December 11th, 2001 A day that will live in "Infamy" as the Mobb from Queens stomps through the industry with their most refined album to date. "Infamy" is as diverse as Hiphop comes.

Prodigy justifies the albums diversity from it's predecessors: "We didn't really have the ability back in the day to reach out to people like 112 to get down with on our shit. Now, nahmean? Now we got the ability to go do our thing with these people. That's why we picked up 112, Lil' Mo, Ron Isley you know? Just so we could get down and show everyone how the Mobb gets down with these cats, you know? 'Temperature's Rising' (from "Infamous') and all that had little R&B hooks back then, but now we got the ability to get 112 doing that shit. Showing people how the Mobb gets down."

Mobb Deep have had some serious trials and tribulations since their induction into the Hiphop game on scandalous label 4th & Broadway upon releasing their debut "Juvenille Hell", they signed to Loud shortly after their departure from 4th & Broadway, and put together the classic "Infamous" album. Followed by "Hell On Earth" and the critically acclaimed "Murda Muzik" in '99. To satisfy the fans in between Mobb albums, Prodigy released "H.N.I.C" as a solo album. It gave us a taste of what direction the Mobb were headed for their next group album, and contained some of 2000's illest street anthems like "Keep It Thoro" and the title track "H.N.I.C".

Whilst recording that, Mobb Deep were also involved in shooting their first movie on Infamous Films called "Murda Muzik The Movie". "Murda Muzik the movie is just some gangsta shit, you know? Filmed in Queens Bridge, we got Mobb Deep, Rapper Noyd, Limp Bizki, Queen Pen and mad other cat sin it. The soundtrack features Snoop Dogg, The Eastsidaz and a lot of new Mobb Deep joints, nahmean?"

The movie has been in pre-production and on hold from release for over a year while Prodigy has been negotiating it's release via Loud Records. All the while putting in hours of work on 'Infamy' and various guest spots the Mobb have been appearing on, but that's all out of the way now and the duo are concentrating on their own shit. "The only thing you gonna catch us on soon is the Infmaous Mobb album (titled) "Special Edition" out in March, the Murda Muzik soundtrack in late February, and Littles' "Streets Will Listen" due out after the Infamous Mobb album. That's it, right now we're just doing us. Nahmean? We doing 'Infamy'."

And what is "Infamy'?

"The science behind the album, we're just showing people we'll always be around, we're showing how we get down in 'Infamy'. Nahmean?" States Prodigy. 2001 and 2002 have been proclaimed as being the years Queens Bridge will 'take over'. Unfortunately, Jay-z took advantage of that prediction and brought the heat to Prodigy and Nas on a track by the same name. Prodigy was tired of talking about the Jay-Z issue, so it wasn't pressed, but offered this: "I mean, any publicity is good publicity.* I heard that one before and it's definitely true, but we don't look at it like that.* We do us. We ain't concerned with what Jay - Z do or what anybody does. * Were not concerned with anybody else's album.* we don't run around listening to peoples albums and say "alright, this is how we gotta do our shit".* We don't even give a fuck about nobodies album."

Jay-Z wasn't the only one to chin-check Prodigy. His comrade Nas and his former disciples Barz-n-hooks have done so as well. But Prodigy, doesn't hold any grudges toward either of them "I heard a few joints form the Nas album. I'm looking forward to it. I'mma cop 10 of them joints when it drops like always and send them to my dunns. And Barz-nHooks? They're just doing their own thing right now. Nahmean?"

The only thing that's concerning Prodigy and Mobb Deep is "Infamy" and the present tour they're on "We're still on tour right now, going to the radio stations and dealing with the different markets you know? We out there going from place to place doing our thing"

As well as new solo projects from Havoc "H.A.V.O.C got a new album coming out, a solo album which he wrote and produced the whole thing, so you know it's retarded!"

On top of all the record industry politics, the shady deals and the impending beefs in the industry, Mobb Deep have also had to deal with changing their own ways of life to better themselves. Being that Havoc just announced not too long ago that he has successfully kicked his alcohol addiction, Prodigy shows great strength in his new-found way of life, as well: "I smoke a little now, and drink a little. But I can contain my shit now, you know? I stopped drinking hard liquor a couple of years ago, now I have an occasional Corona, but that's it, nahmean? I smoke now and then, but nothing serious, nahmean? I still eat healthy, and I smoke and drink now and then. Nahmean?"

He credits this change of ways to many things, but most prominantly the support of his mother, and the teachings of Dr. Malachai York "I was living in New York, you know? And them books was all around, so I just started reading and really getting into them, you know? I started getting the knowledge from them and making my life better, nahmean?"

" We got a lot of years left in us, a lot of albums." Prodigy concludes