

This idea is the logical foundation stone for Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels' theory of history as the history of class struggle where the conditions of societal production develop until the oppressed classes necessarily overthrow the oppressor class. It is an argument process explaining the progress of history as being the conflict of ideas, where the interactions between thesis and anti-thesis create synthesis. The album is named after the philosophical concept Hegelian dialectic.


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The album was intended to be the first in a series of three albums he planned to release over the course of several months, with the two sequels entitled The Book of Heroine and The Book of the Dead. It was the last album to be released during his lifetime prior to his death in June 2017, which was caused by accidental asphyxiation. Hegelian Dialectic was recorded and mixed by Joe the Engine Ear. Ca$h Bilz was the only featured guest appearance on the album. 2 was released through Voxonic Inc., of which Prodigy is an equity holder.Production for the album came from Beat Butcha, Budgie Beats, Jordan Reid, Knxwledge, The Alchemist among others. The mixtape single and mixtape video are called 'Mac 10 Handle,' and it shows Prodigy once again reverting to his trademark braids that he had prior to the release of Mobb Deep's 2004 'Amerika'z Nightmare' album different from the short fade he had from 2004 to 2006. Part 2', which was previewed on his official mixtape 'The return of the mac' on the independent label Koch Records. He completed work on his third solo album 'H.N.I.C. Some accused the duo of selling out, with their beats and rhymes not up-to-par with previous efforts on Loud. Their well-hyped 'Blood Money' was a failure from the money side when compared to fellow label mates like 50 Cent, Young Buck and Lloyd Banks. The duo took a hiatus afterwards and came back in 2006, signing to 50 Cent's Interscope/Universal-distributed G-Unit imprint. The duo was not happy with Jive, and were let go at its request. However, despite a successful single that featured a Thomas Dolby sample. Mobb Deep then signed with Jive, under a unique deal that gave the duo its own imprint, Infamous Records, and released 'Amerika'z Nightmare', a very uneven effort, which featured production by The Alchemist and Lil' Jon.

Loud was absorbed by its new distributor shortly afterwards. Their follow-up, 'Infamy', was the duo's last album for Loud, distributed by Columbia Records and was, for some, a disappointment lyrically and musically, while others praised it as amongst the best rap albums of the year. In late 2000, Prodigy finally released his long-rumoured solo album, 'H.N.I.C.', which saw the more lyrically gifted member of the group collaborating with outside producers such as The Alchemist and Rockwilder on tracks that didn't depart far from the trademark sullen Mobb Deep style. The album was welcomed by critics, who again lauded the group's lucid cinematics, driven primarily by Havoc's production. Months after the bootlegs leaked and after several pushed-back street dates, 'Murda Muzik' was formally released, debuting at number three on the Billboard charts and quickly going platinum on the strength of 'Quiet Storm,' a song that epitomized the Mobb Deep style. Their next release, 'Murda Muzik', was heavily bootlegged while still in its demo stage, leaking rough versions of the nearly 30 songs the duo had recorded onto the streets and over the internet. Thanks to a grim video for 'Hell on Earth (Front Lines)' and theatrical Scarface-like photos inside the CD booklet picturing the duo with guns and a mound of cocaine, Mobb Deep had created an elaborate image for themselves that took hardcore gangsta rap to a new level for east coast hip hop. A year later, in 1996, Prodigy and Havoc released 'Hell on Earth' debuting at number six on SoundScan, the album found them fully realizing their approach, dropping both evocative beats and cinematic rhymes that communicated the dark side of New York's urban landscape. 2,' Mobb Deep suddenly found themselves developing a quickly growing cult.
