Infamy (album)


Infamy is the fifth studio album by American East Coast hip-hop duo Mobb Deep. It was released on December 11, 2001 through Loud Records. Recording sessions took place at Kejuan Entertainment Studios, Right Track Recording, Chung King Studios and Sony Music Studios in New York City. Production was handled by Havoc, Scott Storch, EZ Elpee and the Alchemist. It features guest appearances from Big Noyd, 112, Infamous Mobb, Lil' Mo, Littles, Ron Isley and Vita.
In the United States, the album peaked at number 22 on the Billboard 200 and atop the Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums charts. It was certified gold by the Recording Industry Association of America on January 29, 2002 for selling 500,000 copies in the US alone. The album also peaked at number 135 on the French Albums and number 26 on the UK Official Hip Hop and R&B Albums charts.
The album was supported with four singles: "The Learning (Burn)", "Hey Luv (Anything)", "Get Away" and "Pray for Me". Its lead single, "The Learning ", reached number 99 on the Billboard Hot 100. The second single off of the album, "Hey Luv ", peaked at number 58 on the Billboard Hot 100. The album's third single, "Get Away", made it to number 35 on the Billboard Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs. The songs "The Learning " and "Crawlin" serves as diss tracks towards Jay-Z in response to the song "Takeover".

Track listing

;Sample credits

Personnel

  • Kejuan "Havoc" Muchita – vocals, producer, executive producer
  • Albert "Prodigy" Johnson – vocals, executive producer
  • Cynthia "Lil' Mo" Loving-Stone – vocals
  • Jamal "Big Twins/Twin Gambino" Raheem – vocals
  • Lionel "G.O.D. Pt. III" Cooper – vocals
  • James "Ty Knitty" Chandler – vocals
  • Marvin "Slim" Scandrick – vocals
  • Michael "Mike" Keith – vocals
  • Quinnes "Q" Parker – vocals
  • Daron Jones – vocals
  • TaJuan "Big Noyd" Perry – vocals
  • LaVita "Vita" Raynor – backing vocals
  • Alfredo "Littles" Bryan – vocals
  • Ronald Isley – vocals
  • Kandy Johnson – additional vocals
  • Kim Johnson – additional vocals
  • Carl "Chucky" Thompson – strings
  • Lamont "Ez Elpee" Porter – producer
  • Scott Storch – producer
  • Daniel Alan "The Alchemist" Maman – producer
  • Ronald "Gotti" Odum – production assistant
  • Claudine Joseph – production coordinator
  • Steve Sola – recording, mixing
  • Jonathan 'Lighty' Williams – recording, mixing, executive producer, A&R
  • Sheldon Guide – mixing, additional mixing, additional engineering
  • Oscar Monsalve – mixing, additional engineering, engineering assistant
  • Frank Zago – engineering assistant
  • Halsey Quemere – engineering assistant
  • Jamie Garcia – engineering assistant
  • Bernie Grundman – mastering
  • Chris Feldmann – art direction, design
  • Michael Lavine – photography
  • Will Kennedy – image editing
  • Darrell Steven "Big Baby Chris" Lighty – A&R
  • Gail Hansen – A&R
  • Trakelle Frazier – A&R
  • Steve Shapiro – legal
  • Violator – production coordinator, A&R, management
  • Monica Morrow – stylist