Styles - Gangster & A Gentleman (Clean)

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Release Date:: 07/09/2002
Label:: Interscope Records
UPC:: 606949343323

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, August 26, 2003
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As one-third of the intrepid street rap trio LOX, Styles had seen hip-hop go through a number of awkward phases since the death of friend and mentor the Notorious B.I.G.. Biggie Smalls and Sean "Puffy" Combs were the first to recognize the talents of Styles, and fellow Yonkers' natives Jadakiss and Sheek. After Biggie's passing, LOX. released their debut, Money, Power Respect, in 1998, and Styles was always the MC who listeners looked forward to hearing on the track. After LOX became fed up with Puff Daddy's glammed-out approach to the rap game, they rediscovered their gully roots and resurfaced with DMX, Swizz Beatz, and the Ruff Ryders camp in early 2000, releasing the far more edgy We Are the Streets later that same year. After fellow LOX member Jadakiss found solo success with his summer 2001 release Kiss tha Game Goodbye, it was only a matter of time before Styles, every bit as talented a lyricist as Jadakiss but perhaps a little less marketable, came forth with a solo venture. The buzz for this album was spurred by two singles in particular: the soulful memoir "My Life," featuring Pharoah Monche (originally released on Rawkus' Soundbombing, Vol. 3), and the herbalist's anthem "Good Times." But this album is more than just a two-track wonder, as Styles divides equal time between his bipolar persona. On the gangster side, Styles offers thuggish joints like the kettle-drum-laced "Styles," the stirring "Lick Shots," featuring the LOX crew, and the party banger "Soul Clap," which loops a snippet from the classic Native Tongues remix of "Scenario." Styles shows a more humanistic side on the laid-back "Black Magic," featuring Angie Stone, and expresses heartfelt lamentation on the death of his older brother on "My Brother." The album's haphazard track sequencing detracts from its overall quality, as the there is no transition from one song to the next. Also, despite Styles' made-man, one-foot-in-the-spirit-realm approach, the MC fails to carry a couple of tracks (which may be the result of some spotty, soulless production). These minor glitches aside, Styles' debut hits hard like a double shot of Glenlivet or a haymaker to the thorax. [The album's also available in this clean version.]

- M.F. DiBella, All Music Guide

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For years known primarily because of his membership in the L.O.X., Styles broke away from his groupmates in 2002 with his debut solo album and its hit single, "Good Times." Up until the album's release, Styles may have not been well-known on his own ...Full Styles Biography

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