It's Dark And Hell Is Hot [PA] by DMX (CD, 1998, Def Jam) *NEW* *FREE Shipping*

Description: It's Dark and Hell Is Hot by DMX [PA] [CD] Track Listing:1 Intro2 Ruff Ryder's Anthem3 F***in' Wit' D4 The Storm (skit)5 Look Thru My Eyes6 Get At Me Dog7 Let Me Fly8 X-is Coming9 Damien10 How's It Goin' Down11 Mickey (skit)12 Crime Story13 Stop Being Greedy14 ATF15 For My Dogs16 I Can Feel It17 Prayer (skit)18 The Convo19 Niggaz Done Started SomethingWith his raw energy and dark sex appeal, DMX (or Dark Man X, or Dark Man of the Unknown as he is often called) is headed for the stars - and beyond. The 21-year-old Yonkers native has been a lyricist for years; his creative flow, combined with his raspy voice and electric rhyme style is particularly fresh and innovative. His 1st single, "Get at Me Dog," has already become NY's anthem for the streets, and the "buzz" is expected to quickly intensify to a roar. --- Just as rap music was reaching its toughest, darkest, grimmest period yet, following the assassinations of 2Pac and Biggie in the late '90s, along came DMX and his fellow Ruff Ryders, who embodied the essence of inner-city machismo to a tee, as showcased throughout the tellingly titled It's Dark and Hell Is Hot. Unlike so many other hardcore rappers who are more rhetorical than physical, DMX commands an aggressive aura without even speaking a word. He showcases his chiseled physique on the arresting album cover and trumpets his animalistic nature with frequent barking, growling, and snarling throughout the album. He also collaborates with muscular producers Swiss Beatz and Dame Grease, who specialize in slamming synth-driven beats rather than sample-driven ones. Further unlike so many other hardcore rappers from the time, DMX is meaningful as well as symbolic. He professes an ideology that stresses the inner world -- characterized by such qualities as survival, wisdom, strength, respect, and faith -- rather than the material one that infatuates most rappers of his time. It helpes that his album includes a few mammoth highlights ("Ruff Ryders' Anthem," "Get at Me Dog," "Let Me Fly," and "I Can Feel It") as well as a light, mid-album diversion ("How's It Goin' Down"). The long running length of It's Dark and Hell Is Hot does wear you down after a while, since nearly every song here sans "How's It Goin' Down" hits hard and maintains the album's deadly serious attitude. Even so, It's Dark and Hell Is Hot is a tremendous debut, laying out DMX's complex persona with candor, from his faith in God to his fixation with canine motifs, and doing so with dramatic flair. ~ Donald Birchmeier, AllMusic Normal 0 false false false EN-US X-NONE X-NONE

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