The beat is a real masterpiece, probably like a tailored suit for prodigy. If you really let it take you, it synchs your heart beat and breath pattern to it. Everyone can rhyme on that beat if he feels it , and has some talent. But that being said, Prodigy still aces it.
Your comment is fucking awesome and actually beautiful (hope ppl can understand the way I mean this) Prodigy & Havoc were fucking masters at their craft I grew up with east coast rap and I got into metal in my teens, I was still a Wu Tang junkie tho. But as I have heard many others say, age & experience has shown me that Mobb Deep were the truest innovators maybe with exceptions to Nas and the more I listen back I realize that RZA took a lot of his style and sample choices with his beats right from Havoc. I mean I hate to say it so plain but fucking some of RZA esp. On the first solo albums of various members (Rae, ghost, method man etc) its like he was straight up BITING Mobb Deep production style. More than a few lyrics recycled and re worded from P and Havoc as well. Rae and Ghost were my fav rappers growing up too so it really leaves a bitter taste in my mouth saying this shit but honesty is a motherfucker and I gotta speak it true. Tbh I never had any idea just how much Mobb was copied and cloned by SO MANY RAPPERS AND PRODUCERS from their heyday, it honestly blows my mind looking at it now. Sorry to anyone who read this fucking novel I just wrote but if you got this far, let me share some interesting facts. Prodigy wrote "Mac 10 Handle" on his solo album not only (" high on drugs," as he was willing to share in interviews) but at the time he stated he was watching a lot of Rob Zombies films and listening to White Zombie and similar music (I believe Pantera and Down!) He further stated that he loved the aesthetic of Zombie's movies and the imagery such as skulls along with the metal he was tuning into musically and it gave him the inspiration for not only the lyrics and production but also the music video!! Can you imagine Prodigy watching Rob Zombie movies!! So fucking cool! Shows how great artists often find one another's work to help fuel own their creativity too. Prodigy was never shy about talking about how Mobb Deep greatest songs were made either, he frequently said they were geeked out of their minds in a tiny project apt in Jamaica Queens when they wrote Shook Ones pt2 . As I have gotten older it's become obvious to me more so that Prodigy was a visionary beyond his time and one of the truly greatest rappers ever to be put to wax. Not only that but Mobb Deep had some of the darkest and most innovative beats to match his flow and Havoc. They were WAY ahead of their time in many ways. Even their best contemporaries couldn't keep up with how unscripted, raw and experimental they were - it took me a long time and a lot of listening to that period and many of those artists to come to that realization
You Right I am so glad this was my prime party days today. It's like a Soaop Opera but you can at least accesss all the Old School so easily Wut Tang Forever
THIS is the song that introduced me to hip hop. Word. I think I was 12 at the time. Somewhere in Africa, it was about 5PM and I was just changing channels aimlessly. I then landed on KBC Channel 1 and the song had played about halfway through. The ominous beat got me hooked. Since the remote was on my right arm, I just found myself placing it in contact with my chin, contemplating. I had to listen carefully. Then, "...N***a, please, don't make me have to risk my freedom." That was such a deep lyric. Still is. From then on, I looked for Mobb Deep's other projects, and I wasn't disappointed. Along the way, I got introduced to Nas, Snoop Dog, Ice Cube, and the like. The rest, as they say, is history. Hip hop for life.
The first verse is so deep. "I put my lifetimw i n between the paper lines" then watch how the camera shows him with the pen. That was genius. He had mastered his craft. One of the last real rappers with supreme knowledge. I'm really gonna miss this dude. R.I.P. to the HNIC Prodigy!
@@theripper1222 respect man! nothing has changed since my last comment, just bought Illmatic and I'm so proud of making my oldschool collection bigger!
@@cibida1 He did get credit for his lyrical skills, but I think he should’ve been classified as one of top tier goats. I think he was overlooked by some.
