Ruff Ryders brought the hood back in the late nineties and early thousands, and brought it back with pride. While Ruff Ryders, as a label, isn’t around anymore, the legacy of the label shows the incredible talent of the artists and the behind the scenes team. The result was a triple platinum bomb that exploded onto the masses and brought the dark and cold streets back to a mainstream, worldwide appeal.Ĭonsidered a classic among many, X’s debut has definitely stood the test of time. This, along with a particularly ill-suited 'soft and smooth track for the ladies' featuring a carted-in Mariah Carey as well as a too-familiar-sounding Scott. Not one to stay on just that first firestarter, he dropped the classic “Ruff Ryders Anthem” and the hood-dude-loves-around-the-way-girl ode “How’s It Going Down”, to show just how mean his star power was about to become. The most startling thing about Kiss of Death is that Jadakiss dumped a bunch of Neptunes productions and kept only 'Hot Sauce to Go,' one of the record's poorest tracks. Garnering a sick buzz with appearances on LL’s “5,4,3,2,1” and his underground cut “Born Loser”, DMX first presented us with the adrenaline-fueled and grimy “Get At Me Dog” – which set the stage for one of the most different, but incredible debuts to close out the nineties, It’s Dark & Hell Is Hot. The album that put Ruff Ryders on the map massively.

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