Queensbridge rap duo Mobb Deep is celebrating another anniversary with their 20th year of Hell On Earth. The legendary artists released the LP in 1996, so they announced they will be on 38 city tour to celebrate the 20th anniversary the tour will begin in Philadelphia on March 5th. West coast group Tha Dogg Pound and Duck Down Smiff-N-Wessun will join them on selected dates.
The outing will include three shows at SXSW in Austin, Tex. in March, as well as five events — one apiece in Los Angeles, Miami and Chicago and two in New York — with the Scratch DJ Academy, which will include VIP packages offering demonstrations in making beats, the art of MC’ing and DJ’ing from Mobb Deep’s Havoc and Prodigy as well as longtime touring DJ and producer Ski Beatz. The tour will wrap up in Cambridge, Mass. April 23.
As withThe Infamous‘ milestone, Mobb Deep are also planning on putting out an album of previously-unreleased tracks from the recording sessions forHell On Earth, which came out Nov. 19, 1996 on Loud/RCA and boasted features from Nas, Raekwon, & Method Manand frequent collaborator Big Noyd, among others. And even though this tour is set to celebrateHell On Earth, Mobb Deep’s two shows in New York with the Scratch Academy will feature the duo performingThe Infamousin its entirety at the Blue Note with a live band, which is set to be recorded for a live release later in the year.
Check out the tour dates below.
Sat 2/13 — Los Angeles Scratch Academy @ Viper Room
Sat 3/5 — Philadelphia, PA w/ Smif-N-Wessun and Scratch DJ Academy
Sun 3/6 — Hagerstown, MD
Wed 3/9 — Raleigh, NC
Thur 3/10 — Columbia, SC
Sat 3/12 — Miami, FL Scratch DJ Academy
Sund 3/13 — Tampa
Tue 3/15 — Memphis, TN
Wed 3/16 — Dallas
Thur 3/17 — Austin, TX SXSW
Fri 3/18 — San Antonio, TX
Sat 3/19 — Austin, TX SXSW
Sun 3/20 — Austin, TX SXSW
Tue 3/22 — Albuquerque, NM
Wed 3/23 — Tucson, AZ
Thur 3/24 — Santa Ana, CA w/ Dogg Pound
Fri 3/25 — Modesto, CA w/ Dogg Pound
Sat 3/26 — Santa Rosa, CA
Sun 3/27 — San Francisco, CA w/ Dogg Pound
Tue 3/29 — Seattle, WA
Wed 3/30 — Whitefish, MT
Thur 3/31 — Bozeman, MT
Fri 4/1 — Salt Lake City, UT
Sat 4/2 — Denver, CO
Sun 4/3 — Colorado Springs, CO
Tue 4/5 — St. Paul, MN
Thur 4/7 — Indianapolis, IN
Fri 4/8 — Chicago, IL Scratch DJ Academy
Mon 4/11 — New York, NY Scratch Academy @ Blue Note
Tue 4/12 — New York, NY Scratch Academy @ Blue Note
Thur 4/14 — Rochester, NY w/ Smif-N-Wessun
Fri 4/15 — Stanhope, NJ
Sat 4/16 — Manchester, NH
Sun 4/17 — Niagara Falls, NY w/ Smif-N-Wessun
Mon 4/18 — Syracuse, NY w/ Smif-N-Wessun
Wed 4/20 — Norfolk, VA w/ Smif-N-Wessun
Thur 4/21 — Pittsburgh, PA w/ Smif-N-Wessun
Fri 4/22 — Richmond, VA w/ Smif N Wesuun
Sat 4/23 — Cambridge, MA