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5 of 6 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
An Overly Under Rated Hip Hop Classic, March 3, 2006
Some people will just never get it. Hip hop is not suppose to be perfect. It is suppose to break rules and channel emotions to the rest of the world who may or may not be familiar with life in the PJ's. Yes, this is a nihilistic record and the subject material may be monotonous at times. However, you don't need to make a groundbreaking record to be great. P and Hav come across tough on their albums only because being a punk where they are from will get you bodied (killed). I wish everyone could rap as happy as Will Smith but we can't. We need artists like Mobb Deep to reflect the dark realities of street life so the gangsta government and mainstream media can't brainwash the masses. Violence has fueled hip hop like it does Hollywood.
With that being said, this album is dope from tracks 1-14. It is the overlooked gem in the Mobb Collection. The beats put me to a place i've never been before...HELL! What lyrics lack in subject matter make up for in delivery and wordplay. "Drop A Gem On Em," sports a chilling female vocal sample in which P spits venemous barbs at a certain legendary emcee (battling is an essential component of this culture). The title track and "Godfather Part III" were great choices for singles, due to their irresistibly haunting instumentals and catchy hooks. The crown jewel for me was "Extortion" which would make an Alfred Hitchcock movie look like the Mr. Rogers theme song. Method Man spits one of my all-time favorite quotable verses. Be sure to peep Raekwon the Chef on the equally eerie "Nighttime Vulture's".
So how does this sound after 10 years? Just as 180 degrees hell bent from the mainstream and as fresh since it dropped. The static in the music displayed Havoc's creative crate digging abilities while Prodigy's imagery puts you right in the darkest corners of Queens. The easily offended and pop jocker will want to stay as far away from this trip to hell as possible. However, hip hop fiends will want to overdose on this one. Hell never sounded so good!
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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
An Evil Masterpiece !!!, September 2, 2007
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
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3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
.....Classic, March 4, 2005
After the classic Infamous cd Mobb Deep drops another classic with Hell on earth....Mobb deep is street no doubt every song on this cd is is raw with perfect dark beats to go with them...
Fav tracks: Animal Instinct, Drop a Gem on em, Bloodsport,Extortion,and nighttime vultures....
5 stars
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