AllMusic editor Theresa E. LaVeck found that "Eve's conviction and passion make her noticeable no matter what the subject, but she truly stands out when the stories become personal, examining the cost of the hard life she champions in other songs. "Love Is Blind" is a painful look at domestic violence. Self-respect and positivity are the moral of "Heaven Only Knows." Both tracks are backed by beautiful arrangements with acoustic guitar and lush vocals. Eve maintains her hardcore image in these tracks, but with a subtle vulnerability that promise lots of interesting things to come from this Philly prodigy."[3]
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Let There Be Eve...Ruff Ryders' First Lady track listing[10]
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Let There Be Eve Ruff Ryders First Lady is the debut studio album by American rapper Eve It was released by Ruff Ryders Entertainment and Interscope Records on September 14 1999 All of the songs on the album were written by Eve herself It sold over 200 000 copies in the first week 1 The album has sold over 2 million copies and was certified Double Platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America 2 The album features singles such as Gotta Man and Love Is Blind with Faith Evans Eve became the third female hip hop artist to have her album peak at number one on the Billboard 200 Lauryn Hill s debut album The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill being the first to top the chart in 1998 and Foxy Brown s second album Chyna Doll achieving the feat earlier in 1999 Let There Be Eve Ruff Ryders First LadyStudio album by EveReleasedSeptember 14 1999 1999 09 14 Recorded1996 1999StudioPowerhouse StudioGenreEast Coast hip hop gangsta rapLength57 09LabelRuff Ryders InterscopeProducerSwizz Beatz P K DJ Shok Jay Icepick JacksonEve chronologyLet There Be Eve Ruff Ryders First Lady 1999 Scorpion 2001 Singles from Let There Be Eve Ruff Ryders First Lady What Y all Want Released June 1999 Gotta Man Released August 31 1999 Love Is Blind Released December 9 1999 Contents 1 Critical reception 2 Track listing 3 Personnel 4 Charts 4 1 Weekly charts 4 2 Year end charts 5 Certifications 6 See also 7 ReferencesCritical reception editProfessional ratingsReview scoresSourceRatingAllMusic nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp 3 Entertainment WeeklyC 4 Muzik nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp 5 NME7 10 6 Pitchfork8 1 10 7 Q nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp 5 Robert Christgau nbsp nbsp 8 Rolling Stone nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp 9 The Source nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp 5 AllMusic editor Theresa E LaVeck found that Eve s conviction and passion make her noticeable no matter what the subject but she truly stands out when the stories become personal examining the cost of the hard life she champions in other songs Love Is Blind is a painful look at domestic violence Self respect and positivity are the moral of Heaven Only Knows Both tracks are backed by beautiful arrangements with acoustic guitar and lush vocals Eve maintains her hardcore image in these tracks but with a subtle vulnerability that promise lots of interesting things to come from this Philly prodigy 3 Track listing editLet There Be Eve Ruff Ryders First Lady track listing 10 No TitleWriter s Producer s Length1 First Lady Intro Kasseem DeanSwizz Beatz1 362 Let s Talk About featuring Drag On Eve JeffersMelvin SmallsDarrin DeanK DeanSwizz Beatz3 313 Gotta Man featuring Mashonda E JeffersK DeanSwizz Beatz4 244 Philly Cheese Steak Skit featuring Swizz Eric and Fuquan Swizz Beatz1 375 Philly Philly featuring Beanie Sigel E JeffersDwight GrantJ DeanK DeanSwizz Beatz3 576 Stuck Up featuring C J E JeffersGeorge CantresD DeanK DeanSwizz Beatz3 537 Ain t Got No Dough featuring Missy Elliott E JeffersMelissa ElliottK DeanSwizz Beatz4 178 BM Skit Icepick1 019 Love Is Blind featuring Faith Evans E JeffersAnthony FieldsK DeanSwizz Beatz4 2010 Scenario 2000 featuring DMX The Lox and Drag On E JeffersEarl SimmonsM SmallsDavid StylesJason PhillipsSean JacobsK DeanSwizz Beatz3 5011 Dog Match featuring DMX E JeffersE SimmonsK DeanSwizz Beatz4 1912 My Bitches Skit Jay JacksonD DeanE SimmonsK DeanSwizz Beatz1 0813 We On That Shit featuring P