he actually had rapped on good beats?
like "we right here" foe example...
a fake soundclick dj premier impersonation at best.
and he still squeezed out all of the hypeness you could get out of a beat that flat.
can you imagine if he had had m.o.p.'s production or something similar?
think of all the dope producers in the late 90's/early 2000's that he COULD have worked with...
a nottz/dmx track circa 2000/2001 would have been incredible.
they could have done an entire album together. hand in glove.
but instead we head endless p.killer/dame grease/dj shok/swizz beatz duds with incredible vocal performances on top of them...
oh well...

i would still be excited for a premo/dmx track or even better album in 2012.
i wouldn't check a regular dj premier produced track if you offered me 100 dollars - no strings attatched.
but maybe that's because the rappers he works with are so weak and don't know how to maximize his beats.
for some reason the results of x/premo, even decade after their primes ended, could still seem potentially kind of live...

Swizz Beatz a SUPER producer....and with that, he had his own sound, which was commercial enough to give him those #1 selling albums but still allowed him to get his hood on. I'd never heard beats like I did on his albums, and although most of it sounds dated/trendy/bland now, it was BANGIN then.

Him over MOP's production would have meant he was only as big as MOP...maybe a bit bigger, but you get what I mean. I do think PK, Dame, and Shok had some silly ass beats...barely any sound good now, so with album cuts, I agree. But DMX's singles were DOPE....even the shit with Sisqo had a fire beat at the time.

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those sparse beats that let him bark/shout/chant over them while flexing his personality.

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him go off.

I can see him on an Ante up...maaaybe a few Primo tracks, but most of these type tracks didn't have the energy to match his

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lol

He had some good tracks, and the push of one of the biggest rap labels in their marketing prime....and still failed.

He sold over 18 million records in the US alone and was a huge star in the late 90s/early 2000's. He's not a great rapper or even a great human being but 5 multiplatinum records is by no means a failure.

he was a good rapper?

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>he was a good rapper?

you're going to feel so stupid after my next post.

>>he was a good rapper?
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>you're going to feel so stupid after my next post.

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>>>he was a good rapper?
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>>you're going to feel so stupid after my next post.
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my bad that was meant for bombastic.

...exactly...on some KRS ish, duke was/is a gimmick rapper...

Integrity is the Cornerstone of Artistry...

focused and as driven about his own well being as his career.

that doberman pinscher head looking Turkey had a heck of a run for a cat who just was wildin through a career at blinding speed.

now if he was calm and went into it at a means to balance his own being out he would be even more important.

his stat game was sick and he was the hottest cat in the game for a minute.

DMX to me always has some of the best interviews especially when they ask him what he thinks about other artists. i always get hyped for his takes.

he always tells you how he feels.

mistermaxxx R.Kelly, Michael Jackson,Stevie wonder,Rick James,Marvin Gaye,El Debarge, Barry WHite Lionel RIchie,Isleys EWF,Lady T.,Kid creole and coconuts,the crusaders,kc sunshine band,bee gees,jW,sd,NE,JB

Miami Heat, New York Yankees,buffalo bills

i luv X.
wish he was still around recording n barkin n watnot.

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he has a pretty solid track record

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Dame was dope..

X could have been one of the GREATS

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i also like his newer productions, even though the rappers he chooses are ass

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bUoHMKJ9LCk


sounds better than most of that swizz beats nonsense