Black Cocaine

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Black Cocaine
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EP by
ReleasedNovember 21, 2011
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]
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HipHopDX Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [5]
Pitchfork Media 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 extended play 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

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