The Realest
1999 · Loud CK 63715 · Queens, New York
- Artist
- Mobb Deep Ft Kool G Rap
- Title
- The Realest
- Release
- Murda Muzik
- Year
- 1999
- Label
- Loud # CK 63715
- Format
- CD · Album
- Language
- English
- Country
- Queens, New York, USA
- Genre
- Hip Hop · Rap
- Primary theme
- Post-War
Annotation — Rap / Hip Hop Songs
East Coast Hip Hop / Gangsta Rap / Hardcore Hip Hop duo, formed in 1989 in Queens, New York, USA, featuring Prodigy (Albert Johnson) and Havoc (Kejuan Waliek Muchita). Mobb Deep songs referencing the Vietnam War include: "Survival of the Fittest" (1995), "Apostle's Warning" (1996), and "The Realist" (with Kool G Rap) (1999).The song "The Realist" (Loud Records # CK 63715) - a collaboration between Mobb Deep and Kool G Rap, used the portrayal of a "crazed" Vietnam veteran as an example of someone out-of-control with a gun in the US cities: "so young that you wouldn't even expect to be burstin' off guns like a Vietnam vet".
Annotation by Justin A. Brummer
About the artist
Collaboration of Mobb Deep (formed 1992, Queens, New York) with Kool G Rap (b. 1968, Queens, New York). [Source: Wikipedia]
Themes
Violence Metaphor · Crazed Vet · Vet · City & Community Violence