“41st Side”, a book by Living Proof on the early days of Mobb Deep Living Proof has released a book of previously unpublished photographs from the early days of Mobb Deep; documenting the lives of Prodigy, Havoc and the Queensbridge crew. The photographs in this book have remained hidden from the world for over 30 years, stored as physical copies in Dark Brother Rise’s Queensbridge apartment. Through his trust and grace, Living Proof has released the photographs in a book titled “41st Side”, giving a view into the world of Mobb Deep’s early days on the Northside of the Queensbridge Houses. Mobb Deep was a hard-core rap duo from Queensbridge, New York, consisting of Prodigy and Havoc. Formed in the early 1990s, the groups impact on hardcore hip-hop is unmatched and the sound they originated influenced rap music in a permanent fashion. Their music spoke on violence, poverty, paranoia, loyalty, and survival in the New York of their time; telling the story of the beefs, pain, hustling and victories they lived from Queensbridge to the rest of New York. This book is in memory of Prodigy, who passed away in Las Vegas on June 20, 2017, at age 42. His death effectively ended Mobb Deep as a two-person recording group, although Havoc has continued performing. Even with Prodigy’s passing, Mobb Deep is regarded as a defining force of 1990s New York hip-hop, enduring as one of the era's most recognizable crews creating landmark music as they became the faces of East Coast hardcore rap. 本書は、ニューヨーク・クイーンズブリッジを舞台に、Mobb Deep初期の活動と仲間たちの日常を記録した写真集です。「The Infamous」「Hell on Earth」「Murda Muzik」の制作期に撮影された、Prodigy、Havoc、そして彼らと親しい人々の未公開写真を収録しています。 撮影は、Mobb Deepの親しい友人であり、クルーの一員でもあるDark Brother Rise。彼の自宅で30年以上保管されてきた写真を、アルバムのページや手書きの注釈とともに掲載し、彼らの音楽が生まれた場所と人間関係を、仲間ならではの距離から伝えています。