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'Shook Ones (Part II)' by from the album Released February 7, 1995 Format CD single Recorded 1994, Length 5: 26,, singles chronology ' (1994) ' Shook Ones (Part II)' (1995) ' (1995) ' (1994) ' Shook Ones (Part II)' (1995) ' (1995) ' Shook Ones (Part II)' is the from 's 1995 album. In 2010 included the song at number 25 on their Top 200 Tracks of the 90s. Magazine placed the song on its list of The 50 Greatest Hip-Hop Songs of All Time. The song is a to the group's 1994 ', with similar lyrics, but less profanity. The original song is featured on the of some releases of 'Shook Ones part II' and was also included on the international version of the group’s album. The song is told from the perspective of inner-city youths engaged in territorial warfare and struggling for financial gains.

Ranked 'Shook Ones (Part II)' at #23 on their list of the 25 most violent rap songs of all time. Contents • • • • • As sampled by other songs [ ] • The song was sampled by using a line from Havoc's verse in his minor single 'Move Ya Body' from his album. • The song was sampled by in her single ',' in its song 'April 29, 1992 (Miami)', the Canadian singer in her 2003 single 'Shook (The Answer)', and in ' debut single '.

• frontman sampled the song on the album track 'Don't Run' from his 1999 self-titled debut, though in the liner notes it was improperly credited to another Mobb Deep song 'Survival Of The Fittest'. • The song 'The Crack Attack,' samples a line from the song to form the chorus. • It was briefly used in the G-Unit diss song. • The song 'Tha Realness' from their album samples bits of Prodigy's vocals ('.the realness' for the hook and '.comes equipped' on various parts of the song). • British Emcee samples it in his track 'This Is London' on 2004's The War Mixtape. • A sample from the end of Prodigy's verse, 'take these words home and think it through', is used by in their song, 'Dear Michelle', a response to 's criticism of their single, 'Kill.

• Trip hop musician produced a mashup of 'Shook Ones (Part II)' and 's song ' • sampled, and did a slight variation of the intro of 'Shook Ones (Part II)' on their intro of 'Always Coming Back Home To You'. Atmosphere also sampled and did a slight variation of the hook of 'Shook Ones (Part II)' in their song 'Party For The Fight To Write'.

• samples this song for his song 'Audio Meth', which is in an iTunes Pre-Order version of. • The song was sampled by in his song 'The Only One You Need'. • American Pop star samples the opening instrumental and a couple of verses in an interlude known as 'Paws Up' or 'Antler Film'. The song was also mixed with Fancy Footwork (Crooker's Remix). • This song was sampled in the song '#sheplife' by and was featured on the • Kaotic Sypher sampled one line from this song in a song with Bogus, True and P.L.

Crazee, called 'Tight Situation'. He sampled Prodigy's line: 'Gettin' closer to God in a tight situation'. • Krumb Snatcha's song 'Gettin' Closer To God' sample the same line from Prodigy's verse.

• The Broadway play uses elements of it in the songs “My Shot” and “Blow Us All Away”. • drum and bass producer Liminal sampled the acapella on 'back in tha house' released in 2015 on cymbalism recordings Covers [ ] • Rapper performs a slightly modified but extremely faithful version of the lyrics over the original track, billed as a collaboration on the compilation album. • The song was covered by Grav over a slightly modified version of the instrumental. • Bay Area rapper performed a rap over the instrumental on his mixtape The Fix • Atlanta artist recorded a freestyle over the instrumental, entitled 'The Biz' on his mixtape May 25th • Finnish rap group performed a self-titled rap over the instrumental, sharing the original song's theme and lyrical content about inner-city youths living in infamous neighborhoods. • The beat of the song was used for 'Wachuwannado', a song by and.

Other pop culture references [ ] • The song was included in the soundtrack of various video games, including,,, and. • This was used as the entrance song for. • In his song 'Ebonics', in which he explains the meanings of popular slang words in the 1990s, claims that 'Mobb Deep already explained the meaning of 'Shook', referencing Shook Ones & Shook Ones Pt.

• The lines 'I keep them shook crews running, like they supposed to. You come around, but you never come close to. I can see it inside your face, you're in the wrong place,' were referenced in the song 'R2deepthroat' as an homage to Mobb Deep. • The instrumental was used by the as a commercial to promote the for the. • The instrumental was used for 's cypher at the. • The Song by samples the line 'long as I'm alive I'ma live illegal' from the song.

• The song was used in 's during opening credits and as the beat for the final rap battle, in which Eminem's character dissected his opponent, Papa Doc, with the line, 'This guy don't wanna battle, he's shook, 'cause ain't no such things as half way crooks.' • In the Broadway Hit, both the titular Alexander Hamilton and his son speak the lyrics of Shook Ones Pt.II -- 'I'm only nineteen but my mind is older.' • Mentioned during a Luke Cage episode • The track is featured in the tenth episode of season three of 's web series. Track listing [ ] • 'Shook Ones part II' (LP version) — 5:26 • 'Shook Ones part II' (instrumental) — 4:41 • 'Shook Ones part II' (A Cappella) — 3:49 • 'Shook Ones part I' (original Version) — 4:13 • 'Shook Ones part I' (instrumental) — 4:13 References [ ].

• Pros Unlimited skips, unlimited replays, and ad-free listening with Pandora Premium. Improved song recommendation engine. Breezy lean-back experience. • Cons No live content.

