5 Memorable Quotes From The LOX HOT 97 Interview [PHOTOS]
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UPDATE: Hot 97 released footage of the heated discussion between The LOX and programming director Ebro Darden. See it after the jump.
Jadakiss, Styles P and Sheek Louch haven’t been known collectively as The LOX for some time now but all that changed in the wee hours of December 18 when they dropped an EP out of the blue.
The speculation behind the four-song project’s sneak attack has varied from a new album deal to Beyoncé causing a chain reaction with artists releasing secret albums.
Whatever the case may be, the album did make noise on the iTunes charts, reaching on #1 on the Rap side and #141 overall for the week it was released. There’s new dirty money to be made in 2014 and the crew from Yonkers wants all the way in.
This morning, December 26, Hot 97 was happy to host the crew as they discussed industry politics (as they’re always willing to do). They also discussed their status as an active recording trio and we were all privy to hearing their blood pressure rise when the dreadful topic of New York radio was brought up.
The full interview is below but hit the gallery if you want to jump right into the five most juiciest segments.
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Beyoncé Obviously Did Have An Influence
According to Jadakiss, “the move felt right and she made it better for us to go about it that way.” Styles also chimed in that her release tactic “added the iTunes factor” to the EP.
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There Has Never Been Any Truth To A Breakup
Styles P broke the situation down into cookie crumbs: “We never broke up as the LOX. The lack of our album is due to politics. You never seen one of our albums without the other two on them.”
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Jadakiss Feels Def Jam Is “Different”
Word to 2 Chainz. The most visible member of the trio said “they had some new thing where you’re like auditioning. Like I ain’t Kiss! There’s really no plan. It don’t matter about your name.”
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New York Radio In A State Of Emergency?
Old Man Ebro and Hot 97 have been increasingly under fire this year for their playlist selections and while the LOX agrees that a change could be in order, Styles was quick to point out that “a lot of New York artists over the years have lost that New York ‘sound’.”
The EP Was Created To Make The Label Push The LP
“If this didn’t push the buttons, what else is going to do it?” snarked Sheek Louch. He hopes the full LOX album to be released sometime in the first quarter of 2014 after the labelheads “get back from the Aspens.”
