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1998 studio album by The Lox
Money, Power & Respect Released January 13, 1998 Genre Hip hop Length 67 :21 Label Producer Deric "D-Dot" Angelettie Ron "Amen-Ra" Lawrence
Money, Power & Respect is the debut album by hip hop group The Lox . It was released on January 13, 1998, through Sean "Puffy" Combs 's Bad Boy Records . The album featured production from the Hitmen , Dame Grease and Swizz Beatz . The album found huge success, peaking at number three on the US Billboard 200 and number one on the Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums , and spawned two charting singles, "Money, Power & Respect " and "If You Think I'm Jiggy ". In 2008, the title track was ranked number 53 on Vh1's 100 Greatest Songs of Hip Hop.
Money, Power & Respect debuted and peaked at number 3 on the Billboard 200 , selling over 110,000 copies in the first week.[ 4] The album has since been certified Platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) for shipping and selling over 1,000,000 copies in America.[ 5] To date, it is The LOX's best selling album.
Credits adapted from the album's liner notes.[ 6]
Title Writer(s) Producer(s) 1. "Yonkers Tale" (Intro) 1:45 2. "Livin' the Life" 3:36 3. "If You Think I'm Jiggy " Dame Grease 4:40 4. "The Interview, Pt. 1" (Interlude) Deric "D-Dot" Angelettie the Lox Richard "Younglord" Frierson (co.) 0:39 5. "Money, Power & Respect " (featuring DMX and Lil' Kim ) 4:35 6. "Get This $" (featuring Puff Daddy ) Sean "Puffy" Combs Jeffery "J-Dub" Walker * DJ Iroc (scratches)3:58 7. "Let's Start Rap Over" (featuring Carl Thomas ) Jacobs Phillips Styles Blackman Jeffery Walker E. Gaynor K. Spalding Micheal Claxton Dame Grease Jeffery "J-Dub" Walker (co.) 4:28 8. "Mad Rapper" (Interlude) Deric "D-Dot" Angelettie the Lox Richard "Younglord" Frierson (co.) 1:15 9. "I Wanna Thank You" (featuring Kelly Price ) Jacobs Phillips Styles Nashiem Myrick Jimmy Radcliffe B.J. Scott Nashiem Myrick 4:02 10. "Goin' Be Some Shit" (Sheek Louch solo) Jacobs Myrick Carlos Broady MC Lyte Emcee Dee Nashiem Myrick Carlos "Six July" Broady * DJ Iroc (scratches)4:20 11. "The Heist, Pt. 1" Jacobs Phillips Styles Combs Rob Carter Sean "Puffy" Combs Rob "Arsee" Carter 2:51 12. "Not to Be Fucked With" (Styles P solo) Dame Grease Sean "Puffy" Combs 4:23 13. "The Set-Up" (Interlude) Deric "D-Dot" Angelettie the Lox Richard "Younglord" Frierson (co.) 0:48 14. "Bitches from Eastwick" 4:13 15. "Can't Stop, Won't Stop" (featuring Puff Daddy) Sean "Puffy" Combs Deric "D-Dot" Angelettie Stevie J (co.) 3:38 16. "All for the Love" (Jadakiss solo) Swis-Beatz 3:33 17. "So Right" (featuring Kelly Price) Sean "Puffy" Combs Ron "Amen-Ra" Lawrence 3:30 18. "The Snitch" (Interlude) Deric "D-Dot" Angelettie the Lox Richard "Younglord" Frierson (co.) 1:31 19. "Everybody Wanna Rat" Jacobs Phillips Styles Anthony Fields Blackman Pent P.K. Dame Grease (co.) 4:17 20. "The Interview, Pt. 2" (Interlude) Deric "D-Dot" Angelettie the Lox Richard "Younglord" Frierson (co.) 0:14 21. "We'll Always Love Big Poppa" Jacobs Phillips Styles Blackman Dame Grease 5:00
• (co.) Co-producer
Sample credits [ 6]
"If You Think I'm Jiggy" contains samples from "A Real Mutha for Ya", "Nothing Left to be Desired" by Johnny "Guitar" Watson , and interpolates "Da Ya Think I'm Sexy? " by Rod Stewart .
"Money, Power & Respect" contains a sample from "New Beginning" by Dexter Wansel
"Get This $" contains samples from "It’s Your Thing" by Lou Donaldson , "The What" by the Notorious B.I.G. , and "It's Your Thing" by the Isley Brothers .
"Let's Start Rap Over" contains a sample from "Let’s Start Love Over" by Miles Jaye . Written by Micheal Claxton
"I Wanna Thank You" contains samples from "Yesterday Princess" by Stanley Clarke , "Heavenly Father" by Fu-Schnickens , and "I Want to Thank You" by Alicia Myers
"Goin' Be Some Shit" contains samples from "Shut the Eff Up Hoe" by MC Lyte , and "Cardova" by the Meters .
