He's still torn between the thug life and spiritual concerns (even including a long prayer in the liner notes), but the most exciting tracks on. Even when Swizz Beats' usually reliable productions fall through, DMX brings it all back with his tough rhymes and inventive wordplay. Killer Trackz, and Shok - all part of Ruff Ryders - are heavily synthesized and occasionally melodramatic, just like both of his previous albums.
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Though the album sticks to gangsta wisdom throughout, it finds the rapper’s moods varying enough to almost qualify it as a series of EPs collected under. True, it's similar to his last, which balanced new-school gangsta tracks ("The Professional," "Make a Move") with a couple that question the inevitable trappings that come with success ("Fame," "One More Road to Cross"). To live is to suffer, DMX resignedly says at the beginning of Slippin’, which appears just past the midpoint of 1998's Flesh of My Flesh, Blood of My Blood. And Then There Was X doesn't show much sign of burnout. .And Then There Was X: 1999, 1 - The Kennel (Skit), 2 - One More Road to Cross, 3 - The Professional, 4 - Fame, 5 - Alot To Learn (Skit), 6 - Here We Go Again, 7 - Party Up, 8 - Make a. Though it's DMX's third album in two years. See More Your browser does not support the audio element.
And Then There Was X are good-time joints like "Party Up" and "What's My Name?" True, it's similar to his last, which balanced new-school gangsta tracks ("The Professional," "Make a Move") with a couple that question the inevitable trappings that come with success ("Fame," "One More Road to Cross").
And Then There Was X doesn't show much sign of burnout.
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