Why do some people have DMX in their top 5

[PhonZhi]

Dude was the first rapper I was legit afraid of

 

[Standing on business]

Your favorite rapper wishes he could be DMX in 1998

hold this neg

I think Jay-z did pretty well in 98

 

[BK The Great]

cause he made classic music, his storytelling & emotion in his music is kind of what Pac made.

 

[Bigsuk]

Alot ov nikkas say this and i will agree , dmx was that space to fill after pac passed ... Not ja rule or anyother nikka just x , he had the look , the stature , the passion , and that rebelious type shyt going on very similar to pac ... I dno if i would put him in top 5 but deffo top 10 ... Noone can say x wasnt dope in his prime and wen he was hungry in this rap shyt .... He basically fukked it all up by not giving up the drugs and he basically threw his rap career away in the process ... Sad shyt man .... Now its difficult to watch him get interviewed these days hes all over the place ....

 

[1-8-7-Skillz]

If dude wouldnt have destroyed his life with all those drugs he couldve continued to put out dope ass music

 

[AMcV'88]

not surprising if they have him in their top 5...X was a lot of people's first favorite rapper.

 

[Pop123]

his peak was higher than most.

So was he.



Sorry, couldn't resist

 

[FreshAIG]

Because it's their opinion? The fukk lol

 

[Killigraphy]

He was the rapper New Yorker can point at and be like "hes real, he's hard"...I always thought it was hilarious how he had horror core lyrics in most of his rhymes, yet managed to get away with that since he had flow. He had a solid run but Coke Man X was done the minute he started becoming a preacher on his own albums, he went full Ma$e and no one enjoyed it.

 

[The_Third_Man]

dope rapper but not in my top 30

hiphop head used to really hate him back then lol it's funny how time change that perception

 

[GreenGrass]

because we

plus, when he was coming up, he was better and bigger than jay-z..

 

[Standing on business]

because we

plus, when he was coming up, he was better and bigger than jay-z..

He was not bigger than HOV, Jay got the shout out in one of his biggest singles


"Look at all these off brand nikkas
Runnin' around yappin' about they be holdin' figgas as big as Jigga's
That's that bullshyt"

 

[GreenGrass]

He was not bigger than HOV, Jay got the shout out in one of his biggest singles


"Look at all these off brand nikkas
Runnin' around yappin' about they be holdin' figgas as big as Jigga's
That's that bullshyt"

it is all about money? why do people care how much money jay-z has in his bank account?

dmx was way popular than jay-z back in those days

 

[Standing on business]

DMX was not bigger than Jay-z in 1998. That's when HOV took off

 

[MooseMouthMthafuga]

I do think he's overrated by a lot of people.Came at a time when hip hop was depressed and ruled by clown azz Diddy/Mase.

I consider IDAHIH a classic album, tho.


The rest of his catalog is IMO....a few gems here & there, but nothing really great.Except maybe "Slipping"


That's a hall of fame level joint right there.

Next to that, "Niccaz Done Started Something" is the apex of his career IMO.


Those two tracks, Slipping & Niccaz Done Started Something are hall of fame worthy.


But that's the thing about X, he wasn't consistently great IMO.


He was mostly a 7 who spiked up to a 10 on a couple of occasions(the songs I mentioned, Slipping & NDSS)


He was hyper energetic like Onyx, so maybe that intrigued so many people.


Always thought his voice was a bit gimmicky......the dog barks, corny.


If you came of age '97-'03, I can see why you'd think DMX was the shyt, tho


Cool, down to earth brother, to.....I met him twice out in Arizona