Killer Trackz E JeffersA FieldsD DeanK DeanP K 3 2514 Chokie Nikes Skit featuring Eve Diona Eric and Grimy Icepick1 0415 Maniac featuring Swizz Beatz E JeffersD DeanK DeanSwizz Beatz4 2216 My Enemies Skit E JeffersK DeanSwizz Beatz1 4317 Heaven Only Knows E JeffersMichael GomezShok4 2918 What Y all Want Remix bonus track E JeffersK DeanM GomezShok4 05Personnel editCredits for Let There Be Eve Ruff Ryders First Lady adapted from AllMusic 11 Adam Bunnie Grossman engineer Adam Gazzola instrumentation Charles Duffy art direction design Chris Theis engineer Dee Dean executive producer DMX performer Eric performer Eric Smith engineer Eve vocals The Icepick producer Jonathan Mannion photography Kithe Brewster stylist Mario DeArce editing P K producer Rich Keller multi Instruments mixing instrumentation Ron Martinez vocals Shok producer Swizz Beatz producer associate producer Taryn Simon photography Tony Dawsey mastering Tony Maserati mixing Waah executive producer art direction designCharts editWeekly charts edit Weekly chart performance for Let There Be Eve Ruff Ryders First Lady Chart 1999 PeakpositionCanadian Albums Billboard 12 16Canadian R amp B Albums Nielsen SoundScan 13 1US Billboard 200 14 1US Top R amp B Hip Hop Albums Billboard 15 1 Year end charts edit 1999 Year end chart performance for Let There Be Eve Ruff Ryders First Lady Chart 1999 PositionUS Billboard 200 16 96US Top R amp B Hip Hop Albums Billboard 17 312000 Year end chart performance for Let There Be Eve Ruff Ryders First Lady Chart 2000 PositionUS Billboard 200 18 91US Top R amp B Hip Hop Albums Billboard 19 43Certifications editCertifications for Let There Be Eve Ruff Ryders First Lady Region Certification Certified units salesCanada Music Canada 20 Gold 50 000 United States RIAA 22 2 Platinum 2 000 000 21 Shipments figures based on certification alone See also editList of number one albums of 1999 U S List of number one R amp B albums of 1999 U S References edit Boehlert Eric September 22 1999 Eve Rides to the Top of the Chart Rolling Stone ISSN 0035 791X Retrieved November 7 2011 Eve Singer of the Week AskMen com Archived from the original on January 18 2010 Retrieved November 18 2009 a b LaVeck Theresa E Let There Be Eve Ruff Ryder s First Lady Eve AllMusic Retrieved November 16 2009 Walters Barry October 8 1999 Let There Be Eve Ruff Ryders First Lady Review Entertainment Weekly Retrieved November 16 2009 a b c Let There Be Eve Ruff Ryder s First Lady CD Album CD Universe Retrieved December 30 2012 Album Reviews Ruff Ryders First Lady NME November 3 1999 Retrieved December 30 2012 Kameir Rawiya March 17 2019 Eve Let There Be Eve Ruff Ryders First Lady Album Review Pitchfork Retrieved November 26 2019 Christgau Robert CG Eve RobertChristgau com Retrieved December 30 2012 Toure October 14 1999 Recordings Eve Eve Ruff Ryders First Lady Rolling Stone pp 119 120 Archived from the original on November 2 2001 Retrieved December 30 2012 Let There Be Eve Ruff Ryders First Lady booklet Ruff Ryders Interscope 1999 Eve Let There Be Eve Ruff Ryder s First Lady Credits AllMusic Retrieved November 17 2009 Eve Chart History Canadian Albums Billboard Retrieved September 28 2020 R amp B Top 50 Jam October 4 1999 Archived from the original on October 7 1999 Retrieved January 27 2023 Eve Chart History Billboard 200 Billboard Retrieved September 28 2020 Eve Chart History Top R amp B Hip Hop Albums Billboard Retrieved September 28 2020 1999 The Year in Music Billboard Vol 111 no 52 December 25 1999 p YE 56 Retrieved May 24 2021 1999 The Year in Music Billboard Vol 111 no 52 December 25 1999 p YE 56 Retrieved May 24 2021 Top Billboard 200 Albums Year End 2000 Billboard Archived from the original on January 10 2015 Retrieved November 15 2021 2000 The Year in Music Billboard Vol 112 no 53 December 30 2000 p YE 52 Retrieved May 24 2021 Canadian album certifications Eve Let There Be Eve Ruff Ryders First Lady Music Canada Concepcion Mariel June 9 2007 A bad rap Billboard Vol 119 no 23 pp 24 25 Retrieved February 3 2022 via Internet Archive American album certifications Eve Let There Be Eve Ruff Ryders First Lady Recording Industry Association of America Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Let There Be Eve Ruff Ryders 27 First Lady amp oldid 1187865363, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
