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THE INFAMOUS is a rugged ride through the truths and terrors of these two Big Apple outlaws, with cuts like "Right Back At You" and "Cradle To The Grave" stinging the minds of its listeners. This time around Mobb Deep play with the background tracks a little more, having self-produced virtually the entire album.
The lead-off single, "Shook Ones Pt. II," blew up tremendously, first in the underground and then on the charts; its killer lyrics and hypnotizing beat pounded a warning into the heads of the ma**es to stay real. "Survival Of The Fittest" and "Up North Trip" both describe the hectic streets of New York as a war zone where the constant struggle is to stay alive. Mobb Deep join forces with two of rap`s most intense lyricists, Nas and the Wu-Tang Clan`s Raekwon, on "Eye For A Eye (Your Beef Is Mine)." Adding to the all-star cast, Q-Tip donates an abstract feel to a few tracks and makes his cameo appearance on "Drink Away The Pain (Situations)," a clever track dedicated to an unlikely first love.
Mobb Deep come correct throughout the album, once again proving that while rap may be just a music, hip-hop is a way of life. Score another point for the crews of Queensbridge, as THE INFAMOUS enters that `hood`s Hall Of Fame right next to Nas` ILLMATIC.
1. Start Of Your Ending, The (41st Side)
2. Infamous Prelude, The
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. Grave Prelude, The
13. Cradle To The Grave
14. Drink Away The Pain (Situations)
15. Shook Ones Pt. II
16. Party Over
17. Shook Ones Part I - (original version)
18. Survival Of The Fittest - (remix)
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