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RIP Prodigy

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This Prodigy tribute is brought to you by UpNorthTrips. Listen to the mix above created by myself and Vinylcologist from 2011—featuring 10 classic Prodigy and Alchemist collaborations which are among my favorite rap songs ever—while you peep the Pee pics below compiled over the years by my bro Ev Boogie…

01 Feb 1995, New York State, USA — Prodigy and Havoc (Mobb Deep) with NAS and Wu-Tang clan member, Raekwon. They were in the studio recording, ‘Eye for an Eye (Your Beef is Mines)’. (Prodigy, front left, Nas , front right, Havoc, standing, left, and Raekwon, form Wu-Tang Clan, standing, right) — Image by © Chi Modu/Diverse Images/Corbis
ca. 1999-2001 — Rapper Prodigy of Mobb Deep — Image by © Erin Patrice O’Brien/Corbis

RIP Prodigy. Hands down one of my favorite rappers of all-time, an artist I’ve spent a huge percentage of my life listening to. Pee and Mobb have always been my go-to in the whip, and will continue to be.

“Gangsters don’t die, they just turn to legends…”

*Update*

Check out this Prodigy tribute mix I made for NahRight…

H.N.I.C. Mix (Prodigy Tribute) – Tracklist

Quiet Storm (Original Version)
Power Rap
Basics
Street Life
How Many MCs Freestyle
Motherless Child Freestyle
Eye For An Eye (Original Version)
Avirex
Rep The QBC
Live Nigga Rap
Killaz Theme
Back At You
True Lies
Dog Shit
What’s Poppin’ Thun
What A Real Mobb Do
You Ain’t A Killer Freestyle
Cut Em Short
Gun Love
Finest
Pebble Beach
We Don’t Love Them Hoes
Tough Love
Young Luv
I Want You
Jay Z Diss
When It Comes To The Beef
Waterboarding
License To Kill
Pop Them Thangs
Three Stories
The Start Of Your Ending (41st Side)

 

 

Blue Sky Playground

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Matisyahu’s album Undercurrent is out now! Check out our song off it “Blue Sky Playground” above. And below, watch extended footage of our performance at his album release party, as well as our appearance on Sway In The Morning (freestyle session starts 24 minutes in, don’t miss it).

Thanks so much to Matis for putting me on the album, and always setting me up to shine! And thanks for the mention in the Mass Appeal interview (what up Rob Kenner). Love!

*Related*

Funny, in the trailer for the new Judd Apatow-produced comedy The Big Sick, the word “Stonehenge” comes up as they’re discussing a game called “You Can’t Rhyme It.” But yo, I just rhymed the word “Stonehenge” on my “Blue Sky Playground” verse! Movie looks good, check out the trailer below.

Rock Talk

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Chris Rock’s been on a nice press run this month for his new tour, and I wanted to share a few of the highlights. Watch his hip-hop heavy interview above with Rosenberg and Laura Stylez at Hot 97, and check out his episode of Sneaker Shopping with Complex’s Joe La Puma below.

Also, read Chris Rock’s Rolling Stone cover story HERE.