Steve Rifkind Talks Signing Mobb Deep & The IMPACT "Shook Ones Pt. 2" Had That Made HISTORY

[@TheSstretch68]

Q TIP was the UNSUNG HERO of that INFAMOUS album. He produced GIVE UP THE GOODS, TEMPERATURE’S RISING, and DRINK AWAY THE PAIN. He also mixed UP NORTH TRIP AND TRIFE LIFE!!

[@grinchoi1]

Facts. Those are Tip’s signature reverb snares on Survival of the Fittest as well

[@TheSstretch68]

@ That’s what’s good. He doesn’t get the credit he deserves as a producer.

[@dkscott331]

​@TheSstretch68 when Big hit up Q-Tip for R2D that says alot 💯

[@TheSstretch68]

@@dkscott331 TRUTH SPOKEN!!!!

[@Irontiger19]

Why did the shop go silent when he said, "If you don't believe in your staff, then what do you have a staff for?" Because it applied to Math and his staff.

[@theguc1]

🎯 “That was a TOUGH bar”

[@Bgl-fz3cs]

Mmmm….🎯

[@MusicJunkiePlus]

There was another Havoc and Prodeje… they were members of South Central Cartel

[@AbstractGrapfix]

That part. Music to Driveby - Compton's Most Wanted

[@amardaman3371]

That's correct. Still got that album on cassette tape 🔥

[@elmaxo1471]

💯

[@thedarksideoftheforce6658]

​@@AbstractGrapfix😂😂 Music to drive by is from the group Comptons most wanted not the group South Central Cartel.

[@ksmoove1231]

@@thedarksideoftheforce6658Right 😂😂

[@williammfoula1914]

1:30 you're welcome

[@p-jaywade1333]

Thank you

[@gmoneybaggs937]

Shorty wanna blow me then bro meeeeeee

[@MichaelBrown-ti1un]

Props. Unfortunately, I saw this after listening to the two snippets of Math's awful music 😂😂😂

[@lets_get_it]

PLEASE CUT THE DAMN INTRO

[@Judahusedtomakebeats]

Thank you so much

[@Christ803]

Me and my girlfriend riding to Mobb Depp. She's sleep. Havoc says, No matter how much loot I get I'm staying in the projects. She says, Yeah right. I say, I thought you were sleep. You talking trash to Mobb Depp. Hilarious.

[@KD_SWAGGER]

Mobb Deep is one of my all-time favorite duos in Rap. R.I.P. Prodigy!

[@ThaSmilester317]

The other Havoc and Prodigee were from the South Central Cartel.

[@antoinesvirtualbasement]

Bingo

[@nutso253]

That is correct👍🏾

[@Do4self247RAbazz]

😂. Say less. But fr fr rest in peace prodigy. Mob deep forever salute.

[@6CRAN]

SCC made amazing music!

[@thedarksideoftheforce6658]

No shit Captain Obvious. That's old news.

[@STAyTHIRSTyMyFRNDS]

Yes there was a West Coast group back in the 90s and their names were havoc and prodigy !

[@troxbeats]

yep. they were part of South Central Cartel.

[@BathshebaMalone]

This is next level, loved every second of it!

[@OliviaMartinez-l3c]

Watching your content always brightens my mood.

[@cjparks7881]

Mobb Deep are 1 of my fave groups ever.

[@bigprob8744]

The real dark grimey new York sh*t

[@DHoodRealer]

*R.I.P Prodigy 🙏🏽💯*

[@robbase275]

I watch the beginning just too see Kim’s hips then I fast forward 🤣🤣

[@jamalevans1574]

Yoooo hell yeah i luv her

[@robbase275]

@ it was a joke dude go find some humor

[@robbase275]

@JAEA7W 👍🏽it was more a dig towards the bad music in the beginning 🤣

[@djreeder8343]

South Central Cartel. Y'all should know this! Prodigy sent some shots on Apostles Warning.

[@grinchoi1]

Hardest P verse of all time IMO

[@biglee8832]

Pay attention to how the richest person in the room looks like he has the least amount of money!

[@jamaleadris1677]

Kim knows her ish. South Central Cartel had a Havok and Prodigy in the same group😊

[@Pooz30]

Yet they look at her funny, don’t take her serious and talk down to her almost every clip I watch and then give her a hard time when she’s not confident because they tag team on her.

