ackbar wrote:what's the story w/ their label jumps/affiliations??
Cliffs notes is that they were a group of solo rappers that were loosely linked through family, producers, & sub-groups. They didn't come together as a whole until C-Bo pulled them together.
After a couple guest-spots, they put out:
which is their best album by default, as they don't consider their second relese to be an official album.
After a round of solo records, they were signed by Warlock to produce a second group album. Because of extenuating circumstances (jailtime, gunshotwounds, etc) they never completed the album so Warlock bought some floating Mob Figaz cuts from the street, threw them on with what they had, and put the album out to recoup their money. Needless to say they were dropped soon thereafter.
With C-Bo in jail, Thizz Nation/ Mac Dre took the kids under his wing, namely Husulah & Rydah (see the first few Thizz Nation comps). Jacka and Fed-X & later Husulah hooked up with
Golden Mean Management and formed Mob Figaz LLC which put out
The Jack Artist. Ap.9 has always been on his own shit. He's been associated with Death Row, Done Deal, and an east coast manager that goes by the name dj pimp.
Mob Figaz LLC seems to be doing pretty well for itself as its first release was beautifully distributed and received critical acclaim. On the other hand, I don't like the direction dj pimp & Ap nitty are going.
this site has a decent wrap-up of their discog up until a couple years ago.
I left some stuff out, but I'll post a couple interviews that fill in the holes.
Mob Figaz - The Secret Of the 5 (1999) Git Paid Records
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http://www.sendspace.com/file/klntop