@AMCFTP7 You missed the point, yes he did but when you hear most rappers give there opinion his name is never mentioned not all rappers but a good portion of older rappers, I know what his skill set was and his old lyrics are still better than most
Damn, if you listen close, havoc slowed down Melle Mels white lines, put piano keys on it and made a legendary beat , this guy really is an underrated musical genius
The song first surfaced on a DJ Clue mixtape and it was called White Lines. It’s didn’t have the piano and it didn’t have Havoc on the hook. It simply had Prodigy’s 3 verses.
This legendary track puts me in a deep calm zone with strong mental focus.....good thoughts...bad thoughts....reflection........current thoughts.....can either fire up or lay back ......listen too repeatedly in gym when I really lost focus as I got tired ....and mentally.....never get tired of music like so...can listen and will listen when needed....over and over when I need to get in a certain zone........whatever they call rap or hip hop nowadays nowhere near this legendary stuff.... video itself connects with song dark...quiet....deep..........
R.I.P Prodigy This brings back memories when I used to drive around the hood Blastin this all day. This jam lit up the streets of new york. Wish I could go back to this time in life!!!!!! Get me a time machine and I'm going back to this era in a heart beat, no questions asked.
Sometimes I wonder if this line "if you make mine stop growing I'll make your blood stop flowing" was a shot at 2Pac for that "my 44 make sho all your kids don't grow" line.
Great catch on that bar. I doubt it, but it’s possible. This was written in 97, so not even that long after Pac’s death. I think he was more so just speaking in jest as opposed to a shot at a dead man
I know this is random, but I recently had a video shot to a remix I did to this song. If you don't mind, can you watch it & give me your honest opinion? ruclips.net/video/0AXeZU-RwU8/видео.html
"The way how P be spittin' brought Joy to my ears. We could make a difference in the music world. The Technology that they are using is some serious machinery."
Raw and deep Hip Hop... One of my Favourit Songs,from one of the Best Rap Group's of All TIME. Whenever this beat drops I get Goosbumps. and Prodigys Voice is unique, with this Lyrics... Its a just a Masterpiece of Rap
@@sweatyaxewound5639 greatest is tough, id say top 5 for sure tho. In no particular order: 1.) tupac 2.) biggie 3.) Ice cube 4.) prodigy 5.) Em I would say nas and Jay Z are basically equal to these top 5, but I'm not sure who to replace them with
Coming back to listen to this after listening to part 1 of his autobiography... this song really shows he lived his verses and also reflected on the wrong doings of himself and the people around him. Tried to save those around him from themselves and had real in depth serious demons he battled in every direction of his life.
![Mobb Deep - Survival of the Fittest (Official Video) [Explicit]](http://i.ytimg.com/vi/Dz5VzLz67WA/mqdefault.jpg)
![Mobb Deep - Back At You (Official Video) [Explicit]](/img/1.gif)
Prodigy's flow on this is beyond legendary. Mythical, no one can touch this.
N7 ABSOFUCKINLUTY
Rip
The beat is a real masterpiece, probably like a tailored suit for prodigy. If you really let it take you, it synchs your heart beat and breath pattern to it. Everyone can rhyme on that beat if he feels it , and has some talent. But that being said, Prodigy still aces it.
BANDANNA ' P'👑🏆⭐
🐲🐲🐲🐲🐲🐲🐲🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
Offcooz
Mobb Deep beats are fucking insane!
bcs Havoc was god
Yeah Havoc is an underrated beat maker / producer.
why was? he died or what?
infernus42254 ofc
He moved on to produce fake ass r&b shit, trying to go comercial or something. So yes, was..
