How did DMX fall off a cliff so fast with popularity?

[Asicz]

Also the end of 2001 and going through 2002 we saw And Stillmatic and Jay Z Takeover albums and beef take up ALOT OF Rap REAL ESTATE.

 

[NkrumahWasRight Is Wrong]

"what imma be by like 2003"

he was selling less in 2003

still the goat intro and certifiably top tier classic album. still have the cd in my car

as to the question...listener fatigue and drugs mostly

people still checked for him but the stuff just wasnt poppin the same way

 

[Asicz]

Also was the last 2 albums of the early 2000s for DMX, is that where his personal dysfunctions started to become somewhat prominent?

Also DMV attempted to insert himself in the Rocafella attacks by jumping on Jadakiss "Here We go Again".

 

[Asicz]

I would like to see this thread question answered in an interview by ruff Ryder label heads, label mates and producers and maybe DMX himself.

 

[Primetime]

I don't agree with this at all. DMX didn't get into that lazy shyt until around after Grand Champ

He was still spitting on them first 4 albums. And mind you, this is with him never having more than a month to record an album from 1998-2000.

X was my favorite rapper during that stretch so i fukks with his first 4 albums heavy. Remember, i'm sayin it didn't really become a hindrance until Great Depression (if you think moreso Grand Champ, that's not an egregious stance to have). But even during that first 4 album stretch, after IDAHIH i noticed more of the gimmicky shyt.

Now if that was laziness or feeling rushed, or drug addiction, idk. But i ain't sayin he didn't still have quality albums after IDAHIH.

 

[FreshAIG]

X was my favorite rapper during that stretch so i fukks with his first 4 albums heavy. Remember, i'm sayin it didn't really become a hindrance until Great Depression (if you think moreso Grand Champ, that's not an egregious stance to have). But even during that first 4 album stretch, after IDAHIH i noticed more of the gimmicky shyt.

Now if that was laziness or feeling rushed, or drug addiction, idk. But i ain't sayin he didn't still have quality albums after IDAHIH.

I get what you're saying now. I agree in that case.

 

[BronxBomber]

I fukk with X, but this man became irrelevant in 3 years y’all making excuses .. Obviously not everyone has a long career like Jay Z

He did a verzus against snoop who has been around what 25 years. So in 3 years he had enough impact that lasted 20....

 

[DANJ!]

Yeah... it's one thing when you come out the gate with a unique energy and shyt that stands out and you're a fresh new voice...

But if you're just makin' the same songs three and four years later after you flooded nikkas with music... they're over that shyt by then. shyt got old and the quality wasn't the same.

 

[R=G]

its not listener fatigue..its just the streets got gayer...they fell for that Ja Rule bullshyt..50 Cent eventually was doing "Best Friend" and NY never really chose Jay Z over DMX outright. He sold big with like Slippin coming out the week before.

 

[360dagod]

Bounce to that trina moeeee

 

[ManBearPig]

Ummmm.... drugs?

 

[Pop123]

There's the obvious reasons (Drug addiction, Reckless behavior, Lack of professionalism in regard to his relationship with his label, etc...), but to me, and I was a huge fan, I wasn't heavily jackin any of his shyt after the first album. That second joint was weak and his music from then on just got progressively worse, production wise and just overall. I think maybe that had something to do with the career decline too.

 

[Metal Face]

He stopped making dope music

 

[darryl]

@FreshAIG is a dmx fanboy so expect Nothing but bias from him

 

[Formerly known as...]

Had a wack project, went in and out of prison, drugs and his not giving a fukk mentality ruined his commercial appeal. Hip hop moves on but for some of us we grew up on that beautiful era of 98 when X was that shyt.