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Born and bred in Yonkers, New York, alongside childhood friends and fellow rappers Jadakiss and Sheek, Styles P formed hip-hop group, The Lox, in 1994. With very little time passed the trio recorded a demo which subsequently landed into the hands of R&B singer Mary J. Blige. Impressed with the street influenced, East Coast rap style Blige gave the demo to Sean “Diddy” Combs who immediately offered the group a publishing deal. The deal allowed the group to collaborate with the likes of Diddy, the Notorious B.I.G., and Mariah Carey, and raised the group's profile and notoriety in the hip-hop mainstream. Styles P released two full-length albums with the group, “Money, Power & Respect” in 1998 and “We Are the Streets” in 2000, before focusing on his solo pursuits.
In 2002 Styles P issued his debut full-length album “A Gangster and a Gentlemen” through Ruff Ryders Entertainment and Interscope Records. Climbing to No. 6 on the Billboard 200, the record earned positive reviews from the press, led by the No. 22 single “Good Times”. Despite earning more favourable reviews and production from The Alchemist, Styles P’s follow-up, “Time Is Money”, peaked at No. 79 on the Billboard 200. In a split release between Ruff Ryders Entertainment and Koch Records, the rapper’s third album “Super Gangster (Extraordinary Gentlemen)” was released in December 2007. Rising to No. 5 on the Billboard 200, the record was led by the singles “Blow Ya Mind” and “Gangster, Gangster”.
In 2009 alongside D-Block, Styles P released the album “No Security”, followed a year later by the collaborative album “The Green Ghost Project” with DJ Green Lantern. The solo full-length “Master of Ceremonies” arrived in 2011, which was greeted with critical acclaim, and showcased a rapper determined to stick to his roots. The following year the talented performer issued the album “The World’s Most Hardest MC Project”, before releasing his sixth studio album to date “Float” in April 2013. Featuring Sheek Louch, Vado, Jadakiss, and Rocko amongst a host of other rappers, Style P released “Phantom and the Ghost” in April 2014, led by the single “Sour”.
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Professionally speaking, Yonkers, New York rapper David Styles goes by the name Styles P; as to what the P stands for, your guess is frankly as good as mine. He can now reflect on two decades in the rap game so far, having kicked off his career back in 1994; growing up in suburban New York, he was a member of The LOX, a hip hop collective that remains active to this day, and that counts Jadakiss and Sheek Louch as its other members. In their late teens, they met Mary J. Blige, who was impressed with their output and passed on a demo tape to Puff Daddy himself (as he was known then, at least). The rest is something like history; Puff immediately hired them to write songs for Bad Boy Records, and it wasn’t long before the trio were straight up collaborating with the man himself, as well as Blige and the likes of Mariah Carey, too.
Since 2002, Styles has been dropping his own albums, with an impressive seven already released; the latest of those, Phantom and the Ghost, was released back in April of this year. He’s already played a slew of live shows across the U.S. in support of it, but it remains to be see as to whether he’ll make a visit to Europe - his fanbase here is a small one, but certainly dedicated.
Joeg_67
David Styles better known by his stage name, Styles P has tried his hands at a number of things including rapping, writing, producing and is even considered an entrepreneur after founding D Block Records. He first found fame during his time as a member of the group The LOX yet he has been recording as a soloist since the early 00s.
Although he has worked on numerous things in his career, he still finds time to head out onto the road to tour to his fanbase. Although he is not a particularly charismatic performer, you cannot deny the skill he has as a freestyler and he can spit verse at impressive speeds. The atmosphere in the venue is pretty moody all evening with dark red lights and smoke covering the audience yet they make themselves known for the finale of 'Good Times' as they raise their arms in unison and dance to the irresistible hip hop beats.
sean-ward
Styles p was awesome he sounds the same just like in he’s mixtapes and album in person dude went from spitting the old shit to the new hope he comes back d block
kuilan978
Styles P is one of my TOP 5 favorite rappers of ALL time, no question! I have seen him in concert twice with his group LOX and the energy is craaaazzzzy!!!!!
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