A solo emcee out of Philly, Eve's first appearance on wax was the Bulworth soundtrack in '98. The following year she hooked up with the Ruff Ryders and scored a major hit with the Latin-esque club rocker "What Ya Want." Her first solo album, Let There Be Eve...Ruff Ryders' First Lady, was a major success, fueled by the singles "Gotta Man" and "Love Is Blind." She has also loaned her skills to other albums by the Roots and Blackstreet. Able to balance sex appeal, tough-girl posturing, and real life issues alike, Eve is amongst the most respected female mic-touchers in the game. Her second record, Scorpion, dropped in 2001, featuring the Dre-produced, Gwen Stefani collaboration "Let Me Blow Your Mind."