Survival of the Fittest

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"Survival of the Fittest" is a gritty, hardcore hip-hop track by Mobb Deep that became one of their signature songs and a defining anthem of 1990s East Coast rap.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf single ⓘ
song ⓘ
album The Infamous NERFINISHED ⓘ
artist Mobb Deep NERFINISHED ⓘ
associatedMovement Golden Age hip hop NERFINISHED ⓘ
associatedScene Queensbridge hip hop ⓘ
associatedWith The Infamous era of Mobb Deep NERFINISHED ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
criticalReception widely acclaimed by hip-hop critics ⓘ
culturalStatus classic 1990s hip-hop track ⓘ
decade 1990s ⓘ
era mid-1990s East Coast rap ⓘ
genre East Coast hip hop NERFINISHED ⓘ
hardcore hip hop ⓘ
hasChorusLine There’s a war going on outside no man is safe from ⓘ
hasHookType memorable, quotable chorus ⓘ
hasInstrumentation bass-heavy production ⓘ
heavy drums ⓘ
looped piano sample ⓘ
hasMood grim and tense ⓘ
hasSubgenreCharacteristic dark, minimalist production style ⓘ
raw, introspective lyricism ⓘ
includedIn best-of 1990s hip-hop song lists ⓘ
influenced later East Coast street-rap artists ⓘ
influencedGenre hardcore hip hop ⓘ
language English ⓘ
lyricalPerspective first-person street narrative ⓘ
notableFor being a defining anthem of 1990s East Coast rap ⓘ
dark, ominous production ⓘ
gritty street narratives ⓘ
partOf The Infamous NERFINISHED ⓘ
performer Mobb Deep NERFINISHED ⓘ
performerName Mobb Deep NERFINISHED ⓘ
producer Havoc NERFINISHED ⓘ
recordLabel Loud Records NERFINISHED ⓘ
RCA Records ⓘ
releaseYear 1995 ⓘ
setting Queensbridge, New York City NERFINISHED ⓘ
signatureSongOf Mobb Deep NERFINISHED ⓘ
tempo mid-tempo ⓘ
theme paranoia and distrust ⓘ
street violence ⓘ
urban survival ⓘ
writer Havoc NERFINISHED ⓘ
Prodigy NERFINISHED ⓘ

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Mobb Deep → notableSong → Survival of the Fittest ⓘ