Juvenile Hell Explained

Juvenile Hell
Type:Album
Artist:Mobb Deep
Cover:Mobb-Deep-Juvenile-Hell.jpg
Recorded:June 1992 – January 1993[1]
Studio:Unique (New York City)
Next Title:The Infamous
Next Year:1995

Juvenile Hell is the debut studio album by American hip hop duo Mobb Deep.[2] It was recorded when they were still in their late teens and released on April 13, 1993, through 4th & B'way Records.[1] Juvenile Hell was recorded between 1992 and 1993 and features production from DJ Premier & Large Professor. The album produced the two singles "Peer Pressure" & "Hit It from the Back". Upon its release the album failed to chart and shortly after the duo was dropped from their label.

Critical reception

The San Diego Union-Tribune wrote that Juvenile Hell "arrives well rapped, and the duo's slow, sure, muscular delivery is jazzed up nicely".[3]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: The Story of Mobb Deep's Beginning & Juvenile Hell Album Review. ClassicHipHopMagazine. May 23, 2018. April 12, 2020.
  2. Book: Abdurraqib . Hanif . Go Ahead in the Rain: Notes to A Tribe Called Quest . 2019 . University of Texas Press . 88.
  3. News: Toombs . Mikel . Short Takes . The San Diego Union-Tribune . May 20, 1993 . Entertainment . 27.
  4. https://www.billboard.com/artist/mobb-deep/chart-history/rap/ "Mobb Deep Chart History (Hot Rap Songs)"