Hell on Earth [Explicit Lyrics, Original recording reissued]

Mobb Deep | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (August 24, 1999)
• Original Release Date: 1996
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Explicit Lyrics, Original recording reissued
• Label: Relativity
• ASIN: B00001IVOF
• In-Print Editions: MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (79 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #59,626 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)
  • #19 in Music > Indie Music > Rap & Hip-Hop > East Coast
  • #24 in Music > Indie Music > Rap & Hip-Hop > Gangsta & Hardcore

Track Listings

1. Animal Instinct

2. Drop a Gem on 'Em

3. Bloodsport

4. Extortion

5. More Trife Life

6. Man Down

7. Can't Get Enough of It

8. Nighttime Vultures

9. G.O.D., Pt. 3

10. Get Dealt With

11. Hell on Earth (Front Lines)

12. Give It up Fast

13. Still Shinin'

14. Apostle's Warning

Editorial Reviews

No Description Available.
Genre: Rap, Hip-Hop
Media Format: Compact Disk
Rating: PA
Release Date: 10-AUG-1999

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars An Evil Masterpiece !!!, September 2, 2007

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Brian D. Crump "The Music Man" (VA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Hell on Earth (Audio CD)

This album is Mobb Deep at their finest. It is a journey into the heart of darkness. I know everyone likes to mention the beef they were having with Tupac at the time but apart from that it is still a dark masterpiece. Lyrically I will agree that "The Infamous" album was better in terms of subject matter but Hell On Earth is a classic in its own right. Havoc stepped up his production and each beat strikes a cord of death and despair. As usual Prodigy's lyrics are cold and menacing. The whole album is fire, excuse me, hellfire, no fillers.


My favorite tracks are Drop A Gem On Em, diss track with a tight piano, Man Down (love the drum beat on that one), Extortion (love this beat and Meth was on fire), Nighttime Vultures (love the beat and the birds of death in the beginning. Raekwon also had a tight verse), G.O.D. Pt3 (check out the after hours god remix on the cd single if you can still get it), Get Dealt With (I never get tired of this song - it never gets old), of course the title track - Hell On Earth, Give It Up Fast (Nas had a pretty tight verse too), Stll Shinin (I love Hav's use of the church organ on such a slammin beat - no other rap producer was doing this then or since). Apostle's Warning closes the album off nicely.

The other tracks I didn't mention - Animal Instinct, Bloodsport, More Trife Life, Can't Get Enough Of It were all good tracks too. There are no weak songs on here. Each song pulsates with an evil life of its own. Any true hip hop fan should have this in their collection. I've been buying (that's right buying not just listening) to hip hop since 1989 and I've never heard an album like this one before and judging by the way hip hop is now I never will. Bottom line, get this album. (An original copy not a burned one). This is one of those albums you want to have an original copy of while you can still get it. Just make sure you are spiritually grounded when you listen to it because of the darkness that consumes the thing. 5 Stars

4 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Definitely a Hip Hop Classic, August 26, 2005

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K. Ross (Maryland) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Hell on Earth (Audio CD)

No one, and I mean, NO ONE can touch this album. Mobb Deep has hip hop on LOCK! I wish we still had this quality of hip hop today. Maybe I would still listen to present day rap.

Mobb Deep = Hip Hop!!!!!

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars My Favorite Mobb Album By Far!, September 19, 2008

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Michael Morales (Los Angeles, CA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Hell on Earth (Audio CD)

To me, Mobb Deep's appeal has always been the ice cold flow of Prodigy.

Although there were alot of lyricists on the east coast at this time who covered similar subject matter (Smif n Wesson, Black Moon, Wu-Tang etc) none of the emcees ever sounded as smooth and calm as prodigy did when he spun his crime narratives.

Prodigy was also extremely descriptive in his stories which made his best work have an ominous, almost horror movie feel. It is great stuff, some of the best lyrics ever written.

In 1996, Prodigy was at the height of his skills. This is my favorite Mobb Deep Album because Prodigy's lyrics are classic on every single cut.

Nighttime Vulture's is one of the great rap songs ever. It's beat was used heavily by other emcees on mixtapes to freestyle over around that time.

The rest of this album is on that level.

Definately a classic.