![]() The two ’95 singles were both produced by Easy Mo Bee at the height of his career, when he was working on 2Pac’s “Me Against the World” after being heavily involved in The Notorious BIG’s “Ready to Die.” “Lifestyles of the Rich and Shameless” is trademark Easy Mo symphonic boom bap, a melodically pleasing backdrop for the serious hood tales. “Legal Drug Money” contains five singles (released between ’95 and ’97) that cracked Billboard’s Hot 100 and rose as high as between positions 3 and 11 in the Hot Rap Singles charts. Since then, Canibus has pursued a rather peculiar career path, rarely ever looking back, but it’s easy to see why he would hang on to an old sticker that reminds him of a time when the future looked nothing but bright.Īmidst bi-coastal beef and in the heyday of Death Row and Bad Boy, the Lost Boyz were able to carve out a niche for themselves with their infectious party vibes. Hutton remix of “Music Makes Me High” featuring Tha Dogg Pound. Turns out, Bis could already be heard (credited as Canibus The Bugdealer, curiously) a year before, on a visionary L.T. Along with other early appearances, his two spots on their sophomore effort “Love, Peace and Nappiness,” especially “Beasts From the East,” raised expectations sky-high. Heads old enough to remember a time when LB didn’t stand for Little Brother may recall that before the Wyclef Jean connection that resulted in the ill-received “Can-I-Bus” debut, it were the Lost Boyz who gave lyrical carnivore Canibus his first exposure (thanks to their mutual manager Charles Suitt). The only artifact from my past that I still have” ‘Legal Drug Money’ stickers on the back of my bag The live party songs like “Jeeps, Lex, Coups, Bimaz and Benz”, “Get Up” and “Music Makes Me High” exist side by side with dark compelling songs like “Renee”, “Channel Zero” and “1, 2, 3” and meeting them in the middle are songs like “Lifestyle of the Rich and Shameless”, “It’s All Right” and “Is this Da Part” that are songs you can enjoy at a party or you can sit back and listen to the stories in the songs.“My voice travel like that smell when they burnin the ‘dro Now add in Freaky Tah’s hype ad libs and the album is a perfect combination of commercial and critical success that artist back then and even now struggle to duplicate. However, the production adds a refreshing juxtaposition, with the beats giving the album a party feel that most albums did not have. Most New York hip hop albums of this time had grimy rhymes to match even grimier beats. Cheeks (lead emcee) and Freaky Tah (hype man and occasional rapper), with Cheek’s vivid storytelling and the complex characters that inhabit them, the audience feels the intense living conditions of Queens in the 90’s. Coming in at number 10 are the South Jamaica, Queens group, The Lost Boyz with their critically acclaimed debut album, Legal Drug Money. ![]()
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