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With talk of Ruff Ryders reunion, SOHH reached out to the crew's Drag-On to get an update on when fans could watch DMX, Swizz Beatz, Eve, The Lox and more hitting the stage together.
Drag explained that the group album was put on hiatus due to each member’s individual projects.
“I was just with Sheek [Louch] last night,” Drag-On told SOHH. “We were on the radio, just promoting our projects that we got coming out. Everybody’s still cool, you know what I”m saying? It never was no beef, you know what I’m saying? We just all had a lot of things on our plate and we just have to fulfill those needs right now. But other than that, everything else is still kosher. X is always gonna be like my big brother in this game, like, so X was the one that really showed us off. So he’s always gonna be my big brother in the game.” (SOHH)
According to Jadakiss, the Ryders long-awaited reunion is just a matter of getting his crew together in the studio.
“You know, the Ryders is pure talent around the board,” Jada said about his team of emcees which includes DMX, Eve and Swizz Beatz. “It’s just a matter of linking up and putting it together. I had to be the engine, you know what I mean, with this Last Kiss album, get back in the door, get my elbows, get my elbow space and pull everybody out. DMX is back out of the trouble again. I feel fresh, it’s like a new beginning. Five years off [and] to have a first-week like I had, you know, the response is great. The people are still feeling the kid and that’s all it’s about…I was told I was nice from [Big] Pun, Biggie, Nas, Jay-Z, Eminem.” (Parker Vision)
Swizz Beatz previously talked about re-sparking the Ruff Ryders through working with X and Eve.
“I’m about to drop this joint that was supposed to be DMX and Jadakiss, but it’s gonna be DMX and Eve,” Swizz said in an interview. “I want people to hear Eve in that hard element again. X is on his A-game. They’re in trouble. Just the lineup of music I have already done, ignorant! X is gonna come back so crazy. They are both on the way…I paused up on my album sh*t…I’m on a different level of expressing myself. I’d rather express musically than lyrically. But any minute, I can go in the studio and jump on some sh*t I made for somebody else and not wanna give it to them.” (MTV)
Last summer, Jada confirmed the movement would be in full effect for 2009.
“We got the Ruff Ryder, D-Block remix out,” Kiss explained as he and Swizz Beatz pulled out trademark Ruff Ryder bandannas in an interview last May. “We got [DMX] on there. X on there, Eve, Drag On, Styles P, Sheek Louch, we bringing it back. We bringing it back to that element baby! … And yeah, yeah, the Big Bosses tour, me and my big homie Cam’ron coming to a venue near you real soon…Catalog is crazy right now. We got Lox album coming, Ruff Ryder compilation, new Sheek album, new Swizz album, new Kiss album. We gettin’ it poppin’ baby! (“106 & Park”)
Check out Jadakiss speaking on Ruff Ryders below:
