Their bizarre career is probably their biggest asset at this point and they have a hell of a story to tell. It was time for us to do what we do.Now signed to Roc Nation, the Lox are once again close to the locus of money, power and respect, affiliated with their third megastar-owned hip-hop conglomerate in as many albums. Anybody who follows any one of us as a solo, you understand what we do and now, we have a partnership in place that makes sense with Roc Nation. Styles P also says that the LOX have constantly been in “go mode” and are creating in an ideal situation. “For We Are the Streets 2, we kinda picking up from when you heard that 16 years ago - the ‘Rape’n U Records (Skit)’ and DMX to give you that whole original LOX sound,” explains Louch. “Even though you getting it on this, We Are the Streets II is gonna be for all those who have kids now.
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16 with an album release show at New York’s Highline Ballroom the night before, the trio is already plotting a follow-up to their comeback LP with We Are the Streets II. The LOX are also planning sessions with Diddy and DMX for the project. We had did a song for Mobb a while ago, so they owed us a favor … That came out beautifully.” We had a joint that sounded like Fetty and we thought he’d be good on that hook so we got him on there. We try to connect the song with who we think sounds good on it, and we want them to do them on the song,” says Jada.”We had a joint we thought Gucci would sound good on so we got Gucci and Khaled. Khaled is on the intro as well. “We embracing the culture of music itself … and we don’t look on a Billboard like, we don’t go for the top, whatever’s poppin’ and go for the feature like that. Our s- is cut and dry.”įilthy America also contains a healthy list of features, including beats from DJ Premiere, Buda & Grand and Pete Rock, as well as contributions from Mobb Deeb, Gucci Mane, DJ Khaled and Fetty Wap. It ain’t for me but I don’t knock it … It’s so much stuff you do to one song. “Yo, go ahead and dance to it, do all that s. “There’s good music that’s only really good in the club though for me.” Louch admits his kid listens to the Top 40-friendly rap joints but notes that his group’s brand of hip-hop differs. Styles doesn’t mention any names, but his LOX brothers agree. I’m a 42-year-old man so I respect hip-hop in different ways,” says Styles P. “You happy because it’s a bunch of young men making money and getting opportunities they wouldn’t have if they wasn’t in this music business … but then it’s f-ed up when you see somebody who doesn’t really respect the culture and he just doesn’t mind sounding like the other seven dudes.” “I don’t want to be judgmental because I’m older. In 2013, the bar-slingers behind 1998’s Money, Power, Respect released The Trinity EP and its sequel the following year, The Trinity 2nd Sermon, containing the hard-hitting standouts “All We Know” and “Let’s Get It.”Īsk the crew what the rap game’s been missing since their last LP, and authenticity and lyricism is a unanimous answer. The MCs haven’t been completely dormant when it comes to proper releases. It’s that sauce that rap listeners and real authentic hip-hop heads can appreciate.” It’s regular, well, it’s not regular because it’s LOX so it could never be regular. There’s no shots at them or any of that kind of stuff. Don’t look for, you know, Congress or Bill O’Reilly. Jada adds, “The title is really self-explanatory but the music is universal.
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