Prodigy Reveals Tracklisting For "H.N.I.C. 3"; Readies Second Book Focusing On Prison Stint
(AllHipHop News) Mobb Deep member Prodigy is gearing up for the July 3 release of his new album, H.N.I.C. 3, for which the rapper revealed the cover art and tracklisting of earlier today H.N.I.C. 3, which is the MC’s third solo studio album, will feature appearances from Willie Taylor of Day 26, Wiz Khalifa, Havoc, Young L, T.I., and more. Production on the album comes from the likes of Alchemist, Beat Butcha, The Columbians, S.C., and Sid Roams. Prodigy’s new album is the follow-up to H.N.I.C. 2, his critically-acclaimed 2008 solo release, almost entirely produced by Alchemist and Sid Roams. The album sold over 100,000 units independently. In addition, following the success of his first book, My Infamous Life, Prodigy has announced that he is working on a second project that will focus entirely on his time spent behind bars. The rapper told XXL last month, “This one is strictly and entirely about my experience in jail. I left that out of the first book on purpose, so I could put this out. It’s basically my experience—day by day—like a diary joint, type of thing,” he continued. “You know, what was going on in there, what I experienced in there, and what I took out of it. Just the whole story. Only a few people will know what that’s like, the people I met and how the COs (correction officers) were, just different things like that.” Check out a full tracklisting for H.N.I.C. 3 below: 1. Without Rhyme or Reason 2. Slept On 3. Pretty Thug 4. My Angel feat. Willie Taylor of Day 26 5. Co-Pilot feat. Wiz Khalifa 6. Live 7. Make It Hot feat. Young L 8. Get Money feat. Boogz & Young L 9. Life Is What You Make It 10. Award Show Life 11. Who You Bullsh*ttin feat. Havoc 12. Skull & Bones 13. Smack That B*tch feat. Esther Valentino 14. Let Me Show You feat. Vaughn 15. Gangsta Love feat. Esther Valentino 16. What’s Happening feat T.I.
Hip-Hop Rumors: Wiz Khalifa’s Next Album Title Inspired By Prodigy Of Mobb Deep!!
Following in the footsteps of Mobb Deep’s Prodigy, the self-proclaimed H.N.I.C., Wiz Khalifa is dubbing himself the O.N.I.F.C., which is also the title of his next album. What does O.N.I.F.C. mean? “Only N*gga In First Class.” In Wiz’s recent interview with Sway from MTV, he revealed that the album’s title was inspired by the Mobb Deep rapper’s first solo album, 2001’s H.N.I.C. (Head N*gga In Charge). Wiz stated that the album’s title comes from several incidents he was involved in with plane personnel while flying first class during his the enormously successful 2011 that he had. “I’m just going to tell you it’s the Only N*gga In First Class. It’s inspired by Prodigy’s H.N.I.C. When he dropped that, I felt like that sounded so strong and it really meant something and it had the n-word in it. I wanted to figure out something [along those lines] that was me, too…I said it on one of my songs, like, ’Ain’t it funny when time pass?/Only n#### in first class,’ and I was just talking about me being a young, rich dude and being black.” While speaking on his “flying incidents” Wiz said, “It looks crazy when I walk up to them and I show them a ticket, or I’m going to priority seating and they’re like, ’You sure?’ It’s kind of like that feeling – it’s a good feeling, but it’s like it’s a bad feeling, like ’Damn, why y’all even feel like that about me?’ When I look around and I see people in first class and they’re getting they’re dinners a little quicker than mine or they’re looking at me or I don’t get the pillow or extra treatment – or I get more because they know that I’m supposed to be there, so it’s like the positives and the negatives.” Rumor has it that with this new-found “revelation,” Prodigy is looking to get Wiz on his next album, the appropriately titled H.N.I.C. 3, which is set to drop later this year.
