Drop a Gem on 'em

"Drop a Gem on 'em"
Single by Mobb Deep
from the album Hell on Earth
Released	September 1996
Format	Promotional single
Recorded	1996
Genre	East Coast Hip hop
Length	4:10
Label	Loud
Writer(s)	Havoc, Prodigy
Producer	Havoc, Prodigy
Mobb Deep singles chronology
"Still Shinin'" (1995) "Drop a Gem on 'em" (1996) "Front Lines (Hell on Earth)" (1996)

"Drop a Gem on 'em" was a promotional single for Mobb Deep's Hell on Earth album. The song contains a sample from "Can't Help but Love You" by The Whispers.

The song is a response to West Coast rapper Tupac Shakur's feud with the group. It was recorded while Tupac was alive but was released on the album after his death. The cryptic lyrics in the song caused controversy after Tupac's murder. Many listeners of the song and figures involved in the infamous East Coast-West Coast feud of the mid-90s believe Mobb Deep was potentially involved with 2Pac's murder. Lines such as "I had the whole New York state aiming at your face/At the gate, bottom line off top soon as you came through/Shot through, don't even know the half of my crew" and "Your days are numbered in low digits/You look suspicious, suspect niggas is bitches" are commonly cited as evidence for this claim.