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DMX Debut album "It's Dark and Hell is Hot", released on this day 26 yrs ago
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Greatest album of all time
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ManBearPig
half man half bearpig
Those crazy rape lines on X is coming 
"Since I'm running with the devil, I am one with the devil
I stay doin' dirt so I'm gonna come with the shovel
Is you on a level of a madman who's mind's twisted?
Mad nikkaz dreams caught the last train, mines missed it
Listed as a manic depressive with extreme paranoia
Hey dog, I got something for ya
Hear my name, feel my pain, nikkaz wanna steal my fame, but first feel my reign
Know what it's like to suffer, never have enough of shyt
Startin' off hard than only gettin' rougher tougher
But than came the Grease, so if you wanna save the peace, tame the Beast"
"I sold my soul to the devil, and the price was cheap
A yo it's cold on this level cause it's twice as deep
But you don't hear me, ignorance is bliss and so on
Sometimes it's better to be thought dumb...
Shall I go on?
You don't want no real, what the deal is a mystery
How is it I can live and make history
If you don't see it then it, wasn't meant for you to see
If you wasn't born wit' it then, it wasn't meant for you to be
But you can't blame me for not wantin' to be held
Lock down in a cell where a soul can't dwell
This is hell, call me the devil and get me the key
But can't be worst than the curse that was given to me
It's what I live for, you take away that and then I'm gone
There's a difference between, doin' wrong and being wrong"
"I'ma flow regardless because I'm an artist until I'm trapped
I'ma continue to hit he hardest whether I scrap or rap
Give me death but you ain't my friend
I see it in your eyes, you contemplate my end
You waitin' for that bend in the road, where you were told
That you would go, when you were old and if you died young, it was cold
So, what the deally? What is it worth
Think back 26 years, be like what of his birth was a miscarriage and I never existed?
Have I given something that if taken away you, would you of missed it?
Didn't know, yet I persisted, it was the call of the wild
I merely say what's in my heart, and you call it a style
Don't put it in the cage, don't mistreat it
You say you hunger for knowledge, here it is eat it
Another song completed is another thought captured
Let me do my thing I got it locked wit' this rap shyt"
You can tell DMX's was fighting a lot of demons during this time period of his life. He still is, obviously. But you can feel the pain in every verse. The hunger. He was the definition of a lost soul.
I stay doin' dirt so I'm gonna come with the shovel
Is you on a level of a madman who's mind's twisted?
Mad nikkaz dreams caught the last train, mines missed it
Listed as a manic depressive with extreme paranoia
Hey dog, I got something for ya
Hear my name, feel my pain, nikkaz wanna steal my fame, but first feel my reign
Know what it's like to suffer, never have enough of shyt
Startin' off hard than only gettin' rougher tougher
But than came the Grease, so if you wanna save the peace, tame the Beast"
"I sold my soul to the devil, and the price was cheap
A yo it's cold on this level cause it's twice as deep
But you don't hear me, ignorance is bliss and so on
Sometimes it's better to be thought dumb...
Shall I go on?
You don't want no real, what the deal is a mystery
How is it I can live and make history
If you don't see it then it, wasn't meant for you to see
If you wasn't born wit' it then, it wasn't meant for you to be
But you can't blame me for not wantin' to be held
Lock down in a cell where a soul can't dwell
This is hell, call me the devil and get me the key
But can't be worst than the curse that was given to me
It's what I live for, you take away that and then I'm gone
There's a difference between, doin' wrong and being wrong"
"I'ma flow regardless because I'm an artist until I'm trapped
I'ma continue to hit he hardest whether I scrap or rap
Give me death but you ain't my friend
I see it in your eyes, you contemplate my end
You waitin' for that bend in the road, where you were told
That you would go, when you were old and if you died young, it was cold
So, what the deally? What is it worth
Think back 26 years, be like what of his birth was a miscarriage and I never existed?
Have I given something that if taken away you, would you of missed it?
Didn't know, yet I persisted, it was the call of the wild
I merely say what's in my heart, and you call it a style
Don't put it in the cage, don't mistreat it
You say you hunger for knowledge, here it is eat it
Another song completed is another thought captured
Let me do my thing I got it locked wit' this rap shyt"
You can tell DMX's was fighting a lot of demons during this time period of his life. He still is, obviously. But you can feel the pain in every verse. The hunger. He was the definition of a lost soul.
