Not long after the album's release in May 1998, DMX was accused of raping a stripper in the Bronx, but was later cleared by DNA evidence. Produced mostly by Swizz Beatz, who rode the album's success to a lucrative career of his own, It's Dark and Hell Is Hot earned DMX numerous comparisons to 2Pac for his booming, aggressive presence on the mic, and went on to sell over four million copies. In 1997, he earned a second major-label shot with Def Jam, and made a galvanizing guest appearance on LL Cool J's "4, 3, 2, 1." Further guest spots on Mase's "24 Hours to Live" and fellow Yonkers MCs the LOX's "Money, Power & Respect" created an even stronger buzz, and in early 1998, he released his debut Def Jam single, "Get at Me Dog." The song was a gold-selling smash on the rap and dance charts, and paved the way for DMX's full-length debut, It's Dark and Hell Is Hot, to debut at number one on the pop charts.
DMX began to rebuild his career with an appearance on one of DJ Clue?'s underground mixtapes. He issued one further single in 1994, "Make a Move," but was convicted of drug possession that same year, the biggest offense of several on his record. Columbia subsidiary Ruffhouse signed him to a deal the following year, and released his debut single, "Born Loser." However, a surplus of talent on the Ruffhouse roster left DMX underpromoted, and the label agreed to release him from his contract. He made a name for himself on the freestyle battle scene, and was written up in The Source magazine's Unsigned Hype column in 1991. He found his saving grace in hip-hop, starting out as a DJ and human beatbox, and later moved into rapping for a greater share of the spotlight, taking his name from the DMX digital drum machine (though it's also been reinterpreted to mean "Dark Man X"). A troubled and abusive childhood turned him violent, and he spent a great deal of time living in group homes and surviving on the streets via robbery, which led to several run-ins with the law. He moved with part of his family to the New York City suburb of Yonkers while still a young child. DMX was born Earl Simmons in Baltimore, MD, on December 18, 1970. The results were compelling enough to make DMX the first artist ever to have his first four albums enter the charts at number one. He could move from spiritual anguish one minute to a narrative about the sins of the streets the next, yet keep it all part of the same complex character sort of like a hip-hop Johnny Cash. Plus, there was substance behind the style much of his work was tied together by a fascination with the split between the sacred and the profane. Everything about DMX was unremittingly intense, from his muscular, tattooed physique to his gruff, barking delivery, which made a perfect match for his trademark lyrical obsession with dogs. His rapid ascent to stardom was actually almost a decade in the making, which gave him a chance to develop the theatrical image that made him one of rap's most distinctive personalities during his heyday. He was that rare commodity: a commercial powerhouse with artistic and street credibility to spare.
beats, it always surprised me how well DMX and Cam'ron could sound on a song together.Dmx Following the deaths of Tupac Shakur and the Notorious B.I.G., DMX took over as the reigning, undisputed king of hardcore rap. And "We Go Hard" is one of my favorite No I.D.
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Plus you get stuff like "I'ma Bang," a Just Blaze production from fall 2001 that sounds nothing like The Blueprint, much like the Just song I put on the Fabolous deep cuts playlist. Killer Trackz really did the bulk of the best songs on those albums and had much more varied and sophisticated styles. And although Swizz Beatz obviously launched the biggest career out of X's producers, Dame Grease and P. His albums had storytelling songs, songs where he'd pitch his voice up or down to have back-and-forth conversations with God and Satan, all sorts of flows, all sorts of nerdy ambitious MC stuff that came from the years and years he spent honing his craft before his career suddenly exploded. DMX projected a particular image and sound so well on his biggest hits - the barking, the anger, the anthems - that I think his versatility has been forgotten a little bit.
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