New music from the M-O-B-B of unknown origin. Alan The Chemist on the beat.

From Droog’s forthcoming LP, produced by Marco Polo.

One more from 2014′s The Infamous Mobb Deep double album.

Another video from Mobb Deep’s The Infamous Mobb Deep LP, released this year.

Produced by The Alchemist. Drops / sound effects by Whoo-Kid.

Wu emblem remix of Mobb Deep’s Dirt, from their The Infamous Mobb Deep album.

Hav & P explain how to chill in this Noisey Raps PSA.

New music from DJ Jean Maron’s True School LP.

Another new track from Whoo-Kid and DJ S.Whit’s upcoming mixtape, The Elevation.

Mack Wilds’ “Burn” redux gets a remix video, featuting Mobb Deep, French Montana, and Bussa Buss. As heard on the deluxe version of The Infamous Mobb Deep LP.

Nobody really knows what went on behind the scenes between Havoc and Prodigy that culminated in a very public beef that took place a few years back on the Twitter stage. However with P’s incarceration and the group’s falling out, it’s been eight years since the group’s last album together, 2006’s Blood Money. With all of that in the past, the duo put their differences aside to celebrate the 20th anniversary of the recording of their Loud debut, The Infamous, by releasing the similarly titled double-disc effort, The Infamous Mobb Deep, with more than enough music to make up for lost time.

Usually over-stuffed, two-disc releases suffer from an output of too much material. But The Infamous Mobb Deep is unique in the fact that the second disc is made up of newly discovered sessions from the original 1994 recordings of The Infamous LP for Loud, almost acting like a separate album. The second disc is a reminder of the group’s consistency; captured lightning in a bottle, if you will. But the highlight of The Infamous Mobb Deep is actually the new album itself, which finds a reinvigorated Mobb Deep. Disc two is merely a victory lap.

It became evident last year on both Havoc’s 13 LP and Prodigy’s Albert Einstein LP with Alchemist that these two were back with a vengeance, and the same can be said for their reunion LP. Hav’s slightly more grounded lyrical approach balances perfectly with P’s off-kilter, psychotic confessions. This is how it should be.

In addition to their dark, visually gritty street tales, the production is something that has always been consistent with Mobb Deep, and that remains true still twenty years later. Havoc proved on 13 that he doesn’t really need any help in that department, but isn’t afraid to outsource here either, sharing production duties with Illmind and Alchemist, among others.

Hav’s contributions aren’t the strongest the album has to offer, however are the most solidly consistent, which is almost a metaphor for the Mobb’s career as a whole. Songs like “Taking You Off Here”, “Lifetime, and “Gimmie All That” don’t aim to be the album’s biggest or most boastful tracks, but provide a solid backbone for the rest of the album to stand on. No filler here.

Its when they switch things up a bit from their traditional sound do we really find the most impressive moments, simply because you aren’t expecting them. The Beat Butcha helmed “Timeless” is a gorgeous, drum-propelled track that sounds like the possible outcome of a Mobb Deep / RJD2 collaboration. “All A Dream” plays like a classy, post-Whodini after party jam that’s driven by a Biggie sample, brought to you by Om’Mas Keith of Sa-Ra. Later on “Legendary”, Hav teams with Boi-1da and The Maven Boys, alongside Juicy J and Bun B, to defy preconceived notions on a posse cut built upon the illest of loops. Sometimes that’s all it takes.

Much of the rest of the album plays strong throughout, save the one attempt at a crossover track, “Low”, with NYC crooner Mack Wilds. This tale of infidelity’s clean polish simply doesn’t fit with the rest of the LP’s dark, brooding soundscape. The other stinker here, “Henny (Remix)” is only a bonus track, as Mack Wilds recycles the “Burn” instrumental and adds in an obnoxious verse from French Montana. Sadly, this track will probably get the most airplay from the LP. But who can complain when Alchemist produces the other two bonus tracks, and one is featuring Nas?

On to the second disc, it’s almost hard to go back to that mindset of their early years after they’ve delivered such a solid, modern LP here. But this disc delivers gold by the pound, kicking off with a never-heard-before remix of “Eye For An Eye”, featuring Nas, Ghostface Killah, and Raekwon. There’s some familiarity here in parts of the lyrics and the beat itself, but damn if this isn’t instantly classic.

Many of the other tracks leaked out via the Infamous Mobb Deep demo tape that has been floating around for the last decade, but here we get them in pristine studio quality (and at the right pitch). What’s crazy is that even with some similar titles, these new-old renditions of classic tracks like “Gimmie The Goods”, “Survival Of The Fittest” or “Temperature’s Rising” are completely different recordings. Talk about creative output.

Ultimately what The Infamous Mobb Deep accomplishes is that it shows that the group has still got it. The two discs present two distinct eras of Havoc and Prodigy, both of which are great for different reasons. As one track states in the title, Mobb Deep will truly “Get It Forever”.

Mobb Deep speak with The Breakfast Club and ThisIs50 in celebration of the release of today’s The Infamous Mobb Deep LP.

Hav & P sit in with Real Late w/ Peter Rosenberg, to speak on the release of tomorrow’s Infamous Mobb Deep confusingly ass titled double LP. They also suggest a similar double-album anniversary edition release of Hell On Earth could be in the works.

Two more cuts from Mobb Deep’s confusingly titled new album, The Infamous Mobb Deep, which has now been given a solid April 1st release date. Damn both of these cuts are banging….

We caught up with Havoc and Prodigy of Mobb Deep at South by Southwest 2014 in Austin, TX to talk about “The Infamous Mobb Deep” album, working on a documentary with Stretch Armstrong and how hip hop has changed since they were first coming up.