Let There Be Eve...Ruff Ryders' First Lady
Occupation
- Eve: compositions, lyrics and rap
Let There Be Eve ... Ruff Ryders ' First Lady is the debut album by American rapper Eve. The album was released on 14 September 1999 on their label Ruff Ryders Entertainment and Interscope Records.
Background
It is the first album in the history of music that comes from a rapper and debuted at number one on the Billboard 200. From the album over 213,000 units were sold in the first week and over 2 million units total in the U.S.. It was awarded double platinum. From the Album Gotta have It and Love Is Blind with Faith Evans released as singles, but did not make it into the charts. All songs on the album were written by Eve itself.
Title list
Reception
Theresa E. LaVeck of Allmusic highlighted pieces like Love Is Blind and Heaven Only Knows, which are characterized by pleasing arrangements, such as with acoustic guitar. Eve so keep her hardcore image, but " subtle vulnerability " with a. You missed four out of five stars. Barry Walters of Entertainment Weekly criticized the " often tasteless " guest appearances. He forgave the C rating (equivalent to 3 according to German school grades ).