Murda Muzik

• Artist: Mobb Deep
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• Release Date: April 27, 1999
• Type: Contains explicit content
• Genre: Rap

Review

After a three-year hiatus and numerous release date pushbacks, Mobb Deep got on their job once again with the punishing release of Murda Muzik. 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. Released amid so much watered-down product, Murda Muzik is an arguable masterpiece in the Puffy and Master P era. Mobb Deep once described their music as the sound of hypnotic thug life. An accurate description, for their music is more than just guns and herb smoking, it taps into the collective sense of fear and horror, the evil in men's hearts, and the struggle for good in the gardens of waste. Mobb music can make you cry, can make you scared, can amplify your inner rage; its depth allows for the gamut of emotional reactions. On this album, primary producer Havoc reached a high level of mastery in his production efforts, a truly signature style of deep bass grooves, piercing organs, ice-cold snare pops, melodic samples, and haunting orchestral snippets. Each song creates its own mood, whether it be a call to stop the violence on "Spread Love" or a call for full-throttle livin' on "I'm Goin' Out." Guest appearances by Raekwon, Lil' Kim, Lil' Cease, Cormega, Kool G. Rap, Eightball, and Infamous Mobb add texture to already bangin' tracks. The album overall can best be described as pure ear- and mind-twisting pleasure and pain. The album will affect you, get under your skin, make you rash up, and then salve you. Murda Muzik is a complete album and a renewal of the truly hardcore movement. ~ M.F. DiBella, All Music Guide

Tracks

Track Title	Composers	Performers	Time
Intro (Lyrics)		Mobb Deep	(:44)
Streets Raised Me (Lyrics)	Kejuan Muchita	Mobb Deep	(4:33)
What's Ya Poison (Lyrics)	Kejuan Muchita, Cory McKay	Mobb Deep	(3:45)
Spread Love (Lyrics)	Kejuan Muchita	Mobb Deep	(4:04)
Let a Ho Be a Ho (Lyrics)	Kejuan Muchita	Mobb Deep	(3:35)
I'm Going Out (Lyrics)	Kejuan Muchita	Mobb Deep	(3:45)
Allustrious (Lyrics)	Kejuan Muchita	Mobb Deep	(4:10)
Adrenaline (Lyrics)	Albert Johnson, Kejuan Muchita	Mobb Deep	(4:42)
Where Ya From (Lyrics)	P. Smith, T. Jones, Kejuan Muchita	Mobb Deep	(4:02)
Quiet Storm (Lyrics)	Smokey Robinson, Albert Johnson, Melvin Glover, Kejuan Muchita	Mobb Deep	(4:25)
Where Ya Heart At (Lyrics)	Kejuan Muchita	Mobb Deep	(4:27)
Noyd Interlude	Mobb Deep, Raekwon, Kejuan Muchita	Mobb Deep	(:19)
Can't Fuck Wit (Lyrics)	Raekwon, Kejuan Muchita	Mobb Deep	(4:11)
Thug Muzik (Lyrics)	L.Z. Cooper	Mobb Deep	(4:34)
Murda Muzik	Kejuan Muchita	Mobb Deep	(4:10)
The Realest	Kool G Rap, B. Gaskins, Kejuan Muchita	Mobb Deep	(4:21)
U.S.A. (Aiiight Then)	Kejuan Muchita	Mobb Deep	(4:04)
It's Mine (Lyrics)	Nas, Albert Johnson, Kejuan Muchita	Mobb Deep	(4:23)
Quiet Storm [Remix]	Smokey Robinson, K. Jones, Melvin Glover, Kejuan Muchita	Mobb Deep	(4:04)

Credits

Maurice Whitaker (Art Direction), Jonathan Williams (Producer), Prodigy (Mixing), Cormega (Vocals), Prodigy (Art Direction), 8Ball & MJG (Vocals), Sheldon Guide (Engineer), Tom Coyne (Mastering), Lil' Cease (Vocals), Steve Sola (Mixing), Havoc (Producer), The Alchemist (Mixing), Sheldon Guide (Assistant Engineer), Infamous Mobb (Vocals), Nas (Vocals), Nastee (Engineer), Nastee (Mixing), Jonathan Williams (Executive Producer), Prodigy (Design), Charlene Thomas (Production Coordination), Steve Sola (Engineer), Kool G Rap (Vocals), Jonathan Williams (Mixing), Maurice Whitaker (Design), Raekwon (Vocals), The Alchemist (Producer), Def Jam Blaster (Scratching), Omass Keith (Mixing), Michael Lavine (Photography)

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