Infamous Interviews

More than decade has passed, not since I've updated this blog, but since Mobb Deep's Prodigy and I talked. We caught up a few weeks back for this article in last week's Style Weekly. Strange headlline, huh? Peep my 1995 interview with him below.

Prodigy responds to rumor about LL Cool J's daughter

Queensbridge native and half of the legendary duo Mobb Deep, Prodigy, made the top a popular gossip blog today. The site suggests that the 37-year-old's alleged online conversation with the 15-year-old daughter of LL Cool J may have been "inappropriate."

Asked about the report today, Prodigy said he hadn't heard about the story and laughed after it was explained to him.

"That's interesting," he said.

When asked for a more elaborate response, he didn't offer one.

"That is my response. 'That's interesting.'"

Queens Get the Money

There was barely a buzz on Mobb Deep when they appeared on Wavelength. It was more like a hum. The group was known for their DJ Premier-produced single "Peer Pressure," off their first album. It was known that they were now producing themselves and everybody was waiting to see what they could do. Their second album, "The Infamous," was worth the wait. The duo established themselves as a benchmark for "keeping it real," and were the first to use the phrase on Wavelength.

As soon as the Queensbridge duo stepped into the Phono Booth, everybody wanted to know if what they had heard for years was true. Was Prodigy really the cousin of a local music producer? The producer's name kept coming up, the duo met each mention with implicit denials. It was explained later that they weren't exactly sure who everybody was talking about, and they weren't about to align themselves with someone whom they might not know. "Shook Ones" they weren't about to be. (Later, the claims were proven when Prodigy guested on a demo he produced.)

Prodigy's cousin, Diallo is still waitin' for a shot a remix.