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At the height of the East Coast vs West Coast hip-hop rivalry in the mid-1990s, New York duo Mobb Deep captured the bleak, gritty realities of inner city America and took on all corners with an aggressive, uncompromising stance. Prodigy (real name Albert Johnson) and Havoc (Kejuan Muchita) were both raised on the huge Queensbridge housing projects in New York that also produced Nas, Marley Marl and Capone, and landed a recording contract for their first album 'Juvenile Hell' when they were still in their teens. The record company's attempts to mould them into a slick, commercial ...