Alchemist Reveals How Prince Blocked a Mobb Deep Hit Over Prodigy’s Cursing

Alchemist reveals the wild story of a Mobb Deep record that never came out because of Prince. The beat sampled Prince’s “If I Was Your Girlfriend” and was set to be a love record for Mobb Deep. Havoc thought it was going to be a huge hit, but when it came time to clear the sample, Prince refused—because he didn’t like the cursing in Prodigy’s verse. Prodigy, being Prodigy, refused to change a single word. The result? A lost Mobb Deep record that fans only heard on white labels.