Murda Muzik
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| Studio album by Mobb Deep | ||||
| Released | April 27, 1999 (US) | |||
| Recorded | 1997-1998 | |||
| Genre | East Coast hip hop | |||
| Label | Loud/Columbia/SME Records CK 63715 (North America) 496101 (international) |
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| Producer | Havoc Alchemist Prodigy T-mix Epitome Shamello Buddah Jonathan Williams |
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| Singles from Murda Muzik | ||||
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| Source | Rating |
| Allmusic |    [1] |
| Entertainment Weekly | C+[2] |
| RapReviews | (8.5/10)[3] |
| Robert Christgau | B-[4] |
Murda Muzik is Mobb Deep's fourth album, which was released in 1999. It features one of the group's best-known and most acclaimed songs, "Quiet Storm." It is also the duo's most commercially successful album to date, for shipping over 1 million copies and was certified Platinum by the RIAA, debuting at #3 on the Billboard 200 charts. Murda Muzik also garnered positive reviews from The Source and Allmusic, among others. A censored version of the album, titled Mobb Muzik, was released simultaneously.
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[edit] Track listing
| # | Title | Producer(s) | Performer (s) | Time |
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| 1 | "Intro" | Ronald Reagan | 0:44 | |
| 2 | "Streets Raised Me" | Havoc | Big Noyd, Havoc, Prodigy, Chinky | 4:33 |
| 3 | "What's Ya Poison" | Havoc | Cormega, Havoc, Prodigy | 3:45 |
| 4 | "Spread Love" | Havoc | Havoc, Prodigy | 4:04 |
| 5 | "Let A Ho Be A Ho" | Havoc | Havoc | 3:35 |
| 6 | "I'm Going Out" | Havoc | Havoc, Lil' Cease, Prodigy | 3:45 |
| 7 | "Allustrious" | Havoc | Havoc, Prodigy | 4:09 |
| 8 | "Adrenaline" | Havoc | Havoc, Prodigy | 4:42 |
| 9 | "Where Ya From" | T-mix | 8 Ball, Havoc, Prodigy | 4:02 |
| 10 | "Quiet Storm" | Havoc | Havoc, Prodigy | 4:25 |
| 11 | "Where Ya Heart At" | Havoc | Havoc, Prodigy | 4:27 |
| 12 | "Noyd Interlude" | Big Noyd | 0:19 | |
| 13 | "Can't Fuck Wit" | Havoc | Havoc, Prodigy, Raekwon | 4:12 |
| 14 | "Thug Muzik" | The Alchemist | Chinky, Infamous Mobb, Prodigy | 4:34 |
| 15 | "Murda Muzik" | Havoc | Havoc, Prodigy | 4:11 |
| 16 | "The Realest" | The Alchemist | Havoc, Kool G Rap, Prodigy | 4:27 |
| 17 | "U.S.A. (Aiight Then)" | Epitome Shamello Buddah | Havoc, Prodigy | 4:04 |
| 18 | "It's Mine" | Mobb Deep | Havoc, Nas, Prodigy | 4:24 |
| 19 | "Quiet Storm (Remix)" | Havoc | Havoc, Lil' Kim, Prodigy | 4:04 |
[edit] Samples
Intro
- contains an excerpt from a speech of Ronald Reagan[5]
Adrenaline
- "Ballad Of The Decomposing Man" by Steve Hackett
Where Ya Heart At
- "Fear" by Sade
It's Mine
- "The Boy Is Mine" by Brandy & Monica
- "Scarface Cues" by Giorgio Moroder
Quiet Storm
- "White Lines (Don't Do It)" by Melle Mel
[edit] Chart positions
| Chart (1999) | Peak position |
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| Billboard 200 | #3 |
| Top R&B/Hip Hop Albums | #2 |
| Top Canadian Albums | #6 |
[edit] Singles
| Year | Song | Chart positions | |||
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| Billboard Hot 100 | Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles & Tracks | Hot Rap Singles | |||
| 1999 | "It's Mine" | - | 71 | 25 | |
| "Quiet Storm" | 106 | 35 | 17 | ||
| 2000 | "U.S.A." | - | 95 | 30 | |
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