by Mobb Deep is the definition of boom bap hip-hop. The stiffest of audiences couldn’t stop their heads from nodding to the drums as Prodigy and Havoc mesmerize them over every track.

At the height of the east coast-west coast beef in 1996, Mobb Deep provided this extremely important album. This album is so enmeshed in the east-west beef that the second song on this album

is a direct response to Tupac’s diss

.

Unlike modern albums, every song on

was produced by Mobb Deep. The sampling done on these tracks were incredibly advanced - there are a number of

scattered throughout the album.

This album has incredible features, most notably New York legends

Big Noyd, who often collaborated with Mobb Deep appears throughout the album.

If you consider yourself a hip-hop fan, you need to listen to this album at least once. Every track rings off and the lyrical ability displayed by both Prodigy and Havoc is truly remarkable.

Twenty-five years after it’s release,

is widely considered Mobb Deep’s best album and is hailed as a masterpiece of it’s time. The album never reached platinum status, but was certified gold in 1997. Take the day to revisit Mobb Deep’s classic album