"Quiet Storm" is the first single from
Mobb Deep's fourth
album
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''
Murda Muzik
''Murda Muzik'' is the fourth studio album by Mobb Deep, which was released on August 17, 1999 through Columbia Records and Loud Records. It features one of the group's best-known tracks, "Quiet Storm." It is also the duo's most commercially succ ...
''. The song was originally released on the
soundtrack
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for the film ''
In Too Deep''. The song features a sample of the
bass line
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from the classic hip-hop song "
White Lines (Don't Do It)
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" by
Grandmaster Flash & The Furious Five
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and another sample from
Smokey Robinson's "
A Quiet Storm
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". In 2001, the
R&B group
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used an updated version of the "Quiet Storm" beat for their number-one single, "
It's Over Now".
A
remix featuring
Lil' Kim was released as the album's second single. The remix also became very popular and is noted to be one of Lil' Kim's most memorable guest appearances.
Track listing
Side A
#"Quiet Storm"
irty Version#"Quiet Storm"
nstrumental
Side B
#"Quiet Storm"
lean Version#"Quiet Storm"
cappella
Remix
A remix of "Quiet Storm" (co-produced by Jonathan "Lighty" Williams) was released shortly after the release of the single. The remix features
Lil' Kim, who used her guest verse to
diss rapper
Foxy Brown.
The
B-side features the song "
It's Mine", which was released as the next single from the album.
Throughout her career, Lil' Kim has performed the remix of "Quiet Storm" at various high-profile venues, including at
Hot97's Hot for the Holidays concert and the
2019 BET Hip-Hop Awards. Lil' Kim performs a dance routine during the chorus of the remix which has gone viral multiple times, and which has become known to many as the "Lil' Kim Dance."
Track listing
;Side A
#"Quiet Storm" (remix) (clean version)
#"Quiet Storm" (remix) (dirty version)
;Side B
#"
It's Mine" (clean version)
#"It's Mine" (dirty version)
Charts
Weekly charts
Year-end charts
References
External links
Music video
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1999 songs
Song recordings produced by Havoc (musician)
Songs written by Havoc (musician)
Songs written by Prodigy (rapper)
Mobb Deep songs
Lil' Kim songs
Hardcore hip hop songs
Music videos directed by Hype Williams
Music videos directed by Joseph Kahn
Loud Records singles
Gangsta rap songs
Songs written by Smokey Robinson
Songs written by Melle Mel