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ATF

DMX

Album: It's Dark And Hell Is Hot

Genre: Rap

Composer: Simmons/Blackman


ATF		08:55

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Show Track Metadata

ALBUM_ID	348597
TRACK_NAME	ATF
COMPOSER	Simmons/Blackman
TRACK_NUMBER	14
RUN_TIME
TRACK_ID	2139422
ALBUM_TITLE	It's Dark And Hell Is Hot
ARTIST_NAME	DMX
SEARCH_NAME	DMX
RATED	8
GENRE_DESCRIPTION	Rap
FLAGS	*
SPIRALFROG_AVAILABLE	Yes
OFFICAL_LENGTH	0:01:55
SITE_REVIEW	Just as rap music was reaching its toughest, darkest, grimmest period yet, following the assassinations of 2Pac and Biggie in the late '90s, along came DMX and his fellow Ruff Ryders, who embodied the essence of inner-city machismo to a tee, as showcased throughout the tellingly titled It's Dark and Hell Is Hot. Unlike so many other hardcore rappers who are more rhetorical than physical, DMX commands an aggressive aura without even speaking a word. He showcases his chiseled physique on the arresting album cover and trumpets his animalistic nature with frequent barking, growling, and snarling throughout the album. He furthermore collaborates with muscular producers Swizz Beatz and Dame Grease, who specialize in slamming synth-driven beats rather than sample-driven ones. Further unlike so many other hardcore rappers from the time, DMX is meaningful as well as symbolic. He professes an ideology that stresses the inner world -- characterized by such qualities as survival, wisdom, strength, respect, and faith -- rather than the material one that infatuates most rappers. It helped, of course, that his album includes a few mammoth highlights ("Ruff Ryders' Anthem," "Get at Me Dog," "Let Me Fly," and "I Can Feel It") as well as a light, mid-album diversion ("How's It Goin' Down"). The long running length of It's Dark and Hell Is Hot does wear you down after a while, since nearly every song here sans "How's It Goin' Down" hits hard and maintains the album's deadly serious attitude. Even so, it's DMX's most essential album. It's Dark and Hell Is Hot may not be his best, nor an outright classic, but it lays out DMX's complex persona with candor, from his faith in God to his fixation with canine motifs, and does so with an engaging sense of dramatic flair. ~ Jason Birchmeier, All Music Guide
ARTIST_ID	68246
UPC	00731455822724
ISRC	USRL19800744
VOLUME	1
SIZE_OF_FILE	1910655
ASSOCIATEDISRC
LABEL	RAL
LABEL_GROUP	UMG
Genre	Pop
ExplicitLyrics	Yes

media	label
LP	Universal/Def Jam
LP	Def Jam
CD	Def Jam
CS	Def Jam

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