Money, Power & Respect

Money, Power & Respect
Studio album by The Lox
Released	January 13, 1998
Genre	Hip hop
Length	67:21
Label	Bad Boy Arista
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
"We'll Always Love Big Poppa" Released: May 27, 1997 "If You Think I'm Jiggy" Released: January 6, 1998 "Money, Power & Respect" Released: March 17, 1998

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]
Entertainment Weekly	A− [2]
RapReviews	7/10 [3]
The Source	[4]
Spin	4/10 [5]

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 and Arista 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

Money, Power & Respect debuted and peaked at number 3 on the Billboard 200 , selling over 110,000 copies in the first week. ^[6] 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. ^[7] To date, it is The LOX's best selling album.

Track listing

Credits adapted from the album's liner notes. ^[8]

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Producer(s)	Length
1.	"Yonkers Tale" (Intro)		Deric "D-Dot" Angelettie the Lox	1:45
2.	"Livin' the Life"	Sean Jacobs Jason Phillips David Styles Sean Combs Richard Frierson	Sean "Puffy" Combs Richard "Younglord" Frierson	3:36
3.	"If You Think I'm Jiggy"	Jacobs Phillips Styles Damon Blackman Rod Stewart Carmine Appice	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)	Jacobs Phillips Styles Earl Simmons Deric Angelettie Ron Lawrence Herb Smith	Deric "D-Dot" Angelettie Ron "Amen-Ra" Lawrence Jay Garfield (co.)	4:35
6.	"Get This $" (featuring Puff Daddy)	Jacobs Phillips Styles Combs O'Kelly Isley Jr. Ronald Isley Rudolph Isley	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)	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"	Jacobs Phillips Styles Carl Thompson Angelettie Isaac Hayes	Carl "Chucky" Thompson Deric "D-Dot" Angelettie	4:13
15.	"Can't Stop, Won't Stop" (featuring Puff Daddy)	Jacobs Phillips Styles Combs Angelettie Steven Jordan Gabriel Jackson	Sean "Puffy" Combs Deric "D-Dot" Angelettie Stevie J (co.)	3:38
16.	"All for the Love" (Jadakiss solo)	Phillips Kasseem Dean	Swis-Beatz	3:33
17.	"So Right" (featuring Kelly Price)	Jacobs Phillips Styles Combs Lawrence James Harris III Terry Lewis	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 ^[8]

• "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.

Personnel

• Credits for Money, Power & Respect adapted from AllMusic. ^[9]

• 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

Weekly charts Chart (1998) Peak position Canadian Albums (Billboard) [10] 11 Canadian R&B Albums (SoundScan) [11] 1 US Billboard 200 [12] 3 US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums (Billboard) [13] 1

Year-end charts Chart (1998) Position US Billboard 200 [14] 127 US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums (Billboard) [15] 28

Certifications

Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
Canada (Music Canada) [16]	Gold	50,000^
United States (RIAA) [17]	Platinum	1,000,000^
^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

See also

• List of number-one R&B albums of 1998 (U.S.)

References

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4. Wilson, Elliott (March 1998). "The LOX – Money, Power & Respect". Record Report. The Source . No. 102. New York. pp. 187–188.
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11. "Top 10 R&B Albums". The Gazette . January 29, 1998. p. C5 – via Newspapers.com.
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