One of the best rap albums.....EVER!! (It's Dark And Hell Is Hot (enhanced Reissue) - DMX)

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Product:	It's Dark And Hell Is Hot (enhanced Reissue) - DMX
Date:	15/09/01 (81 review reads)
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Advantages: Excellent tracks, Great rapper, No bad songs

Disadvantages: NONE!

The horse voiced, violent rapper has hit the streets with a new style of rap, the beginning of an era. The big Queens based rapper has moved himself onto the top without the blink of an eye.

Who would have thought an almost shouting style of rap would come to be one of the most popular genres of rap. DMX is now one of the highest selling rap stars today.
It began here, on this album, with the first single which dropped a bomb on the world; Ruff Ryders Anthem.

The first single is track 2, it starts an incredible line up which rarely falls below a standard of excellence. RuffRyders anthem is a repeatative beat (like many of DMX's hits) and, although this may sound boring it achieves the perfect effect, with DMX's hard, violent lyrics over the top But he's different to the rest, he raps about strange things like his huge collection of dogs and his lack of friends! Well back to the song, It's an instant hit for almost everyone, although only reaching #14 on the U.S charts because minimal copies were produced at the time, and it was being played around every hood and club.

I have to say 'Ruff Ryderz Anthem' is the best song on the album but many just fall short of taht title. Among the many other top tunes are:
- Get at me dog
- Damien
- Look thru my eyes
- Let me fly
- X-is coming
- How's it goin down
- Stop bein Greedy
- I can feel it
- Niggaz done started something
- For my dogs
These songs are the top quality being 12 out of 20, although 3 of the songs are skits. So as you can tell by my evalution of the excellent songs this album is one of the greatest rap album's ever made.

It is truly deserved of it's 'Def Jam remaster' title. It's his first, his best and a must buy for even hip hop..no every music fan!

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