{{Use mdy dates|date=May 2025}} {{Infobox album | name = The Trinity | type = EP | artist = the Lox | cover = The Lox The Trinity.jpg | alt = | released = December 18, 2013 | recorded = 2013 | venue = | studio = | genre = Hip hop | length = 14:48 | label = D-Block | producer = Eric G., Vinny Idol, Buda da Future, Grandz Muzik, Dayzel | prev_title = We Are the Streets | prev_year = 2000 | next_title = The Trinity 2nd Sermon | next_year = 2014 }}
'''''The Trinity''''' is the debut EP by American hip hop group the Lox. The EP was released on December 18, 2013, by D-Block Records.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://music.apple.com/us/album/the-trinity-ep/784672426 |title=iTunes - Music - The Trinity - EP by The Lox |publisher=iTunes |date=2013-12-20 |access-date=2013-12-27}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.vibe.com/article/new-music-lox-trinity-ep |title=New Music: The Lox 'The Trinity EP' |publisher=Vibe |date=2013-12-18 |accessdate=2013-12-27}}</ref> It served as their first release in over 13 years.<ref>{{cite web|last=Tardio |first=Andres |url=http://www.hiphopdx.com/index/news/id.26691/title.lox-the-trinity-release-date-cover-art-tracklist-ep-stream |title=Lox "The Trinity" Release Date, Cover Art, Tracklist & EP Stream | Get The Latest Hip Hop News, Rap News & Hip Hop Album Sales |publisher=HipHop DX |date=2013-12-23 |accessdate=2013-12-27}}</ref> The EP features guest appearances from Tyler Woods and Dyce Payne.
== Critical reception == {{Music ratings | rev1 = ''HipHopDX'' | rev1Score = {{Rating|3|5}}<ref name="hiphopdx1">{{cite web|last=Johnsen |first=Homer |url=http://www.hiphopdx.com/index/album-reviews/id.2210/title.the-lox-the-trinity |title=The LOX - The Trinity |publisher=HipHop DX |date= |accessdate=2014-01-09}}</ref> }}
Upon its release, ''The Trinity'' received generally positive reviews from music critics. Homer Johnsen of ''HipHopDX'' gave the album three out of five stars, saying "The EP as a whole also lacks the inter-verse group dynamic. For instance, the classic Noreaga track “Banned From TV” features Jadakiss and Styles P finishing each other's lines with intersecting verses. Displays of chemistry like that are nowhere to be found on ''The Trinity''. Instead, it's just basic verse-for-verse rhyming. The LOX have proven that they can make good music in any decade, but on this EP their attempts to mold their sound into a more contemporary one, while still staying true to themselves, are noticeable. As stated before, LOX fans should be satisfied with ''The Trinity''. It serves as a useful warm-up course for ''We Are The Streets 2'', and is solid at best, considering it's their first release in 13 years."<ref name="hiphopdx1"/>
==Commercial performance== The album debuted at number 141 on the ''Billboard'' 200 chart, with first-week sales of 8,400 copies in the United States.<ref>{{cite magazine|url=http://www.hiphopdx.com/index/news/id.26774/title.hip-hop-album-sales-week-ending-12-22-2013|last=Tardio |first=Andres | title=Hip Hop Album Sales: The Week Ending 12/22/2013|magazine=HipHopDX |date=2013-12-26| accessdate=2013-12-26}}</ref>
==Track listing== {{track listing | extra_column = Producer(s) | total_length =
| title1 = Faded | note1 = featuring Tyler Woods | extra1 = Eric G. | length1 = 3:53
| title2 = Talk About It | note2 = | extra2 = Vinny Idol | length2 = 3:57
| title3 = Love Me or Leave Me Alone | note3 = | extra3 = Buda Da Future, Grandz Muzik | length3 = 3:04
| title4 = Three Kings | note4 = featuring Dyce Payne | extra4 = Dayzel | length4 = 3:54 }}
==Charts== {| class="wikitable sortable" |- ! scope="col" | Chart (2013) ! scope="col" | Peak<br />position |- {{album chart|Billboard200|141|artist=The LOX|accessdate=December 27, 2013}} |- {{album chart|BillboardRandBHipHop|17|artist=The LOX|accessdate=December 27, 2013}} |}
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