Top the lox songs
They been on multi platinum albums, toured with Puffy and the Family along with having the streets hungry for their debut titled Money, Power, Respect. This was pretty good promotion for an unknown hardcore rap group from YonkersĪfter riding high off the momentum from Biggies, Puff’s and Mase’s smash albums, The momentum for a new Lox album was perfectly set up. He put them on his biggest hit to date(All About the Benjamins) which was probably the biggest record of 1997. Knowing that he had possible diamonds in the rough and impressed with the positive feedback for the group, Puff featured them on his own solo album No Way Out and Mase’s Harlem World Respectfully. The Group lyrically tore the dark Havoc produced track to shreads and even outshined Biggie on it. Hoping to give the group some national exposure, Puff would put the LOX on the Notorious B.I.G.’s Sophmore smash album Life After Death and feature them on the track Last Dayz. This was the perfect opportunity for the LOX to showcase their talents and with Diddy’s successful track record. They were hungry for a record deal and after shipping their demos to labels and selling their own demos in the streets for a 100 dollars a pop, They lucked up and signed with Puff Daddy’s Bad Boy Records. The Lox were just like many other aspiring hip hop groups coming up in the game around late 1996.
The 3 together have stuck it out and somehow still managed to remain longevity despite the fact that record sales havent been as great as they liked which made me label them as the Most Unknowns because their known in the industry, respected by their peers but they don’t have the record sales or mass appeal like many of their peers. With Jadakiss’s raspy voice mixed in with his slick punch lines, Styles P with his serious but cold delivery and Sheek Louch’s more animated crazier style. The LOX in 2010 still remains as one of the most respected and relevant crews in the game. battled, some of the hardest rap crews in New York along with Industry politics. Despite battling a trendy industry, a long-winded publishing battle with their former employer. There have been many groups that have either fell apart its hard to maintain loyalty(Diplomats), lack of longevity(Das Efx) and most importantly respect.
Theres three things that are hard to maintain in order to have a long successful career.