Hell on Earth
Studio album by Mobb Deep
Released	November 19, 1996
Recorded	1995-1996
Genre	East Coast hip hop, Hardcore hip hop, Gangsta rap
Length	61:35 (North America) 65:47 (international)
Label	Loud/RCA/BMG Records 07863-66992 (North America) 74321-42558 (international)
Producer	Havoc
Professional reviews
Allmusic link The Source (12/96, p.123) Entertainment Weekly B+ (11/22/96, p.138) Spin (1/97, p.88) Q (6/00, pp.126-8)
Mobb Deep chronology
The Infamous (1995) Hell on Earth (1996) Murda Muzik (1999)

Hell on Earth is a 1996 album by hip-hop group Mobb Deep, released a year and a half after The Infamous. The album is largely a continuation of the style pioneered on its previous album, which was produced by Havoc, who also rhymes on the album with Prodigy. The second track, -Drop a Gem on 'Em,- is a response to 2Pac's feud with the group, recorded while he was still alive, is one of the album's most acclaimed tracks, along with "G.O.D. Pt. III" and "Hell on Earth (Front Lines)." Hell on Earth is considered by many die-hard fans and hip-hop heads to be the duo's best album because of its dark, hardcore tone. Since most of the album was recorded during the height of the East Coast-West Coast rivalry, many fans considered the darker songs to be subliminal disses towards 2Pac. The album was included in Q Magazine's 50 Heaviest Albums of All Time.

Guest appearances include Nas, Raekwon, Method Man, and frequent collaborator Big Noyd. The album, one of the earliest enhanced CDs, also contains an extra track (-In the Long Run-) that must be unlocked through the use of a computer.

Track listing (07863-66992)

Certified platinum

Track listing (74321-42558)

Samples

Animal Instinct

• "That's Where the Happy People Go" by The Trammps

Drop a Gem on -Em

• "Can't Help But Love You" by The Whispers

More Trife Life

• "Islands" by King Crimson

Can't Get Enough of It

• "Las Vegas Tango" by Gary Burton

G.O.D. Pt. III

• "Tony's Theme" by Giorgio Moroder
• "Fool Yourself" by Little Feat

Still Shinin'

• "Hospital Prelude of Love Theme" by Willie Hutch

Apostle's Warning

• "People Make the World Go Round" by Michael Jackson

Album Singles

• "Drop a Gem on 'Em"
  • Released: 1996
  • B-side:

• "Front Lines (Hell on Earth)"
  • Released: October 28, 1996
  • B-side:

• "G.O.D. Pt. III"
  • Released: April 15, 1997
  • B-side:

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Singles Chart Positions