Black Cocaine is East Coast standard-bearers Mobb Deep’s first release since frontman Prodigy was released from prison and the infamous duo’s departure from 50 Cent’s G-Unit Records (no great loss, considering the label’s less-than-stellar track record with non-50 releases). The sinister reggae styling of “Dead Man Shoes” sets an appropriately grim, ominous, no-nonsense mood on the new five-track EP: Gone are the big, stupid 50-engineered pop hooks that dominated Mobb Deep’s ill-fated stint on G-Unit. The piano-laden title track feels cinematic, albeit in a dingy, second-hand way; think of it as a rain-soaked backdrop to a low-budget direct-to-video movie, probably starring rappers on the decline.