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Dec 10, 2021 · Listen to DMX: The Legacy by DMX on Apple Music. 2021. 12 Songs. Duration: 54 minutes.
- Kickstarting A New Era of New York Hip-Hop
- Horrorcore and Alter Egos
- The Rise of Swizz Beatz
- New Generations
It’s difficult to overstate how popular Puff Daddy was before DMX’s arrival. Following the death of the icons Tupac Shakur and the Notorious B.I.G., Combs was almost single-handedly responsible for hip-hop’s “shiny suit era,” in which big-budget videos, lavish party-throwing, and dancefloor-ready music seemed like prerequisites to commercial succes...
As DMX was shifting the genre’s aesthetic priorities, he was also bending conventions of form and subgenre. Lyrics on It’s Dark and Hell is Hot made many listeners squirm, especially the ghastly “X-Is Coming,” in which he adapts Freddie Krueger’s nursery rhyme from A Nightmare On Elm Street. DMX was by no means the first to incorporate horrorcore i...
While most of It’s Dark and Hell Is Hot was produced by Dame Grease or PK, DMX also took a chance on a teenager who was anxious to carve out a name for himself: Swizz Beatz. Swizz Beatz later said that at the time, no one was taking him seriously as producer: “‘You DJ, stick to DJing,’” he recalled being told, in a 2011 interview. But his beat for ...
Meanwhile, DMX continues to be honored by a younger generation whose members may not have been old enough to fully appreciate It’s Dark and Hell is Hot upon its release. Drake interpolated “How’s It Going Down” on his 2016 song “U With Me,” calling DMX personally to ask for his permission. Skepta quoted “Damien” in A$AP Rocky’s 2019 song “Praise Th...
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Nov 19, 2021 · The Legacy by DMX released in 2021. Find album reviews, track lists, credits, awards and more at AllMusic.
Apr 9, 2021 · DMX, acclaimed rapper and actor known for hits including “Party Up (Up in Here),” died April 9 from cardiac arrest in White Plains, New York at the age of 50.
Apr 9, 2021 · Donning only red overalls, untied Timberlands, and a chain, he fills the massive stage with his presence, his passion coming through every line. DMX famously never brought a hypeman with him on...
Apr 11, 2021 · The legendary rapper died at age 50 on Friday after suffering a heart attack. “Either let me fly or give me death / Let my soul rest, take my breath / If I don't fly I'ma die anyway / I'ma live on,...
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Apr 9, 2021 · US rapper and actor DMX has died at the age of 50, five days after suffering a heart attack. The performer, whose real name was Earl Simmons, had been placed on life support and died with his ...
