Video: Prodigy, “Illuminati”
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Watching a bobblehead CGI Prodigy get braided in “Pangea” with Noam Chomsky talking about national ID cards is similar to the experience of falling down and cutting your arm up and then staring at it like it isn’t really your arm. It’s a kind of disembodied wonder for a couple of seconds, like “Hey weird, this doesn’t hurt” and then the endorphins wear off and you cry.
Video: Prodigy Makes Like Three Videos That Are The Same But Whatever That’s Awesome
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So apparently before Prodigy went to jail he went ahead and filmed videos for like every song on H.N.I.C. 2, not really caring that the sound is totally blown out and all the videos are more or less the same exact thing. It’s sort of like dude saw the reception “Mac 10 Handle” got and did that a million times again, we can’t deny that it works though.
Video: Prodigy, “Dirty New Yorker”
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First and foremost this is a video about cereal. JUST KIDDING, except cereal boxes pop up more than once which is weird. Also, we already posted about Prodigy today but we’re doing it again because H.N.I.C. 2 which this song comes from has the weird (and unfortunate) distinction of being the darkest album of the summer like ever. Don’t get us wrong, we’re totally into it but it’s like, we’re not sure if we’re trying to listen to an album where the beats sound like whistling ghosts and rattling chain link fences or whatever when it’s 75 degrees out, we’re doing it, but still.
Video: Keak Da Sneak f. Prodigy & Alchemist, “That Go”
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Minor miracles still happen in this world. Here is a video with Keak and P. That’s the miracle. Alchemist and some guy with a Casio who is (let’s hope) “That Go”’s producer. Not so miraculous.
Audio: Prodigy f. Havoc & Un Pacino, “I Want Out”
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Have we mentioned that H.N.I.C. 2 is shaping up to be real awesome? Because it is. There have been jams for dayyyyyys coming off of it, and now we have another one that is basically Prodigy rehasing key points from his list of stuff he did first. We will be buying this album the day it comes out, and you should too.
Video: Prodigy, “The Life”
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We were into this song when we posted it awhile back, and at first were like, Oh this video is pretty boring, but then we got to the shot where Prodigy was wearing a Free P shirt. How do we even wrap our minds around that one? Dude is wearing a shirt that advocates freeing himself from jail. LOOK AT WHAT HE BRINGS TO THE TABLE (is that getting old yet?)
Audio: Prodigy, “Living The Life”
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Prodigy’s Return of the Mac was awesome because it wasn’t Blood Money. After that, we were unsure about what Prodigy would come with on H.N.I.C. 2, but so far it seems to be ultra dark introspection, violent threats, weird pyramids and aliens stuff which is exactly what we want from Prodigy. H.N.I.C. 2 will hopefully be released in March.
Audio: Prodigy, “My World Is Empty Without You”
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Sometimes the best thing about Prodigy is his world-weary tone, and this song is about as weary as it gets. Sure, he runs through some pyramids on Mars conspiracy theories, but we’re not mad at the occasional conspiracy, or the idea of Prodigy going ultra deep into his own mindgarden.
Video: Prodigy, “ABC”
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Man, sometimes we can barely get outta bed, and Prodigy’s releasing new albums and crazy horror videos for sick singles on his way to do a bid. We’re always into little kids singing choruses and the alphabet, so this new song is perfect for us. Make sure to read our enhanced online feature on Prodigy from FADER 45 after you check the video.
FADER 45: Prodigy of Mobb Deep
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With Prodigy recently getting knocked for gun possession, we found it ironic that we’d titled our Spring 2007 feature on him and his triumphant Return of the Mac album as “Hard Times.” If only, dude. Read that feature after the jump and listen to Prodigy’s recent comments on his sentence here.