[@dunny44able]

Rifkind a legend. Mobb deep. Wu tang, big pun, xzibit.

[@72tlovett]

I can’t believe Rifkind is 62 years old.

[@anthonyjones-ne9qb]

He colored his beard lol

[@CinqueMalcolm]

Everyone else can.

[@Bgl-fz3cs]

Wow I didn’t know that

[@terrancejeffries1243]

@@CinqueMalcolmhe don’t look 62 at all. Dyed beard or not

[@markukpokolo3278]

They were talking about south central cartel who were also called havoc and prodeje

[@Pooz30]

Ya’ll need to give Kim more respect.

[@Mikegees]

But she did not know about South Central Cartel… which their names were also Havoc and Prodigy.. and she is supposed to be a hip hop journalist….

[@Pooz30]

@ maybe you should consider the fact that she was in a room of so called “experts” and she was the only one who knew about the name issue in the first place… even Rifkind of all people didn’t know what she was talking about. I think it’s more than fair that SCC didn’t come to mind in the moment. Most people don’t even know who they are.

[@portknoxxa]

Shook Ones Pt 1 beat is the most grimy beat ever!!!!!

[@Mightiest-Earthling]

Why can’t I fucking find this song anywhere?

[@thecardbunker801]

Rip Prodigy one of the greatest ever & s/o Havoc the greatest producer/rapper that ever lived.

[@athens_1psvr31]

Unnecessarily robbing, a teenager that can’t read, and a few years later is handed a Record Label. How common is that Hip Hop Office level story?

[@TheVanSertima]

"...now i'm lookin at em muggin from a V12 shruggin" 🔥🔥🔥

[@Coachkevw]

V-dozen

[@HeatherReneeReese]

Keep up the good work Math & Hoffa Gang

[@perreality]

I’ve never heard anybody else mention this in media. It was another artist :South Central Cartel (Havok & Prodeje)

[@certifiedbeatz]

I wonder if math check how many skip to 1:30 for ever stream?😅

[@vtveee9362]

To be fair I always listen to the rap once or twice but then for the remainder of those episodes with that same rap I most likely fast forward.... that said I ain't mad at his strategy of plugging his music he found a way to satisfy his music side and still be profitable

[@Bgl-fz3cs]

😂😂

[@Smacksdageneral2]

Kim look mad good in that intro.

[@JavonHolland]

you FBA always desiring women of all races but your own lol yet screaming "black is beautiful" y'all ninjas goofy af self-hating Africans

[@Bgl-fz3cs]

She looks good period!

[@RenR70]

Havikk & Prodeje were in the group South Central Cartel, formed a few years before Mobb Deep, also had LV before he was with Coolio.

[@FutbolrClothing]

This man didn't know hip hop. He knew marketing streets makes money. This when hip hop went left

[@mfknrmxthebangmessiah6012]

3:58 that would be South Central Cartel

[@mindbully]

Exactly. Names were spelled differently.

[@hardheadpaco6415]

If I buy the premium content does it come without math rapping?

[@johnjegs4353]

😂😂

[@Moparguy99-d8z]

Probably has more 😂😂😂

[@hardheadpaco6415]

@@Moparguy99-d8z ahhhh (that was a startled scream) 😂😂

[@hardheadpaco6415]

@@johnjegs4353 😫😂😂😂

[@each1teach1academy43]

Album was like a comet when it dropped

[@jjthomas8171]

Yo math keep up with the raps bro. I love it. To all the haters stfu. Math Hoffa is an Emcee. Real hip hop for life!

[@zeninvites3209]

how many people are going to comment the same thing. ok we get it, south central cartel bla bla. Rifkind probably has many dope stories .... but hopefully the flow of conversation picks up. It may be hard for him to recall stuff from the mid 90s

[@jdovma1]

Havoc and Proteje. West coast artists. Every time I saw their albums on the shelf I was like wtf. I don't know if there was any drama causing name changes or anything. Only one I remember like that was the west coast Biggie Smalls causing Big to go to Notorious B.I.G. The dude out west might've spelled it with a y instead of ie, I can't remember, but that was a thing.

[@jasongonzalez2856]

This man needs a solo movie!word up....

