- Scorpion [Explicit] : by Eve

After Eve was featured on songs such as The Roots' "You Got Me", DMX's "Ruff Ryder's Anthem" (Remix) and the Ruff Ryders' "Ryde Or Die", you knew that sooner or later she would come out with a CD of her own. "Ruff Ryders' First Lady" was an impressive debut and it featured classic rap songs such as "Let's Talk About" w/Drag-On, "Dog Match" w/DMX and "Scenario 2000" w/DMX, The LOX, and Drag-On. The CD went on to go double platinum and it paved Eve's way to success in the rap game. Now she is back with her 2nd CD, "Scorpion". The first single, "Who's That Girl" is tight and it will remind you off her radio friendly songs of before especially "Got It All" w/Jadakiss on the Ruff Ryders' Volume 2 compilation. Eve shows a lot of versatility on this CD. She's rapping, singing, making you listen and making you think on different tracks of the CD. Swizz Beatz does his share as well but producers like Dr. Dre & Stevie J get a chance to represent as well, which is good. The songs to listen to are the Dr. Dre produced "Let Me Blow Ya Mind" w/Gwen Stefani and "That's What It Is" w/Styles of The LOX. It gives a listener a chance to see what things would have been like if she would have stayed with the good Dr. "Cowboy", "Scream Double R" w/DMX and "Life Is Hard" w/Teena Marie are tight songs as well. My personal favorite has to be the Swizz Beatz produced, "Thug In The Street" On this track, Drag-On, The LOX and Eve are on a lyrical free for all and Eve definitely holds her own next to her Ruff Ryder fam. Overall, this is a good CD from Eve and it shows her versatility in the rap game. She isn't going anywhere anytime soon.