How did DMX fall off a cliff so fast with popularity?
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GreenGrass
All Star
computer piracy, breh
plus, dmx was not tech savy, here is proof
plus, dmx was not tech savy, here is proof
looks at screen namethat album was
foh groupie
The convo was civil and here you go tryna do clown shyt.
god shamgod
Veteran
Ain’t shyt civil I gave an opinion you disagreed. No need to debate over my opinion.album trash I remember copping it the day it released
then there was x,Great Depression were back to back trash. Grand champ had 3-4 good songs.dmx had a nice run but his music outside the ruff ryders album was garbage post ‘98. If u don’t agree
I wouldn’t expect someone named darkman x to agree
TheDarceKnight
Veteran
I think it was a mix of things. He dropped his 1st two albums in the same calendar year. And then he dropped his third album maybe 1 year, tops, after that.
3 albums in two years back in those days was a LOT of material. A lot of it started sounding very similar too. The singles started sounding the same. There was more and more Swizz Beats and less variety on production. He started running a few concepts into the ground, like the Demian series and the Prayer/Gold conversation final tracks.
I think to some extent he over-saturated the market during a time where the tides were starting to shift anyways. Then Dynasty/Blueprint, Rocafella, and The Diplomats kind of started changing the sound of the culture.
Usually when someone comes in the game and takes over with really hardcore raps, it works for a short period of time. 50 was kind of the same way. Everyone used to say 50 DMX'd the game by knocking out the flossy raps with more aggressive content. That works, but people also get tired of it kind of quickly.
And finally, DMX's 1st album is a true classic, and DMX is a dope rapper, but he's not elite enough or versatile enough as an emcee to drop multiple times per year without wearing people out.
3 albums in two years back in those days was a LOT of material. A lot of it started sounding very similar too. The singles started sounding the same. There was more and more Swizz Beats and less variety on production. He started running a few concepts into the ground, like the Demian series and the Prayer/Gold conversation final tracks.
I think to some extent he over-saturated the market during a time where the tides were starting to shift anyways. Then Dynasty/Blueprint, Rocafella, and The Diplomats kind of started changing the sound of the culture.
Usually when someone comes in the game and takes over with really hardcore raps, it works for a short period of time. 50 was kind of the same way. Everyone used to say 50 DMX'd the game by knocking out the flossy raps with more aggressive content. That works, but people also get tired of it kind of quickly.
And finally, DMX's 1st album is a true classic, and DMX is a dope rapper, but he's not elite enough or versatile enough as an emcee to drop multiple times per year without wearing people out.
FunkDoc1112
Heavily Armed
I mean if you really look at things, most rappers especially back in the 90s would generally fall off after album number 3.
Like album 4 would have crazy buzz, disappoint, and then that was it for them.
Some guys like LL were able to bounce back from disappointments, but for most part, that's how it went.
As someone who bought it first day, Great Depression was kinda weak. His personal/legal issues kind of took over from there it seems like
letti cook
Superstar
P said it best on last weeks NL chronicles
most rappers that reach that level get a 3-5 year window to be scorching
after that, its gets shaky
only a few keep the run going
x had has time....ironically, the game ages in dog years
most rappers that reach that level get a 3-5 year window to be scorching
after that, its gets shaky
only a few keep the run going
x had has time....ironically, the game ages in dog years
The_Third_Man
Superstar
lyrically, DMX had limited content and vocabulary. He kept recycling the same lines in his raps.
Elim Garak
Veteran
Yeah it's well known he's not tech savvy that's not why he fell off though lol.
TheDarceKnight
Veteran
Yeah X was a dope lyricist. I think people confuse lyricism with lyrical/miracle type raps.
X was a great lyricist, despite not rhyming like Monch or whatever.
TheDarceKnight
Veteran
Yeah and honestly we expect a lot. Most great artists and bands are really lucky to have more than one truly great album. Group after group and artist after artist often tour their entire careers off one classic album and never get close to that first one.
IMO you can be considered one if the greats even with just one classic body of work.
-Quality of music got progressively worse (IDAHIH) is really his only good album. All his albums after that are average or trash.
-Drugs. We all know he was addicted to crack.
-Music got monotonous and trite. He failed to musically innovate.
-Started focusing on things other than music.
-Hype died down and 50 Cent took his spot as he was making better music in 2003 than X.
-Drugs. We all know he was addicted to crack.
-Music got monotonous and trite. He failed to musically innovate.
-Started focusing on things other than music.
-Hype died down and 50 Cent took his spot as he was making better music in 2003 than X.