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August 24, 1999

Bad Boys No Longer

Puff Daddy releases The Lox from their recording contract with Bad Boy Entertainment

We Are The Streets

When MC Hammer went gangster in 1994 with The Funky Headhunter, his contrived conversion to the thug life didn't fool anyone, and his sales were never the same. Whether you're mainstream pop or abrasive hardcore, switch-hitting in hip-hop can land your credibility in some serious shit.

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2000 RS: 3.5of 5 Stars

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The Yonkers, NY, rap trio the Lox signed with Puff Daddy's Bad Boy Records in the mid-'90s, when Biggie Smalls was still a small-time hustler making good and bling hadn't yet been invented. On their debut, they dutifully tried their best to keep it real with songs such as the title track. But thug bravado aside, the group became best known for "If You Think I'm Jiggy" (word to Rod Stewart) and for...

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