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Track Listing
1. Bars & Hooks - (Intro)
2. Genesis
3. Drive Thru - (skit)
4. Rock Dat
5. What U Rep - (featuring N.O.R.E.)
6. Keep It Thoro
7. Can't Complain - (featuring Twin Gambino/Chinky)
8. Infamous Minded - (featuring Big Noyd)
9. Wanna Be Thugs - (featuring Havoc)
10. Three - (featuring Cormega)
11. Delt W/ The Bull - (featuring Havoc)
12. Trials of Love - (featuring B.K.)
13. H.N.I.C.
14. Be Cool - (skit)
15. Veteran's Memorial
16. Do It - (featuring Mike Delorean)
17. Littles - (skit)
18. Y.B.E. - (featuring B.G.)
19. Diamond - (featuring Bars & Hooks)
20. Gun Play - (featuring Big Noyd)
21. You Can Never Feel My Pain
22. H.N.I.C. - (Outro)
| Details | | Contributing artists: | B.G., B.K., BG, Bars & Hooks, Big Noyd, Chinky, Cormega, Havoc, Mike Delorean, N.O.R.E., Twin Gambino | | Distributor: | RED Distribution | | Recording Type: | Studio | | Recording Mode: | Stereo | | SPAR Code: | n/a |
Album Notes
H.N.I.C. is an acronym for HEAD NIGGA IN CHARGE.
Personnel includes: Prodigy, N.O.R.E., Havoc, Cormega, BG, Bars & Hooks.
Producers include: Alchemist, Nashiem Myrick, Rockwilder, E.Z. Elpee, Bink.
Recorded at Soundtrack Studios, Electric Lady, and The Hit Factory, New York, New York; Kejuan Entertainment Studios, Long Island, New York.
H.N.I.C. is an acronym for HEAD NIGGA IN CHARGE.
Personnel includes: Prodigy, Noreaga, Havoc, Cormega, BG, Bars & Hooks.
Producers include: Alchemist, Nashiem Myrick, Rockwilder, E.Z. Elpee, Bink.
Recorded at Soundtrack Studios, Electric Lady, and The Hit Factory, New York, New York; Kejuan Entertainment Studios, Long Island, New York.
As half of the infamous hip-hop duo Mobb Deep, with four albums and many guest appearances to his credit, Prodigy (the rapper, not the UK techno fiend) has been responsible for some of the best New York-flavored underground rap. On his debut solo effort H.N.I.C., he delivers more of that raw hardcore.
While his partner Havoc's strength lays in his production skills (illustrated here on tracks "Live Through It" and "Wanna Be Thugs," on which he's also featured), Prodigy is, without a doubt, lyrically superior. Every verse here highlights his vivid rhyming talent, particularly in the autobiographical "You Can Never Feel My Pain," which details his struggle with sickle cell anemia. The beats are well-arranged and infectious, giving Prodigy the right backdrop to rip, which he does best on the title track "H.N.I.C." and first single "Keep it Thoro."
Industry Reviews
7 out of 10 - ...It's just dark, grimy, gritty stuff. Hard demonstrations of machismo disguised as rhymes; casual misogyny and a studied disregard for human life; and verbal grenades that all tumble over bright and shiny beat surfaces, in a supremely nonchalant manner...
NME (12/02/2000)
4 out of 5 - ...Prodigy just keeps getting better....We can't feel his pain, but we're feeling this.
Muzik (02/01/2001)
...[He] still rocks the hardcore rhymes like no other... - Rating: B-
Entertainment Weekly (11/24/2000)
4 stars out of 5 - ...An outstanding combination of diverse sounds and complex themes....a vivid portrait of P as an artist...
Vibe (12/01/2000)
7 out of 10 - ...Titillating; its rugged beats and brooding rhymes rival some of the best in the [Mobb] Deep canon....it is the work of a thug shoving his steel...down your throat...
Spin (11/01/2000)
4 mics out of 5 - ...Infectious....retaining its fluidity throughout...
The Source (01/01/2001)
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