Return of the Mac is the first collaboration studio album by American rapper Prodigy of Mobb Deep and producer The Alchemist, released on March 27, 2007 through E1 Music. The album was intended to be a mixtape serving as a prequel to Prodigy's next album, H.N.I.C. Pt. 2, but was released as a traditional album due to the unexpected level of quality of the record. The album was produced by The Alchemist (who is featured on the cover) and it features songs sampled from the Blaxploitation era.

Return of the Mac
Studio album by Prodigy and The Alchemist
Released	March 27, 2007
Recorded	2006–2007
Genre	Hip hop
Length	49:27
Label	Koch Records
Producer	The Alchemist, DJ Muro
Prodigy and The Alchemist chronology
Return of the Mac (2007) Albert Einstein (2013)
Prodigy chronology
H.N.I.C. (2000) Return of the Mac (2007) H.N.I.C. Pt. 2 (2008)
The Alchemist chronology
1st Infantry (2004) Return of the Mac (2007) Chemical Warfare (2009)
Singles from Return of the Mac
"Mac 10 Handle" Released: 2006 "Return of the Mac" Released: 2007 "Stuck on You" Released: 2007

Professional ratings

Aggregate scores
Source	Rating
Metacritic	75/100[1]
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[2]
HipHopDX	[3]
The New York Times	(favorable)[4]
Pitchfork Media	(8.5/10)[5]
PopMatters	(5/10)[6]
Stylus Magazine	B+[7]
XXL	[8]

Return of the Mac debuted at number thirty-two on the Billboard 200, selling 27,000 copies in its first week.[9] As of December 2007, the album had sold 130,000 copies.[10] The album had three singles with music videos directed by DanTheMan: "Mac 10 Handle", "New York Shit", and "Stuck on You".

Track listing

Charts

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