The beats just naturally came out as some dark, sinister-sounding shit, so the lyrics was easy after that. What did we want our sound to be like? The lifestyle that we was living, the lifestyle that we grew up in. We regrouped, we went in the crib - mad 40s, mad weed - and started grinding, really focusing on the production - that came first. We gotta really dig deep and tell people who we are: share your pain, your fears, everything.’ We was like, ‘yo, we ain’t gonna get another chance after this. He talked about crafting the LP, long train rides to the studio, and how Q-Tip helped his production. He told his story so perfect, so we was like, ‘we gotta come correct, dawg. We spoke to Havoc of Mobb Deep about The Infamous. 'We didn’t tell our story correctly and Nas, with ' Illmatic,' helped us to realize that. A spoken interlude by Prodigy, establishing who he is and why you shouldn’t fuck with him. It was just like, ‘wow.’ It made us look at ourself like, ‘what the fuck is we doing? Listen to this masterpiece this kid just made. 'Right around the time that album came out, Nas dropped ' Illmatic,' and ' Illmatic' was just…incredible a work of art. We were still figuring out what Mobb Deep is, how we should present ourselves to the world, how the music industry works. FOR SALE Further DetailsTitle: The Infamous. 'When ' Juvenile Hell' first came out, it didn’t do well. In the same interview with Mass Appeal, Prodigy reveals how Nas’ Illmatic-released a little over a year before The Infamous-helped Prodigy and Havoc find their voice and tell their story. for New Da Exxtras Project: 15 new tracks from the West. Mobb Deep also turned to another Queens hip-hop hero for inspiration while making The Infamous. anthology of first-person vignettes driven by a deep sense of paranoia.

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