DMX / It’s Dark & Hell Is Hot – CD (Used)

Description

Author: DMX

Brand: Def Jam

Format: Explicit Lyrics

Release Date: 19-05-1998

Details: Amazon.caWatching DMX-bald-headed and shirtless, tattooed and muscle-bound–as he simultaneously goes platinum and gets arrested on rape charges (both of which occurred within weeks of this album’s release), one can easily see the Yonkers, New York, rapper as a Tupac in training. And he’s certainly no stranger to dumb thuggery on his much-anticipated debut. But unlike Tupac, who tempered hard-core beatdowns with party pick-me-ups, DMX is strictly business, part of a street reaction against the Puff Daddy-fuelled, late-1990s slew of lightweight pop-rap crossovers. With a name too true for its own good,It’s Dark and Hell Is Hot could occasionally use a cool breeze of levity. That said, the record is not without merit; despite the album’s largely standard-issue beats and rhymes, both DMX’s forceful voice and solid production have moments of greatness. At times DMX even manages to squeeze memorable hooks out of this otherwise claustrophobic release.–Roni Sarig

UPC: 731455822724

EAN: 0731455822724

Languages: English

Binding: Audio CD

Item Condition: UsedVeryGood