The LOX

Veteran rap group the LOX carry the torch for hard-hitting East Coast hip-hop. Within only a few years during the late '90s and the following decade, they were factors in the commercial dominance of Bad Boy and the ascent of Ruff Ryders. After they established themselves with a good amount of supporting collaborative work, the LOX cashed in with their Top Ten debut, Money, Power & Respect (1998), then made a better stylistic fit with Ruff Ryders, where they issued another Top Ten hit with We Are the Streets (2000). MCs Styles P, Jadakiss, and Sheek Louch then went solo with ac...