![]() There are the stash-spot sagas "Get At Me Dog," "ATF," and "Crime Story," there's "Damien's" Calvinist dread-and in retrospect, it's a wonder that DMX was ever as chill and sensitive as he sounds on "How's It Goin Down."īut yes, the most certainly enduring smash from DMX's debut is indeed Swizz's "Ruff Ryders Anthem," its success having certified the course of X's career henceforth: loud over wounded, menace over vulnerability, strength over love, and the fear of death in all endeavors. ![]() Dame Grease ran the boards on It's Dark and Hell Is Hot, ruling by gloomy piano chords and ghastly strings. Forget Swizz' grating YAMAHA swipes for a moment-those came later. Lauryn Hill with stubble, a temper, and twin Glocks, loaded. drug addiction, prison) means we have forgotten that the Ruff Ryders used to run this rap shit, if briefly.īut before the incessant Ruff Rydin' and cameo freelancing, DMX laid an hour-plus of mostly solo poetry and netherworld mythologizing. And while Jay, Kanye, and Cam's career restlessness mean that we've hardly forgotten the R.O.C., DMX's hasty retirement (a.k.a. Grand Champ is an underrated album in DMX’s catalog, even if it is overlong at 78 minutes and it misses some of the raw power of DMX’s first three albums, even if there’s some forgettable production, and even if there are too many guests and skits. Like Jay Z before Reasonable Doubt, DMX floundered as Unsigned Hype for nearly a decade before he got around to recording that landmark debut. DMX’s fifth studio album Grand Champ was DMX’s fifth straight album that debuted at the 1 spot on the Billboard 200 chart an incredible run. ![]() Label: Ruff Ryders Entertainment/Def Jam Recordings ![]()
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