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^ Legendary joints
Rest In Power to the legendary, DMX.
This song is genius, and taught me a lot in regards to applying characterization as a lyricist. X portrays a hitman here, which I swear video game developers later used as a blueprint to model their incarnation of the character for the Hitman series, right down to the weapons used, such as the chicken wire...
The way X vividly conveys the cold-blooded nature of his occupation and the soul ravaging toll it takes on him, complemented by P.K.'s hauntingly brooding production, depicts an engrossing cinematic-like experience that is unparalleled in its nature of execution.
Yeah, P.K. is one of his most overlooked producers. He has not been on any of his albums since Great Depression.. Drag-On was likely inspired by this song to make Snipe Out on Opposite Of H2O
Papoose freestyles for DMX
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0enUHpX2FDU
Never knew about this eitherQuote:
Originally Posted by b-dolo
love this track. This is when I actually liked JayQuote:
Originally Posted by Contraband
First posthumous verse is in!
Public memorial service at Barclays Center in BK on Saturday, April 24
https://hiphopdx.com/news/id.61635/t...arclays-center
For those who don't feel like reading the article, it also says Yonkers might name a street after X in remembrance
Not official video. Supposedly featured on upcoming snoop album.
The Convo... genius track
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U3PFcV04ego
Snoop shares some recent X stories
https://hiphopdx.com/news/id.61751/t...-verzuz-battle
Watching 'Romeo must die' for the first time, for X and Aaliyah. Not normally my type of movie but it's good to see a young X. Aaliyah is yet to show up. I recognize the black godfather actor from 'Da 5 Bloodz', which I only watched a couple of days ago.
^ DMX was pretty entertaining in those types of movies. I remember he was good in Exit Wounds with Steven Seagal and Cradle 2 The Grave with Jet Li.
Belly deserves a rewatch, epic visuals.
It's a shame Aaliyah didn't get a chance to appear in some higher quality films, she would be the biggest star around by now. Natural charisma.
Good funeral yesterday. I watched some of it live on YouTube. He'll be missed.
Dope.Quote:
Originally Posted by ShaDynasty
Yes, it was very well put together. That was the same church where Ol' Dirty Bastard's funeral was held. Irv Gotti is a chump for putting out the cause of death. Even if that is what happened, have some class and let the medical examiner or immediate family broadcast that information. I feel like that was a cheap shot to D.M.X. for when he was beefing with Irv Gotti and JA Rule back in the day, yet his dumb ass coproduced a JA Rule dis track.Quote:
Originally Posted by IrOnMaN
r.i.p DMX top dog......one love from Mexico
DMX's last interview is airing on TVOne's Uncensored on Sunday
https://hiphopdx.com/news/id.61885/t...nes-uncensored
Rest up Darkman X
the 'Exodus' album drops May 28 as per Swizz Beatz
https://hiphopdx.com/news/id.62034/t...m-release-date
apparently there was a listening party over a zoom call and feedback I've seen on Twitter is positive
I wonder how much of this album is what D.M.X. intended. It seems some of it is hurriedly patched together after his passing. I know that there is some Def Jam interference, I heard the Pop Smoke feature was removed also..
The album artwork is pretty lazy. That kind of stuff makes an impression.
I'm interested to hear it still. I assume Swizz did most of it?
Yeah, it is lazy. Def Jam executives are obviously trying to get this out swiftly while his death is still fresh in people's minds. I bet that they probably cut a lot of his verses and padded out the album with features to stretch out whatever verses they have from him. Literally every track has a feature on it. Some of these guests seem like people he probably never would have worked with. I am certain Def Jam just called up Jay Z and Nas asked them to spit something for this. I bet Def Jam will announce another posthumous album from him soon.
First song released from Exodus, Hood Blues featuring Griselda.
https://youtu.be/xZwvK_dSMUo
https://youtu.be/xZwvK_dSMUo
I suppose the album should drop any minute.
Album is surprisingly good. Gonna listen to it again later
I'm not expecting much but this is great to hearQuote:
Originally Posted by hotnikks
First listen was solid. Should have been more X verses though
I need to listen more
Official video for Hood Blues. https://youtu.be/HsGjTld4MTs
This is on point with how I feel regarding this record. Fresh off of hearing Exodus, the album feels very thrown together and over produced. DMX sounds like he's been reduced to a featured artist on his own album for 2/3rds of it. He closes almost every song featuring guest rappers (including the opening track), many of whom sound out of place on a DMX album. Though it levels out a bit towards the end.Quote:
Originally Posted by David Daniel Davis
Letter To My Son also sounds unfinished, and has me questioning whether or not he intended for that song to be heard by the public. X hasn't been known to mask his feelings, but some of what he says is pretty cold and harsh. I can only imagine how this could affect his eldest son, especially considering his father has now passed on, with the inability to reconcile, and the chorus is literally saying "Call your father..." This left me feeling unsettled.
The closing prayer is also repurposed from 1998's "It's Dark and Hell is Hot", though I understand the significance of it correlating with his passing in the closing reference.
The four takeaways from Exodus for me are: Bath Salts, Hold Me Down, Walking in the Rain, and Prayer. All solid tracks, that most closely resemble DMX conceived songs, with the latter literally being so. I'm also feeling X's verse and the beat for Hood Blues.
Ultimately, it seems like Def Jam is milking all the X material they can, in order to turn a profit off numerous posthumous DMX albums. Thus is the exploitive greed of the industry. We saw the same thing happen with the passing of Sean Price and his posthumous records.
This is the strongest cut that resonates with me the most. #LongLiveX.
Swizz is really getting dragged on Twitter over this album. I know he is reading social media about the album. He must feel real shitty right now
I think it's just okay. Posthumous albums are usually not the best anyway.
The beats and features are doing most of the heavy lifting here anyway.
in the end it sounds like a compilation album
maybe the full original songs, with all of the X verses, will surface later on
however, maybe we were lied to and the original album was not close to being finished at all
I wonder how many albums they will milk this for. wouldn't be surprised if they squeezed three out of it
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Originally Posted by David Daniel Davis
FALSE. That Track with Jay-Z and Nas is old and was recorded years ago. It originally had Jadakiss on it as well. Lol, I hate when people be tying to make up fake ass narratives. Swizz first premiered the track in a battle he did with Just Blaze.