Murda Muzik is Mobb Deep

Mobb Deep

Mobb Deep is an American hip hop duo from Queensbridge, Queens, New York, U.S., that consists of Havoc and Prodigy. The duo is "one of the most critically acclaimed hardcore East Coast hip-hop groups." The group is best known for its dark, hardcore delivery, as exemplified by the single "Shook Ones...

's fourth album, which was released in 1999. It features one of the group's best-known and most acclaimed songs, "Quiet Storm." It is also the duo's most commercially successful album to date, for shipping over 1 million copies and was certified Platinum by the RIAA, debuting at #3 on the Billboard 200 charts. Murda Muzik also garnered positive reviews from The Source

The Source (magazine)

The Source is a United States-based, monthly full-color magazine covering hip-hop music, politics, and culture, founded in 1988. It is the world's second longest running rap periodical, behind United Kingdom-based publication Hip Hop Connection. The Source was founded as a newsletter in 1988...

and Allmusic, among others. A censored version of the album, titled Mobb Muzik, was released simultaneously.

Track listing

#	Title	Producer(s)	Performer (s)	Time
1	"Intro"		Ronald Reagan	0:44
2	"Streets Raised Me"	Havoc	Big Noyd Big Noyd TaJuan Perry, better known as Big Noyd, is an American emcee from the Queensbridge projects in the New York City borough of Queens. He is closely affiliated with Mobb Deep, and he is featured on all of their albums... , Havoc, Prodigy, Chinky	4:33
3	"What's Ya Poison"	Havoc	Cormega Cormega Cory Mckay , better known as Cormega, is an American emcee best known for his vivid and poignant narratives about inner-city life.- Early life :... , Havoc, Prodigy	3:45
4	"Spread Love"	Havoc	Havoc, Prodigy	4:04
5	"Let A Ho Be A Ho"	Havoc	Havoc	3:35
6	"I'm Going Out"	Havoc	Havoc, Lil' Cease Lil' Cease James Lloyd, is an American rapper and member of hip hop group Junior M.A.F.I.A..Cease's first album release was Conspiracy with the Junior M.A.F.I.A in 1995.... , Prodigy	3:45
7	"Allustrious"	Havoc	Havoc, Prodigy	4:09
8	"Adrenaline"	Havoc	Havoc, Prodigy	4:42
9	"Where Ya From"	T-mix	8 Ball 8 Ball 8 Ball is the first E.P. by the Burden Brothers. It was released in 2002 on Last Beat Records. The disc was sold in a package along with a t-shirt, shotglass, and stickers on the band's website.-Track listing:-Personnel:... , Havoc, Prodigy	4:02
10	"Quiet Storm Quiet Storm (song) "Quiet Storm" is the first single from Mobb Deep's fourth album Murda Muzik. It was originally released on the soundtrack for the film In Too Deep. The song features a sample of the bass line from the classic hip-hop song "White Lines " by Grandmaster Flash & The Furious Five. It also features a... "	Havoc	Havoc, Prodigy	4:25
11	"Where Ya Heart At"	Havoc	Havoc, Prodigy	4:27
12	"Noyd Interlude"		Big Noyd	0:19
13	"Can't Fuck Wit"	Havoc	Havoc, Prodigy, Raekwon Raekwon Corey Woods , better known by the stage name Raekwon, is an American rapper and a member of the Wu-Tang Clan. He released his solo debut, Only Built 4 Cuban Linx... in 1995, and has since recorded four solo albums, as well as work with Wu-Tang and an extensive amount of guest contributions with...	4:12
14	"Thug Muzik"	The Alchemist The Alchemist (producer) Alan Daniel Maman , better known as The Alchemist, is an American hip hop producer, DJ and rapper. He hails from Beverly Hills, California...	Chinky, Infamous Mobb Infamous Mobb Infamous Mobb, also known as IM3, is a hip hop group from Queensbridge in Queens, New York, composed of members Ty Nitty, Twin Gambino and Godfather Pt.III. They are an integral part of the Queensbridge hip hop scene, which includes rappers like Nas, Cormega and Mobb Deep, and began with the Juice... , Prodigy	4:34
15	"Murda Muzik"	Havoc	Havoc, Prodigy	4:11
16	"The Realest"	The Alchemist	Havoc, Kool G Rap Kool G Rap Nathaniel Thomas Wilson , better known by his stage names Kool G Rap , Kool G. Rap, and Giancana , is an American rapper, from the Corona neighborhood of Queens, New York. He began his career in the mid-1980s as one half of the group Kool G Rap & DJ Polo and as a member of the Juice Crew... , Prodigy	4:27
17	"U.S.A. (Aiight Then) U.S.A. (Aiight Then) "U.S.A. " is the fourth and final single from Mobb Deep's Murda Muzik album. The b-side features the song "Spread Love". The song was originally titled "Street Kingz" and featured a short verse by fellow rapper Nas.-Track listing:Side A... "	Epitome Shamello Buddah	Havoc, Prodigy	4:04
18	"It's Mine It's Mine "It's Mine" is the second single from Mobb Deep's 1999 album Murda Muzik and features Nas.The song's instrumental is based around a sample of the title theme of the 1983 film Scarface which was composed by Giorgio Moroder. This is the second time that Mobb Deep used music from the film for one of... "	Mobb Deep	Havoc, Nas Nas Nasir bin Olu Dara Jones, who performs under the name Nas , formerly Nasty Nas, is an American rapper and actor. He is regarded as one of the most important figures in hip hop and one of the most skilled and influential rappers of all-time... , Prodigy	4:24
19	"Quiet Storm (Remix)"	Havoc	Havoc, Lil' Kim Lil' Kim Kimberly Denise Jones , better known by her stage name Lil' Kim, is an American rapper and actress who was a member of the group Junior M.A.F.I.A..... , Prodigy	4:04