As a Heavy metal artist I have 1000% respect for Mobb Deep! Amazing art crosses all boundries! RIP
Your comment is fucking awesome and actually beautiful (hope ppl can understand the way I mean this)
Prodigy & Havoc were fucking masters at their craft I grew up with east coast rap and I got into metal in my teens, I was still a Wu Tang junkie tho. But as I have heard many others say, age & experience has shown me that Mobb Deep were the truest innovators maybe with exceptions to Nas and the more I listen back I realize that RZA took a lot of his style and sample choices with his beats right from Havoc. I mean I hate to say it so plain but fucking some of RZA esp. On the first solo albums of various members (Rae, ghost, method man etc) its like he was straight up BITING Mobb Deep production style. More than a few lyrics recycled and re worded from P and Havoc as well. Rae and Ghost were my fav rappers growing up too so it really leaves a bitter taste in my mouth saying this shit but honesty is a motherfucker and I gotta speak it true. Tbh I never had any idea just how much Mobb was copied and cloned by SO MANY RAPPERS AND PRODUCERS from their heyday, it honestly blows my mind looking at it now.
Sorry to anyone who read this fucking novel I just wrote but if you got this far, let me share some interesting facts. Prodigy wrote "Mac 10 Handle" on his solo album not only (" high on drugs," as he was willing to share in interviews) but at the time he stated he was watching a lot of Rob Zombies films and listening to White Zombie and similar music (I believe Pantera and Down!) He further stated that he loved the aesthetic of Zombie's movies and the imagery such as skulls along with the metal he was tuning into musically and it gave him the inspiration for not only the lyrics and production but also the music video!! Can you imagine Prodigy watching Rob Zombie movies!! So fucking cool! Shows how great artists often find one another's work to help fuel own their creativity too. Prodigy was never shy about talking about how Mobb Deep greatest songs were made either, he frequently said they were geeked out of their minds in a tiny project apt in Jamaica Queens when they wrote Shook Ones pt2 . As I have gotten older it's become obvious to me more so that Prodigy was a visionary beyond his time and one of the truly greatest rappers ever to be put to wax. Not only that but Mobb Deep had some of the darkest and most innovative beats to match his flow and Havoc. They were WAY ahead of their time in many ways. Even their best contemporaries couldn't keep up with how unscripted, raw and experimental they were - it took me a long time and a lot of listening to that period and many of those artists to come to that realization
RIP MOOP DEEP
Heavy metal 4 black people as they said.
Hey mellow out maaaan
Hell yeah, me too. I know a lotta heavy metal fans that respect 90’s era rap. They don’t make ‘em like they used to!
Nobody makes songs like this, today 😭😭😭
R.I.P Prodigy 😭😭😭
listen i Am or neochrome it's old fashioned French looks a lot like
@@YOSRD non pertinent
One of prodigy’s best songs
You Right I am so glad this was my prime party days today. It's like a Soaop Opera but you can at least accesss all the Old School so easily Wut Tang Forever
Survival of the fittest it's another great jam
Damn. I’m 45. I was in college when this dropped. Midwestern college town. EVERY SINGLE BAR AND PARTY this dropped. It was so incredible.
Havok is a production genius. Using the White Lines beat and just adding some touches and straight up fire 🔥🔥🔥
This is the alpha (beginning) and the omega (end) of real hip hop. Have to give respect to the beat creator!
Still one of the greatest songs of all time
Joel Johnson & shook ones
Shook Ones Pt.2 & Quiet Storm are my favorites by Mobb Deep
Getaway.
@@YouProblyAHater very underrated ill song. Keep it thoro is my shit.
FACTS
Prodigy is one of the very few rappers who talked about the street life and actually lived it.
The 1st to speak on illuminati & who runs the game & died for it. Tho he recruited millions into Mobb Deep ❤️🔥🔪🎯♟️
1:46 - 1:58 is one of the coldest camera sequences in a rap video I’ve ever seen. Feels like art
THIS is the song that introduced me to hip hop. Word. I think I was 12 at the time. Somewhere in Africa, it was about 5PM and I was just changing channels aimlessly. I then landed on KBC Channel 1 and the song had played about halfway through. The ominous beat got me hooked. Since the remote was on my right arm, I just found myself placing it in contact with my chin, contemplating. I had to listen carefully. Then, "...N***a, please, don't make me have to risk my freedom." That was such a deep lyric. Still is. From then on, I looked for Mobb Deep's other projects, and I wasn't disappointed. Along the way, I got introduced to Nas, Snoop Dog, Ice Cube, and the like. The rest, as they say, is history. Hip hop for life.
