tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4433223770288671156.post4916126089124943558..comments2024-03-16T11:14:24.111-05:00Comments on hip hop isn't dead.: The Lox - Money, Power, & Respect (January 13, 1998)Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4433223770288671156.post-69885274079010828882018-01-31T05:11:01.849-06:002018-01-31T05:11:01.849-06:00Still waiting on The Heist (Part II) - 20 years la...Still waiting on The Heist (Part II) - 20 years later...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4433223770288671156.post-61797610406735494632013-11-17T17:16:29.133-06:002013-11-17T17:16:29.133-06:00Max, what is your opinion on Jadakiss as an MC? I ...Max, what is your opinion on Jadakiss as an MC? I think he's awesome in guest spots (especially Ghostface's 'Run', which Jada completely rips) and The Champ Is Here mix tapes but not so much albums as he tries for too many demographics leaving the experience muddled. I'm interested in your opinion of the guy howeverAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4433223770288671156.post-62832125750966704222013-04-02T00:16:58.747-05:002013-04-02T00:16:58.747-05:00Gotta agree with anti max - the LOX themselves are...Gotta agree with anti max - the LOX themselves are even thinking of signing with Bad Boy again so what does that tell you. That 2nd LOXalbum on Ruff Ryder's was garbage. Seriously, it just seems as if Puffy is the anti Christ of hip hop to you. Even on songs that are hit, you never give puffy his due saying "he didn't wreck the song" completely. It just seems as if all of hip Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03422938255811051210noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4433223770288671156.post-3677608350003600832011-12-20T17:34:41.721-06:002011-12-20T17:34:41.721-06:00Unlike Max, I think everything Kanye West has done...Unlike Max, I think everything Kanye West has done has been a pile of critical-darling dog poo. I think dope shit like Pieces of a Man-era AZ is actually dope. And I love golden era Bad Boy, shiny suits and all, just like Kanye does, so swallow that irony. <br /><br />Max, you try to enforce a false rock-music dichotomy (of 'hardcore' vs. 'commercial') onto hip-hop, which means Anti Maxnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4433223770288671156.post-30816108864104511112011-07-01T02:20:47.005-05:002011-07-01T02:20:47.005-05:00I'm convinced Max is legally deaf.I'm convinced Max is legally deaf.AmpGeezhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03335821926219696775noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4433223770288671156.post-47817793554218948622011-06-29T13:33:11.612-05:002011-06-29T13:33:11.612-05:00You know, I always find it ironic that Sheek Louch...You know, I always find it ironic that Sheek Louch said that he would rather be jerked by Puff on the song "Goin' Be Some Shit", when they didn't want to be jerked by Puff at all in the future.<br /><br />Still; good review Max! Spot on as always!Taylornoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4433223770288671156.post-60955333284836972012011-06-29T00:34:07.442-05:002011-06-29T00:34:07.442-05:00This shit is a buy to me. I still bang this album ...This shit is a buy to me. I still bang this album till this day. <br /><br />I WANNA THANK YOU, THE HEIST, PT. 1, NOT TO BE FUCKED WITH, ALL FOR THE LOVE, WE'LL ALWAYS LOVE BIG POPPA are all standout tracks. <br /><br />We Are The Streets, now that album sucked balls minus one or two tracks.THE INFAMOUS JCITY™https://www.blogger.com/profile/10464726624659821921noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4433223770288671156.post-53037376109444182562011-06-28T22:02:02.579-05:002011-06-28T22:02:02.579-05:00I agree, but I'm not specifically giving them ...I agree, but I'm not specifically giving them slack just because they made the mistake of signing with Puff Daddy. The Lox actually show just the tiniest hint of promise on here, which is why I gave them a pass. You're right, though: they should have expected the treatment they received and the input that was provided by the label.Maxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02647652457368243630noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4433223770288671156.post-60754242591930962062011-06-28T21:58:12.169-05:002011-06-28T21:58:12.169-05:00I don’t buy into this argument of giving slack to ...I don’t buy into this argument of giving slack to artists who put out jiggy, commercial crap because their label / producer / whoever forced them to do it. It implies that artists don’t know what to expect when they sign with a big commercial label and then this label goes on to pressure them to make commercial music. And it implies that they aren’t aware that they’re gonna be putting out pop djbosscrewwreckanoreply@blogger.com