| Product Summary | | Label: Koch Entertainment Dist | | UPC: 00099923553427 | | Release Date: 3/27/2007 | | Buy.com Sku: 204110762 | | Item#: M3GQEL | Format:  CD |
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Disc 1
| | Song Title | Sample | | 1. Mac Is Back Intro, The ~ Prodigy (Mobb Deep) |  | | 2. Return of the Mac (A.K.A. New York S***) ~ Prodigy (Mobb Deep) | | | 3. Stuck On You ~ Prodigy (Mobb Deep) | | | 4. Mac 10 Handle ~ Prodigy (Mobb Deep) | | | 5. Down & Out In New York City ~ Prodigy (Mobb Deep) | | | 6. Rotten Apple, The ~ Prodigy (Mobb Deep) | | | 7. Madge Speaks - (with Madgesty) ~ Prodigy (Mobb Deep) | | | 8. Take It To The Top ~ Prodigy (Mobb Deep) | | | 9. P. Speaks ~ Prodigy (Mobb Deep) | | | 10. 7th Heaven - (with Un Pacino) ~ Prodigy (Mobb Deep) | | | 11. Bang On 'Em ~ Prodigy (Mobb Deep) | | | 12. Nickel And A Nail ~ Prodigy (Mobb Deep) | | | 13. Legends ~ Prodigy (Mobb Deep) | | | 14. Stop Fronting ~ Prodigy (Mobb Deep) | |
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The 11 track album, produced entirely by The Alchemist, marks the return of Prodigy, one half of famed duo Mobb Deep. The new album, as indicated by the title, returns P to early sound of Mobb Deep, with the Alchemist looping samples from from blaxploitation films, and utilizing swirling violins and soulful vocal samples to recreate the dark, harrowing emptiness of Mobb Deep's early work.
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| Album Notes and Credits |
Notes & Personnel Info |  | Personnel: Prodigy (rap vocals); Truth & Soul (various instruments). | | Additional personnel: Un Pacino (rap vocals); Madgesty (spoken vocals). | | Arguably the more vivid of Mobb Deep's two lyricists, Prodigy returns seven years after his excellent debut solo release, H.N.I.C. This time around P works exclusively with the Alchemist, the preferred beatmaker for any East Coast thug MC. The pairing comes up big as RETURN OF THE MAC finds Prodigy at his darkest in years, lacing Alchemist's crisp production with chrome-heavy narratives. P feeds off New York's dark side in his ode to the city, "The Rotten Apple," and wallows in drug-induced paranoia in the bone-chilling "Mac 10 Handle." Every track is pure fire. |
Producer: Alchemist; DJ Muro |
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| Technical Info |
| Release Date : 03/27/2007 | | Original Release Date : 2007 | | Catalog ID : KOCCD-5534 | | Label : Koch Records (USA) | | Number of Discs : 1 | | Runtime : 39m : 21s | | Studio/Live : Studio | | Mono/Stereo : Stereo | | SPAR Code : n/a | | UPC : 00099923553427 |
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| Professional Reviews |
| Spin (p.98)
- 3.5 stars out of 5 -- "[H]ere his troubles produce some haunting music....The album sounds as if it were recorded on the set of REQUIEM FOR A DREAM...."Uncut (p.110)
- 3 stars out of 5 -- "Always a purveyor of less glamorous street tales, he remains a gripping word slinger..." XXL (Magazine)
(p.149)
- "[A] project steeped in 1970's soul and orchestrated exclusively by longtime affiliate The Alchemist." |
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