Ruff Ryders - Ryde or Die Vol. 1

[Tyler Durden]

1 - Ryde or Die - Lox/DMX/Drag-On/Eve
This track had a nice beat, classic type of posse cut, they had to put X on last really 3.5/5
2 - Down Bottom - Drag-On/JuvenileHas a beat like a song from Rocky 3.5/5
3- What ya Want - Eve/Nokio
Dull track, bad hook too 2/5
4 - Jigga my Nigga - JayZ
Another bad hook, guess what Jigga rhymes with 3/5
5- Takin Money (skit)
6 - Dope Money - Lox
Dope money to rap money back to dope money, I really doubt thats true 3/5
7 - I'm a Ruff Ryder - Parle
R&B track that lasts too long, I can listen to it but it keeps shouting, "I'm a Ruff Ryder" in the background so we know it's hood. 2.5/5
8 - Bugout - DMX
Needed some DMX again, goofy beat but track is only 1:20. 3/5
9 - Kiss of Death - Jadakiss
OK beat - basic lyrics 3/5
10 - The Hood - Drag-On/Beanie Sigel/Mysonne.Infa Red/ Nu Child/Jadakiss
Same old shit again, guns and knives, but still listenable 3/5
11 - Platinum Plus - Jermaine Dupri/Ma$e/Cross
Not a Jermaine Dupri fan, Ma$e sounds board on this track, party track 3.5/5
12 - Buff Ryders (skit)
13 - Do that Shit - Eve
Much harder track from Eve, chanty type hook 3/5
14 - Pina Colada - Sheek/Big Pun
I like this beat, not as 'fairground' sounding as Swizz Beats usually are. Pun even mentions Wu on the track 3.5/5
15 - Some X Shit - DMX
X doing his 'talk all quiet and shy' then shoutin all rugged again, like it though 3.5/5

Usual Swizz Beats type production
Sounds a lot like "And then there was X..."
I'd give the album a 3.5/5

Theres a gay ass pic of the Lox in the cover art. (Had to be mentioned)

[The Hound]

all 3 of em are garbage and get worse ... 1 is the most tolerable to listen to ... 2 is good for TWO tracks ... 3 deserves an 0.5 rating

i give it 2/5

[Tyler Durden]

True about them getting worse, haven't heard the 4th yet, No X on it I think.
I bought them years Ago when I was really into DMX.
Put all three in my car today to review them when I have a chance.

[Mic Tyson]

this was my shit when it first came out. i had this mess on tape. I proly wouldn't even touch this shit now tho, except for a few good songs

[CharlesJones]

LOL@The Hound hahahahahahahahahahahaha. You're right. Ryde Or Die song is my jam and The Lox's lyrics are funny. Props to them for sampling EPMD's Headbanger song.

[David Daniel Davis]

This dropped twenty years ago today.What Ya Want and Jigga My Nigga were inescapable Summer jams that year.
I personally loved the street tracks Ryde Or Die, Dope Money, Hood and Some X Shit. Was the best of the Ruff Ryders' compilations.

[David Daniel Davis]

Twenty five years ago today this dropped.. This still gets a lot of play here in New York..

[Hollow Dartz]

The roster should've been limited to The Lox, DMX, Eve, Drag-on. Everyone else was wack. I agree with what someone posted above. Each compilation got worse. Vol. 4 only had that one decent track with X & Jada and even that was ok.