Hard bein a gangsta rapper, you don’t know the half “Hawk some back, they wanna sue me for my math 2007’s “Super Gangster” is no exception, with tracks like “All I Know Is Pain” showing that a man once known as a generic New York gun-toting rapper is now an established soloist. Time makes all the difference in the world and after earning my respect on the oft-delayed release “Time Is Money” I had to admit SP the Ghost was capable of holding down tracks all by himself.

Even though Styles had some good beats and a crossover hit single that advocated getting high, he seemed lyrically lost without Jadakiss and Sheek Louch providing two-thirds of the songs he was on. On his first solo album “A Gangster and a Gentleman” five years ago Styles P was the least likely member of The LOX to make it on his own.