Mobb Deep’s “Shook Ones, Pt. II” beat has been crowned as the greatest in the history of Hip-Hop. As part of its Hip-Hop’s Greatest 50 Beats list, Rock The Bells put together a panel of cultural ...

Q-Tip paid tribute to Mobb Deep‘s Prodigy on his Beats 1 radio show with a two-hour play list dedicated to the rapper’s classic tracks. Prodigy died Tuesday at the age of 42. “We lost a great one, man ...

Joey Badass made his name with multisyllabic, throwback rhymes over ’90s rap instrumentals, so it’s only right that he utilizes one in a new freestyle for Funkmaster Flex. Stopping by the Hot 97 ...

Like most of the world, I first encountered the rapper Prodigy in a debris-strewn lot outside a slumping, graffiti-covered building on a dimly lit and dangerous-looking corner of New York City—the ...

BRECKENRIDGE – Mobb Deep hit the hardcore rap scene in the mid-’90s. Members Prodigy and Havoc quickly won a cult following after releasing their second album “The Infamous.”The duo’s brutal, ...

On August 2, 2025, acclaimed producer The Alchemist took to X (formerly Twitter) to confirm what fans have been hoping to hear for years: “The new Mobb Deep album is done. Produced entirely by Havoc & ...

Mobb Deep will release a new album in 2018, the New York City rap duo's Havoc revealed on MSNBC. Prodigy, the other founding member of the legendary group, passed away on June 20, 2018 of accidental ...

Nearly three decades after breaking through, the studio whiz remains one of the most in-demand beatsmiths for hip-hop's cross-generational leaders. By Christine Werthman In May 2024, the head-to-head ...

Mobb Deep rapper Prodigy, who died Tuesday at 42, leaves a hip-hop legend behind: “Shook Ones,” the grimy classic he created with partner Havoc, contains one of the most-passionately debated and ...

The track melds bluesy trumpet play with a wailing sample, embodying classic Mobb Deep sonics as Prodigy boasts of the Mobb’s “global dominance,” and rhymes, “all my fallen soldiers remind me to bring ...

After nearly 30 years and much debate, Mobb Deep's "Shook Ones Pt. II" has officially been named the greatest hip-hop beat of all time. After nearly 30 years and much debate, Mobb Deep’s “Shook Ones ...