DMX - It's Dark and Hell Is Hot
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Track List: It's Dark and Hell Is Hot
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- IntroDownload & Buy
- Ruff Ryders' AnthemDownload & Buy
- Fuckin' Wit' DDownload & Buy
- The Storm (Skit)Download & Buy
- Look Thru My EyesDownload & Buy
- Get At Me DogDownload & Buy
- Let Me FlyDownload & Buy
- X-Is ComingDownload & Buy
- DamienDownload & Buy
- How's It Goin' DownDownload & Buy
- Mickey (Skit)Download & Buy
- Crime StoryDownload & Buy
- Stop Being GreedyDownload & Buy
- ATFDownload & Buy
- For My DogsDownload & Buy
- I Can Feel ItDownload & Buy
- Prayer (Skit)Download & Buy
- The ConvoDownload & Buy
- Niggaz Done Started SomethingDownload & Buy
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Album Details: It's Dark and Hell Is Hot
- Release Date:
- 05/12/1998
- Label:
- Def Jam
- UPC:
- 731455822724
User Reviews: It's Dark and Hell Is Hot
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THAT'S MY ARTIST! DOG!!......WHAT!!!!!!!!
, February 22, 2005Reviewer: cwapan - See all cwapan's reviews -
thats my dog
, December 14, 2004Reviewer: jeffrey b - See all jeffrey b's reviews1 of 1 Yahoo! Users found this It's Dark and Hell Is Hot review helpfulPros: he spits that fire plain and simple
Cons: there aren't any cons
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Pro Reviews: It's Dark and Hell Is Hot
| EXPERT RATING: From AMG Reviews 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 were more rhetorical than physical, DMX commanded an aggressive aura without even speaking a word. He showcased his chiseled physique on the arresting album cover and trumpeted his animalistic nature with frequent barking, growling, and snarling throughout the album. He furthermore collaborated with muscular producers Swizz Beatz and Dame Grease, who specialized in slamming synth-driven beats rather than sample-driven ones. Yet further unlike so many other hardcore rappers from the time, DMX was meaningful as well as symbolic. He professed an ideology that stressed the inner world -- characterized by such qualities as survival, wisdom, strength, respect, and faith -- rather than the material one that infatuated most rappers. It helped, of course, that his album includes a few mammoth highlights ("Ruff Ryder 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 perhaps DMX's most essential album. It's Dark and Hell Is Hot may not be his best, nor an outright classic, but it lays out DMX's complex persona with candor, from his faith in God to his fixation with canine motifs, and does so with an engaging sense of dramatic flair. - Jason Birchmeier, All Music Guide |
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Pros: DMX!! RUFF RYDERS!!......WHAT!!!!
Cons: NONE DOG!!....WHAT!!
DMX is my ARTIST DOG! WHAT you say, you say
no good! WHAT!! you better believe he's great
of all RAPPERS! DON'T MAKE ME ANGRY!
DMX! RUFF RYDERS!!!