The year 1998 brought much success to rappers. DMX, among the elite, had dropped two successful albums, It’s Dark and Hell is Hot and Flesh of My Flesh, Blood of My Blood. By 1999, he was met with the age-old question: can he do it again?
DMX released …And Then There Wax X, his third album, December 21st. He’d always giving us the wicked tales of the streets. Whether it’s the life of a hitman in “The Professional” or the classic tale of the little homie deliberately disobeying the big homie in “Here We Go Again,” we could always count on X to give it to us raw and uncut.
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As per usual, X provided us with an energetic street anthem with the album’s first single, “What’s My Name.” The track reached number 67 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart.
“Party Up (Up in Here)” and “What These Bitches Want,” the album’s second single and third single, would find its way on the Hot 100 charts as well, peaking at the number 27 and 49 position, respectively. The former would become X’s most successful single.
Swizz Beatz, Dame Grease, and Irv Gotti, among others, gave a helping hand with the production.
… And Then There Was X debuted at number one on the Billboard 200 and US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums. The album was certified 6x platinum.
But do numbers mean anything, or was it just promoted well? RIP DMX
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DMX – ‘… And Then There Was X’; Classic!, Dope, Regular, or Garbage?
[Polls Are Closed!]
Dope – 45%
Classic! – 45%
Regular – 9%
Garbage – 0%
