Welcome to Hip Hop World Cup REPLAY – your chance to revisit classic matches between golden-age rap albums from the Hip Hop World Cup vault!

This episode features a heavyweight clash between two of 1995’s biggest and best rap albums.

Mobb Deep’s The Infamous is an absolute behemoth, regarded by many as one of the best hip-hop albums ever made – a sentiment we share here at HHWC HQ. Its bleak, brutal beats and Havoc and Prodigy’s chilling street tales make for a compelling listen, garnished by memorable appearances from Nas, Raekwon, Ghostface Killah and Q-Tip.

Their opponent is Harlem’s Big L, a gifted rapper gunned down in his prime four years after blessing the world with his killer debut LP Lifestylez Ov Da Poor & Dangerous. With D.I.T.C.’s all-star producers delivering some of their best work on the boards and L spitting timeless punchlines and metaphors with panache, this is New York boom-bap at its finest.

The question is, which one emerged victorious in this episode? Press play to find out!

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