the INFAMOUS POLL

damn this is hard...i mean it's hard not to vote shook ones, but survival of the fittest, up north trip, give up the goods...i guess i'll go eye for an eye cuz it has two of rae and nas's best verses as well

i recommend listening to the album before voting!

yeah i'm going to have to put on the CD this week and let it marinate before making a decision.

drink away the pain used to be a favorite but I think my taste in verses has changed since then ("it's this whole metaphor about consumerism do u SEE")

temperature's rising is another good one ...

give up the goods

jus-jus-jus-jus-jus-jus-jus STEP

big noyd KILLS that shit

'cause I'm a what? Composer of hardcore
a lyrical destructor
don't make me buck ya, cause I'm a wild muthafucka

even pack my gat when I go to see my PO

the street life ain't nuttin' to play with
no jokes no games kid
for years I been doin' the same shit
just drinkin' liquor, doin' bids
extortin' crack heads
and stickin' up the stick-up kids-ick up kids-ick up kids ....

might go with trife life or cradle to the grave

yes every track on this is good and i think we could have a good conversation about every track on here but i don't think i need to listen for a week before voting for "survival of the fittest"

my biggest question about mobb deep is whether i would take "survival of the fittest" or "got it twisted" to a desert island w/ me

coconut mp3 player?

fuck it! i vote Drink Away the Pain

Is the Infamous Prelude the skit where it's just Prodigy talking shit?

ughghghg i think i want to vote eye for an eye but i need to sleep on it

"Trife Life" probly but I'm gonna listen right thru again before I vote. Great as it is this ain't my favourite Mobb Deep album really, or at least my favourite tracks aren't on it.

talkin that outta space shit that don't even make no sense

"Up North Trip" another favorite

on some old high school shit, start punching n*s in the face just for living

fuck looking cute, I'm strictly tim boots and army certified suits

lol somebody find the thread where n1tsuh says he prefers any cann ox vere to p's verse on survival of the fittest

you ain't around when the beef cook in my part of town

xpost

Weird thing is my favourite thing about Cann Ox and Mobb Deep is production, but then MD's productions are better too and as far as flow go MD is like a thousand X CO.

"Shook Ones" conjures up too many personal memories for me to judge fairly.

memories of times you were shook?

times i was stuck off the realness.

wow this is hard i'm gonna have to give it a spin

i'm leaning toward up north trip since the last verse on it is my favorite on the album

lol somebody find the thread where n1tsuh says he prefers any cann ox vere to p's verse on survival of the fittest

make ethan stop hating company flow

cannibal ox was responsible for one of the worst live shows i've ever seen

What, a Hip Hop act put on a shitty live show you say?

Automatic thread bump. This poll is closing tomorrow.

someone poll the cannibal ox album so i can vote for 'pigeon'

tough call for me; shook ones is the obvious choice but i had to go with give up the goods because it's just so relentless all the way through; shook ones can only go downhill after the intro and p's verse

i got
lots of love
for my crew that is
no love for those other crews of rival kids

"for every rhyme i write it's 25 to life" is not downhill

hey, not knockin that track or havoc's verse; for me, at least (trademark ilx caveat, i know) the song just can't sustain those opening two minutes -- to be fair nothing can. it's just too much, the hi-hats, that synth sound, the first queasy lurch of the bass after the first snare hits, and then that first verse ...

Automatic thread bump. This poll's results are now in.

the infamous prelude 1

late night
candle light
fiend with a crack pipe

i play up north trip -> trife life the most

listened to this yesterday

this album does not have one wack song.

drink away the pain comes close but only cos q-ip forgot the theme of the song. youd think being exec producer of the album, he would know what each song was about.

this is the best soundtrack for the morning after you played a free show at some shit record store in northeast minneapolis after working 12 hours and for your trouble some asshole hipster fuck steals your guitar player's guitar.

daaamn, homie

perfect album to listen to after a nine hour shift at a busy-ass starbucks. too old/tired to go out. too wired to sleep. feelin' bitter. album is both chill and unsettling

party over 0

love the beat on this so much. the part at the end where havoc is cutting-up all the tracks and the drums kick back in sounds SO TOUGH.

get that pussy, stupid

"gun inside my bad hand I sliced tryin to bag grams"

such a tight, descriptive sentence. it's crazy how good everyone is on "eye for an eye"

seeing the shook mods thread keep popping up made me want to put this on. give up the goods->right back at you is such a killer stretch.

Cuz I wanna chill, laid back in a jacuzzi/sippin bubbly with my fingers on the uzi

now, it's cradle to the grave. it's raw and intimidating, but then vulnerable, i feel like that juxtaposition is v affecting

i think this is the rap album i have listened to the most

what a great album

seeing Havoc tonight, not sure what to expect

but those beats are forever

up north trip and right back at you are just so classic i'd have made a sock to vote for both of them.

life is a gamble we scramble for money
i make crack a smile but ain't a damn thing funny

I wanna chill, laid up in a jacuzzi
sippin bubbly with my fingers on the uzi

low voting numbers on this one, shame.

survival would be my vote.