DMX  : Who We Be

DMX : Who We Be

The strange depressed barking man of hiphop returns with an entertainingly mad inventory of bad things to be found in his neighbourhood. 'Who We Be' introduces DMX 's nature walks of the ghetto, exploring the habitats of roaches, rats, strays...

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DMX  : The Great Depression

DMX : The Great Depression

'It's Dark And Hell Is Hot', the streetwise, Yonkers-bred MC helped to fill a void in a hip-hop world still mourning the loss of its two biggest icons - Tupac and Biggie Smalls. The rap kids wanted another ghetto superstar with a criminal...

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Various : Def Jam 1985-2001: The History Of Hip-Hop Vol. 1

Various : Def Jam 1985-2001: The History Of...

Nostalgia be damned: anyone who sits on a goldmine in a capitalistic world and doesn't exploit it is a fool. And far be it for the folks at Def Jam to be stupid or suffer fools gladly. With a back catalogue to rival any other in hip-hop, the label...

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Various : Exit Wounds - The Album

Various : Exit Wounds - The Album

It's almost standard practice for Hollywood moguls to tie-in action movies with a hip-hop soundtrack, especially when a rapper co-stars. As DMX extends his thespian powers in the new Steven Segal vehicle, here's a compilation of established and...

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London Stratford Rex

London Stratford Rex

With a healthy arrest record and enough felonies to fill a cell several times over, DMX 's authentic street thug reputation precedes him. And when you witness the half-man, half-snarling pit bull in the flesh, you can see why. DMX is so...

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...And Then There Was X

...And Then There Was X

New York's DMX is yet to make it big over here and seeing as he's the only artist to have two albums - 'It's Dark And Hell Is Hot' , 'Flesh Of My Flesh Blood Of My Blood' - debut at Number One in the US Billboard chart in the same year, we're...

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Flesh Of My Flesh, Blood Of My Blood

Flesh Of My Flesh, Blood Of My Blood

His mother knows him as Earl Simmons . And if DMX has done half the things he claims to have on this descent into darkness and mayhem, then the US penal authorities would probably like a word or two. Whichever way, a dog-loving misanthropic...

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