Play Prodigy Radio

Prodigy

On Tour

2,723,802 plays (226,099 listeners)

Listening now: Netsu-pl

713 shouts

Add to my Library Share

Queens, New York

Due to incorrect music tags, most of the music on this profile belongs to The Prodigy, and the top tracks should not be associated with the rapper Prodigy.

Prodigy can also refer to the demoscene musician from The Netherlands. Real name: Emiel Leenders he has been a member of the following music groups: , , Oops (OPS), and

Prodigy is generally considered to be the more lyrically skilled member of the duo Mobb Deep. He was born to parents of Ethiopian and Jamaican descent. Prodigy was born with sickle cell anemia and has suffered from the disease throughout his life. Propelled to awareness partially by fellow Queens, New York rapper Nas, who took a similar approach lyrically on his championed “Illmatic” album from 1994, as well as with the aid of a successful single, “Shook Ones Pt. 2,” Mobb Deep suddenly found themselves developing a quickly growing cult. A year later, in 1996, Prodigy and Havoc released “Hell on Earth”; debuting at number six on SoundScan, the album found them fully realizing their approach, dropping both evocative beats and cinematic rhymes that communicated the dark side of New York’s urban landscape. Thanks to a grim video for “Hell on Earth (Front Lines)” and theatrical Scarface-like photos inside the CD booklet picturing the duo with guns and a mound of cocaine, Mobb Deep had created an elaborate image for themselves that took to a new level for .
Read more… Edit

Top Albums

See more

Top Tracks

1  
2,348
2  
1,756
3  
1,322
4  
1,058
5  
839
6  
763
7  
760
8  
750
9  
637
10  
606
11  
535
12  
534
13  
510
14  
479
15  
477
See more

Shoutbox

Leave a comment. Log in to Last.fm or sign up (it’s free).
See all 713 shouts