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|introduction = ''' The Infamous Archives ''' is a compilation of mostly previously unreleased music by [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mobb_Deep Mobb Deep]. The album was released without their permission. | |introduction = ''' The Infamous Archives ''' is a compilation of mostly previously unreleased music by [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mobb_Deep Mobb Deep]. The album was released without their permission. | ||
− | The album contains 24 songs recorded between the mid-ninties and 2006. Some of them, were included more or less officially on various mixtapes including ''Young Luv'', from 1995. ''Young Luv'' was considered for their third album [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hell_on_Earth_(Mobb_Deep_album) Hell On Earth] but ultimately not included on it as the group did not get the permission by [[Prince]] to use a sample of [[If I Was Your Girlfriend]]. ''' The Infamous Archives ''' includes [[Thou Shall Not Kill]] which contains an uncredited contribution by [[Prince]] on keyboards. [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Snoop_Dogg Snoop Dogg] also appears on the track who coincidently also had a refusal from [[Prince]] to use a sample from one of his song ([https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Snoop_Dogg Snoop Dogg] wanted to use [[The Time]] ‘s [[Gigolos Get Lonely Too]] for his 1998 song ''D.O.G.’s Get Lonely 2'' (on his [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Da_Game_Is_to_Be_Sold | + | The album contains 24 songs recorded between the mid-ninties and 2006. Some of them, were included more or less officially on various mixtapes including ''Young Luv'', from 1995. ''Young Luv'' was considered for their third album [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hell_on_Earth_(Mobb_Deep_album) Hell On Earth] but ultimately not included on it as the group did not get the permission by [[Prince]] to use a sample of [[If I Was Your Girlfriend]]. ''' The Infamous Archives ''' includes [[Thou Shall Not Kill]] which contains an uncredited contribution by [[Prince]] on keyboards. [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Snoop_Dogg Snoop Dogg] also appears on the track who coincidently also had a refusal from [[Prince]] to use a sample from one of his song ([https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Snoop_Dogg Snoop Dogg] wanted to use [[The Time]] ‘s [[Gigolos Get Lonely Too]] for his 1998 song ''D.O.G.’s Get Lonely 2'' (on his [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Da_Game_Is_to_Be_Sold Not_to_Be_Told Da Game Is To Be Sold, Not To Be Told] album). |
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After [[Prince]]'s passing, [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mobb_Deep Mobb Deep]'s [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Havoc_(musician) Havoc] said that [[Prince]] happened to be in [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electric_Lady_Studios Electric Lady Studios] in New York, NY, USA at the same time that [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mobb_Deep Mobb Deep] were recording, most likely in 1998 or 1999. When [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Havoc_(musician) Havoc] asked for his opinion on a work-in-progress beat (which ultimately became [[Thou Shall Not Kill]]), he just started jamming on a keyboard. Naturally, he walked out without even saying bye after he finished. [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Havoc_(musician) Havoc] kept in [[Prince]]’s contribution but didn’t tell anyone about it. The song was not included on [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mobb_Deep Mobb Deep]'s fourth studio album [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murda_Muzik Murda Muzik] released in 1999. | After [[Prince]]'s passing, [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mobb_Deep Mobb Deep]'s [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Havoc_(musician) Havoc] said that [[Prince]] happened to be in [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electric_Lady_Studios Electric Lady Studios] in New York, NY, USA at the same time that [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mobb_Deep Mobb Deep] were recording, most likely in 1998 or 1999. When [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Havoc_(musician) Havoc] asked for his opinion on a work-in-progress beat (which ultimately became [[Thou Shall Not Kill]]), he just started jamming on a keyboard. Naturally, he walked out without even saying bye after he finished. [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Havoc_(musician) Havoc] kept in [[Prince]]’s contribution but didn’t tell anyone about it. The song was not included on [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mobb_Deep Mobb Deep]'s fourth studio album [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murda_Muzik Murda Muzik] released in 1999. | ||
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