Give Up the Goods (Just Step)
| "Give Up the Goods (Just Step)" | ||||
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| Single by Mobb Deep featuring Big Noyd | ||||
| from the album The Infamous | ||||
| Released | January 22, 1996 | |||
| Recorded | 1994 | |||
| Genre | Hip hop | |||
| Length | 4:02 | |||
| Label | Loud Records | |||
| Songwriter(s) | Kejuan Muchita, Albert Johnson, Kamaal Fareed, TaJuan Perry, Mayfield Small Jr. | |||
| Producer(s) | Q-Tip | |||
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| "Give Up the Goods (Just Step)" on YouTube | ||||
"Give Up the Goods (Just Step)" is the fourth and final single from Mobb Deep's second album The Infamous, featuring Big Noyd. Produced by Q-Tip, the song contains a sample of "That's All Right With Me" by Esther Phillips.[1]
Background
Speaking with Complex, Prodigy detailed the process that went into making the song:
When we did that shit in Q-Tip's crib we first came up with the concept for that song. He lived on
Pink Cookies in a Plastic Bag Getting Crushed by Buildings." ... Because L made the song talking about pink cookies in a plastic bag, it was kind of weird. We was like, "Fuck that. We're going to make it some hardcore shit." So that's how we flipped that shit.[1], drug and alcohol use and drug dealing.The song paints a grim picture of the Queensbridge Housing Project, with topics of street robbery, shootouts
Music video
Much like their later hit "Burn", parts of the music video are in black and white. Most of the video takes place in a nightclub.
Track listing
Side A
- "Give Up the Goods (Just Step)" (Radio Edit)
Side B
- "Give Up the Goods (Just Step)" (Album Version)
- "Give Up the Goods (Just Step)" (Album Version Instrumental)
References
- ^ a b The Making of Mobb Deep's "The Infamous" Complex. Accessed on February 28, 2017.