Any relationship, business or personal, will have that. PRODIGY: No, because from day one, me and Havoc always had issues. WEATHERBY: Recently, Mobb Deep was on hiatus, but you and Havoc decided to continue working together have past issues interfered with your process? Since day one, too, so that’s been a blessing. WEATHERBY: So you’ve basically had free artistic rein? They would always say, “Here’s the budget and the door to the studio, do what you have to do.” Even when we were signed to other labels, they signed us because of what we had to bring to the table, never the other way around. PRODIGY: No, we always had creative control with every single Mobb Deep album, since day one. WEATHERBY: Has it been difficult trying to juggle your own expectations as well as expectations of fans and record labels in the past? But we’re always experimenting with the art and the creativity of hip-hop. PRODIGY: That’s probably the key to our success and our longevity, sticking to our formula and what we do best, the hardcore Mobb Deep sound rather than chasing trains. LEA WEATHERBY: Since you and Havoc started out, you’ve never really compromised when it came to your music what has that been like in terms of your career and your success? In anticipation of the show, we spoke with Prodigy about old feuds, new music, and wiping the slate clean. Having put their differences behind them, the hardcore East Coast duo have secured their place as one of the most prolific forces in hip-hop, not only within the genre but the cultural movement that defines it.Ĭurrently on their 20th Anniversary Tour, Mobb Deep will be performing at Irving Plaza this Saturday, May 24. Nearly 20 years after the release of their 1995 album, The Infamous Mobb Deep, emcees Prodigy and Havoc have reissued the classic, offering fans remastered tracks, brand-new material and unreleased sessions, featuring hip-hop mainstays like Nas, Snoop Dogg, and Ghostface Killah.įollowing a very public falling-out and Prodigy’s three-year prison sentence for gun possession, the emcees are in a more constructive place, both personally and creatively, pursuing different projects with a renewed sense of autonomy and tireless ambition. PHOTO COURTESY OF JESSICA LEHRMANīefore hip-hop’s pervasive mainstream popularity, before its parceling of countless subgenres and mass commercial viability, there were artists like Mobb Deep, who injected the harsh realities of street life into the narrative of American music. ABOVE: MOBB DEEP’S PRODIGY (LEFT) AND HAVOC.
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