Born in Corona, Queens, and raised on Groshon Ave in Yonkers, NY, Styles began rapping with Jadakiss and Sheek in 1994, as they all grew up in the same Yonkers, New York neighborhood. They eventually signed to Bad Boy Records, formed the rap group called "THE LOX" which stands for "Living Off Xperience", and recorded songs with Notorious B.I.G., Sean Combs and Darren Blackburn. In 1998, The Lox released Money, Power & Respect w/ the hit song "Money, Power, Respect" feat. fellow Bad Boy, "Lil Kim" and Ruff Ryder Earl "DMX" Simmons. Soon thereafter, Styles P led the Lox on the now infamous quest to leave Bad Boy Records. When they were finally released, the Lox signed to Interscope. Shortly thereafter, a new Lox album and Jadakiss' solo album Kiss Tha Game Goodbye were released.
Styles released A Gangster and a Gentleman in 2002, as his debut solo album. The album contained the song "The Life", featuring Pharoahe Monch which was originally recorded for Rawkus Records' Soundbombing 3 compilation album. The follow up hit was the song dedicated to marijuana use, "Good Times (I Get High)", one of the most played songs of 2002.
In 2003, Styles P. and Jadakiss appeared on the "Oz Soundtrack" with one of the harder edged songs "Some Niggas" about prison life. On a mixed album with several songs about the lifestyle behind bars, "Some Niggas" was one of the fiercest and most remembered songs on the street from that album.
In 2004, Styles P. released the mixtape Ghost Stories in limited distribution form (NY only) -- the mixtape spread to other cities and onto the internet in the next year. He was featured on the hit song "Locked Up", by R&B artist Akon.
In 2005, Styles P. received local market airplay for his and Jadakiss' remix of Mariah Carey's mega-hit "We Belong Together", and on Miri Ben-Ari's album, The Hip-Hop Violinist; he features on the track "We Gonna Win". He released two stand-alone mixtapes in complete form: Ghost in the Shell in the spring of 2005 and Ghost in the Machine in the Fall.
Styles P. has been featured on many rappers' albums including Ghostface Killah, Jadakiss, Sheek Louch, and Akon's albums. Styles is rumoured to appear on DMX's new album Walk With Me Now and You'll Fly With Me Later. He will also appear on the title track to The Roots' latest album, Rising Down.
Street Sh*T
Styles P Lyrics
Jump to: Overall Meaning ↴ Line by Line Meaning ↴
Their ancient hymns were my dreams
But the vast and cold forest beckons
So I rose with the funeral moon
From my coffin of blackest slone
From the crypts which for aeons
Embraced me
Through the portals and into the
It's calling for me
In darkness reborn
Through the midnight spheres I dance
Spreading my wings
Caressing the black infernal night
"From a timeless past I have risen to
Rule this kingdom of mine"
The eye of the wolves will guide me
Through landscapes of ancient black
I am eternal, I am supreme
I ride the nocturnal winds
Thy cry of ravens will carry me
Forth dimensions unknown by mortals
I am eternal, I am supreme
The nocturnal winds are mine
I descend into forests long forgotten
The naked trees united in perfect
Melancholy
And I saw spirits dancing,
Swirling insane
The knowledge revealed to me
In darkness reborn
Through midnight spheres I dance
Spreading my wings
In the forest of pernicious black
Night is eternal
The sun is forever consumed
Embraced by the beautiful blackness
So sombre, so pure
The lyrics to Styles P feat. Sheek Louch's song "Street Shit" seem to be completely unrelated to the actual lyrics of the song. Instead, we see a passage that is reminiscent of a mythical tale of someone rising from the dead and embracing the darkness around them. The lyrics portray someone who has been sleeping amongst evil gods and has been dreaming of their ancient hymns. However, the cold forest eventually beckons him from his coffin of blackest stone. He has been embraced by the crypts for aeons, but the portals have called him into the frozen night. The singer believes that they have been reborn in darkness and that they spread their wings through the midnight spheres, caressing the black infernal night.
The singer believes that they are eternal and supreme, riding the nocturnal winds and being carried forth by the cries of ravens beyond dimensions unknown by mortals. They descend into forests long forgotten where the naked trees unite in perfect melancholy. Furthermore, the singer has seen spirits dancing, swirling insane. They have gained knowledge revealed in the darkness and they spread their wings through the midnight spheres once more. In the forest of pernicious black, the night is eternal, and the sun is forever consumed, embraced in the beautiful blackness so sombre and pure.
Line by Line Meaning
Among evil gods I sleep
I rest among wicked deities
Their ancient hymns were my dreams
I dreamt of the chants from eras long gone by them
But the vast and cold forest beckons
However, I am called forth by the large and icy woods
So I rose with the funeral moon
Thus, I awaken at the rise of the grieving moon
From my coffin of blackest slone
Emerging from my coffin made of the darkest of stones
From the crypts which for aeons embraced me
After being held in the tombs for countless ages
Through the portals and into the frozen night
I travel through passages and into the frigid night
It's calling for me
I am summoned by the darkness
In darkness reborn
Reborn within the shadows
Through the midnight spheres I dance
I dance amongst the spheres of darkness
Spreading my wings
My wings extend wide
Caressing the black infernal night
I fondle the wicked infernal night
"From a timeless past I have risen to rule this kingdom of mine"
"I have ascended from an ageless era to rule this dominion of mine"
The eye of the wolves will guide me
I shall be led by the gaze of the wolves
Through landscapes of ancient black
Journeying over vistas of age-old darkness
I am eternal, I am supreme
I am without end, I am the highest
I ride the nocturnal winds
I journey on the nightly winds
Thy cry of ravens will carry me forth dimensions unknown by mortals
The cawing of the ravens leads me to wondrous realms unfathomed by humans
The nocturnal winds are mine
The nightly winds belong to me
I descend into forests long forgotten
I descend into the woods abandoned by time
The naked trees united in perfect melancholy
The bare trees in union under profound sorrow
And I saw spirits dancing, swirling insane
I observed frenzied apparitions dancing wildly
The knowledge revealed to me
The understanding uncovered before my eyes
In darkness reborn
Reborn into obscurity
Through midnight spheres I dance, spreading my wings
Wings spread wide, I dance among the spheres of midnight
In the forest of pernicious black, night is eternal
Within the woods of malevolent darkness, the night endures forever
The sun is forever consumed, embraced by the beautiful blackness, so sombre, so pure
The sun is eternally consumed, caressed by the elegant darkness, such melancholy, such purity
Lyrics © Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC, SPIRIT TWO LATINO DY
Written by: Ramon Ayala, Victor Cabrera, Felix Ortiz, Gabriel Pizarro, Francisco Saldana
Lyrics Licensed & Provided by LyricFind