Underated comment
crazy cuz i don’t remember asking
@@coolio4625 That's so original. I've never seen such a statement in a RUclips comment before.
@@ultraviolet.catastrophe leave him alone he is trying to be funny
@@darberhhh2616 that's true 💯
The first verse is so deep. "I put my lifetimw i n between the paper lines" then watch how the camera shows him with the pen. That was genius. He had mastered his craft. One of the last real rappers with supreme knowledge. I'm really gonna miss this dude. R.I.P. to the HNIC Prodigy!
And you can't find that line on the Lil Kim Remix.
👊👊
This man ain’t choked on no damn egg but he’s still here if you know what I mean, peace✌🏼👁
Bandana P
“Try to stop mine from growing, I’ll make your blood stop flowing”.
Nuff said.
PERIOD 🗣️
They went at it with Pac
Who’s here in 2024💯
Lokie aka Loki evil
These visuals are crazy and perfect for this lyrical masterpiece.
Rest In Peace The God Of Gritty Flow, You'll forever be missed. You got realest fans living in this hell on earth. #RIPProdigy
Jay Cee amen brother 🙏
Dope music awesome Cool good Listen wow speak special music rap powerful poet powerful mc Dope poetry Cool vibe can rap powerful best ever really mam
DOPE
R.I.P BLOODY
Prodigy A real one ahead his time. The MESSAGE in this song Then, is still so strongly irrelevant and apparently important Now! 💯
nothing better than vintage new york hip hop
B47ANCE which mob deep track in the chorus says "illuminati want my mind soul and my body" cheers fella 😊👍
Prodigy's line from I Shot Ya remix
Faruk Biberovic cheers dude 😁👍
no thats wrong :)
west side for life but I also like this and I like Mobb Deep
NYC life.
I'm only 17, but I'm a bit sad that I wasn't born in these times... oldschool forever :/
Born in 93. I been pass this
you'd be amazed how many youngins like this music
Respect. I was 17 when this dropped 😯
Born in ‘06 ☹️
@@theripper1222 respect man! nothing has changed since my last comment, just bought Illmatic and I'm so proud of making my oldschool collection bigger!
I grew up on this and Mobb deep. Rest in forever peace Prodigy, thank you for the beats ❤
One of the most unique voices in history!
RIP PRODIGY, U BE THE INFAMOUS
Getting chills hearing Prodigy's bars, what a classic.
Nobody ever gave this dude credit. Insane lyrical skills, I’m 45 of age. P was one of my favorites.
I am glad that I purchased Albert Einstein album
P always got credit. In life and death. Very respected MC.
You ain’t alone my dude. I am 44 and capital P is the second best lyricist after Nas.
@@cibida1 He did get credit for his lyrical skills, but I think he should’ve been classified as one of top tier goats. I think he was overlooked by some.
@AMCFTP7 You missed the point, yes he did but when you hear most rappers give there opinion his name is never mentioned not all rappers but a good portion of older rappers, I know what his skill set was and his old lyrics are still better than most
Mobb Deep is unbelieveble! What a flow! R.I.P. Prodigy!!!
R.I.P. Prodigy.. Mobb Deep foreva.. you made dat shit on fire ..
I put my lifetime in between the paper's lines
R.I.P.
Everytime I hear this song it picks me up I am 48 and is still one of the greatest songs I've heard it is so deep love you bro peace Gideon x
Much LOVE from the LAND OF HIMALAYAS " NEPAL"
One of most iconic songs in hip hop history. Timeless Art, one of the only songs where you remember every word
Murda Music 🥀🥀
We want the uncensored version !