"The Heist, Pt. 1" contains samples from "T.L.C." by Average White Band , and "Long Red" by Mountain .
"Bitches From Eastwick" contains samples from "Ike’s Mood I/You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin' " by Isaac Hayes , and "Mean Women" by Dap Sugar Willie.
"Can't Stop, Won't Stop" contains samples from "Spoonin’ Rap" by Spoonie Gee , and "You Can't Stop the Reign" by Shaquille O'Neal .
"So Right" contains samples from "Encore" by Cheryl Lynn .
Credits for Money, Power & Respect adapted from AllMusic .[ 7]
Charles "Prince Charles" Alexander - Mixing
Deric "D-Dot" Angelettie - Audio Production, Composer, Executive Producer
Camilo Argumedes - Assistant Engineer
Carlos "6 July" Broady - Composer, Producer
Bob Brockman - Mixing
Rob Carter - Producer
Sean "Puffy" Combs - Audio Production, Composer, Executive Producer
Lane Craven - Mixing
Dame Grease - Audio Production, Keyboards, Producer
Stephen Dent - Engineer, Mixing
DMX - Additional Personnel, Featured Artist, Guest Artist, Rap
John Eaton - Engineer
Jay Garfield - Producer
Rasheed Goodlowe - Engineer
Terri Haskins - Art Direction
Daniel Hastings - Photography
Cheryl Jacobsen - Group Member
Jadakiss - Member of Attributed Artist, Rap
Steve Jones - Assistant Engineer, Engineer
S. Jordan - Composer
Ron Lawrence - Producer
Jimmie Lee - Engineer
Lil' Kim - Additional Personnel, Featured Artist, Guest Artist, Rap
The Lox - Primary Artist, Producer
Gregg Mann - Engineer
Tony Maserati - Engineer, Mixing
Damaris Mercado - Design
John Meredith - Engineer, Unknown Contributor Role
Lynn Montrose - Assistant Engineer
Nasheim Myrick - Audio Production, Composer, Producer
Michael Patterson - Engineer, Mixing
Pent P.K. - Producer
Jayson Phillips - Composer, Group Member
Herb Powers - Mastering
Kelly Price - Additional Personnel, Featured Artist, Guest Artist, Vocals
Puff Daddy - Additional Personnel, Featured Artist, Guest Artist, Rap
Sheek Louch - Member of Attributed Artist, Rap
Styles P - Member of Attributed Artist, Rap
David Styles -Composer, Group Member
Swizz Beatz - Audio Production
Carl Thomas - Additional Personnel, Featured Artist, Guest Artist, Rap
Chucky Thompson - Producer, Vocals (Background)
Barry White - Grooming
Rob Williams - Engineer
Doug Wilson - Engineer
Young Lord - Producer
Micheal Claxton - Writer "Let's Start Rap Over"
^ Stephen Thomas Erlewine (January 13, 1998). "Money, Power & Respect - The LOX | Songs, Reviews, Credits, Awards" . AllMusic. Retrieved March 27, 2014 .
^ MUKHERJEE, TIARRA (February 13, 1998). "Entertainment Weekly Review" .
^ "Feature for June 2, 2009 - The LOX' "Money, Power & Respect" " . Rapreviews.com. June 2, 2009. Retrieved January 1, 2018 .
^ "Chart Watch: Unsinkable Titanic Cruises Past The Lox" . MTV.Com. January 21, 1998. Archived from the original on August 19, 2023. Retrieved March 26, 2024 .
^ "Gold & Platinum: LOX, The" . Recording Industry Association of America . Retrieved December 5, 2012 .
^ a b Money, Power & Respect (booklet). Bad Boy , Arista . 1998.
^ "Money, Power & Respect - The LOX | Credits" . AllMusic. January 13, 1998. Retrieved March 27, 2014 .
^ "The Lox Chart History (Canadian Albums)" . Billboard . Retrieved December 27, 2013.
^ "Top 10 R&B Albums" . The Gazette . January 29, 1998. p. C5 – via Newspapers.com .
^ "The Lox Chart History (Billboard 200)" . Billboard . Retrieved September 18, 2013.
^ "The Lox Chart History (Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums)" . Billboard . Retrieved September 19, 2013.
^ "Top Billboard 200 Albums – Year-End 1998" . Billboard . Retrieved April 14, 2021 .
^ "Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums – Year-End 1998" . Billboard . Retrieved April 14, 2021 .
^ "American album certifications – The Lox – Money, Power" . Recording Industry Association of America .
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