| H.N.I.C. | 
 enlarge | Artist: Prodigy
Label: Relativity
Category: Music
List Price: $12.98
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Avg. Customer Rating:   (70 reviews)
Sales Rank: 38274
Format: Explicit Lyrics
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 5.6 x 5 x 0.5
MPN: 1873
UPC: 088561187323
EAN: 0088561187323
ASIN: B0000508VB
Release Date: November 14, 2000
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| Tracks:
| • | Bars & Hooks (Intro) | | • | Genesis | | • | Drive Thru (Skit) | | • | Rock Dat Sh*t | | • | What U Rep | | • | Keep It Thoro | | • | Can't Complain | | • | Infamous Minded | | • | Wanna Be Thugs | | • | Three | | • | Delt W/ The Bullshit | | • | Trials Of Love | | • | H.N.I.C. | | • | Be Cool (Skit) | | • | Veteran's Memorial | | • | Do It | | • | Littles (Skit) | | • | Y.B.E. | | • | Diamond | | • | Gun Play | | • | You Can Never Feel My Pain | | • | H.N.I.C. (Outro) |
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| Editorial Reviews:
Amazon.com
Although H.N.I.C. is billed as Prodigy's solo debut, it's liberally peppered with guest appearances. Mobb Deep's infamous one chose, with the exception of Cash Money Millionaire B.G., to rely on folks of Queens pedigree. His borough loyalty gives H.N.I.C. a polished yet organic-sounding edge on today's crop of industry-endorsed thugs. The bulk of H.N.I.C's subject matter scores few points for originality, but no one speaks to corner-hustling shorty rocks as clearly as P. Standout tracks in the Mobbphonic vein include "Infamous Minded." Featuring Big Noyd, the song references BDP's "Criminal Minded" and is pushed over the top by a badass reggae-tinged beat. Havoc contributes both lyrical and rhythmic support; his beat on "Wanna Be Thugs" proves why he's the production don of Queensbridge. Getting past the gun talk and guest appearances, "You Never Feel My Pain," which unflinchingly details P's battle with sickle cell anemia, is a hardcore analysis of the artist's frame of reference for daily living. That alone is worth the price of admission. --Rebecca Levine END
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| Customer Reviews: Read 65 more reviews...
 ONE OF THEE BEST HARDCORE ALBUM OF ALL TIME! October 3, 2008
"THIS ONE OF THE BEST HARDCORE ALBUMS EVER IN HIP HOP!". Every cut on this album is drenched in thug-dun culture straight from queens and if you from the street you can totally relate and bang this out in your whip everyday. Prodigy put his soul in this project and you can hear it all of the tracks. From the beginning to the end. This album was slept on for real!
one of the most slept on cd's September 14, 2007
I LOVE THIS CD. HAD TO BUY ANOTHER B/C SOMEONE STOLE MINE. I HIGHLY RECOMMEND IT!!
 Pee slams GAY Z February 4, 2007
H.N.I.C. is Prodigy of Mobb Deeps solo LP, he delivers hard hitting tracks....nothing less. His reply back to Jay Z's diss "Keep it thoro" is a track to bang all day, HOV has nothing on the MOBB. Another powerful track is "never feel my pain" where Pee talks about his Sickle Cell Anemia disease, and gives you a deep visual of what he went through growing up. For all the MOBB fans out there, you MUST have this in your collection.....or you're not a MOBB fan.
"Heavy air play all day with no chorus, I keep it thoro nigga" - Prodigy of Mobb Deep
 A sign of the times (2 and 1/2 stars) January 29, 2007
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
Prodigy was always nice but on this solo album you would hear a side of P that shows that he can make a suspect album just like the rest of them. His flow got sloppy and he got outrapped by Noriega on his own s***(What U Rep). To add insult to injury he gets outstaged by B.G.(no offence to B.G. but come on now!) on Y.B.E. Even Cormega(this one is understandable) floors him on Three. The guest spots with Havoc are nothing to brag about either and the way that Prodigy fumbled in that freestyle with his friend turned archenemy Littles(Littles verse was nice though) is a damn shame! Keep It Thoro, Rock Dat S***, You Can Never Feel My Pain and Genesis show us the Prodigy that we are all fond of. Gunplay and Infamous Minded are good tracks even though P's verses were alright on them. Filler: Diamond(I love the beat but the song is wack), Delt With The Bulls***(beatwasters anonymous material here), Do It(wasted a good beat provided by Rockwilder with subpar rapping. Prodigy, have you no shame?), Trails Of Love(SNORE! Ms Barz should quit), Cant Complain(Infamous Mobb verses were okay but P, forgetaboutit!) etc. Bottom Line: This is the worst solo Prodigy put out. Infamy smokes this album by a longshot. The production was not the problem, its Prodigy's rhymes. He changed his whole style around and now its sad to hear him getting floored by Noriega, B.G., Infamous Mobb and Cormega. If Prodigy wants to remain relevant in the rap game then he needs to change his style back to The Infamous and Hell On Earth days because the way he is flowing now is pathetic.
 QB state of mind October 1, 2006
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
Before there was Hollywood P, there was Prodigy aka the H.N.I.C, aka the most rugged, vicious and nihilistic voice coming out of Queensbridge.
As the most lyrical half of the infamous mobb deep, P always revolved around that sacred gangsta trinity of gunz, drugs and sex, and if anything, with this solo album, P endulges in that gangsta sound, evolving from thug to superthug, with more hood tales of everyday hustle, getting bent and pushing weight.
The surprise is the actually decent production, and though Havoc is missing, that minimal, sample-driven QB sound is present on most tracks.
U gotta love P's young black and don't give a f*** mantra, but even the most hardcore Mobb fan will feel the lack of variation. Fortunatly P was smart enough to bring heavy collabos, most of them from QB, and they do supply with a much needed diversity.
22 tracks of gangsta gangsta with above average production, some highlights ( "Genesis", "Trials of Love", "H.N.I.C", "Gun Play" ), and overall a good effort.
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