MaK Lulz he dead wtf
ruclips.net/video/guv_MY5wsOU/видео.html uncensored
ruclips.net/video/JDGK4cTEC6k/видео.html
brentwood
Ilf
No matter how hip hop sounds today, this is how it'll sound in my head forever.
Legendary. This album is good for the next 50 years
Damn, if you listen close, havoc slowed down Melle Mels white lines, put piano keys on it and made a legendary beat , this guy really is an underrated musical genius
Wow u never noticed that lol! I hear it too! This song is one the best hip hop songs of all time imho
The song first surfaced on a DJ Clue mixtape and it was called White Lines. It’s didn’t have the piano and it didn’t have Havoc on the hook. It simply had Prodigy’s 3 verses.
@@brkjeff white lines had the piano. just not the hook
@@dillinger445 wtf no piano on white lines
I remember having a think an envy mixtape back in that time with P’s verses over Deep Cover beat!
This is honestly one of the best songs ever made
Correct
i must agree tbh
This legendary track puts me in a deep calm zone with strong mental focus.....good thoughts...bad thoughts....reflection........current thoughts.....can either fire up or lay back ......listen too repeatedly in gym when I really lost focus as I got tired ....and mentally.....never get tired of music like so...can listen and will listen when needed....over and over when I need to get in a certain zone........whatever they call rap or hip hop nowadays nowhere near this legendary stuff.... video itself connects with song dark...quiet....deep..........
A bad man rap.When Hip Hop was top notch.R.I.P real Hip Hop.
Fuck them studio gangsta.We need real Hip Hop back.
Still banging this in 2024!!
THERE WILL NEVER BE ANOTHER RAPPER LIKE PRODIGY 💥 ... The One and Best Rapper Of All 🎶
Goated
I remember hearing this in the theater when I saw In Too Deep. RIP Prodigy!
That bassline with P over the top is too much 🔥
White lines don't ( do it).
RIP Prodigy. Been listening to this song over 10 years
Best video I ever seen
Prodigy was a monster who roamed this 🌎🌍
And to think he went through unimaginable pain, like so many finding their way through this journey together
That flow is incredible. Miss you prodigy.
RIP to the legend Prodigy. Respect from Miami.
Why did he changed his name
Mobb deep is legend.
Classic banga
R.I.P Prodigy
This brings back memories when I used to drive around the hood Blastin this all day. This jam lit up the streets of new york. Wish I could go back to this time in life!!!!!! Get me a time machine and I'm going back to this era in a heart beat, no questions asked.
what a mysterious tune .. makes me feel prodigy tellin story tru like as it happen as he speak.. makes me want to watch again and again
It's funny, I've heard this a million times, but this is the first time ever I watched the video....
wtff me too
Seen this video a million times but this the first time I heard the song (jk)
They always used to play it on 106&park
Same here
GorillaGuerilla same here
Sometimes I wonder if this line "if you make mine stop growing I'll make your blood stop flowing" was a shot at 2Pac for that "my 44 make sho all your kids don't grow" line.
Great catch on that bar. I doubt it, but it’s possible. This was written in 97, so not even that long after Pac’s death. I think he was more so just speaking in jest as opposed to a shot at a dead man
R.I.P prodigy rest in power
the verse , song, and video it all comes together nicely
I know this is random, but I recently had a video shot to a remix I did to this song. If you don't mind, can you watch it & give me your honest opinion?
ruclips.net/video/0AXeZU-RwU8/видео.html
....Amazing beat...the bars are crazy on dis track...
Awesome bars , better than remix
Hall of fame bar
One of the best flows in rap + one of the best beats in rap = Legendary track!
one of the best voices too 🔥
'I PUT MY LIFETIME IN BETWEEN DA PAPER'S LINES .. I'M DA QUIET STORM NIGGA WHO FIGHT RHYMES' - 👑PRODIGY .. 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥 .. #REALHIPHOP #HIPHOPLEGENDSONLY
Whoa wait, u mean to tell me that actual hardwork was put into the music and the video, weeeeeird! Those days are long gone
The greatest hip hop group of all time
The first 2 verses are fucking insane 🔥 🤯. P had one of the best flows ever.
