Let There Be...Eve: Ruff Ryders' First Lady

Padded with distracting and often tasteless guest appearances, Let There Be…Eve, the debut album by the foremost female from DMX’s posse, sounds more like a jumbled Ruff Ryders collage than a solo portrait. But intimate tracks like ”Love Is Blind” and ”Heaven Only Knows” suggest an artist struggling to shake a gang mentality. Next time, Eve, put a muzzle on the snakes.