DMX dead at age 50. RIP DMX. Let my soul rest, take my breath.

Nah sometimes I just want to be sad. It's cathartic to feel your feelings. And music helps you get there sometimes.

 

Why not both

 

Please God, yes.

 

First time I experienced X was on the basement with this video. Filmed at the legendary hip hop venue The Tunnel where mythical battles between X and Hov took place.

 

Fuck

 

I remember Ruff Ryders Anthem came out the same time I was starting freshman year football. That shit was our pre-game anthem for the season. Got me so hyped to go play some football.

 

Turned on Spotify at my desk and X Gon Give It To Ya was the first song that played

 

Spoiler

But when the funds are low
The guns will blow
Lookin' for that one that owe,
Make 'em run that dough

No!
Put down the guns and write a new rhyme
You'll get it all in due time
You'll do fine
Just have faith
'Cause you mine (Uh huh)
And when you shine
It's gon' be a sight to behold.
So don't fight to be old,
Or lose sight when it's cold
See that light down the road,
It's goin' guide you there
Two sets of footsteps,
I was right beside you there

But what about them times
I only saw one
Those were the times that I was under the gun,

It was then I carried you my son
Led you to safety
It just wasn't your time to face me (Uh huh)

Ah-yo a few of them times I thought you would erase me
But all you did was embrace me
Prepared me for the worst
Offered me eternal light,
And scared me with the hearse
And the curse
Turned to grace
When the hurt, turned to faith
No more runnin', (Uh huh)
Slidin' in the dirt
'Cause I'm safe

So if I'm yo' man
I'm in yo' hands
What's yo' plan?
Never had a friend
'Cause you couldn't trust your man
Learned to stand before I crawled
Things were twisted!
And if you showed me anything at all
Then I missed it
Looked the wrong way (Uh huh)
I've done some wrong things (True)
Kept a bad attitude,
But that's what wrong brings
And now you mean to tell me that
After all this time,
It was you that kept the dog from goin' out of his mind.
It was you that breathed life
Into my lungs when I was born
And it was you that let me know
What was right,
From what was wrong
And it was you that let me do
What I knew what could be done
And it was you that gave me a good wife
And a beautiful son
And it's been you speakin' to me
Inside my mind
And it's been you who has forgiven
Time after time
It was you who opened my eyes
So I could see
It was you who shined yo'
Light on me

 

Nah I went to high school in Michigan.

 

still bops to this day

 

"What these bitches want" is underrated

 

Shit.

 

Was never a big DMX fan but his verse on The Rollin Urban Assault remix always hit me different. Probably one of my favorite verses in all of hip hop. “A tisket a tasket I really need my ass kicked, my mom never let me forget I’m a bastard”. Guess it reminds me of my childhood.

RIP DMX

 

Got my plans for the night.

 

"Who We Be" all day.

 

Belly, imo.

 

I've had that one downloaded, only reason it didn't show in the same line. Great movie.

 

Opening scene is great.

 

RIP DMX, headliner of my soundtrack to college.

 

this one is hitting me hard. making my way through the back catalogue from the beginning. it’s crazy how many of these verses i have memorized.

one song I don’t hear mentioned often is ‘Grand Finale’ off the Belly soundtrack with X, Method Man, Nas, and Ja Rule on the chorus.

https://youtube.com/watch?v=o4yU8Pr70nc

 

Never realized how troubled he was, the animal cruelty stuff is pretty inexcusable though. Guessing a good portion of his net worth went to lawyers.

 

I know this has been discussed but personally I think Slippin is hands down his best song.

 

I loved his music but I also know he brought along his drug addiction and legal issues on himself.

 

For me I think it's got a lot to do with damn near every song of his flashes me back to growing up with my best friends. So many of his songs we had on repeat. Hard to not get sentimental listening to them.

 

It's Gundle man. He's got a bit of a rep for doing shit like this.

 

war grundle sometimes have simplistic views. There's things about DMX that you can attribute to his upbringing but all in all, he was a shithead. He made great music, just wasn't a good person.

 

Hey man let’s all say fuck empathy when we talk about a person who laid it all on the line for us all to see.

Let’s just say “Hey! Cool guy but he sucked because of all the things that made him relatable! Real trash bag!”

Go to bed

 

yoy are the fucking worst.

THE FUCKING WORST

 

and you're a good person? lol

 

All I got to say is “and now I know, only I can stop the ra-I-I-in... STOP THE RAIN!”

 

To all y’all better thans check the text



I’d hate to live a life so without flaw that I felt the need to run someone down who showed me obvious struggles. Who never failed to let me know their flaws. I’d hate to be so “good” I couldn’t find sympathy for folk like that.

 

Ok, I'm sorry. I'm not dbl and gonna fight a position all night.