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DMX - Year Of The Dog...Again
| StylusMagazine |
| DMX is the ultimate alpha male and, right now, hip-hop needs X desperately; he’s so much more than raps about ho’s and the crack game. Sure, he’s still repping Ruff Ryders and still as street as you wish you were. But he’s also still one of the most fascinatingly conflicted rappers alive....full text |
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| Entertainment Weekly |
| The Yonkers, N.Y., rapper DMX scored five consecutive No. 1 albums primarily on the strength of a hyper-aggressive flow and straightforward, barklike chants. His latest, Year of the Dog...Again, doesn't stray far from that trademark grimy style, though recent troubles with the law (including a two-month prison stay) seem to create a fresh well of angry inspiration. When consumed by paranoia and spiritual crises, DMX can still play the conflicted protagonist with conviction, proving there's truth to his boast that ''dog got his swagger back.''...full text |
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| Monsters and Critics |
| Though DMX has never finessed the mic like a Jay-Z or 50 Cent, the fiery MC has always been good for pensive cuts ("Slippin'") and grimy street anthems ("Get at Me Dog"). But on his sixth album (his first with Sony Urban), he talks about the fire he used to possess without rekindling those flames....full text |
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