Juvenile Hell
title: "Juvenile Hell" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["mobb-deep-albums", "4th-&-b'way-records-albums", "1993-debut-albums", "albums-produced-by-dj-premier", "albums-produced-by-large-professor", "albums-produced-by-havoc-(musician)"] topic_path: "arts" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Juvenile_Hell" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0
::data[format=table title="Infobox album"]
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| name | Juvenile Hell |
| type | Album |
| artist | Mobb Deep |
| cover | Mobb-Deep-Juvenile-Hell.jpg |
| released | |
| recorded | June 1992 – January 1993 |
| studio | Unique (New York City) |
| genre | {{flatlist |
| *hardcore hip-hop<ref name | "allmusic"/}} |
| length | |
| label | {{flatlist |
| producer | {{flatlist |
| next_title | The Infamous |
| next_year | 1995 |
| misc | {{Singles |
| name | Juvenile Hell |
| type | studio |
| single1 | Peer Pressure |
| single1date | September 28, 1992 |
| single2 | Hit It from the Back |
| single2date | March 9, 1993 |
| :: |
| name = Juvenile Hell | type = Album | artist = Mobb Deep | cover = Mobb-Deep-Juvenile-Hell.jpg | alt = | released = | recorded = June 1992 – January 1993 | venue = | studio = Unique (New York City) | genre = {{flatlist|
- East Coast hip-hop
- hardcore hip-hop}} | length = | label = {{flatlist|
- 4th & B'way
- Island}} | producer = {{flatlist|
- Mobb Deep
- DJ Premier
- Large Professor
- Dale Hogan
- Keith Spencer
- Kerwin Young
- Paul Shabazz}} | prev_title = | prev_year = | next_title = The Infamous | next_year = 1995 | misc = {{Singles | name = Juvenile Hell | type = studio | single1 = Peer Pressure | single1date = September 28, 1992 | single2 = Hit It from the Back | single2date = March 9, 1993 Juvenile Hell is the debut studio album by American hip hop duo Mobb Deep. It was recorded when they were still in their late teens and released on April 13, 1993, through 4th & B'way Records. Juvenile Hell was recorded between 1992 and 1993 and features production from DJ Premier & Large Professor. The album produced the two singles "Peer Pressure" & "Hit It from the Back". Upon its release the album failed to chart and shortly after the duo was dropped from their label.
Critical reception
|rev1 = AllMusic |rev1score = |rev2 = The Source |rev2score = The San Diego Union-Tribune wrote that Juvenile Hell "arrives well rapped, and the duo's slow, sure, muscular delivery is jazzed up nicely".
Track listing
| extra_column = Producer(s)
| title1 = Intro | extra1 = Havoc | length1 = 0:47
| title2 = Me & My Crew | extra2 = | length2 = 4:46
| title3 = Locked in Spofford | extra3 = | length3 = 3:51
| title4 = Peer Pressure | extra4 = DJ Premier | length4 = 4:15
| title5 = Skit #1 | extra5 = Havoc | length5 = 0:19
| title6 = Hold Down the Fort | extra6 = Havoc | length6 = 4:07
| title7 = Bitch Ass Nigga | extra7 = | length7 = 3:24
| title8 = Hit It from the Back | extra8 = | length8 = 4:14
| title9 = Skit #2 | extra9 = Havoc | length9 = 0:44
| title10 = Stomp Em Out | extra10 = Prodigy | note10 = featuring Big Noyd | length10 = 3:34
| title11 = Skit #3 | extra11 = Havoc | length11 = 0:15
| title12 = Peer Pressure (The Large Professor Mix) | extra12 = Large Professor | length12 = 4:13
| title13 = Project Hallways | extra13 = | length13 = 4:11
| title14 = Flavor for the Non Believes | extra14 = Kerwin Young | length14 = 3:57
Singles chart positions
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| Year | Song | Chart positions | Hot Rap Singles |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1993 | "Hit It from the Back" | 18 | |
| :: |
References
References
- (May 23, 2018). "The Story of Mobb Deep's Beginning & Juvenile Hell Album Review". ClassicHipHopMagazine.
- (2019). "Go Ahead in the Rain: Notes to A Tribe Called Quest". University of Texas Press.
- "Mobb Deep – Juvenile Hell".
- Barbee, Todd "The Derelict Todd B.". (June 1993). "Mobb Deep: Juvenile Hell".
- (May 20, 1993). "Short Takes". The San Diego Union-Tribune.
- [https://www.billboard.com/artist/mobb-deep/chart-history/rap/ "Mobb Deep Chart History (Hot Rap Songs)"] [[Billboard (magazine). ''Billboard'']]. Accessed on April 14, 2020.
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