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and Puffy’s notoriously draconian contracts, and The LOX wanted out. At the same time, Ruff Ryders, who had managed the group from the beginning, was launching a new label focused on a more hardcore sound that they felt fit their sound better. They had felt that Bad Boy’s move toward a flossy sound had watered them down and they were embarrassed by the “ If You Think I’m Jiggy” video. But the trio were not fond of the album and became increasingly unhappy over the next year. Their debut, Money, Power & Respect, was released in January of that year, peaking at number three on the Billboard 200 chart and eventually becoming certified platinum.

Fresh off appearances on all three of those multiplatinum albums from the previous year – as well as a high-profile guest spot on Mariah’s Carey’s remix to “Honey” -Jadakiss, Sheek, and Styles, collectively known as The LOX, were ready for their turn in 1998. But Puff still had his own set of young guns. The following year was one that saw Jay-Z rise to superstardom, Master P continue to dominate in New Orleans, and the introduction of an entire squad of hungry cats to the scene. Puff Daddy and Bad Boy dominated the music industry in 1997, releasing three albums that year – The Notorious B.I.G.’s Life After Death, Puffy’s own No Way Out, and Mase’s Harlem World – that combined to sell twenty-one million copies and gave birth to the Shiny Suit Era. This week: The LOX’s Money, Power & Respect (1998) Money, power, and respect.Welcome back to the latest edition of Flashback Friday Flop, a weekly feature in which I examine a hip-hop album from years ago that was considered a flop, either critically or commercially or both, when it was released and see if it has gotten better – or worse – over time. That I'm the hottest thing on the street.īut chu not, 'cause you sittin up in the trunkĪnd hell is hot, I know because I'm here now Baby. So when the feds come the dogs can't get a scent. Turn the spots in the bakeries to get back bread. Take time try to figure out who da Lox is. If you could shit gold like you split the decks. Wake up in Trinidad, like fuckin' em rich. Sling dick to chicks that don't speak English. If I showed you where I lived you would think I was hidin'. Race my man in mountain climbin' for about ten diamonds. I ain't chillin til' I'm out parachutin'. I'm past the graveyard seein' people Hail Mary You think of death but the life seem scary. Smoke out the mouth clear out the nostrils. I'm really loved here but I'm still a hostage. Only time could tell how the clock ticks. a pitbull.Īnd plan for the future, 'cause you figure Now resurrect me back to this cat called Sheek. I'm tryin' my whole casket when I'm gone. Scream!Ībout to setchu' up like Kaiser and walk straight at the end. Truck, step out the whore's want to' crowd around it.

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It was also used as entrance music for professional wrestler Jazz in Extreme Championship Wrestling. 2, Music Inspired by Scarface, Survival of the Illest and Bad Boy's Greatest Hits. In addition to the Money, Power & Respect album, the song was among the tracks on The Source Presents: Hip Hop Hits, Vol. To date, the song remains the group's most successful single and was certified gold by the RIAA for sales of 500,000 copies on April 28, 1998. 30 on the Billboard Hot 100, "Money, Power & Respect" was an even bigger success, reaching 18 on the Hot 100 and topping the Hot Rap Singles chart at No. Released as the follow-up to their debut single, "If You Think I'm Jiggy", which peaked at No. The track samples Dexter Wansel's 1979 song "New Beginning". The song's chorus is performed by Lil' Kim its motif is consistent with German sociologist Max Weber's Three-component theory of social stratification, which recognizes that one's wealth, power, and prestige, affects one's independent capability or ability to act on one's will. The song was produced by Hitmen members D-Dot and Amen-Ra and featured DMX, who contributed the song's fourth verse. "Money, Power & Respect" is the second single released from The Lox's debut album of the same name.