What is it about DMX that makes him able to hype everybody up?

[Thai Otoshi]

X gon' give it to you is one of the best "feel like a badass" songs ever. If I fought that would be my walkout song for reals.

It's also great workout music.

It's part of my lifting playlist.

 

[KONG-D'SNT-TAP]

This is a great album.

 

[mb23100]

This is a great album.

Came to say its my alltime favorite rap album

 

[RichardHarrow]

Came to say its my alltime favorite rap album

Maximum brofist.

 

[RichardHarrow]

Bout 3 kims

Cookies I, er, met her at an ice cream parlor. How appropriate, a girl named cookies at an ice cream parlor.

 

[weed]

 

[blaseblah]

You think it's a game?!! You think it's a fucking game?!!

 

[Jermei]

DMX is the black mans Billy Idol.

How is that?

 

[gspieler]

It ain't whatchu heard...its whatchu hearin'.

 

[Peteyandjia]

Dat Voice.

Period.

He makes Samuel L. Jackson sound girly.

And I agree, TS. I'm a pretty mellow guy most of the time; but when I listen to DMX, suddenly I feel like I need to bust through the door, check everyone on my block, & make sure that everybody around me knows what my name is.

 

[ILLogic]

One of the GOATs. Passion, raw lyricism, voice, authentic, wasn't playing a character, and Swizz Beatz definitely helped.

 

[Thai Otoshi]

His lyrics definitely weren't the most complex, but he just had this raw energy.

 

[Daveb]

Walked out to an Mma fight to DMX

 

[Thai Otoshi]

Walked out to an Mma fight to DMX

It better have been X Gon' Give it to Ya.

 

[RichardHarrow]

His lyrics definitely weren't the most complex.

Dude stfu.
Excerpt from 'I can feel it'

I see life through many shades of grays and blacks
I could take that and hit 'em with the blazin' tracks
When I make that you fake cats have violent dreams
It takes another dog to be able to hear my silent screams
The Devil got a hold on me, and he won't let go
I can feel the Lord pullin', but he movin' dead slow
Let 'em know that amidst all this confusion
Some of us may do the winnin', but we all do the losin'
It's just who does the choosin'
Is you going up or down? What have you been provin'?
Just that you were a fuckin' clown
Been seen the bullshit, but never spoke on it
‘Cause I know that deep down you really don't want it
I was traded the chance of being a child with a father
For a talent and being able to survive when it's harder
My balance on the high beams of life, keep my dreams in strife
That's why I hit these mothafuckin' streets at night; come on!

 

[Thai Otoshi]

Dude stfu.
Excerpt from 'I can feel it'

I see life through many shades of grays and blacks
I could take that and hit 'em with the blazin' tracks
When I make that you fake cats have violent dreams
It takes another dog to be able to hear my silent screams
The Devil got a hold on me, and he won't let go
I can feel the Lord pullin', but he movin' dead slow
Let 'em know that amidst all this confusion
Some of us may do the winnin', but we all do the losin'
It's just who does the choosin'
Is you going up or down? What have you been provin'?
Just that you were a fuckin' clown
Been seen the bullshit, but never spoke on it
‘Cause I know that deep down you really don't want it
I was traded the chance of being a child with a father
For a talent and being able to survive when it's harder
My balance on the high beams of life, keep my dreams in strife
That's why I hit these mothafuckin' streets at night; come on!

....and still not the most complex.

His strengths were in his flow and raw energy. That's undeniable.

 

[RichardHarrow]

....and still not the most complex.

His strengths were in his flow and raw energy. That's undeniable.

Give me an example of complex.

 

[FyrFytr998]

DMX was a body mover par excellence.

I don't need my hip hop to be rocket science.

 

[Nameless Ghoul]

I loved that 3 album run as well. His energy and making each song seem like a movie with their story format was the best .

 

[Hogey]

His ability to stop drop and set up shop