The Verzuz Instagram battles presented by Swizz Beatz and Timbaland have been picking up steam since its inception in March. Fans have been flooding Instagram Live to catch their favorites battle against each other in entertaining clashes that have fodder for social media.
The LOX recently spoke to HipHopDX and Jadakiss gave his thoughts on who he feels would be a good matchup for him when it comes to battling.
“I don’t know,” he tells DX. “I got a lot of fucking songs, bro. I fucked with a lot of songs. It’s different. I also got a lot of songs with The LOX. So for me to even do one of those, or even us, we would have to make sure we got damn near close to every song we ever did, and then you would have to pick 20 songs from a million songs. So it’s still fucking hard as hell to do that.”
Styles P chimes in, “Me, personally, we the best that ever fucking did it, for what a group should be. From what we do, how we do it, and what we did, to what we live and what we stand for, for the people — we the best that ever fucking did it.
“I don’t see who you could compare to us. No disrespect to N.W.A, no disrespect to Public Enemy, no disrespect to Salt ‘N Pepa, but this is 20 fucking something years, plus. That’s me, personally. No disrespect to no other group.”
The LOX spent time with Bad Boy Records and Ruff Ryders Entertainment in the late ’90s and early 2000s, dropping hardcore street anthems such as “Money, Power & Respect,” “Wild Out” and “Recognize” featuring Eve.
Their albums Money, Power & Respect and We Are The Streets cracked the Top 5 on the Billboard 200 and they each released Top 10 albums as solo artists. Unlike other groups, The LOX stayed tight and never broke up throughout their 26-year run.
“We got hits,” Sheek Louch adds. “Street records and hits. If we was to get into that battle it ain’t too many, bro.”
When asked if a group like the Wu-Tang Clan was a worthy opponent for the legendary Yonkers trio, Sheek stood firm on their claims.
“It got to be like that, or like I don’t even know, man,” he says. “We got them niggas done started something records and we got them big radio hits, too. So it’s like, if you come to fucking battle us, you can’t just play them tri-state shits. We got a catalog.”
Jadakiss, who challenged 50 Cent to a $1 million Pay-Per-View battle during the height of their beef in the early 2000s, answered the question with a simple response, “We got ‘All About The Benjamins.'”
Check back with DX soon for the full interview with The LOX.
Seriously? They can battle wu-tang. Group and solo battles.
No way, they cant fuk wit tha Wu, only Liquid Swords and Cuban Linx are better than Lox all albums.
G-Unit vs The Lox. 50 Vs. Kiss. Make it happen.
Where were you in 2005?
them vs dipset
I wouldn’t even call these guys a group due to the lack of music the have released with each other. So, no Lox couldnt battle any real group because they didnt put in enough work as group.
outkast …there is your battle, lox … or goodie mob … shit , i will throw 8ball and mjg too .. pick one of them groups.. i think they got a nice catalogs to stack up to y’alls .. lets do it !!
SOUNDS ABOUT RIGHT…THE GETO BOYS & MOBB DEEP COULD CHALLENGE IN MY OPINION
well they both have members that aren’t here in the physical form but if we just talking catalogs .. then hell yeah , add them to the list as well
The Lox are dope…but Public Enemy and NWA they ain’t. Not even a contest….
Clipse can come close that’s it in that generation
I like the lox but they don’t have shit on gang Starr, mobb deep, epmd,nwa, wu, atcq, mop and more.
I do think dogg pound would be good to go against lox tho.
EPMD
These guys are delusional l can barely five mainstream songs from these guys. The are regional artist who mainly known in New York and that is probably because of their association with Biggie and DMX. I can a lot of groups who can run circles around the guys in a versus battle. The question should be who can’t win against these bozos
Guess they never heard of MOP, Outkast or Mobb Deep
Slaughterhouse.. with KXNG Crooked, Rocye Da 5’9″ and Joell Ortiz will lyrically murder them
I rock with the Lox but their are other groups they couldn’t really compete with, like wu tang, Bone Thugs, Nwa, 3-6 mafia. These live battles aren’t about whose the best lyrically it’s really just about how many mainstream, radio, and hood classics did you have. The lox were never really a mainstream force, they had more Jadakiss had more success as a solo artist then the group had. Not taking anything away from the lox though they are a great group not good great!
No one outside of NY and VA gives a shit about any member of The LOX besides Jada.
Slaughterhouse will eat their asses no homo. And Sheek Louch is dumpster garbage!