[@anwardorsey8770]

South Central cartel have the name havoc and prodigy

[@CVinyl]

In Los Angeles 🌴 there is a underrated Hip Hop group Called South Central Cartel and they had the same name as havoc and prodigy

[@Mightiest-Earthling]

The other Prodigy is an electronic band. I remember the song “Breathe”.

[@dukanewentviral3669]

Young Chris 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@louissimmons9621]

Dam math yall that east coast in other regions we know and respect all hip hop yall don't know shit but new York respectfully

[@GiantsAmongMen77]

The other Prodigy is from overseas.. had a song called prodigy-the fire starter.

[@Bpaynes]

Yeah it was south central cartel but prodigy was spelled differently.

[@tekenta-neter7944]

Bro cut his dreads? Dope! I was wondering how long are they supposed to get?

[@SuperbNProsper]

South Central Cartel was the original Havikk & Prodeje 💯💯💯. That was when Russell Simmons 1st wanted to sign West Coast Artists due to the West Coast popularity at the time. They were signed to Def Jam. Russ tried some weird shit with them , which made that fall apart. But they are the originals 💯💯💯

[@omardavis1622]

Prodigy & Havoc been had them names since like '89. They weren't even called Mobb Deep, it was Poetic Prophets & Tragedy Khadafi named Havoc...Trag use to call himself Havoc or mention Havoc in verses , since the late 80s. I don't remember the other Prodeje & Havoc out that long. #Respectfully.

[@SuperbNProsper]

@@omardavis1622 SCC were rapping already with their names back in 88-87 & got signed in 89/90, Plus they are both much older then Mobb Deep. SCC 1st Album was recorded in 90/91 & then came out in 92. This before Mobb Deep was featured in the Unsigned Hype article in July 91. This situation is literally just another situation like Yo MTV Raps Doctor Dre & NWA Dr Dre. Same name two different places with not relation , just pure coincidence

[@omardavis1622]

@@SuperbNProsper guess it can be coincidence.

[@JayWerx]

So not one person in there knew who South Central Cartel were? SMH

[@sheltonhargrove6353]

math and gat rapping hurting the Pod

[@Bgl-fz3cs]

😂

[@michaelpickarts7683]

South Central Cartel from California which I believe Mc Eiht was apart of definitely was a havoc & prodigy

[@brynellsidney3983]

Eiht wasn't apart of SCC, but he did a song with them. Tupac and Treach did too.

[@marxman300]

Gotta another gang story to tell ​@@brynellsidney3983

[@justinryals3031]

The original Havoc n Prodigy is from LA.

[@mitchelllawrence2798]

Spelt differently.

[@josephmegeed1879]

I'll just keep it a buck, regardless of what the mousepad mobsters say in the dreaded comment section,I like the fact that Math still writes,I mean,he obviously don't gotta,at all,ever again,but he does.Salute Math n the Whole MEO Squadron🫡

[@campain1980]

Havoc & Prodigy are westcoast rappers from the 90’s

[@anwardorsey8770]

Moris levy put the Riflins in the game , the treat artist Masters in publishing as pension

[@elmayimbe_the_amateur_mechanic]

The intro 🔥🔥🔥. Haters, commence 😅😅😅

[@gmoneybaggs937]

Now I’m lookin at em muggin from a V dozen shruggin 😤🔥

[@cstkz7]

Sound like 03-05 50 cent flow !!! You bugging 😂😂

[@AZTHYSELF]

YEAH, I REMEMBEER THE OYHER HAVOC AND PRODIGY, THEY WERE WEST COAST ARTISTS, THE MAYBE WAS ON THE BANGIN ON WAX ALBUM.

[@jameserickson3000]

She told me "dont forget the cannoli"

[@westleyclay9805]

Mobb deep was the best rap group of all time along with ugk!

[@BigDeebzzz]

1:31 Enjoy!!!

[@brianodonnell97113]

She's right: South Central Cartel Mc's named Prodeje and Havikk.

[@bigcav925]

Damn the disrespect to South Central Cartel is real!!! East Coast probably think mtv raps dr Dre is bigger than west coast Dr Dre lol

[@neonoirpodcastneonoir2697]

If they don’t remember maybe that’s just what it is

[@bigcav925]

@ that’s the point their hip-hop journalist, especially Kim at the source, not remembering is a disrespect. It East Coast by us, but it’s all good. We sell more records get more famous.

[@CinqueMalcolm]

Not knowing about South Central Cartel is ridiculous.

