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RIP DMX

ellu

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Feb 5, 2003
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In December of 1997, the song that launched the biggest pre-Ether battle war was released. 4,3,2,1 is most notable for the beef between the 2-decade enduring legend LL and the up-and-coming lava spitter, Canibus. Making guest appearances were the dynamic duo of rap, Redman and Method Man. The song had no choice but to be a banger peaking at number 10. Despite the LL v. Canibus beef, the Method and Red magic, the show-stealer was the gravelly-voiced MC “Stay out the dark, 'cause if I catch you when the sun is down, Run it clown, come up off that, or I'm gon' gun it down”. This was my first exposure to the staccato halting, yet rapid mercurial flow that DMX would transform into a catalog of legend.

DMX went on a run that likely never happens again. From 1998 to 2003 X dropped 5 albums, each debuted at Number One on the Billboard 100 and US R&B charts, each went platinum. Album 6 debuted at number 2 on the Billboard 100 and Number 1 on US R&B charts. Classic after Classic

Get at Me Dog,


Ruff Ryder’s Anthem
Slippin’
What’s My Name
Party Up (Up in Here)
DMX - Party Up (Up In Here)

X Gon’ Give It to Ya
Where the Hood At
Get it on the Floor

In addition to entrenching himself as an era-defining rap artist, he was integral to the reemergence of black film starring in Romeo Must Die and Belly.

Just this summer DMX blessed us with a versus against his contemporary the legendary Snoop Dog
https://neosoulcypher.com/snoop-and-dmx-judging-each-round-of-the-battle-of-the-century/

Gone too soon,

A Prayer
I come to you hungry and tired, you give food and let me sleep
I come to you weak, you give strength and that's deep
You called me a sheep, and lead me to green pastures
Only asking that I keep the focus, in between the chapters
You give me the word, and only ask I interpret
And give me the eyes, that I can recognize the serpent
You know I ain't perfect, but you'd like me to try
Unlike the devil who just wants me to lie, till I die

Lord why is it that, I go through so much pain
All I saw was black, and all I felt was rain
I come to you because it's, you who knows
You showed me that everything is black, because my eyes were closed
You gave me the light, and let me bask in your glory
So it was only right, that when you asked for this story
I put together, to do our dogs some good
Our dogs being, brothers and sisters in the hood
Plenty of times you sent help my way, but I hid
And I remember once you held me close, but I slid
There was something that, I just had to see
That you wanted me to see, so I can be what you wanted me to be
And I think I've seen it, 'cause I don't feel the same
Matter of fact I know I have seen it, I can feel the change
And it's strange, almost got me beating down your door
But I've never known love, like this before
It's a wonderful feeling, to get away from the pain
And up under the ceiling, I get away from the rain
And the strain that I feel when I'm here, is gone
I know real so I wipe away the tears, with a song

And I almost lost faith, when you when you took my man
Monty, Paso, and Jay's brother Dan
And I fear that what I saying, won't be heard until I'm gone
But it's all good, 'cause I really didn't expect to live long
So if it takes for me to suffer, for my brother to see the light
Give me pain till I die, but please lord treat him right

 


In December of 1997, the song that launched the biggest pre-Ether battle war was released. 4,3,2,1 is most notable for the beef between the 2-decade enduring legend LL and the up-and-coming lava spitter, Canibus. Making guest appearances were the dynamic duo of rap, Redman and Method Man. The song had no choice but to be a banger peaking at number 10. Despite the LL v. Canibus beef, the Method and Red magic, the show-stealer was the gravelly-voiced MC “Stay out the dark, 'cause if I catch you when the sun is down, Run it clown, come up off that, or I'm gon' gun it down”. This was my first exposure to the staccato halting, yet rapid mercurial flow that DMX would transform into a catalog of legend.

DMX went on a run that likely never happens again. From 1998 to 2003 X dropped 5 albums, each debuted at Number One on the Billboard 100 and US R&B charts, each went platinum. Album 6 debuted at number 2 on the Billboard 100 and Number 1 on US R&B charts. Classic after Classic

Get at Me Dog,


Ruff Ryder’s Anthem
Slippin’
What’s My Name
Party Up (Up in Here)
DMX - Party Up (Up In Here)

X Gon’ Give It to Ya
Where the Hood At
Get it on the Floor

In addition to entrenching himself as an era-defining rap artist, he was integral to the reemergence of black film starring in Romeo Must Die and Belly.

Just this summer DMX blessed us with a versus against his contemporary the legendary Snoop Dog
https://neosoulcypher.com/snoop-and-dmx-judging-each-round-of-the-battle-of-the-century/

Gone too soon,

A Prayer
I come to you hungry and tired, you give food and let me sleep
I come to you weak, you give strength and that's deep
You called me a sheep, and lead me to green pastures
Only asking that I keep the focus, in between the chapters
You give me the word, and only ask I interpret
And give me the eyes, that I can recognize the serpent
You know I ain't perfect, but you'd like me to try
Unlike the devil who just wants me to lie, till I die

Lord why is it that, I go through so much pain
All I saw was black, and all I felt was rain
I come to you because it's, you who knows
You showed me that everything is black, because my eyes were closed
You gave me the light, and let me bask in your glory
So it was only right, that when you asked for this story
I put together, to do our dogs some good
Our dogs being, brothers and sisters in the hood
Plenty of times you sent help my way, but I hid
And I remember once you held me close, but I slid
There was something that, I just had to see
That you wanted me to see, so I can be what you wanted me to be
And I think I've seen it, 'cause I don't feel the same
Matter of fact I know I have seen it, I can feel the change
And it's strange, almost got me beating down your door
But I've never known love, like this before
It's a wonderful feeling, to get away from the pain
And up under the ceiling, I get away from the rain
And the strain that I feel when I'm here, is gone
I know real so I wipe away the tears, with a song

And I almost lost faith, when you when you took my man
Monty, Paso, and Jay's brother Dan
And I fear that what I saying, won't be heard until I'm gone
But it's all good, 'cause I really didn't expect to live long
So if it takes for me to suffer, for my brother to see the light
Give me pain till I die, but please lord treat him right

GOAT
 
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