Some tracks aren't available for on-demand streaming. Can't browse by category. Some lag in testing when switching sections. • Bottom Line The once-pioneering streaming music platform finally offers unlimited skips, replays, and ad-free listening, but it still has a long way to go to catch up to the leaders in the category. Pandora Internet Radio, one of the most recognized names in, has finally evolved into a modern music service. For far too long, the company simply hitched its wagon to the sometimes-questionable Music Genome Project, but that recommendation engine wasn't enough to keep Spotify, Slacker Radio, and other competitors from outpacing the service by offering attractive and innovative features. Pandora has since come a long way with Pandora Premium, a new streaming music subscription tier that offers a decent number of competitive features.

That said, the new option doesn't yet offer enough to sway users away from the top players. A New Plan Pandora offers free and premium service levels, so you can sample the music whether or not you want to sign up for a subscription.

Users with free accounts are limited to six song skips per hour, and they hear frequent audio ads. Upgrading to Pandora Plus ($4.99 per month, or $54.89 per year) opens the door to an ad-free experience, unlimited song skips, the ability to rewind tracks, and offline playback on mobile —though mobile playback is limited to three stations. Pandora Premium ($9.99 per month, or $109. Fl Studio 9 Free Download Full Version Rar on this page. 89 per year) adds unlimited offline mobile playback and fully customizable playlists. Pandora's three-tier offering closely resembles 's price structure. On the mobile side, Pandora Premium has three bitrate tiers that impact the music's sound quality. You can select Low (32kbps), Standard (64kbps), or High (192kbps) settings. The Low setting is good for people who don't want the music streams to chew through their data plans, while the High setting is all about sound quality, data caps be damned.

The Standard setting, naturally, is a balance between the two extremes. A Pandora representative stated that the company plans to bump up the High setting to 320kbps over time.

Among the major streaming music services, only offers the same 192kbps bitrate sound, and only iHeartRadio offers less, at 128kbps. Pandora lacks an equivalent to 's Family Plan, which lets multiple listeners use the service for one low monthly $14.99 fee. Note: Pandora does not let you record audio. If you want that unique feature, check out, the Editors' Choice for streaming audio services focused on live audio. Computer Blue.

You begin your musical journey by keying the name of an artist or song into the search box, which causes Pandora to populate a station. For instance, my Prince search caused Pandora to launch a Prince-based station. That's typical of what you'd find in competing streaming music services, but I like that Pandora explains its choices, and offers insight into the artists. For example, when Pandora played 'Let's Go Crazy,' a song that the service notes as exemplifying Prince's musical style, it listed bullet point highlights of what you could expect from the Purple One, including 'basic Rock song structures,' 'R&B influences,' and 'danceable grooves.' The bullet points aren't a game changer, but they're a nice touch. The music player showcases large album art in the middle of the page, with easily accessible lyrics, player controls, and song and artist information just south of it. The redesigned Pandora website is one of the most barebones interfaces I've seen in the streaming music space, but that isn't an insult.

Many other services feed you content via panel-driven interfaces, but Pandora scales things back and places the focus on what you want to hear. That said, there's no way to browse Pandora's catalog by category, which is surprising.

Nearly every streaming music service I've tested lets you explore their offerings by rifling through a genre listing. I understand Pandora's desire to create a simple, lean-back experience, but an optional category section would be a welcome addition.

In the past, I found Pandora's Music Genome Project-powered artist recommendations a bit unreliable, but they proved useful in my testing this time around. For example, Pandora wisely inserted Michael Jackson, The Time, and Stevie Wonder into my Prince-based station. Likewise, Pandora correctly placed A Tribe Called Quest, Craig Mack, Geto Boys, and other acts from hip-hop's golden era into a station seeded by Pete Rock & CL Smooth. Pandora also lets you customize your stations a bit. You can give a track a thumbs-up or thumbs-down to send feedback to Pandora's music algorithm. The service no longer lets you directly edit the artists and songs that seed your station, however.

Clicking a song's album art reveals options that inform you why the station is playing a particular track, and lets you build a station around the song or artists—very cool. When I heard Mobb Deep's' 'Shook Ones Pt. II,' I clicked 'Why was this track selected?' Apparently, the track has 'headnodic beats' and ' rhythmically complex rapping' that resembles Pete Rock & CL Smooth's catalog. I really like this insight into the song selection process. Conversely, I really dislike the lag that I experienced whenever I moved between the main page, the settings section, and the My Stations and Settings areas. The lag isn't huge, but it's definitely noticeable.

Are You Experienced? Music streamed crisply over both my home and office network connections.

Unless you're a true audiophile, Pandora's sound quality should satisfy, especially when the audio is pumped through a phone or desktop speaker. However, I am a bit disappointed in the content that's available to stream on demand. For example, Led Zeppelin's 'All My Love' exists on Pandora only in sample form if you try to stream the individual track, but you can find it within classic rock stations., on the other hand, let me play the song, on demand, in its entirety. I also couldn't stream several Jay-Z songs on demand, likely because of the rapper's Tidal allegiance. Pandora lacks Slacker Radio's niche genre stations (such as One-Hit Wonders and Video Games), live ESPN Radio, and informative artist DNA channels. The service also lacks 's excellent editorials.

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By all mean, fire it up if all you want is an incredibly simple lean-back listening experience. But even this expanded iteration of the service simply isn't on the level of the majority of the competition. As a result, Slacker Radio remains our Editors' Choice award-winner among streaming music services, thanks to its deep feature set. Senior Analyst, Software For more than a decade, Jeffrey L. Wilson has penned gadget- and video game-related nerd-copy for a variety of publications, including 1UP, 2D-X, The Cask, Laptop, LifeStyler, Parenting, Sync, Wise Bread, and WWE. He now brings his knowledge and skillset to PCMag as Senior Analyst.

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