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Money, Power & Respect

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Money, Power & Respect
Studio album by
ReleasedJanuary 13, 1998
GenreHip hop
Length67:21
Label
Producer
  • Deric "D-Dot" Angelettie
  • Ron "Amen-Ra" Lawrence
The Lox chronology
Money, Power & Respect
(1998)
We Are the Streets
(2000)
Singles from Money, Power & Respect
  1. "We'll Always Love Big Poppa"
    Released: May 27, 1997
  2. "If You Think I'm Jiggy"
    Released: January 6, 1998
  3. "Money, Power & Respect"
    Released: March 17, 1998
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]
Entertainment WeeklyA−[2]
RapReviews7/10[3]

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.

Commercial performance

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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.

Track listing

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Credits adapted from the album's liner notes.[6]

No.TitleWriter(s)Producer(s)Length
1."Yonkers Tale" (Intro) 1:45
2."Livin' the Life"3:36
3."If You Think I'm Jiggy"Dame Grease4:40
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 Myrick4:02
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)
  • Styles
  • Blackman
  • 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-Beatz3:33
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 Grease5:00

 • (co.) Co-producer

Sample credits[6]

Personnel

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  • 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"

Charts

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Certifications

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Region Certification Certified units/sales
United States (RIAA)[14] Platinum 1,000,000^

^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

See also

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References

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  1. ^ Stephen Thomas Erlewine (January 13, 1998). "Money, Power & Respect - The LOX | Songs, Reviews, Credits, Awards". AllMusic. Retrieved March 27, 2014.
  2. ^ MUKHERJEE, TIARRA (February 13, 1998). "Entertainment Weekly Review".
  3. ^ "Feature for June 2, 2009 - The LOX' "Money, Power & Respect"". Rapreviews.com. June 2, 2009. Retrieved January 1, 2018.
  4. ^ "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.
  5. ^ "Gold & Platinum: LOX, The". Recording Industry Association of America. Retrieved December 5, 2012.
  6. ^ a b Money, Power & Respect (booklet). Bad Boy, Arista. 1998.
  7. ^ "Money, Power & Respect - The LOX | Credits". AllMusic. January 13, 1998. Retrieved March 27, 2014.
  8. ^ "The Lox Chart History (Canadian Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved December 27, 2013.
  9. ^ "Top 10 R&B Albums". The Gazette. January 29, 1998. p. C5 – via Newspapers.com.
  10. ^ "The Lox Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved September 18, 2013.
  11. ^ "The Lox Chart History (Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved September 19, 2013.
  12. ^ "Top Billboard 200 Albums – Year-End 1998". Billboard. Retrieved April 14, 2021.
  13. ^ "Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums – Year-End 1998". Billboard. Retrieved April 14, 2021.
  14. ^ "American album certifications – The Lox – Money, Power". Recording Industry Association of America.