The Infamous: The Album Behind Our Designs

Some albums are a moment. The Infamous is the one people still name when they talk about Queensbridge, and it's behind more of our designs than any other record.

When did The Infamous come out?

On 25 April 1995. It was our second studio album, two years after Juvenile Hell (1993), and it's where our sound locked in: Havoc's dark, minimal beats and two voices from Queensbridge telling it straight.

Which songs came from it?

The singles were "Shook Ones, Pt. II" and "Survival of the Fittest". Both are still the songs most people know us by. In 2020 Rolling Stone ranked The Infamous 369th in its list of the 500 Greatest Albums of All Time.

Is "The Infamous" our old name?

No. You'll see that claim around the internet, but we started as Poetical Prophets and became Mobb Deep in 1992. The Infamous is the album title, and later the name of our 2014 album The Infamous Mobb Deep.

How does it show up in our designs?

The Infamous... script: the album title in flowing gold script over MOBB DEEP in arched block letters, a lockup that goes with everything. The md INFAMOUS logo: our initials in heavy outlined type with INFAMOUS spelled out underneath. The cover photo: Havoc and Prodigy up close, with the crew standing on the grass behind them and MOBB DEEP in bold colour type in the corner.

Which one should you pick?

Want it clean? The md logo is the quietest of the three. Want the record itself? Go for the cover photo. Want both the name and the album? The script lockup has both.

Every design comes on tees, long sleeves, crewnecks and hoodies. Shop The Infamous designs.