Time To Kill This Myth That DMX Had One Of The Worst Falloffs

[keepitrealprk]

DMX has been doing questionable tours for at least the last ten years though.

 

[MoneyBags]

And then there was X was a dope album,and very successful

it was successful off the strength of Party Up, but that song was wack as hell IMO, that silly ass beat from Swizz. But it did it's job and was a cross over hit, white people loved that song.

 

[mobbinfms]

@Wacky D I see what you're doing
DMX is still gonna lose to Nas in your tournament though

 

[pointproven214]

dmx fell off but they have been worser fall offs in my opinion

 

[pointproven214]

dmx last good in my opinion flesh of my flesh blood of my blood everything was wack or either wack minus a few good songs.

 

[pointproven214]

ja rule 50 cent nelly eminem all have had worser " fall offs " imo

 

[pez]

Selling 3.5M for your last 4 albums is considered a pretty huge success in today's market. I'm still a fan.

 

[pointproven214]

His first 3 albums sold 13M copies

His last 4 albums sold about 3.5M

His sales dropped almost 65% from And Then There Was X... to The Great Depression

He fell off hard

not in terms of sales but just in terms of the quality of the music it wasn't up to par with with his first two releases in my opinion

everything after flesh of my flesh was wack.

 

[Won Won]

Selling 3.5M for your last 4 albums is considered a pretty huge success in today's market. I'm still a fan.

Except 3 of them weren't in "today's market"

2001 - 1.8M
2003 - 1.2M
2006 - 350K
2012 - 50K

 

[spliz]

He fell off in a way where he lost a lot of his creativity that he had on his first 2...a lot of people don't realize that X wasn't only some aggressive barking rapper..he used to know how to tone his voice down when it called for it...and he used to be a GREAT and underrated storyteller...that's one of the most underrated things about him...his storytelling ability...put it like this...if he made "How's It Goin Down" right now...instead of him bein smooth like he was on it...he would be growling and screaming the verses..I think he forgot that aspect about himself...him getting rid of Dame Grease didn't help either...but I liked every X album up until Grand Champ...shyt I think Grand Champ>>>>The Great Depression..

 

[pointproven214]

He fell off in a way where he lost a lot of his creativity that he had on his first 2...a lot of people don't realize that X wasn't only some aggressive barking rapper..he used to know how to tone his voice down when it called for it...and he used to be a GREAT and underrated storyteller...that's one of the most underrated things about him...his storytelling ability...put it like this...if he made "How's It Goin Down" right now...instead of him bein smooth like he was on it...he would be growling and screaming the verses..I think he forgot that aspect about himself...him getting rid of Dame Grease didn't help either...but I liked every X album up until Grand Champ...shyt I think Grand Champ>>>>The Great Depression..

which was why he fell off imo anything after his first two wasn't messing with his first two.

 

[Bickin Back Being Bool]

DMX had at least 4 standout albums. with 1 or 2 of them being classics. the last standout being over 5 years after his debut. that alone is more than the standard run. not to mention all the tours, compilations, guest features, movies, etc.

plus X was around alot longer than some of you think. he was no spring chicken.

this whole DMX fell off bad stuff is illogical. people applying post-viacom logic to the '90s- early '00s.
just cuz hes not being shoved down our throats everyday like other washed-up rappers, doesnt mean that he fell off any worse than them.

 

[mobbinfms]

He fell off in a way where he lost a lot of his creativity that he had on his first 2

The second album was a huge drop off in creativity.

 

[spliz]

The second album was a huge drop off in creativity.

It was but it was still there...the feel of the album was different cause he used more Swizzy instead of Dame Grease...the one song produced by Dame on it has that vintage X feel "Dogs For Life"..

 

[bigbadbossup2012]

it was successful off the strength of Party Up, but that song was wack as hell IMO, that silly ass beat from Swizz. But it did it's job and was a cross over hit, white people loved that song.

Song is a straight classic. Classic club record which also takes shots at kurupt to add the the enjoyment.
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