March 7, 2023
Eve Drops Scorpion Album – Today in Hip-Hop
[ad_1] XXL celebrates 50 years of hip-hop with this moment:March 6, 2001: On Eve's 1999 debut album, Let There Be Eve…Ruff Ryders' First Lady, the self-proclaimed "pitbull in a skirt" proved she could hold her own among her masculine Ruff Ryders labelmates DMX, the LOX and Drag-On. Two years later, on this day in 2001, Eve released her second album, Scorpion, and showed that she was a vital force in hip-hop.Riding off the success of her first album, Eve returned with her follow-up LP Scorpion, which is in reference to the Philadelphia rapper's zodiac sign, Scorpio. The 16-track project amassed two crossover hits for her: "Who's That Girl?" and "Let Me Blow...