Mobb Deep: Infinite

"Naturally, his answer reflected that steely resolve, forced onto him by the battlefields of Queensbridge: "Every day I wake up like, 'This might be my last day, and I'm not scared of it.' I'm never scared to bite my tongue about something, or to come out and speak about something. Like, I ain't scared of death. What you gonna do to me?""

"It's the first posthumous release of the bunch, which inevitably brings its own complications. But Infinite is as seamless as projects like this get. For better and for worse, it plays like an album the duo might've released after 2014's largely forgettable double LP The Infamous Mobb Deep, an update to the pair's trademark sinister sound with a few nagging modern flourishes."

"Nine years later, at age 42, he passed away in a tragic, oddly banal way: While on tour with bandmate Havoc in Las Vegas, he was hospitalized with complications from his lifelong struggle with sickle cell anemia; there, he choked while eating unsupervised and died. (His family later filed a wrongful death lawsuit with the hospital.) Havoc spent years grieving the loss of his bandmate and brother-in-arms and juggled how, and whether, to pay musical tribute to him."

Prodigy died at 42 after choking while hospitalized in Las Vegas during a tour, with his family later filing a wrongful-death lawsuit. Havoc spent years grieving and weighing how to musically honor his partner. With help from the Alchemist, Havoc assembled Infinite, Mobb Deep's ninth album, as part of Mass Appeal's Legend Has It series. The record is the duo's first posthumous release and navigates inherent complications while remaining sonically seamless. The album preserves the pair's trademark chemistry and sinister sound but often feels like a retread of their earlier work with a few modern touches.

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