Lox - Money Power Respect (1998)

[OHSNAP!]

This has got to be one of the most disappointing debut rap albums of all time

Some terrible beats (Cant Stop Wont Stop, So Right, If You Think I'm Jiggy, corny ass We'll Always Love Big Poppa)

Hook game was not on point

Sheek was terrible on this album

Styles with his corny wannabe-mafioso flow

Jada was showing some promise

First Swizz Beatz track I ever heard and it was hot (Jada's solo All For The Love)

Only 5 really good songs on here imo: title cut, Get This $, All For The Love, bytches From Eastwick and Lets Start Rap Over

DMX had the best verse on the entire album

 

[hahaha]

Need a richie thumbs album and a genovese one. and mo money. I liked their affiliates more

 

[letti cook]

shyt, i thought this was appreciation for the song

yeah, that album was incredibly got the quick altho I should go back and fukk with it as an adult.


but the song

one of the first songs I learned by heart as a kid

almost caught a eye jammie from grandma rapping Jada verse round the house

"keep my rock spotless and my hoes topless"

grandma: you keep yo what?

me: huh?



childhood

 

[LandryFieldsDad]

Living the life might be jadas best verse to this day

Album reeks of puff

 

[phatphuck]

my favourite part being the mad rapper skit tells you how i feel about this album

 

[avon barksdale]

this song is what got ruff ryder known

 

[re'up]

I prefer 'We Are The Streets', I can't remember what I heard first, it may have been 'We Are...'.....but, I do remember buying 'Money Power Respect' from Wherehouse Music, in the used section for like 13$. I think I was slightly underwhelmed as a 15 year old, because RR was already heavy.....and Jada and Styles were spitting grimy as fukk, and this was slightly toned down. But, I LOVED the title track, I had that on a cassette tape mix I made from the old stereo that had the cd/tape record thing.....I also loved 'Not To Be fukked With', 'All For The Love', 'bytches From Eastwick' and Jada's solo....'The Heist' was decent, and 'We'll Always Love Big Poppa' but Lox hit their stride with RR, this was just the framework.

 

[raoulduke187]

yeah I heard the single and was hyped for the album then it turned out super boring

 

[Taadow]

You trippin' on "If You Think I'm Jiggy" that chit still go. That and "Everybody Wanna Rat" which was raw as hell.