Amerikaz Nightmare (Clean) [Clean]

Mobb Deep | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (August 10, 2004)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Clean
• Label: Jive
• ASIN: B0001FVEHM
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  Audio Cassette  |  Vinyl  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 3.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (89 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #201,816 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Amerikaz Nightmare

2. Win or Lose

3. Flood the Block

4. Dump

5. Got It Twisted

6. When U Hear The

7. Real N****Z

8. Shorty Wop

9. Real Gangstaz

10. One of Ours, Pt. 2

11. On the Run

12. Throw Your Hands (In the Air)

13. Get Me

14. We Up

15. Neva Change

16. Got It Twisted [Remix]

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

20 of 21 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars 3-1/2 stars -- Slowly returning to form..., December 7, 2004

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Anthony Rupert "shut up, Shut Up, SHUT UP!!!" (Milwaukee, WI) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Amerikaz Nightmare (Audio CD)

Okay...so it's obvious that this album isn't as good as The Infamous or Hell On Earth. But all these people giving this album one star because of that reason really isn't fair. That's the same principle behind people giving a new Nas album one star because it's not Illmatic.

But it's true that the Mobb haven't had a really decent album in a while. Murda Muzik had mixed reviews, but Infamy was tacky, and Free Agents (or whatever that album was called) was so bad that stores stopped carrying it after a while. And while Amerikaz Nightmare isn't exactly their best album, it's quite an improvement.

There is still one problem, however. With the last few albums, while Havoc continues to impress, Prodigy's rhymes have been slumping. This can be shown on tracks like "Shorty Wop"; and sorry, but in "We Up", his entire verse is wack: "I'm havin' dreams of squeezin' a gun that don't work/And some n with a tek come and wet my shirt/I catch bullets in my stomach and them ish's burn/I wake up sweatin' holdin' my stomach cause it hurt..." But actually, the chorus is pretty lame too.

Don't think there aren't any gems to be found on this album, though. As I'm sure everyone's heard by now, Alchemist slowed down the music from Thomas Dolby's hit "She Blinded Me With Science" to provide the great backdrop for "Got It Twisted". But even better than that is the remix, where Twista stops in to rip up the mic. Another good one is "Get Me", where Noyd shines as usual while Littles also impresses (too bad he had to resort to trying to start a feud within the group later on).

Other good songs are "Win Or Lose" and the title track. And guest stars Nate Dogg and Jadakiss make good performances on "Dump" and "One of Ours Part II", respectively. But there are still a few more songs that are lame and made even lamer by their choruses, like "Flood the Block" and "Neva Change". There's also the obligatory Kanye West-produced track, "Throw Your Hands (In the Air)", which lazily samples the classic Cypress Hill song.

I still think Hav and P have a ways to go before they get back to their old status, but I was just about to give up on them until I heard this album. Amerikaz Nightmare might not be as good as the classics, but it's still a step in the right direction.

Anthony Rupert

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars The Comeback Album!!!, September 6, 2005

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Kunal Vaghela "Kunal" (UK) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Amerikaz Nightmare (Audio CD)

After the struggle for Mobb to get back on top, they came back with a solid effort with Amerikaz Nightmare where they have decided to bring back terror in your stereo. With superb production mostly delt with Havoc, along with the Alchemist with many other guests. Blazing back on the charts with their first single "Got It Twisted" which got Mobb Deep back on the scene, it's going to be a long road but many can say they've half way reached there.

12 of 16 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars buy it...hot for '04... but it's no classic, August 13, 2004

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A. Steinberg (Philly) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Amerikaz Nightmare (Audio CD)

First off, i'm only giving 4 stars cuz it's '04...it's honestly more a 3. anyway, it's pretty tight. there aren't a lot of colabos, and the ones that they kept are decent to pretty good. nate dogg's hook on "dump" is sick, jada's verse is nice, littles and noyd actually outshine p and hav on their cut...twista sucked, but hey, it's just a bonus remix.

the beats are pretty hot. you've all heard get it twisted, there are 2 other great alchemist beats, the kanye beat on "throw your hands" is arguably his best since his tracks on blueprint (!), lil jon's beat...well, some will knock it for (a) being on a mobb deep album in the first place and (b) not being too good, but i thought it worked surprisingly well. and havoc's beats are good, not infamous quality, but good. none as good as his beat on "why" for jada, but some come close. now for the rapping...it's solid, that's the best you can really say. hav continues to step up his game from where he started, and he delivers a few really hot verses. p's a whole other story. sometimes his flow is really lazy, and you can even catch 3 seconds of beat between lines, and trust, it sounds awful when he does it. his lyrics just aren't what they used to be either. there's no one verse where he really comes correct, the best he gives you is six or seven lines of fire before he slips into some "my tecs are bigger than yours, you're no thug" ish. so, coming from a guy with so many gems under his belt, it's really sad. at this point i might prefer a hav and nore joint to hav and p, that's where it is almost. and my last complaint is very little storytelling. you don't get any joints like "trife life" or "temperature's rising," it's really all "the mobb is the clique, all you other guys are biters" over 15 tracks. still, hav is strong, the beats are some of the best you'll hear all year long, no filler, no r&b, and "win or lose" is one of the best songs i've heard in a long while. so definitely buy it, you'll enjoy it.