The 2017 BET Awards will reportedly honor Prodigy during tomorrow’s short, after the Mobb Deep emcee died earlier this week. Visit streaming.thesource.com for more information TMZ reported: “The BET Awards will pay tribute to Prodigy, but it won’t be a major spectacle—instead, his rap partner Havoc and Lil Kim will do the honors on their own.” Mobb […]
We lost a Hip-Hop legend this Tuesday (June 20th) with the passing of Prodigy, one half of New York’s own Mobb Deep. Visit streaming.thesource.com for more information In honor of his life and influence, here from the archives is The Source‘s Unsigned Hype showcasing their skills when Prodigy and Havoc were just 16 years old rapping all over […]
Today in Source News Flash: On a promotional roll of his latest album, Pretty Girls Like Trap Music, 2 Chainz does not stop. Just a day after the release of video for Migos-assisted “Blue Cheese,” Chainz jetsets the world in a brand new video for his “Sleep When U Die.” Also in music video news, SZA released […]
On this day in 1999, Mobb Deep released their fourth LP, Murda Muzik. Coming after a three year pause and numerous release date push-backs, Murda Muzik did everything but disappoint. Peaking at #3 on the Billboard 200 chart and shipping 1,000,000 copies in the year of its release prove that commercially this album was a success. The […]
On this day in Hip Hop history, rap duo Mobb Deep released their second studio LP, The Infamous. Visit streaming.thesource.com for more information Much more successful than their debut, The Infamous is hailed a New York classic. Its gritty underground style is a staple in the hardcore movement that was going on at this time in New […]
Hosted by SiriusXM’s ’80s and ’90s Hip Hop channel, Backspin, the Art of Rap festival tour kicked off last night [Friday, July 22] at the Hollywood Palladium in Los Angeles. Featuring Ice-T, Public Enemy, EPMD, Mobb Deep, Grandmaster Melle Mel and Scorpio, MC Lyte, Kurtis Blow, and The Sugarhill Gang, the festival was fashioned after […]
http://www.tmz.com/videos/0_gh05fizy Visit streaming.thesource.com for more information Bet you didn’t know that Prince and the Mobb did a song together. In the video above, producer and one half of the legendary QB duo Mobb Deep recalls how the late music icon Prince Rogers Nelson landed on a Mobb Deep album. Even though the song “Thou Shall […]
Miles Davis is a jazz legend and a music icon and many artists are not only intrigued by his work, but also have utilized it both subtly and openly. Visit streaming.thesource.com for more information The music of Davis, whose 1959 album Kind Of Blue still holds the title of best-selling jazz album ever, has continued […]
Next week begins the start of the Bone Thugs-n-Harmony Australian tour, with an all-star cast of acts including Mobb Deep, Tha Dogg pound, DJ Quik and The Lady of Rage. The four-city tour (and Adelaide sideshow) starts on May 21st off the back of their New Zealand festival performance with Twista in Auckland the day […]
Veteran MCs working on joint projects is nothing new, as we’ve seen D-Block and Wu-Tang and many others collab on albums. Havoc of Mobb Deep and Alchemist will next release a joint project titled The Silent Partner on May 20. Visit streaming.thesource.com for more information The Babygrande Records release will feature both artists, who’ve worked […]
On this day in Hip Hop history Mobb Deep released their fourth LP, Murda Muzik. Coming after a three year pause and numerous release date push-backs, Murda Muzik did everything but disappoint. Peaking at #3 on the Billboard 200 chart and shipping 1,000,000 copies in the year of its release prove that commercially this album was a success. […]
On this day in Hip Hop history, rap duo Mobb Deep released their second studio LP, The Infamous. Visit streaming.thesource.com for more information Much more successful than their debut, The Infamous is hailed a New York classic. Its gritty underground style is a staple in the hardcore movement that was going on at this time in New […]
Last fall, Prodigy of Mobb Deep filed a lawsuit against Universal Music Publishing Group for back royalties for allegedly taking 50% of all his work under his Mobb Deep deal which was signed back in 1995. Prodigy’s solo material was also included though it was not technically covered by the deal. He also went on […]
Brooklyn’s own Phresher has been on a roll as of late. With his music video for “On The Low” recently being added to BET Jams and being heard on radio throughout the northeast, he surely has the momentum on his side. Moreover, Phresher has also been spotted performing at various high profile events throughout New York City. Today, the […]
Tragedy Khadafi, a.k.a. The Intelligent Hoodlum recently hooked up with the We Made It NYC Collective to go back to Queensbridge Park and reminisce about park jams and concerts that were held back when hip hop was still on the come up. Most know Khadafi for his work with Mobb Deep, Nas, Capone N Noreaga(CNN) […]
On this day in Hip Hop history, “The Infamous” Mobb Deep released their third studio LP Hell On Earth. This album was a follow up to their highly successful sophomore project The Infamous. The style they created with The Infamous made them a household name in East Coast rap and led to their decision to […]
With so much political huffing and puffing going on in the media, there have been very few artists that tackle the issues that face the majority of the Hip Hop audience .Well, until now. M1 of the revolutionary but gangsta duo dead prez has teamed up with Italy’s illest producer Bonnot again for “Number One […]
Three years ago today, Prodigy dropped the third addition to the “H.N.I.C. Series” Visit streaming.thesource.com for more information The debut solo album by NYC crime rhyme rapper Prodigy of the Hip Hop duo Mobb Deep was released on November 14, 2000. After four Mobb Deep albums, Prodigy took a temporary break from the group projects […]
20 years ago today Hip Hop duo Mobb Deep released thier 2nd LP The Infamous Visit streaming.thesource.com for more information Today, April 25, 2015, marks 20 years for Mobb Deep‘s 2nd studio album The Infamous. The LP was released on Loud Records and dropped in ’95, when the Queens MCs created a hood classic that […]
Juvenile Hell was the first album by duo Mobb Deep that paved the path for many other East Coast rappers of their genre Visit streaming.thesource.com for more information Dubbed as one of the most acclaimed East coast rap duos of all time, MCs Havoc and Prodigy came together to release their first album, Juvenile Hell on this […]
