The album has its share of memorable hits, but as an overall package it’s not nearly as cohesive as his earlier efforts.įorgotten favorites: “Fame,” “One More Road to Cross,” “Here We Go Again”Įdd said: Now I know this ranking’s gonna give me the most grief, but I stand by it. But nostalgia can be blinding – this is when X’s growling pitbull shtick started getting a little old. Trim about three or four tracks and dump the skits and X could have had something special.įorgotten favorites: “Dogs Out,” “Get It On the Floor,” “We’re Back”Įdd said: …And Then There Was X dropped at the peak of DMX’s popularity (old folks are STILL out saying “up in here, up in here” like it’s hot new slang) so this album is pretty fondly remembered. However, it’s a pretty fun release overall. It feels like a bit of a last hurrah for the Ruff Ryder squad, as X’s crew are all over this album – and sometimes X gets lost in the multitude of guests. But time brings perspective and, looking back, it’s much better than I originally gave it credit for. Overall, though, the album is just too long and lethargic to stand up to the greats.įorgotten favorites: “Already,” “Have You Eva,” “I’m Back”Įdd said: I’ll be real with y’all – I did NOT like this album in 2003. Swizz Beatz, Dame Grease and others provide solid production and X occasionally gives us glimpses of his glory days. DMX’s comeback following a six-year layoff may not have been the rousing success he expected but it wasn’t a total embarrassment either. Soul In Stereo rating: 3.5 stars out of 5Įdd said: Stop frontin, you know you forgot this album existed. That did him no favors.įorgotten favorites: “Baby Motha,” “We In Here” There are a few morsels here and there on this release but it was apparent that the dog was not trying to learn any new tricks. And by 2006, he was getting staler than week-old dog food. The greatest criticism of DMX is that he refused to evolve over the years. Travel back to a time when the dog owned the yard.Įdd said: Yikes. As always, we’ll be just ranking his official solo LPs, skipping compilations and mixtapes, and judging his material based on quality, impact and cohesiveness. Let’s look back at the dog’s storied but very controversial catalog. 1 albums in the same calendar year (more on that later), and six of his seven albums have all topped the charts. He’s one of the biggest stars in rap history, racking up 74 million albums sold worldwide, is the first rapper to drop two No.
Most younger fans only know X for the drama but if you’re reading this post, you know Dark Man X is much bigger than memes and reindeer games. He’s like the Luke Cage of tabloids – no matter how many shots they take, the dude just won’t go down.
I knew it was fake though – no one has endured more tribulation than Earl Simmons and stood his ground. Just a few days ago, DMX was the latest death hoax victim. After he was admitted to rehab numerous times over the next year, he said he had finally beat his drug addiction.It seems like every couple of months the Internet tries to prematurely murder someone. In 2010, he was sentenced to a year in prison for violating terms of his probation. He tried to barricade himself in his bedroom but emerged when a SWAT team entered his home. He was arrested in 2008 on drug and animal cruelty charges following an overnight raid on his house in Phoenix. His addiction first took hold at age 14 when smoked a marijuana cigarette that was laced with cocaine.ĭMX pleaded guilty in 2004 after he posed as an undercover federal agent and crashed his SUV through a security gate at New York’s Kennedy Airport. The rapper also starred in 2001’s Exit Wounds with Steven Seagal and 2003’s Cradle 2 the Grave with Li.īut while DMX made his mark as one of hip-hop’s most recognisable names for his rap artistry and as an actor, the rapper was personally stifled by his legal battles – he was repeatedly arrested and jailed within a decade – and drug addiction.
The rapper would later open Aaliyah’s tribute music video, Miss You, alongside her other friends and collaborators, including Missy Elliott, Lil’ Kim and Queen Latifah, after Aaliyah’s 2001 death in a plane crash at age 22.
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