Prodigy was G.O.A.T. from 94′-99′

This picture is distracting me from writing, a photo of one of the dopest album covers, for Mobb Deep’s album The Infamous. The Infamous, and Mobb Deep’s second album Hell On Earth are both my two favorite hip-hop albums of ALL TIME. Go listen to them now before reading this.
When Prodigy died, I was quite saddened, as he is one of my favorite rappers of all-time (prob my fav tbh). What’s interesting about rap is nobody can reign at the top of rap forever, but Prodigy was leagues above the rest for several years, as I noted in the header of this article. He has single lines that are more epic than other rapper’s entire careers, which is why he is sampled so frequently by producers. He had this rawness in his voice, that did change with time, but when it was there, I can only describe his voice as venomous.
I love how his daughter Santana Fox is carrying on his legacy, and was even surprised to hear that she sounds a bit like her father when she raps. She just announced that all of Prodigy’s solo discography is released on streaming, which is something I’ve been waiting for for a long time.
The weekend after P’s tragic passing, I went to see a Large Professor DJ set at The Hieroglyphic’s Warehouse in Oakland. Large Professor is one of the best producers of all-time, having formed some of the best tracks on Nas’ Illmatic, which many consider to be the best hip-hop album of all-time, though The Infamous and Hell on Earth are WAY better, no debate.
Large Professor is a prolific producer, but I must focus on P. Large Pro played for I think 90 minutes or 2 hours, and about 30-60 into his set, he did a moment of silence for P, then proceeded to play Prodigy music exclusively. As soon as he started playing Prodigy’s music, I had to fire up a bowl of weed, even though I HATE smoking weed socially. It was ultimately a huge mistake, but also was dope af simultaneously, and when Large Pro played the track “Genesis”, I was amazed to learn that P produced it, and his lyrics hit my soul. Been dying to just hear that track since, and quickly noticed after the show that it wasn’t on any streaming services.
So for me, this was a huge announcement. It helps Prodigy’s legacy live on as people can now access his solo music, and it just makes me happy. If this is your first time hearing about P, I would again start with the two albums I mentioned above, and then you’ll be hooked on Mobb Deep, and also sad that they never touched the amazing heights of their first two albums, but it is LITERALLY IMPOSSIBLE to make the 3 greatest hip-hop albums of all-time, so the Mobb can settle for the 2 best of all-time.. lol. Rip to Bandana P, I will be bumping Mobb Deep from the Cradle to the Grave.

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I wrote this blog for a few reasons. One is because nobody in my circle of friends ever puts me on to music or things that are dope that I haven't heard about (step your game up friends!) as few people nerd out as hard as me on the dumb things I focus on. The other and main reason is because I am so tired of The NeedleDrop and Pitchfork, from the way Fantano talks about music, to the way that Pitchfork writes about it. Both cause me physical pain to read or watch, yet I for some reason occasionally check their review scores, because they are the only sites I know that do stay on top of music (to a degree), and they focus on genres that I'm not tapped into, so occasionally I find something good. Is it worth the pain? No. So let me save you the pain, by only sharing with you my favorites, and maybe you'll find a new favorite. Oh and I also love talking shit, so I'll do that too, but this blog is about showing love to great art.