Rest in Peace DMX April 9th, 2021

[vdfebduderocks]

I really hope X can pull through this. It's always hard losing people young, rappers no less. X may be 50, but for many people who grew up in the 90s/00s, X's music personified an aspect of our lives. Riding a quad listening to Ruff Ryders Anthem... listening to Party Up.... or dealing with dark moments in "Slippin" or "What these B's Want." You could go to an X song to resonate a certain emotion or get you through some hard time. It's not unlike some of the greatest to ever do it - Hov, Pac, BIG, Nas, etc etc etc

Unlike those slain young, this hits different. X could never escape the drugs despite all the efforts taken by him and the support system he's had via RR. There's always been this level of pain he's never been able to put away.

The world was robbed of DMX's full potential. DMX was robbed of his full potential. He was what Tupac was to many on the West.... a poet, a preacher, a rapper, an actor, a complicated personality. That was X to a T. But his troubles prevented him from fully capitalizing on an acting career. It shortened what could have been a decently long rap career.

His legacy forever lives on thru Ruff Ryders, Eve, Swizz Beatz, LOX, and many others he's influenced. Let's hope he can make it out of this very grave state.

 

[JackRoss]

Styles P looks likes like a child.

 

[smitty22]

Prayers up

 

[A Pimp Named Slickback]

 

[pez]

Soundtrack of my life in high school and college. The best times. Man, come back , X!

 

[Ripp]

I been listening to X every day for 24yrs straight. Ironically I haven't played any of his music since I heard this news.. I don't have much reminicesing to do because I'm always listening to his music, watching his performances an interviews on the regular... its funny about a month ago I found an old performance of X Lil Kim and the lox doing money power respect and X had on a yellow hazmat type jumpsuit with the back cut out to show his One love boomer tattoo... only nikka that would do some shyt like that and still look like a killer lmao

YouTube

 

[DarkandHellisHot]

I may not come when you call, but I'm always on time
(...)
Two sets of footprints; I was right beside you there
But what about them times I only saw one?
Those were the times when I was under the gun — It was then I carried you my son
Led you to safety, it just wasn't your time to face me
Ayo, a few of them times I thought you would erase me
When all you did was embrace me, prepared me for the worst
Offered me eternal life and scared me with the hearse
And the curse turned to grace when the hurt turned to faith
No more runnin' or slidin' in the dirt, 'cause I'm safe

 

[Ripp]

I may not come when you call, but I'm always on time
(...)
Two sets of footprints; I was right beside you there
But what about them times I only saw one?
Those were the times when I was under the gun — It was then I carried you my son
Led you to safety, it just wasn't your time to face me
Ayo, a few of them times I thought you would erase me
When all you did was embrace me, prepared me for the worst
Offered me eternal life and scared me with the hearse
And the curse turned to grace when the hurt turned to faith
No more runnin' or slidin' in the dirt, 'cause I'm safe

Goat level lyricism and poetry... I've said it in a few other threads that just because x wasn't a lyrical miracle rapper didn't mean he wasn't a top MC

Most people couldn't formulate a concept on this level. I've always related to the internal struggle.. its something we all go through in life maybe with different situations. It might not be street shyt or drug issues but his lyrics have always been relatable on an organic level of just a nikka going through some shyt...and we all go through shyt

 

[blac_da_rappa]

Always think of my grandma with this

 

[get these nets]

I been listening to X every day for 24yrs straight. Ironically I haven't played any of his music since I heard this news.. I don't have much reminicesing to do because I'm always listening to his music, watching his performances an interviews on the regular... its funny about a month ago I found an old performance of X Lil Kim and the lox doing money power respect and X had on a yellow hazmat type jumpsuit with the back cut out to show his One love boomer tattoo... only nikka that would do some shyt like that and still look like a killer lmao

YouTube

X woke the crowd up and rocked that shyt

 

[malleymal]

Met X on Yo MTV raps beach house back in the day. Dude was humble as all hell. Little dude too, until that mic was cut on.

I had a situation over the past year with a family member in this same situation. We had to decide if we wanted him to live as someone that we knew he wouldn’t ever want to be, or let him go. It was the toughest decision, but you just need to take every moment left and be with them. This has that feeing.

praying for x

 

[DaHNIC82]

And this came out 10 years ago around this time

 

[Frida Giezman]

Always think of my grandma with this

Damn you don’t hear these type of joints anymore

classic

love my grandma

 

[The Intergalactic Koala]

I may not come when you call, but I'm always on time
(...)
Two sets of footprints; I was right beside you there
But what about them times I only saw one?
Those were the times when I was under the gun — It was then I carried you my son
Led you to safety, it just wasn't your time to face me
Ayo, a few of them times I thought you would erase me
When all you did was embrace me, prepared me for the worst
Offered me eternal life and scared me with the hearse
And the curse turned to grace when the hurt turned to faith
No more runnin' or slidin' in the dirt, 'cause I'm safe

Man...then he just blacked out with the followed up verse to that powerful song:

So if I'm yo' man
I'm in yo' hands
What's yo' plan?
Never had a friend
'Cause you couldn't trust your man
Learned to stand before I crawled
Things were twisted!
And if you showed me anything at all
Then I missed it
Looked the wrong way (Uh huh)
I've done some wrong things (True)
Kept a bad attitude,
But that's what wrong brings
And now you mean to tell me that
After all this time,
It was you that kept the dog from goin' out of his mind.
It was you that breathed life
Into my lungs when I was born
And it was you that let me know
What was right,
From what was wrong
And it was you that let me do
What I knew what could be done
And it was you that gave me a good wife
And a beautiful son
And it's been you speakin' to me
Inside my mind
And it's been you who has forgiven
Time after time
It was you who opened my eyes
So I could see
It was you who shined yo'
Light on me


You can hear the passion and spiritual enlightenment coming out of that part. X knew whom to thank in the very end despite the aggression that comes with believing.

Ugh my God...

 

[Ripp]

X woke the crowd up and rocked that shyt

shyt he woke the lox up too lol. They was more hype to adlib X than do they own verses