H.N.I.C. Pt. 2 is the third solo studio album by American rapper Prodigy. It was released on April 22, 2008 via AAO/Voxonic. Production was handled by the Alchemist, Sid Roams, Apex and Havoc. It features guest appearances from Big Twins, Un Pacino, Big Noyd, and Havoc. In the United States, the album peaked at number 36 on the Billboard 200, number 3 on the Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums, number 2 on the Top Rap Albums and number 4 on the Independent Albums charts. The album serves as a sequel to his 2000 album H.N.I.C. and a prequel to 2012's H.N.I.C. 3.
H.N.I.C. Pt. 2 was met with generally favourable reviews from music critics. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream publications, the album received an average score of 75 based on eight reviews.[1]
Anthony Henriques of PopMatters praised the album, stating: "with consistently good production and one of the most distinctive rapping personalities around just letting his mind run wild, H.N.I.C, Pt. 2 is easily one of the best hip-hop albums of 2008 so far".[6] Jesal Padania of RapReviews resumed: "the fans that know and love P or Havoc will immediately identify with H.N.I.C. Pt. 2 and will enjoy listening to it, for sure".[7] Thomas Golianopoulos of Spin called it "a real downer, but it's also completely gripping".[8] Tom Breihan of Pitchfork found that the album "makes for a much more complete and visceral portrait of an incarcerated man than the most precise and technically sound record could possibly manage".[5]AllMusic's David Jeffries concluded: "hardcore fans will be down with every cold hard minute, everybody else gets a B+ effort, and the hip-hop game as a whole gets a really good reason to save Prodigy's place at the table for the next three-and-a-half years".[3] Martín Caballero of The Boston Phoenix wrote: "unless he goes all Malcolm X on us behind the walls, this solid release will be just a prelude to whatever morbid thoughts Prodigy has to share upon his release".[9]
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