Episodes Of A Hustla CD

MUSIC

RAP / HIP-HOP

Song Listing

Disc 1

Song Title

1. It's On You

2. Precinct, The

3. Recognize & Realize, Pt. 1 ~ (featuring Prodigy)

4. All Pro

5. Infamous Mobb ~ (featuring Prodigy)

6. Interrogation

7. Usual Suspect ~ (featuring Prodigy)

8. Episodes Of A Hustla

9. Recognize & Realize, Pt. 2 ~ (featuring Mobb Deep)

10. I Don't Wanna Love Again

11. Usual Suspect [Stretch Armstrong Remix] ~ (remix)

Album Notes and Credits

Notes & Personnel Info
	Personnel: Big Noyd, Prodigy, Havoc, Ty Nitty, Twin (rap vocals); Se'kou (vocals); Scott Cannizzaro (piano).
	Producers: Havoc, Charlemagne.
	Engineers: Carlos Bess, Ben Arrindell, Mario Rodriguez.
	Recording information: Axis Recording Studios; Battery Recording Studio; Soundtracks Recording Studios.
	Photographer: Mai Lucas.
	At the dawn of the 1990s, most New York rappers weren't nearly as threatening as the gangsta rappers who were coming from the West Coast. But Queens took a more threatening turn later in the decade, when the borough gave us such hardcore rappers as Capone-N-Noreaga and Mobb Deep. These guys were all of the things that California's gangsta rappers had been criticized for being -- violent, profane, crude and menacing. Another MC who came out of that scene was Big Noyd, who was featured on some of Mobb Deep's albums before recording his first solo project, Episodes of a Hustla. Most of the CD was produced by Mobb Deep's Havoc, whose partner Prodigy is featured on some of the material. As hardcore as this decent, though uneven, effort is, tunes like "Infamous Mobb," "It's On You" and "Recognize and Realize" really aren't gangsta rap (even though some consider Noyd a gangsta rapper). While Ice-T, the Geto Boys and N.W.A offered first-person narratives about crime in the ghetto, Noyd's approach is more rhetorical than anything. Noyd uses violent, disturbing imagery to create an atmosphere, but unlike Ice-T or Ice Cube, he's more interested in showing off his rhyming skills than making an overall statement about inner-city life. The end result is an album that, unlike N.W.A's Straight Outta Compton or Ice Cube's Death Certificate, isn't saying very much, but isn't without entertainment value. ~ Alex Henderson
Musical Guests
	Mobb Deep
	Prodigy
	Se'kou

Compilation Appearances

	Hell On Earth (Explicit Version)
	Murda Muzik (Explicit Version)
	H.N.I.C. (Explicit Version)
	Life And Death Of My Hood(Explicit Version)
	Phazed Out
	Lil Dap:i A Dap

Technical Info

	Release Date : 09/13/2011
	Original Release Date : 1996
	Catalog ID : TEG 75522CD
	Label : Traffic Entertainment Group
	Number of Discs : 1
	Studio/Live : Studio
	Mono/Stereo : Stereo
	SPAR Code : n/a
	UPC : 00829357552228

Professional Reviews

Vibe (3/97, p.138)
- "...Noyd's debut is rounded out with police station skits and rhymes that reflect his troubled life..."

Option (5-6/97, p.94)
- "...Big Noyd delivers the ruff, rugged and raw linguistics over solid, darkly lit New York-styled beats on his debut..."

BloomReach Content

Episodes Of A Hustla (1996)

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