One of the greatest tunes of all time🙌🏾
This was a big big track during my high school years, man 🤦🏻♂️….
nothing better than that ole Mobb Deep shit......cant get enough of it
Rest In Peace to Prodigy (he was very handsome) I’m young as hell and listen to this real hip-hop!
Edited: Havoc is very underrated as a producer!
Still one of the best beats ever created and probably the cleanest flow Prodigy ever put together. RIP
"The way how P be spittin' brought Joy to my ears. We could make a difference in the music world. The Technology that they are using is some serious machinery."
Raw and deep Hip Hop... One of my Favourit Songs,from one of the Best Rap Group's of All TIME. Whenever this beat drops I get Goosbumps. and Prodigys Voice is unique, with this Lyrics... Its a just a Masterpiece of Rap
One of the best rap songs out there ! RIP PRODIGY 🙏
P killed this beat
Rest in Power Prodigy👑
From Germany we love you
Ja man
music ist beste droge
Mobb Deep für immer
RIP the greatest MC of all time
Nah great but not the greatest.
@@sweatyaxewound5639 greatest is tough, id say top 5 for sure tho. In no particular order:
1.) tupac
2.) biggie
3.) Ice cube
4.) prodigy
5.) Em
I would say nas and Jay Z are basically equal to these top 5, but I'm not sure who to replace them with
@@soda-cr1pn which songs would you recommend from ice cube? this list is powerful, i want to hear what puts him on it
RIP PRODIGY. HIS LIFE WAS TOO SHORT BUT HIS LEGACY IS FOREVER...
That 3rd verse🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
R.İ.P rap master prodigy 🙏❤
Mobb Deep’s music is so inspirational and amazing
If this song dont make eyes get watery you dont love hip hop... Rest in Power Prodigy
R.i.p prodigy!
You 'll be remembered🌹
Rest In Peace Prodigy ❤️
"I pop more guns than you holdin' them" goosebumbs everytime
RIP Prodigy
forever an amazing masterpiece RIP Prodigy
RIP Prodigy....
Rip p it will never another MOBB DEEP
Coming back to listen to this after listening to part 1 of his autobiography... this song really shows he lived his verses and also reflected on the wrong doings of himself and the people around him. Tried to save those around him from themselves and had real in depth serious demons he battled in every direction of his life.
Rest in peace Prodigy from Argentina
RIP PRODIGY YOU ARE ALWAYS ON OUR HEARTS ❤
"trying to stop mines from growing, I'll make your blood stop flowin"
R.I.P the legend Prodigy bro flow was one the best in History 🔥🖤🌹
Prodigy the goat
RIP prodigy one of the greatest to ever pick up a microphone
wow this is a shocker RIP Prodigy
Rip to prodigy for blessing our ears wit this classic🔥🔥🔥🔥
P went the fuck off on this he really showed lyrical skills and his story telling rap side.
" fuck rhymes, I wright prescriptions"🔥🔥🔥🔥
Hip Hop of the highiest level.
hard to believe P has moved on from this world
He probly destroying other places wit rains of fire god bless this man R.I.P
@hardcore boom bap What about Guru Fron Gang starr one of the most underrated artist ever but I love mobb deep Pac And Biggie R.I.P
Prodigy’s rhyme scheme is so unpredictable and unique
I love the way he says hip-hop hip-hop 🔥🔥💪 old is gold and never die
Classics, I'll be 80 still rocking this song. RIP Prodigy, your presence was appreciated. 🙌🏾
My absolute favorite mobb deep song ...I watched this video Everytime it came on on BET
celebrando mi cumpleaños solo con estas leyendas del rap desde colombia aguante mobb deep