Black Cocaine

Last updated

Black Cocaine
Mobbdeep--black-cocaine.jpg
EP by
Mobb Deep
ReleasedNovember 21, 2011 (2011-11-21)
Recorded2011
Genre Hip-hop
Length19:27
Label
Producer
Mobb Deep chronology
The Safe Is Cracked
(2009)		Black Cocaine
(2011)		 The Infamous Mobb Deep
(2014)
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic 61/100 [1]
Review scores
SourceRating
The A.V. Club C− [2]
AllHipHop 7/10 [3]
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svg [4]
HipHopDX Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [5]
Pitchfork 5.4/10 [6]
Spin 7/10 [7]

Black Cocaine is an EP by hip-hop duo Mobb Deep, and the duo's first release following Prodigy's release from prison. The project was announced by producer The Alchemist through his Twitter account. [8] The songs "Conquer", "Get It Forever" and "Waterboarding" were later featured as bonus tracks on their 2014 album The Infamous Mobb Deep .

Contents

Sales

The EP sold 5,000 copies in its first week. [9] As of March 1, 2012 the EP has sold 15,100 copies in the US.

Track listing

Track listing confirmed by HipHopDX [10]

No.TitleProducer(s)Length
1."Dead Man Shoes" (featuring Bounty Killer) Beat Butcha 4:42
2."Black Cocaine" The Alchemist 4:09
3."Conquer" Havoc 3:23
4."Get It Forever" (featuring Nas)The Alchemist4:02
5."Last Days"Young Free3:13
6."Waterboarding" (Limited Edition Bonus)The Alchemist3:32
7."Street Lights" (Limited Edition Bonus) (featuring Dion) J.U.S.T.I.C.E. League 4:23

Charts

Chart (2011)Peak
position
US Independent Albums ( Billboard ) [11] 22
US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums ( Billboard ) [12] 33

References

  1. ↑ "Black Cocaine [EP] by Mobb Deep". Metacritic .
  2. ↑ Rabin, Nathan (November 29, 2011). "Mobb Deep: Black Cocaine". The A.V. Club . The Onion . Retrieved January 10, 2016.
  3. ↑ Garcia, Joe (November 22, 2011). "Album Review: Mobb Deep’s “Black Cocaine”". AllHipHop. Retrieved January 10, 2016.
  4. ↑ Jeffries, David. "Black Cocaine EP - Mobb Deep". AllMusic. Rovi Corporation . Retrieved January 10, 2016.
  5. ↑ Cusenza, Michael (November 28, 2011). "Mobb Deep - Black Cocaine EP". HipHop DX. Retrieved April 2, 2014.
  6. ↑ Cohen, Ian (January 11, 2012). "Mobb Deep: Black Cocaine EP". Pitchfork . Retrieved January 10, 2016.
  7. ↑ Reeves, Mosi (November 21, 2011). "Mobb Deep, 'Black Cocaine EP'". Spin . SpinMedia. Archived from the original on April 6, 2013. Retrieved January 10, 2016.
  8. ↑ "Twitter / Alchemist: Mobb Deep : The Black Cocaine EP". Twitter.com. September 25, 2011. Retrieved April 2, 2014.
  9. ↑ Jacobs, Allen (November 30, 2011). "Hip Hop Album Sales: The Week Ending 11/27/2011". HipHop DX. Archived from the original on April 19, 2015. Retrieved April 2, 2014.
  10. ↑ Horowitz, Steven J. (October 19, 2011). "Mobb Deep Reveal Tracklist For "The Black Cocaine" EP, Features Nas". HipHop DX. Retrieved April 2, 2014.
  11. ↑ "Mobb Deep Chart History (Independent Albums)". Billboard .
  12. ↑ "Mobb Deep Chart History (Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums)". Billboard .


This page is based on this Wikipedia article
Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license; additional terms may apply.
Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.