With guest appearances from Nas, Wu-Tang Clan members, Reakwon and Ghostface Killah, the album was a major milestone for the duo, launching them from relative obscurity into THE super group they became. Out of print for well over a decade, this chapter in Mobb Deep’s legacy is back in effect for RSD Black Friday. It features guest spots from Grian Chatten, Lianne La Havas, Confucius MC, assia and Kevin Abstract. This is hard, underground Hip Hop that demands to be met on its own terms, with few melodic hooks to draw the listener in.

Raw, unrelenting, and overtly-confident, Juvenile Hell was the infant stages of what would be defined as the Queensbridge Sound—grimy street narratives over cold, sonorous production underpinned with bravado and melancholy.Dark pianos and snapping drums are the theme, even when Q Tip mans the boards on his handful of tracks, everything stays uniform.

The product of an uncommon artistic vision, The Infamous stands as an all-time gangsta/hardcore classic. This is hard, underground hip hop that demands to be met on it's own terms, with few melodic hooks to draw the listener in. Mobb music can make you cry, can make you scared, can amplify your inner rage; its depth allows for the gamut of emotional reactions.

The duo, well-known for their lethal realism both in their infinitely dark yet moving beats and their stark and ruthless crime-rhyme lyrics, continued their grim odyssey with this, their fourth effort. is the albums crown jewel, from the moment the hi hat and snare combo drops it still has the same impact today as it did in 1995. Review: The iconic duo of Havoc and Prodigy, better known as Mobb Deep, almost single (or doubled) handedly became the primary progenitive force in hardcore east-coast hip-hop in the early nineties. members of the Wu-Tang Clan collective, Jay-Z, Nas and 50 Cent, on whose label G-Unit they would release their album Blood Money (2005).