It’s interesting that Mister Cee considered including the “95 Live II” freestyle on his Best of Mobb Deep mixtape:
“Much apologies goes out to Stretch Armstrong and Doo Wop for not putting the freestyles on the tape and PHD for not putting your song on the tape but as you can see by the playlist, Mobb Deep got mad songs and I had to shorten and eliminate songs to make this tape possible.”
What up ransom, thanks for this - great quote. I remember Cee telling us for the Do Remember! book that the Best of Mobb tape was his favorite in the series, and they were his favorite group. That's dope that he acknowledged the gems he loved that didn't make the tape. Your comment makes me wanna go back and listen to that. Long live the Finisher
For sure, I thought that was a great quote as well. Another cool bit from the liner notes is where he breaks down exactly where he sourced the unreleased tracks for the tape. Here is the full transcription (via copy/paste):
“First and Foremost this tape would not be possible without my niggaz Matt Life / Stretch Armstrong blessing me with the unreleased Infamous Jointz, One Luv to Ya'll Niggaz for that. Yo Stretch thanks for finally answering my calls nigga.
Once again big up to my nigga Matt Life for giving me the green light to do this tape. Peace to my man Chris and the whole LoudS.R.C staff for blowing the Infamous Mobb Deep up to Gold & Platinum status. Big up's to the head dog Steve Rifkind, keep doing ya thing kid!! much apologies goes out to Stretch Armstrong and Doo Wop for not putting the freestyles on the tape and PHD for not putting your song on the tape but as you can see by the playlist, Mobb Deep got mad songs and 1 had to shorten and eliminate songs to make this tape possible.
Finally one luv goes out to Havoc & Prodigy better known as the Infamous Mobb Deep, I just want to let you niggaz know that I don't do a best of tape of anybody unless I'm a fan of them. By far you guys are my favorite group and 1 hope you can appreciate this tape as much as your fans will Appreciate It. Big up's to the rest of the Infamous Mobb: Big Noyd / Ty Nitty / Gambino / Godfather Pt III / Twin / General G & ACD. Mister Cee out !!!!!!”
Super classic tape. Especially the version with the dragon on the cover. It’s a shame that they had to stop using the dragon logo due to “Sick of It All” claiming that they had used it first.
A guy on Reddit had L.E.S. sign a copy of it, but he wouldn’t sign the cover due to the dragon logo:
“Short story for the les auto, it's the alternative cover of cee best off with the dragon, manager of mobb deep would not allow me to get it signed as they get sued by the rock group. So les signed on the inside on the tracklist”
But anyways, love the book, man. I recently moved several states away and put everything into storage, but I made sure to pack the book in my car to bring it with me.
Yo - so crazy that this was the pick of the day because I literally listened to this album over the weekend. I saw the vinyl on Get On Down and it made me want to revisit this LP. It was like getting a bonus Mobb Deep album in Fall '96. Usual Suspect and Infamous Mobb were bangers.
Yo what's good J! Great to see you on here. That's wild. Yeah the snow was making me want to listen to it on this end, for some reason certain '90s rap songs and albums just remind me of the winter in New York and the Noyd album is one of them. Thanks for the comment. PS Every time I go on the Get On Down site I want to buy EVERYTHING
Love that Clue freestyle! "Springtyme Stickup 1996" was the first mixtape I ever bought. Another great freestyle over the "Motherless Child" beat was Children of the Corn on Stretch & Bobbito in 1996.
This entire post made me feel nostalgic! I was trying to establish myself in the mixtape game in this era, and these Noyd joints tie me to a very specific time in my life. Especially remembering staying up late with my double cassette tape deck recording Stretch and Bob on 89 Tech Nine where I caught a lot of these joints you mentioned. I was really outside back then living hip-hop!
LFG Rhude! Glad I was able to bring you back with this one. Was crazy nostalgic for me too. Stretch and Bob used to have mad gems. Def stayed up recording their show and 89.1 show with Riz and Mayhem too. What a time - thanks for the comment!
Word, Riz and Mayhem had joints too. I always spent 15 minutes adjusting my wire antenna trying to get that station to come in clear. If it was cloudy outside, it would be mad static LOL. Good times!
