Probably the most prolific, gritty & impactful debut album's of all time. DMX invites us as the listeners to his world. A world of hurt, pain, lust, greed & just straight up in your face lyrics. I remember being a young kid & hearing the RR Anthem all through Albany project's & being taken back by his intensity. The braking & agressive yelling on that track alone drew me in. But I got a reality check hearing the full album. I was 7 at the time listening to the likes of Mobb Deep, Wu, Nas. All from the influence of my uncle & he kicked it up notch putting me on to this via his cassette tape (yes i'm that old
) I heard swearing & cursing before....but nothing like this.
Every track was heartfelt & was sincere. I felt his anger, (X Is Coming For You, Get At Me Dog, n1ggaz Done Something) His troubles & Worries (Prayer) And his over all view of rappers in general (Stop Being Greedy) He hit every spectrum of the human emotion on this album & did it with such a commanding aura. I always said his album cover is my favorite because as the saying goes "a picture is worth a thousand words" And his whole steez for this album cover is just straight up intimidating. Nothing pretty, glamorous, he's letting you know what you're dealing with right off the bat. With that said boxden, my dawgs, come show appreciation to the big dawg himself....DMX
1) Intro
2) Ruff Ryder Anthem
3) fu*king Wit D
4) The Storm (skit)
5) Look Through My Eyes
6) Get At Me Dog
7) Let Me Fly
8) X is Coming
9) Damien
10) How's it going down
11) Mickey (Skit)
12) Crime Story
13) Stop Being Greedy
14) ATF
15) For My Dogs
16) I Can Feel
17)Prayer
18) The Convo
19) n1ggaz Done Started Something