Handcuffs sounds utterly ridiculous. Lil Mo doesnt sound good paired up with Mobb Deep and Pray For Me is proof. Live Foul is corny and I hated Hey Luv(Anything) feat 112 since day one. Not because Mobb Deep was doing a chick record but because it sounds forced and awkward. Other than that this album is a good release. Bottom Line: Mobb Deep's Infamy is the last great album they've made. The production is intact and even though Havoc stole the show on most of the album, Prodigy had his moments(So Long, I Wont Fall and Get At Me) too. Standouts: GET AWAY, CLAP, KILL THAT N****, MY, GAT'S SPITTING, THE LEARNING(BURN), GET AT ME, CRAWLIN, NOTHING LIKE HOME and SO LONG.

This was Mobb Deeps 5th album released in 2002. They have had 3 scense them. It is there most comercial album ever. "Pray for me" has an excellent beat but Lil Mo should not be on a Mobb album. "Get Away" is smooth and has a excellent beat to it and is also soulful."Bounce" kind of feels like a party type track and you can tell. "Clap" has a completely underground style beat as do the previous 2 or 3 and is one of the best beats on a Mobb album. "Kill that N****" has a bad beat but it is of

good quality. "My gats spitting" sounds like a good song a little experimental to other beats. "Handcuffs" has another underground style beat. This music is definantly different."Hey Love" is always dissed but 112 does okay on it this one is a little experimental not typical beats. "Burn" does have a typical beat and I just do not like it that much. "Live Foul" has a dumb chorus but has a Nas Stllmatic era beat to it. "Hurt N*****" does have a experimental beat but sounds different. "Get at me" also has a weird beat in a good way sounds a little like ESPN Football beat. "I Wont fall" also sounds like maybe an alchemist beat. "Crawlin" he raps a little mainstream the beat is not. "Nothing like home" has a soulful type beat to it. "There I go again" has another good type beat that sounds increddible. "So Long" has a nice beat. This is Mobb Deeps most unsettling, most experimental, most mainstream all at the same time. When it works it is excellent when it does not it does so very badly. I don't know it's hard.

Lyrics 7 Production 8 X Factor 5 Classic 7 Replay 6

Total=6.5 out of 10 Fingers

1.Clap

2.Get Away

3.I won't fall

4.Hey Love

5.There I go again