Let There Be Eve…Ruff Ryders' First Lady | ||||
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Studio album by Eve | ||||
Released | September 14, 1999 | |||
Recorded | 1998–1999 | |||
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Length | 57:09 | |||
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Singles from Let There Be Eve...Ruff Ryders' First Lady | ||||
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Entertainment Weekly | C+ |
Muzik | |
NME | (7/10) |
PopMatters | (favorable) |
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Let There Be Eve…Ruff Ryders' First Lady is the debut album of American rapper Eve. The album was released September 14, 1999 on Ruff Ryders Entertainment and Interscope Records. It sold 213,000 copies in the first week. The album has sold over 2 million copies (according to Soundscan) and is certified Double Platinum. The album features singles such as "Gotta Man," and "Love Is Blind" with Faith Evans. All of the songs on the album were written by Eve herself. 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).
Credits for Let There Be Eve...Ruff Ryders' First Lady adapted from Allmusic.