So I took her to the crib, so I could bench press her” She saw the Batman doors that’s what impressed her The way I pop bub, heavy tips for the waiterįresh out the black box and the shackles is chrome I’m like a charity the way I give away paper Shorty in my ear like is we gon’ slide later My eyes is low, I’m higher than a skyscraper “I’m up in the club, I’m drunker than a muh’fucker The latter of the two may in fact be underrated as an MC: It’s still good to hear from the accidental genius though on tracks like “Aim 4 the Head” featuring Cassidy and Jin, or “What They Want” featuring Cross and Infa-Red. The pounding track by Devine proves here that he is an able substitute for Swizz Beatz. Hatin niggaz in the hood wanna hearse me outįuck ’em, come do it, the rifle is antique” Sheek: “Dump out watch muh’fuckers scatterĬrack in the streets weed bags bustin outĭime bitches that I’m fuckin wanna curse me out I realize it really ain’t worth it when I’m puffin the purple” My man said I need a one to three, he illin Wiped out all the above slots, I’m never gon’ cool off Piped out the denim seat covers in the Range Jadakiss: “They hate it but they love it in exchange A Ruff Ryders album can survive on their strength alone, which they ably prove on the opener “Ruff Ryders 4 Life”: While only one of those two may be considered essential to the public, you can’t knock the flavor that Yung brought on songs like “WW III” and the “Down Bottom (Remix),” and you certainly wouldn’t want any kind of Ruff Ryders album without tracks like Eve’s “What Ya Want” and “Got it All.” Thankfully the rappers in The Lox have always been the standard bearers for the clique, appearing on all of the albums to date and playing a prominent role in this new edition. You won’t find Eve or Yung Wun anywhere on this 18 track, 68 minute long album. It’s hard to not be a little skeptical about the Ruff Ryders new compilation “Volume 4: The Redemption” though, because some of the ingredients that made their previous hits taste great are missing.
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Even if you didn’t like the last batch of music someone made, you have no way of knowing for sure the next batch won’t be the best thing your ears ever tasted. The only thing you can do as a writer and reviewer is try to be fair and impartial. Some people like Girl Scout Cookies, some people like Pepperidge Farm.
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That’s another subject for another day, but the point is that there’s no such thing as perfection in the music business, whether you’re making it or you’re writing about it. Then again critics who do try to recognize that entertainment is just as important as being avant garde and pay respects to the Nelly and Missy Elliott’s of the world are soundly thrashed for it by readers with a holier-than-thou “how dare you” attitude, who think there’s only room on the pedestal for Canibus and Ras Kass.
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II” may not have been critically acclaimed by music critics, but the sometimes elitist nature of criticism means reviewers aren’t in touch with what the public really wants. That’s how the grimy street clique known as the Ruff Ryders have sold like Girl Scout Cookies, always making up fresh batches of music for a public with an insatiable appetite. Mix them up in the recording studio, bake in the inferno of underground mixtapes, and serve it to the public once everything’s hot. Take one part Swizz Beatz, one part The Lox, one part New York attitude and one part guest rappers.
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It’s a well established recipe for success.