Blige's 'Can't Get You Off My Mind,' and Zhané's 'Saturday Night.' The LOX received an unexpected boost in the summer of 1997 when their tribute to the late Biggie Smalls, 'We'll Always Love Big Poppa,' was picked as the B-side of Puff Daddy's international number one hit 'I'll Be Missing You.' The single was the biggest hit of 1997, setting the stage for the January 1998 release of the LOX's debut, Money, Power u0026 Respect, which went as high as number three on the pop album chart. to Live,' Mariah Carey's 'Honey,' the Notorious B.I.G.'s 'Last Day,' Mary J. Between 19, the group wrote and performed on a number of Combs productions, including his own 'It's All About the Benjamins' and 'I Got the Power,' Mase's '24 Hrs. Impressed by their demo tape, Blige forwarded the tape to Sean 'Puffy' Combs, who hired the trio as writers. By the time they reached their late teens, they had settled on the LOX name (from their original moniker 'the Warlocks'). Sheek (Shawn Jacobs), Jadakiss (Jayson Phillips), and Styles (David Styles) began rapping together in their childhood. Blige, and Mariah Carey before releasing their debut album in early 1998. The LOX - an acronym for 'Living Off Experience' - are a Yonkers, New York-based rap trio who worked their way up through the Bad Boy training camp, writing and rapping on hits by the likes of Puff Daddy, the Notorious B.I.G., Mary J.

The lox discography