''The Trinity'' is the debut
EP by American hip hop group
The Lox
The Lox (stylized The LOX or The L.O.X.) is an American hip hop group from Yonkers, New York, formed in 1994. The group is composed of East Coast rappers Sheek Louch, Styles P and Jadakiss. They had originally signed to Puff Daddy's Bad Boy ...
. The EP was released on December 18, 2013, by D-Block Records. It served as their first release in over 13 years. The EP features
guest appearance
In show business, a guest appearance is the participation of an outsider performer (such as a musician or actor) in an event such as a music record or concert, show, etc., when the performer does not belong to the regular band, cast, or other ...
s from Tyler Woods and Dyce Payne.
Critical reception
Upon its release, ''The Trinity'' received generally positive reviews from
music critics. Homer Johnsen of
HipHopDX
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gave the album three out of five stars, saying "The EP as a whole also lacks the inter-verse group dynamic. For instance, the classic Noreaga track “Banned From TV” features Jadakiss and Styles P finishing each other's lines with intersecting verses. Displays of chemistry like that are nowhere to be found on ''The Trinity''. Instead, it's just basic verse-for-verse rhyming. The LOX have proven that they can make good music in any decade, but on this EP their attempts to mold their sound into a more contemporary one, while still staying true to themselves, are noticeable. As stated before, LOX fans should be satisfied with ''The Trinity''. It serves as a useful warm-up course for ''We Are The Streets 2'', and is solid at best, considering it's their first release in 13 years."
Commercial performance
The album debuted at number 141 on the
''Billboard'' 200 chart, with first-week sales of 8,400 copies in the United States.
Track listing
Charts
References
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2013 debut EPs
The Lox albums