"We needed to build more and get things correct/And now I gotta accept it, 'cause there's honor in death/Wish you was here with us, P. "I wish the book never came out, and everything got straightened out before you left," Nas raps on the song. In the book, Prodigy wrote-among other things-that Nas responded to "Thun & Kicko" with "Destroy and Rebuild" because "he was mad at me for doing a song with Cormega on which Mega took shots at Nas in his verse." The song makes a handful of references to Prodigy, including his book, My Infamous Life: The Autobiography of Mobb Deep's Prodigy. On the Pete Rock-produced song "QueensBridge Politics," Nas raps, "On behalf of me and Queens and all of the Gs/Bandana P will always stand as tall as the trees." On his new compilation album, The Lost Tapes 2, Nas has once again paid respects to his late collaborator. When Prodigy passed away, Nas paid tribute, making it clear how much love there was between them. Mobb Deep ’s publicist confirmed the rapper’s death in a. A rift between the rappers took place after Nas took shots at Prodigy on "Destroy and Rebuild," which was a response to Prodigy's perceived shots on Cormega's "Thun & Kicko." They eventually sorted out their issues and continued to collaborate up until Prodigy's untimely death in 2017. Prodigy, one-half of the seminal New York City hip-hop outfit Mobb Deep, died Tuesday at the age of 42. Young, young man.Nas and Prodigy of Mobb Deep had collaborated a number of times throughout the early stages of their careers, but later down the line the two ran into some issues. I saw him in a club, maybe five years ago. The album was released on April 1, 2014, by Prodigy's Infamous Records and Sony 's RED Distribution. I sampled him on my first album, so you know I was aware of him and and had a respect him. The Infamous Mobb Deep is the eighth and final studio album by American hip hop duo Mobb Deep, which is composed of Havoc and Prodigy. In order for me to spar with you, really spar, I gotta respect you in some way. In 2017, a few months after Prodigy had passed, Jay-Z revealed in an interview that he and the Mobb Deep legend actually spoke before his death and were able to reconcile. After a few back and forth jabs from both camps, most notably on “Crawlin’” which referred to when Jay-Z pulled out Prodigy’s ballerina picture at Summer Jam, the beef simmered down. Once Nas was in the mix, the whole situation became focused on Jay-Z vs. Hov would respond at Hot 97’s 2001 Summer Jam concert, debuting “Takeover”, which ended with the line “Ask Nas, he don’t want it with Hov, no!” Not long after the song dropped, Prodigy began firing shots at Jay-Z in interviews. That’s how that whole shit sparked with him.” We took offense, so we said something about it. “That was kind of crazy that you just come out of nowhere talking about some shit that you weren’t nowhere around for, talking about you’re bringing back the feeling. This dude wasn’t around, he had nothing to say at that time,” he recalled. “This shit was on and popping and we were still out there doing shows. “After everything died down-and people lost their lives-he came out with that song ‘Money, Cash, Hoes,’ where he had that line ‘It’s like New York’s been soft ever since Snoop came through and crushed the buildings.’ We took offense to that like, ‘How you talking now? We was out there risking our lives.’” “That’s why we took offense when Jay-Z came out years later,” P explained to Complex. In response to this, Mobb Deep linked up with Capone-N-Noreaga and Tragedy Khadafi for “L.A., L.A.” The Mobb would also drop “Drop a Gem on ‘Em” going at Tupac, although they pulled the song off radio airplay after Pac was killed.Ī few years later, with the coastal rivalry settled down, Hov dropped “Money, Cash, Hoes” featuring DMX, talking about how New York had gone soft and he was gong to restore the feelings. However, after there was a drive-by shooting aimed at the filming set, the West Coast rappers changed it so they were kicking down New York buildings in the final video version. When Jay-Z rapped “it’s like New York’s been soft / Ever since Snoop came through and crushed the buildings,” on his ’98 single, “Money, Cash, Hoes”, he probably had no idea it would set off a feud with Mobb Deep that would last for years.īut looking back at the situation now, you can kinda understand why Prodigy was offended by the record: Jay-Z was nowhere to be seen or heard at the time.ĭuring the start of the East Coast–West Coast rivalry, Tha Dogg Pound dropped “New York, New York,” featuring Snoop Dogg on the hook, which was meant to be a tribute to the East Coast.
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