Havoc Explains What Made Mobb Deep’s The Infamous A Classic

[@gms9073]

Infamous and The Purple Tape are two of the most vivid and dope albums ever made.

[@ForgedDr3ams]

And dre the chronic yes and don’t forget that only built 4 Cuban links album.

[@gms9073]

@@ForgedDr3ams The Purple tape & Only Built 4 Cuban Linx are one in the same my friend.

[@jayfreedom1592]

95' NY grimy shit

[@HDitzzDH]

Can't forget me :)

[@gms9073]

@@HDitzzDH Liquid Swords was next level brilliant. Labels and OC's Times Up are examples thoughtful head spinning word play. That album is very cold in mood and tone. I can go on but GZA Genius is own his planet. 1

[@salahadeentabb3279]

"The Infamous" album can go song for song up against ANY other classic from the 90s

[@ForgedDr3ams]

And win 95% of those battles lol

[@jordanbenson7497]

@@ForgedDr3ams Yessir

[@BE-bk1tb]

@Salahadeen Tabb...uh, I guess you like staying the obvious.

[@siviwemadiya8004]

The most slept on legend in the GOAT conversation..

[@younggenius6445]

Siviwe Madiya N it pisses me off, every time people try to shit on him when it comes to that topic, I always say who is the most sampled MC in hip hop.

[@Will_Bx_NYC_718]

This is my favorite hip-hop album of all time. I still listen to it until this day. In fact I still have my original CD from 1995.

[@Escape2FreedomAsap]

🎉🎉

[@ccrockett9220]

I bought this album 5 or 6 times over in my years of hip hip. Every now and then a CD would come up missing along with other in my car. I had a lot of friends who borrowed and never gave back.

[@jameseu4486]

Word

[@genohall2235]

I prolly bought it 10 times...

[@genohall2235]

Tian Vermonntemg This album has about 16-18 songs and you don’t have to fast forward at all...

[@Escape2FreedomAsap]

Played the 💿 to the death 💀 😂

[@alexanderperez7604]

RIP Prodigy. Congratulations on 25 Years! Always got respect for Havoc & Mobb Deep.

[@ahayahyashayah9093]

"If the drums aint tight the beat aint right" HAVOC

[@gdo3510]

Havoc is so under appreciated. The real heads know though. Rhythms and beats that are timeless. Him and P were a perfect duo. And they created everything themselves.

[@sparkzmentalz2]

The Infamous redefined NYC sound. Havoc is in my top 5 favorite producers. Glad to see dude speaking out more.

[@Dezzyyx]

Went back to this after you mentioned it on your recent episode, great interview! The Infamous is one of those top albums of all time that still sounds fresh, time for a re-listen!

[@greedokenobi3855]

My favorite hip hop album of all times.

[@Dr.Dave718]

Happy 25th. Anniversary🎙 When I came home to visit (NY) In 95, I remembered when I first copped the album on 4/25/95, 11 days after my 25th B-day, my son was 3 years ago when I introduced him to the "The Infamous", whenever my son & I was just riding around in whip, The Mobb was always in HEAVY rotation! Queens Represent Since then I had replaced the CD many times because of continuous uses RIP to the HNIC

[@trentbateman]

This is a really informative interview and glad to see Havoc still doing well all these years later

[@MichaelBrown-ti1un]

Dope interview. Loved that Havoc did the interview from his studio, his habitat. Hopefully with the Roc Marciano and Griselda resurgence of grimy hip hop, we'll get to see Havoc get more beat placements. Gonna make sure to check out that expanded version of The Imfamous, one of my GOAT albums. Rest in peace to Prodigy. Fav songs off The Imfamous: "Eye for An Eye"; "Shook Ones" and "Give Up the Goods" Shoutout to the homie co-hosting here for the Nate Dogg love at the end. That G-Funk Classics double album, if released on Death Row Records as intended back in the day, would've went platinum. So many potential hit singles on there.

[@DBLOCKJERSEY]

Right back at you.... should be in one of those favs on the infamous... straight heat.. still knockin that 20+years later

[@genohall2235]

Temperatures Rising, Cradle to the Grave also....

[@Babalawoful]

Start of your ending, Hectic, Survival of the fittest too... Godamn infamous is a classic

[@manwh0re1]

You guys asked GREAT questions.

[@westleyclay9805]

Legend!!!rip to big p!!!i grew up on them...95 we on top tour the states!!!peace

[@PHOENIXGOD369]

The infamous is a master piece, along with the rest of hav's work Salute✌

[@robsug2000]

this was a great interview, and rare to hear the insight for an album! Questions for future guests (general) Demo versions vs final cuts (it changed so much)? Any unreleased tracks, alternate verses from that album? Guest appearances/producers that didnt happen? or why some were b-sides and not on an album... love guys, keep it up!

[@AFORHTV]

robsug2000 Very much appreciated and great suggestions. Thank you!