Samples

Intro

• contains an excerpt from a speech of Ronald Reagan

Adrenaline

• "Ballad Of The Decomposing Man" by Steve Hackett
  Steve Hackett
  Stephen Richard Hackett is a British singer-songwriter and guitarist. He gained prominence as a member of the British progressive rock group Genesis, which he joined in 1970 and left in 1977 to pursue a solo career...
  
  

Where Ya Heart At

• "Fear" by Sade
  Sade (band)
  Sade is a British smooth jazz band that formed in 1983, named for Nigerian lead singer Sade Adu. Their music features elements of R&B, soul, jazz, and soft rock....
  
  

It's Mine

• "The Boy Is Mine" by Brandy
  Brandy (entertainer)
  Brandy Rayana Norwood , known professionally as Brandy, is an American singer-songwriter, producer, actress, and dancer. In 2009, she introduced her rap alter-ego Bran'Nu....
  
   & Monica
  Monica (singer)
  Monica Denise Brown , and professionally known as Monica, is an American singer-songwriter, record producer, and actress. Born and raised in College Park, Georgia, Monica began performing as a child and became part of a traveling gospel choir, by the time she was ten...
  
  
• "Scarface Cues" by Giorgio Moroder
  Giorgio Moroder
  Hansjörg "Giorgio" Moroder is an Italian record producer, songwriter and performer based in Los Angeles. When in Munich in the 1970s, he started his own record label called Oasis Records, which several years later became a subdivision of Casablanca Records...
  
  

Quiet Storm

• "White Lines (Don't Do It)" by Melle Mel
  Melle Mel
  Grandmaster Mele Mel , also known as Melle Mel , is an American hip-hop musician — one of the pioneers of old school hip hop as lead rapper and main songwriter for Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five.- Biography :...
  
  

Chart positions

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Chart (1999)	Peak position
Billboard 200 Billboard 200 The Billboard 200 is a ranking of the 200 highest-selling music albums and EPs in the United States, published weekly by Billboard magazine. It is frequently used to convey the popularity of an artist or groups of artists...	#3
Top R&B/Hip Hop Albums	#2
Top Canadian Albums	#6

Singles

Year	Song	Chart positions
		Billboard Hot 100 Billboard Hot 100 The Billboard Hot 100 is the United States music industry standard singles popularity chart issued weekly by Billboard magazine. Chart rankings are based on radio play and sales; the tracking-week for sales begins on Monday and ends on Sunday, while the radio play tracking-week runs from Wednesday...	Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles & Tracks	Hot Rap Singles
1999	"It's Mine"	-	71	25
	"Quiet Storm"	106	35	17
2000	"U.S.A."	-	95	30

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