Their humorous personalities shined through comedically violent skits and (occasionally not-so) subliminal jabs at Puff, as cult-classic deep cuts driven by Swizz Beatz’s keyboard wizardry helped satisfy their core audience, and the Timbaland-produced single “Ryde Or Die, Bitch” expanded their reach. Blessed with the good fortune of signing to Diddy’s commercially rugged Bad Boy imprint, the trio’s 1998 debut Money, Power & Respect was a polished release that gave them a platform while simultaneously strengthening their resolve to craft music on their own terms.Īfter Jadakiss, Styles P, and Sheek Louch - who’d formed the group in high school, originally under the name “the Bomb Squad” - publicly argued with their mogul boss, Sean Combs, to leave what most considered a dream label at the time, the group released what’s perhaps their most acclaimed release, 2000’s We Are the Streets. Blige, who would go on to ascend to R&B stardom, the LOX, along with future superstar DMX, represented a small-scale rap renaissance for Yonkers, a suburban Westchester County enclave neighboring the Bronx. One of New York rap’s mainstays since the days of mid-to-late ’90s DJ Clue tapes, the LOX have evolved seamlessly over the last 20 years from lesser-known street lyricists to elder statesmen of the game. Photo-Illustration: Vulture and Theo Wargo/Getty Images for TIDAL
(L-R) Styles P, Jadakiss, and Sheek Louch.
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