The Lox New L.O.X Order

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In terms of lyrical content and straight skill, the L.O.X were always a bit too rough-and-tumble for Bad Boy’s glittery pop-rap stable. And while Diddy did make Styles P, Sheek Louch, and Jadakiss household names for a while there in the late-‘90s, the crew were eventually able to return to the streets after a prolonged and well-publicized battle with the hip-hop impresario, releasing the Swizz Beats-produced call-to-arms We Are the Streets on Ruff Ryders in 2000. Ten years and numerous solo albums and mixtapes later, the Yonkers trio reunited for New L.O.X. Order. Ironically, the album was reported to have been brokered with some help from good old Mr. Combs himself.

Abstract by Nate Knaebel