![]() With that in mind, it’s only right that “4, 3, 2, 1” reads like a countdown, because when it dropped, X’s career was ready for liftoff. ![]() Holding his own on a track with LL Cool J, Method Man and Redman only solidified his next-up status. ![]() At this point, X, with his distinctive rasp and rugged lyrics, had built a name for himself with standout verses on Mase’s “24 Hours to Live,” The LOX’s “Money, Power, Respect” and more, so the buzz surrounding him by December 1997 was already crazy. “Let me get what’s between your sock, cause it’s better to give/Than receive, believe what I say when I tell you/Don’t make me put you somewhere where nobody’ll smell you,” he barks, with his last bar being the sort of inventive death threat only the best rappers can deliver. DMX's longtime collaborator Swizz Beatz made the announcement about the latest release, 'Exodus,' on Monday. For this one, X combines casual threats and clever turns of phrase for a verse that further established his artistic ethos. As of 2013, DMX announced plans to put out an eighth studio album, which has yet to materialize, but he has released new songs as recently as 2017. Posthumous DMX Album of All-New Original Songs Is Coming Soon. ![]() LL Cool J’s evisceration of Canibus was the story of LL’s “4,3, 2, 1,” but DMX’s charismatic turn on the track was another notable moment on his path to rap stardom. ![]()
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