Sunday Music: Mobb Deep But R&B
March 1, 2026·0 comments·zg
Maybe I haven’t given Mobb Deep enough love for how often they still get played in the house, in the car, on the headphones, etc. I’ve tried, and there are posts you can read here. But I didn’t quite see this post coming until I had a DJ Jazzy Jeff live stream on while we were cleaning the other weekend and had to stop to shazam this new song from Tiana Major9:
She made it a love song. It was, in Mobb Deep’s hands, a fake-thug warning made into an anthem. The spirit of the original, which - was in itself a “part II” but I can’t walk you through all the lore, was a statement to not pretend, and if you do, watch out for those who don’t. And in that same message, writing it out, it’s so obvious why it could be a problematic love song, too.
Who has courage? Why? And, does it even make sense?
Are you pulling the trigger? Just a critic? Are you not and are you running in the other direction?
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