Murda Muzik

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Murda Muzik
Studio album by Mobb Deep
Released April 27, 1999 (US)
Recorded 1997-1998
Genre East Coast hip hop
Label Loud/Columbia
CK 63715 (North America)
496101 (international)
Producer Havoc
Alchemist
Prodigy
T-mix
Epitome Shamello Buddah
Jonathan Williams
Mobb Deep chronology

Hell On Earth
(1996)		 Murda Muzik
(1999)		 Infamy
(2001)
Singles from Murda Muzik
  1. "Quiet Storm"
    Released: March 14, 1999
  2. "It's Mine"
    Released: August 31, 1999
  3. "U.S.A. (Aiight Then)"
    Released: March 21, 2000
Professional ratings
Review scores
Source Rating
Allmusic [1]
Entertainment Weekly C+[2]
RapReviews 8.5/10[3]
Robert Christgau B−[4]

Murda Muzik is the fourth studio album by the American hip hop duo Mobb Deep, which was released in April 27, 1999. It features one of the group's best-known and most acclaimed songs, "Quiet Storm." It is also the duo's most commercially successful album to date, for shipping over 1 million copies and was certified Platinum by the RIAA, debuting at #3 on the Billboard 200 charts. Murda Muzik also garnered positive reviews from The Source and Allmusic, among others. A censored version of the album, titled Mobb Muzik, was released simultaneously. The album's notable Platinum sales were later being surpassed by Kanye West's Yeezus (which was released 14 years later), along with other Platinum-certified albums.[5]

In October 2013, the album was certified 2x Platinum by the RIAA for shipments of two million copies.

Track listing

# Title Producer(s) Performer (s) Time
1 "Intro" Ronald Reagan 0:44
2 "Streets Raised Me" Havoc Big Noyd, Havoc, Prodigy, Chinky 4:33
3 "What's Ya Poison" Havoc Cormega, Havoc, Prodigy 3:45
4 "Spread Love" Havoc Havoc, Prodigy 4:04
5 "Let A Ho Be A Ho" Havoc Havoc 3:35
6 "I'm Going Out" Havoc Havoc, Lil' Cease, Prodigy 3:45
7 "Allustrious" Havoc Havoc, Prodigy 4:09
8 "Adrenaline" Havoc Havoc, Prodigy 4:42
9 "Where Ya From" T-mix 8Ball, Havoc, Prodigy 4:02
10 "Quiet Storm" Havoc Havoc, Prodigy 4:25
11 "Where Ya Heart At" Havoc Havoc, Prodigy 4:27
12 "Noyd Interlude" Big Noyd 0:19
13 "Can't Fuck Wit" Havoc Havoc, Prodigy, Raekwon 4:12
14 "Thug Muzik" The Alchemist Chinky, Infamous Mobb, Prodigy 4:34
15 "Murda Muzik" Havoc Havoc, Prodigy 4:11
16 "The Realest" The Alchemist Havoc, Kool G Rap, Prodigy 4:27
17 "U.S.A. (Aiight Then)" Epitome Shamello Buddah Havoc, Prodigy 4:04
18 "It's Mine" Mobb Deep Havoc, Nas, Prodigy 4:24
19 "Quiet Storm (Remix)" Havoc Havoc, Lil' Kim, Prodigy 4:04

Samples

Intro

  • "Crime Inc. Theme" by Giles Swayne
  • contains an excerpt from a speech of Ronald Reagan[6]

Adrenaline

Where Ya Heart At

It's Mine

Quiet Storm

  • "White Lines (Don't Do It)" by Grandmaster Melle Mel

The Realest

I'm Going Out

  • "Farewell" by Miklos Rozsa

Thug Muzik

What's Ya Poison

Where Ya From

  • "The Champ" by The Mohawks

Chart positions

Chart (1999) Peak
position
Billboard 200 #3
Top R&B/Hip Hop Albums #2
Top Canadian Albums #6

Singles

Year Song Chart positions
Billboard Hot 100 Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles & Tracks Hot Rap Singles
1999 "It's Mine" - 71 25
"Quiet Storm" 106 35 17
2000 "U.S.A." - 95 30

References

  1. ↑ Allmusic review
  2. ↑ EW review
  3. ↑ RapReviews
  4. ↑ Robert Christgau
  5. ↑ https://twitter.com/RIAA/status/423549202795220993
  6. ↑ "Remarks at Ceremonies Marking the 75th Anniversary of the Federal Bureau of Investigation". Reagan.utexas.edu. 1983-07-26. Retrieved 2012-03-02. 
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