Slaughterhouse don’t have the volume of music to compete. Lyrically they are crazy but the Lox has too many songs.
MOBB DEEP
Bone Thugs n Harmony, Ugk, Wu, Tribe, goodie mobb, 8ball Mjg, De La, Epmd, mobb deep, beastie boys, Run dmc, westside connection, A lot banging groups out there
Man I swear tha lox vs migos. That’s da best battle n da world no capp
Sheek Louch always sounded annoying. Also Jadakiss look like a fuckin turtle.
I love the lox but there’s a reason ain’t nobody asking for them in these battles. Albums aren’t very good and calling their best selection questionable is a complement. I love them cause of the time they remind me of and the dumb shit I was doing I streets. Nostalgia and dope Jada verses can only get you so far. So many groups that could kill their catalog. But to whoever mentioned Migos stop. Please. Just my thoughts. Give me Roots vs Tribe or my dream battle on this Red vs Meth. Y’all can’t tell me that wouldn’t by far the most entertaining shit possible on this format
Love and respect ya!!..God Bless you all on ya success!!!
Sheek to insinuate that Wu Tang only made tri state records is buggin. Throw a Lox concert and throw a Wu Tang concert across the globe and see where more people show up.
That’s because the past decade, Wutang has been sold to white America, and posers. EVERY single person I’ve confronted wearing a Wutang hat could not name every member, or even 3 albums lmfao. At least half of vocal Wutang followers are posers.
Epmd,Xclan, Public Enemy to name a few. All with little or no gun n drug talk. And with many more memorable songs. LOX didnt do anything to change the game. Off topic,game changers were EPMD (funk samples and mic tag teaming) , NWA(gang shit) Wu Tang(grimy soul samples filtered east coast sound and super lyrical group) Too Short(pimp shit), Geto Boys(black southern struggle), Rakim(lyrical)Biggie(smooth champagne lexus flow)Pac(thug struggle) Eminem(multi syllable on another level),Drake (consistent hit maker for all sexes and situations)
Consistency? They might got that, they never really fell out with each other and still put out decent music. But honestly, their best work is their solo shit, not their group albums…
It’s too many other groups that have more know material then the Lox. Not saying the Lox are one of the best to do it
because imo they are but when it comes to people tuning in to live battles you have to have those radio hits. Outkast has so many radio hits, hood classics and classic collabs. Bone Thugs-N-Harmony has a lot of radio hits, hood classics and classic collabs. A better idea for the lox would be for Styles P and Kiss to battle each other on a solo tip, even being able to use some of the same songs they were on together with each of they verses.
g unit would demolish, young money would demolish. k the lox got street bangers but thats it. fuck even dipset would kill them. yo jada ur ass is still local.
has anyone even copped a solo album from any of them? jesus even jada. 20 fucking songs of jada. imagine buying that… jesus you gotta be from nyc to do that.
I’ve bought solo albums from all 3 and I’m from TN.
Young Money lol
The Lox vs Ghostface,Raekwon,Methodman! That will be epic ??.
The Lox vs Wu Tang The Lox vs Redman and Method Man The Lox vs Mobb Deep The Lox vs Ruff Ryders The Lox vs G Unit
The dog pound will put them down.
Lox are good but also overrated. Wu tang would easily get the better of them in a battle it won’t even be that close. Gangstarr and Mobb deep also. Some groups just got so many classics and Lox are not one of them.
Hieroglyphics is superior.
they’re tripping, while lyrically they’re up there w/ the best, they not fucking with bone thugs in no way. Nobody has done the shit bone was in their hey day
The Lox are okay but they’re tripping right now. There’s so many groups that are actually supergroups. Kiss is nice but Styles P is greater. Kiss call himself top 5 dead or alive and haven’t even made any hits that’ll make me remember him 30 years from now. Lox are not messing with NWA, Bone Thugs, Outkast, Mobb Deep, Wu Tang, Gangstarr, Dogg Pound Gangsta, Hieroglyphics, Pharcyde, Goodie Mobb, Eight Ball and MJG, etc… Lox better sit this one out! Now Styles P by himself is up there with some heavyweights. Dude is super nice.
A Tribe Called Quest and Roots better. What about Boot camp click artists such as Black moon, Smiff n wessun and Heltah skeltah all are better than Lox I reckon. De la soul made a bigger impact. Also Ditc are def better who I think are the most underrated hip hop group in history.