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Inspect Her Deck
Skins of all colours come together as brothers
The Intro remains to me the greatest opening track in hip-hop.
Classic album and DMX is such a great storyteller that often gets overlooked.
Classic album and DMX is such a great storyteller that often gets overlooked.
YoungMoneyCashMoneyBoy
Superstar
"Put down the gun and write a new rhyme
You'll get it all in due time
You'll do fine, just have faith
Cause you mine, and when you shine
It's gon' be a sight to behold
So don't fight to be old
Or lose sight when it's cold
See that light down the road?
It's gon' guide you there
Two sets of footprints, I was right beside you there
'But what about the times i only saw one?
Those were the times that I was under the gun'
It was then, I carried you my son"
I don't give a fukk what anyone says, X was a top tier lyricist. No one was fukking with him when he dropped that album. That's one of the coldest, most descriptive and heartfelt verses ever.
Even his "Prayer" was cold. The way he said:
"Its a wonderful feelin
To get away from the pain
And up under the ceilin
I get away from the rain"
You'll get it all in due time
You'll do fine, just have faith
Cause you mine, and when you shine
It's gon' be a sight to behold
So don't fight to be old
Or lose sight when it's cold
See that light down the road?
It's gon' guide you there
Two sets of footprints, I was right beside you there
'But what about the times i only saw one?
Those were the times that I was under the gun'
It was then, I carried you my son"
I don't give a fukk what anyone says, X was a top tier lyricist. No one was fukking with him when he dropped that album. That's one of the coldest, most descriptive and heartfelt verses ever.
Even his "Prayer" was cold. The way he said:
"Its a wonderful feelin
To get away from the pain
And up under the ceilin
I get away from the rain"
Escobar305
Pullin' up in that new toy
best intro from the 90s
Jacaveli The Don
Superstar
It was on the 1st print double disc edition, 2nd disc was a Def Jam sampler
DEF JAM - Survival Of The Illest
2-1 –Ja Rule Freestyle 4:29
2-2 –Onyx Intro 0:47
2-3 –Onyx Freestyle 3:22
2-4 –Onyx Raise It Up 1:24
2-5 –Onyx Street Nigggas 3:07
2-6 –Onyx Broke Willies 2:09
2-7 –Onyx React 4:26
2-8 –Onyx Interlude 0:19
2-9 –Onyx Shut 'Em Down 4:00
2-10 –Onyx Ghetto Starz 1:13
2-11 –Onyx fukk That 2:24
2-12 –Onyx & Wu-Tang Clan The Worst 1:50
2-13 –Def Squad Full Cooperation 3:29
2-14 –Cormega Testament 3:59
2-15 –LL Cool J The Ripper Strikes Back 5:30
DMX / Various - It's Dark And Hell Is Hot / Survival Of The Illest
DarkandHellisHot
All Star
@Maharishi @TheBeesOneFourThree
sorry for that. english its not my native language and at times i mix some things in due to my native. again, sorry.
@OHSNAP!
you are not wrong, during my school days i never cared about english lessons.
everything i know about it now, i learned from music, movies etc. my english is basic af but yea, i regret for not taking the english lessons seriously at the time.
sorry for that. english its not my native language and at times i mix some things in due to my native. again, sorry.
@OHSNAP!
you are not wrong, during my school days i never cared about english lessons.
everything i know about it now, i learned from music, movies etc. my english is basic af but yea, i regret for not taking the english lessons seriously at the time.
Ahhh. I copped the cassette.
I copped the CD. Sam goodie was TAXING
Def couldn’t afford to be doing it at that time but I had to try to feel like a big shot
Like you I’m not sure I’ve run an album back more times than I have with IDAHIH.
not bad for an album I didn’t know I wanted when I bought it
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DMX is the G.O.A.T
I disagree with the GOAT status, but also not mad at you for saying it bruh. Respect
I copped the CD. Sam goodie was TAXING
Def couldn’t afford to be doing it at that time but I had to try to feel like a big shot
Like you I’m not sure I’ve run an album back more times than I have with ISAHIH.
not bad for an album I didn’t know I wanted when I bought it
shyts used to be like $24 for new releases lol
I can admit vividly remember standing at that counter like
New release CD's used to hurt if you chose wrong