[@gdo3510]

I love demo version for Trife Life and Temperatures Rising

[@derrickgentle7174]

RIP Prodigy, word!! This was the first album I bought, I’m glad I tuned in🔥🔥🔥💪🏾

[@Escape2FreedomAsap]

The Album is a Timeless Masterpiece ❤ I never have a playlist without it

[@mrs.claudiawhite3134]

From The Heart No Matter What P said The Best Thing he could have done was mentally get himself and his health together to Understand We all Have a True Chance depending on the choices we make. Rest In Heaven to The King The Infamous MobbDeep Prodigy and Havoc. "Really listen to their words Like he says It's a True Message in the Music."

[@ahayahyashayah9093]

Real

[@isaiahanthonypowell1222]

Best interview Ive seen with Havoc. THANK YOU for asking questions related to the music process !!!! thank you

[@KD_SWAGGER]

Great interview! Infamous is a classic album! Long live Mobb Deep!

[@GiveItUpDot]

Best Duo rap click ever imo!

[@genohall2235]

GiveitUp 100 100 My favorite rap duo, but OutKast is right there also...

[@GiveItUpDot]

@@genohall2235 yea i agree

[@jordanbenson7497]

@@GiveItUpDot Them, Outkast, Ugk, Epmd, Dogg Pound

[@ericbutterworth6874]

When Hav said Amazon cool but I like to try shit on, I felt that

[@ahayahyashayah9093]

I am so glad to see Havoc.....dope Mc and dope producer...R.I.P. to Bandana P

[@memnoch0609]

Such an enjoyable interview

[@samuelblinne6040]

Awesome

[@flow_matik]

Super Great Questions! 💯

[@mydasmurray]

I woulda asked about ‘get it in blood’, (why it didnt make the LP & was loud only allowed to add one “demo” joint to the 25th version? The track ‘WWIII’ and why that didn’t come out, (even though that sounds like it was hell on earth era), I really wanna know if that was pre hell on earth or just after hell on earth. I wish loud woulda done a 25th hell on earth edition with the pre-hell EP added or a select couple joints

[@samuelblinne6040]

Nice

[@WhoTheHellIsHarvy]

Man, we were so spoiled in the 90s.

[@terencebuie2158]

Best hip hop lp of all time

[@m.h7545]

🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼

[@rajonjohnson3556]

I been a mobb deep head since day one . My number favorite rap group the greatest still banging all they shit everyday that gutta grimey street shit . RIP PRODIGY I DIDN'T KNOW U PERSONALLY I DID THREW YOUR MUSIC YOUR DEATH WAS A DEVASTATING BLOW TO HIP HOP AND WHAT MAKES ME MAD IS THAT THEY HARDLY TALK ABOUT MY NIGGA U A LEGEND P ALWAYS WILL BE BANDANA P CAPITAL P U HELP ME GET THREW LIFE MAN U AND HAVOC MOBB DEEP PERIOD

[@michaelpruno4606]

Hav / alchemist project that came out a couple years ago was OD slept on .

[@AmariMarvelous]

Smif N Wessun's Dah Shining was another dark album that I would put up there with The Infamous. But The Infamous was more spooky and cinematic and had more of a greater impact than Dah Shining imo. But Dah Shining was a great album and classic in its own right.

[@hankwilliams3616]

Dah shining is definitely an underrated album, great production all throughout and Smif'n'wessun have a unique flow with good lyricism and storytelling.

[@jacobkoertge2340]

🙏🙏

[@dillinger445]

is there A date for that expanded album?

[@ahayahyashayah9093]

God bless you Havoc...stay strong...keep your head up and keep the IMD flag flying

[@QankoIvanov]

4:24 havoc be using discord

[@prabshiro]

Top 10 hip hop album 1.nas illmatic 2.2 pac all eyez on me 3. Notorious big ready to die 4.mobb deep infamous 5.eric b rakim paid in full 6.wu tang 36 chambers 7. Dr dre chronic 8.gza liqiuid swords 9. Raekwon cuban linx 10. Nwa stra8 outta compton

[@antoniomontana386]

5 mics of course...

[@PHOENIXGOD369]

I always thought hav was a dope mc i think he eclipsed P sometimes on some of thier songs.

[@DBLOCKJERSEY]

Fact... P's favorite rap verse ever was spit by HAVOC on the infamous album "right back at you"

[@PHOENIXGOD369]

@@DBLOCKJERSEY they both went hard on that one

[@user-lq9mw1sb8d]

P overall is a better rapper. But Hav def spits it harder on Get Dealt With and Gimme the Goods just to name a few.

[@malachimahir79]

Damn hav Aged....

[@javonbatiste5984]

Would you age too if you lost yo Childhood friend 🤔 I'm sure you would too

[@johncampbell383]

They don't make good hip hop music like that anymore ! The music now Mumble rap straight garbage and wack beats and all the rapper's now all sounds the same trash !