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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 is generally considered to be the more lyrically skilled member of the hip hop 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 hardcore gangsta rap to a new level for east coast hip hop. Their next release, “Murda Muzik”, was heavily bootlegged while still in its demo stage, leaking rough versions of the nearly 30 songs the duo had recorded onto the streets and over the internet.
Months after the bootlegs leaked and after several pushed-back street dates, “Murda Muzik” was formally released, debuting at number three on the Billboard charts and quickly going platinum on the strength of “Quiet Storm,” a song that epitomized the Mobb Deep style.
Prodigy is generally considered to be the more lyrically skilled member of the hip hop 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 hardcore gangsta rap to a new level for east coast hip hop. Their next release, “Murda Muzik”, was heavily bootlegged while still in its demo stage, leaking rough versions of the nearly 30 songs the duo had recorded onto the streets and over the internet.
Months after the bootlegs leaked and after several pushed-back street dates, “Murda Muzik” was formally released, debuting at number three on the Billboard charts and quickly going platinum on the strength of “Quiet Storm,” a song that epitomized the Mobb Deep style.
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TheAwesomeFake wrote:
When will lastfm fix this epic failure?
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quietrob wrote:
Sort it out Spotify!
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skinnydrifter wrote:
I actually laughed at the similar artists
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jellyfish_r_us wrote:
Yeah I have that Spotify tagging problem too. :/
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lillgud wrote:
Spotify seems to have omitted the "The" in all tracks by The Prodigy which is problematic since a user cant change the tags. Anyway, shouldn't the Last.fm spell correction have kicked in by now?
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Effect_Babo4ki wrote:
пхахаахх)угар)
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biochip wrote:
kkkkkkkkk
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prodigy84bg wrote:
lol, his most played track is ranked at numer 50 :D even misspelled The Prodigy tracks get more plays :)
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Marekkotek wrote:
lol
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infamous91 wrote:
ха... как ни странно путают в основном русские=) P.S. FREE P
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myGrotesque wrote:
из за этой обезьяны все теги на продиджи надо менять :(
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Hemmels wrote:
Rofl, how many of The Prodigy's tracks are played in a week with the wrong tags? :p
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alko-g wrote:
smack my bitch up !!
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Be7etta wrote:
FREE P! lol @ the retards who complain. your keyboards don't work? just add "the" fags.
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omaCore wrote:
lowl :D
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3aTkHuCb wrote:
и все такие бубубубу
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maxxim_mp3 wrote:
LMAO is atleast a one of top15 tracks his? Some ppl are making this dude so proud cause of this 1,5 million listened tracks, but for sure he would have it about 50-100k without these The Prodigy fails...
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killzapandead wrote:
lulz =D fail fail fail
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Razman- wrote:
Lol. I like how someone has linked The Prodigy with Prodigy as if to fix the problem of mistags.
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barebear wrote:
It's because of spotify. My link is spotifys official feedback forum.
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