It’s interesting that Mister Cee considered including the “95 Live II” freestyle on his Best of Mobb Deep mixtape:
“Much apologies goes out to Stretch Armstrong and Doo Wop for not putting the freestyles on the tape and PHD for not putting your song on the tape but as you can see by the playlist, Mobb Deep got mad songs and I had to shorten and eliminate songs to make this tape possible.”
What up ransom, thanks for this - great quote. I remember Cee telling us for the Do Remember! book that the Best of Mobb tape was his favorite in the series, and they were his favorite group. That's dope that he acknowledged the gems he loved that didn't make the tape. Your comment makes me wanna go back and listen to that. Long live the Finisher
For sure, I thought that was a great quote as well. Another cool bit from the liner notes is where he breaks down exactly where he sourced the unreleased tracks for the tape. Here is the full transcription (via copy/paste):
“First and Foremost this tape would not be possible without my niggaz Matt Life / Stretch Armstrong blessing me with the unreleased Infamous Jointz, One Luv to Ya'll Niggaz for that. Yo Stretch thanks for finally answering my calls nigga.
Once again big up to my nigga Matt Life for giving me the green light to do this tape. Peace to my man Chris and the whole LoudS.R.C staff for blowing the Infamous Mobb Deep up to Gold & Platinum status. Big up's to the head dog Steve Rifkind, keep doing ya thing kid!! much apologies goes out to Stretch Armstrong and Doo Wop for not putting the freestyles on the tape and PHD for not putting your song on the tape but as you can see by the playlist, Mobb Deep got mad songs and 1 had to shorten and eliminate songs to make this tape possible.
Finally one luv goes out to Havoc & Prodigy better known as the Infamous Mobb Deep, I just want to let you niggaz know that I don't do a best of tape of anybody unless I'm a fan of them. By far you guys are my favorite group and 1 hope you can appreciate this tape as much as your fans will Appreciate It. Big up's to the rest of the Infamous Mobb: Big Noyd / Ty Nitty / Gambino / Godfather Pt III / Twin / General G & ACD. Mister Cee out !!!!!!”
Super classic tape. Especially the version with the dragon on the cover. It’s a shame that they had to stop using the dragon logo due to “Sick of It All” claiming that they had used it first.
A guy on Reddit had L.E.S. sign a copy of it, but he wouldn’t sign the cover due to the dragon logo:
“Short story for the les auto, it's the alternative cover of cee best off with the dragon, manager of mobb deep would not allow me to get it signed as they get sued by the rock group. So les signed on the inside on the tracklist”
But anyways, love the book, man. I recently moved several states away and put everything into storage, but I made sure to pack the book in my car to bring it with me.
love this - got the tape queued up for my ride into the city tomorrow
Yo - so crazy that this was the pick of the day because I literally listened to this album over the weekend. I saw the vinyl on Get On Down and it made me want to revisit this LP. It was like getting a bonus Mobb Deep album in Fall '96. Usual Suspect and Infamous Mobb were bangers.
Yo what's good J! Great to see you on here. That's wild. Yeah the snow was making me want to listen to it on this end, for some reason certain '90s rap songs and albums just remind me of the winter in New York and the Noyd album is one of them. Thanks for the comment. PS Every time I go on the Get On Down site I want to buy EVERYTHING
Love that Clue freestyle! "Springtyme Stickup 1996" was the first mixtape I ever bought. Another great freestyle over the "Motherless Child" beat was Children of the Corn on Stretch & Bobbito in 1996.
Yo! Yeah that freestyle and whole tape is fire. I gotta go back and check that COTC freestyle on Stretch and Bob out, great call. Thanks Krisch!
This entire post made me feel nostalgic! I was trying to establish myself in the mixtape game in this era, and these Noyd joints tie me to a very specific time in my life. Especially remembering staying up late with my double cassette tape deck recording Stretch and Bob on 89 Tech Nine where I caught a lot of these joints you mentioned. I was really outside back then living hip-hop!
LFG Rhude! Glad I was able to bring you back with this one. Was crazy nostalgic for me too. Stretch and Bob used to have mad gems. Def stayed up recording their show and 89.1 show with Riz and Mayhem too. What a time - thanks for the comment!
Word, Riz and Mayhem had joints too. I always spent 15 minutes adjusting my wire antenna trying to get that station to come in clear. If it was cloudy outside, it would be mad static LOL. Good times!
ahah the good old days! love it