DMX Wanted a New Beginning. Swizz Beatz Is Seeing It Through.
The New York rapper had big plans for a comeback album before his death in April, but it was up to his longtime producer to finish the job.
DMX died before the release of “Exodus,” his eighth album, and his first on Def Jam since 2003.Credit.Clay Patrick McBride
DMX was supposed to start working out soon.
Nearing 50, fresh off serving a year in prison for tax evasion, the rapper had signed a new deal with his old label, Def Jam, and set upon making his first album in almost a decade. In the studio, his bark remained ferocious. But DMX, who had long battled drug addiction, knew he had also gained some weight and was feeling self-conscious.
With trademark grit and poetic soul, posthumous DMX album a moving coda
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28/05/2021 - 13:02 Rapper DMX, seen performing in New York in 2019, was among hip-hop s darkest stars Theo Wargo GETTY IMAGES NORTH AMERICA/AFP/File 3 min
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The rapper DMX was priming for a career comeback in the months before his shock death, ready to release his first studio album in nearly a decade.
But the 50-year-old who reigned over the late 1990s and early 2000s with five albums debuting atop the US songs chart did not live to see the release of EXODUS, his posthumous album out Friday with Def Jam Recordings.
NEW DMX STUDIO ALBUM, EXODUS, ARRIVES
EXECUTIVE-PRODUCED BY SWIZZ BEATS â GUESTS INCLUDE ALICIA KEYS, BONO, JAY-Z, LIL WAYNE, NAS, SNOOP DOGG, THE LOX, USHER, GRISELDA, MONEYBAGG YO & MORE
OFFICIAL PRESS RELEASE Universal Music Canada
28 MAY 2021 (TORONTO, ON) â The hip-hop icon who defined and dominated an era - lives on with the arrival of
EXODUS, the legendary rapperâs posthumous studio album, available now via Ruff Ryders/Def Jam Recordings/Universal Music Canada, the country s leading music company.
The historic album - executive-produced by DMXâs career-long producer Swizz Beatz â features an A-list of contemporary megastars who lent their talents to the creation of
The rapper DMX was priming for a career comeback in the months before his shock death, ready to release his first studio album in nearly a decade.
But the 50-year-old who reigned over the late 1990s and early 2000s with five albums debuting atop the US songs chart did not live to see the release of
EXODUS, his posthumous album out Friday with Def Jam Recordings.
A sentiment of redemption streaks the 13-track record, a heartbreaking theme after the artist s death.
He died in hospital on April 9, after nearly a week on life support following a heart attack.
His eighth official album features cameos from hip hop s upper echelons, including Jay-Z, Nas and Snoop Dogg, along with appearances from Alicia Keys, Usher and Bono.