[@jarvisstephenson7039]

I vote for the Batman song to be the permanent intro song

[@victorhampton3452]

😂 this show be low key hating queens but we got the game smash in any era

[@SupremeLifeStyle]

Cut the fake laughs out fellas Sounds like Good times or Jefferson’s whenThey put on the taped audience LOL 😆 Mecca keeps Giving it away cuz he barely laughs while everyone bursting out in harmony like shit ain’t that funny like Fat Joe v FBA we don’t be laughing either

[@B59-k8e]

It was another Havoc @ Prodigy from the west coast

[@leeryan925]

So let’s really look at this 🤔 Here’s this energy that the people are loving….Black energy Black experience wether good or bad …And along comes a white jxw that thinks he’s the manager and controls that energy….do your research in all genres of black music this is the case 💯

[@truthteller5521]

And whose fault is that?

[@leeryan925]

@ The person who hasn’t got any faith in his own community’s energy ( which is not appealing anyway) and makes the decision to scab off another culture

[@HeatherReneeReese]

HernBean 5150 Hood Banger Automatic with Duct Tape Jesus

[@bigGhana]

Yea they were another group with the same name in the beginning.

[@cadencarlisle3772]

South Central Cartel were the first Havoc & Prodigy.

[@neonoirpodcastneonoir2697]

South central cartel was havoc and prodeje

[@b2466-d8x]

The intro song has got less bad

[@rolandhenry8826]

South Central Cartel

[@bcdoa4862]

South central cartel original havoc n prodege

[@ChazBrown22]

Survival of the Fittest > Shook Ones 2

[@XxLiveFromTheGrave]

Mobb deep & south central cartel both formed in 1991

[@waxelfoley6624]

Prodeje from SCC released a 12" in 1990 and Havik is shouted out in the artwork.

[@mattsheezy5469]

Do we have to listen to Math’s mediocre raps everytime we want to watch a clip??

[@daminharris3879]

Dam dis sshit draggin smh dead energy

[@kenknite5276]

There was another havoc and prodigy they were from cali

[@michaelpickarts7683]

Anybody comparing Steve Rifkind to Rap Music's favorite Journalist DJ Vladimir yet?

[@ITOJATRAVEL]

Yeah, its Culture Vulture Season....

[@neonoirpodcastneonoir2697]

@@ITOJATRAVELhow is Steve a culture vulture?

[@williemacmac7530]

Do your homework on steve!! He got mob ties!! ND the mob still running shit‼️

[@ITOJATRAVEL]

@@neonoirpodcastneonoir2697 You dont know?

[@ITOJATRAVEL]

@@williemacmac7530 I know who he is.... what does that have to do with him being a Vulture? He's a small hat, they all have ties!

[@jacobanthonypereyra8733]

The other havoc and prodigy she's talking about is from south central cartel

[@kimanimccoy472]

He didn’t listen to the music?….. this is why rap…HIP HOP IS WHERE IT IS……

[@marvingardens6043]

Just in….

[@s.pirzada23]

Havoc and prodigy were from the west

[@jemalrankin5494]

It's 2025 now ! The people have spoken ... We don't want to hear u rap anymore ?! If ur truly a business man , u will take this criticism and learn from it ?

[@dariuselam6138]

Ashkenxzi jxw making money off the culture of another community... same story on repeat for centuries. Just in a different context. Can't believe people are cosigning this Yid.

[@christianandretti3896]

You GOT to get rid of that intro math, straight garbage lmao

[@Brix267]

Math Hoffa ya bars are trash, that’s not hate it’s the truth

[@kimanimccoy472]

He didn’t need the money…but robbed and stole… didn’t get caught….whats funny?

[@XNOW716]

South Central cartel

[@Greatestnesss]

I get a weird vibe from dude ngl....

[@Rao_Rolland]

Joe ruined your platform. I can't even look at you guys the same anymore.

[@edwinarroyo2485]

I listen to heavymetal now...rap got corny

[@shoeshineman8338]

West Coast is Goku East Coast is Vegeta

[@dialectixemcee2428]

video starts at @1:28

[@jayvonjayvon6147]

wow Why did the shop go silent when he said, "If you don't believe in your staff, then what do you have a staff for?" Because it applied to Math and his staff.

[@PaulArroyo-p9q]

Ur intro is trash now