Temperature's Rising (song)

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"Temperature's Rising"

Single by Mobb Deep featuring Crystal Johnson

from the album The Infamous

Released

July 19, 1995

Recorded

1995

Genre

Length

5:00

Q-Tip
Mobb Deep (co.)

Mobb Deep singles chronology

"Survival of the Fittest"
(1995)

"Temperature's Rising"
(1995)

"Give Up the Goods (Just Step)"
(1996)

"Temperature's Rising" is the third single from Mobb Deep's second album, The Infamous. Produced by Q-Tip, the song features R&B singer Crystal Johnson and contains a sample of "Where There Is Love" by Patrice Rushen.^[1]

Background

The song was written in the form of a letter to an associate that is hiding from the police, who went by the name Killa Black, who was also the older brother of Havoc.^[1] Killa Black, according to Prodigy in his 2011 autobiography My Infamous Life: The Autobiography of Mobb Deep's Prodigy, murdered a man over Walkman speakers, and Havoc hid Killa Black's gun in his basket of clothes. In the song, the narrator reveals that he is covering up evidence of his imprisoned friend's criminal actions, and speaks of his paranoia, fearing that the police are closing in on him.^[1]

A few years after the song was released, Killa Black committed suicide, in his mother's bathroom, from a self-inflicted gunshot wound to the head after coming home for the murder that is mentioned in the song. After being released, Killa Black became a Muslim. Prior to his suicide, he had been committed to a psychiatric hospital.^[2]

The B-side is "Give Up the Goods (Just Step)".

There is a remix to the single, also produced by Q-Tip, that utilizes the same Patrice Rushen sample that is used on the album version. The original version of the song was produced by Mobb Deep.^[1]

Track listing

Side A

"Temperature's Rising" [Remix]
"Temperature's Rising" [LP Version]

Side B

"Give Up the Goods (Just Step)" [LP Version]
"Give Up the Goods (Just Step)" [Instrumental]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Ahmed, Insanul; Callahan-Bever, Noah; Kondo, Toshitaka (April 26, 2011). "The Making of Mobb Deep's 'The Infamous'". Complex. Retrieved July 11, 2020.
^ ""Hip-hop is our therapy" - Mobb Deep interviewed". 30 October 2014.

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Studio albums	Juvenile Hell The Infamous Hell on Earth Murda Muzik Infamy Amerikaz Nightmare Blood Money The Infamous Mobb Deep
EPs	Black Cocaine
Compilations	The Best of Mobb Deep The Infamous Archives The Safe Is Cracked
Mixtapes	Free Agents: The Murda Mixtape
Singles	"Peer Pressure" "Hit It from the Back" "Shook Ones" "Shook Ones, Part II" "Survival of the Fittest" "Temperature's Rising" "Give Up the Goods (Just Step)" "Back at You" "Front Lines (Hell on Earth)" "G.O.D. Pt. III" "Hoodlum" "Quiet Storm" "Quiet Storm (Remix)" "It's Mine" "U.S.A. (Aiight Then)" "Burn" "Hey Luv (Anything)" "Get Away" "Gangstaz Roll" "Got It Twisted" "Real Gangstaz" "Have a Party" "Put Em in Their Place" "Give It to Me" "Creep"
Featured singles	"L.A., L.A." "Microphone Master (Remix)" "It's the Pee" "The Roof (Back in Time)" "Outta Control (Remix)"
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