Flesh of My Flesh, Blood of My Blood

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Flesh of My Flesh, Blood of My Blood
Studio album by DMX
Released	December 22, 1998
Genre	Hardcore Rap Horrorcore East Coast Hip Hop
Length	70:02
Label	Ruff Ryders Def Jam
Producer	Swizz Beatz, PK, DJ Shok, Dame Grease
Professional reviews
All Music Guide link Entertainment Weekly (B+)
DMX chronology
It's Dark and Hell Is Hot (1998) Flesh of My Flesh, Blood of My Blood (1998) ...And Then There Was X (1999)

Flesh of My Flesh, Blood of My Blood was the second album released in 1998 by rapper DMX. It featured a controversial cover photo of the rapper covered in actual pig blood. It entered the charts at number one (and stayed there for 3 consecutive weeks) with an impressive 670,000 units shipped in the first week. The album eventually went 3x platinum. DMX released his debut album It's Dark and Hell Is Hot in 1998 as well. He was the second rapper to have two albums released in the same year debut at number one on Billboard's Top 200, the first being Tupac Shakur with his album The Don Killuminati: The 7 Day Theory. All but his latest album Year of the Dog… Again have debuted at number one. The single "Slippin'" became his first chart hit in the UK and is censored on both the "censored" and "explicit" versions of the USA release of the album. Flesh of My Flesh, Blood of My Blood was also released in a censored version with most profanity replaced with sound effects and explicit violence left uncensored. Drug content was also left uncensored in both versions of the album.

[edit] Track listing

1. "My Niggas" (Skit) – 1:27
2. "Bring Your Whole Crew" – 3:40
3. "Pac Man" (Skit) - 0:56
4. "Ain't No Way" – 4:49
5. "We Don't Give a Fuck" (featuring Styles P and Jadakiss) – 4:07
6. "Keep Your Shit the Hardest" – 4:48
7. "Coming From" (featuring Mary J. Blige) – 5:13
8. "It's All Good" – 4:17
9. "The Omen" (featuring Marilyn Manson) – 4:56
10. "Slippin'" – 5:05
11. "No Love 4 Me" (featuring Swizz Beatz and Drag-On) – 4:00
12. "Dogs for Life" – 5:31
13. "Blackout" (featuring The L.O.X. & Jay-Z) – 5:00
14. "Flesh of My Flesh, Blood of My Blood" – 4:32
15. "Heat" – 4:07
16. "Ready to Meet Him" – 7:24

[edit] Charts

Chart (1998)	Peak position
Canada Albums Chart	28
U.S. Billboard 200	1
U.S. Billboard R&B/Hip-Hop Albums	1
United World Chart Top 40 Album	35

Preceded by Double Live by Garth Brooks

Billboard 200 number-one album January 9 - January 29, 1999

Succeeded by ...Baby One More Time by Britney Spears

v • d • e DMX Albums It's Dark and Hell Is Hot · Flesh of My Flesh, Blood of My Blood · ...And Then There Was X · The Great Depression · Grand Champ · Year of the Dog… Again · The Definition of X: The Pick of the Litter · Walk with Me Now and You'll Fly with Me Later Singles "Get at Me Dog" · "How's It Goin' Down" · "Ruff Ryders' Anthem" · "Slippin'" · "What's My Name?" · "Party Up" · "We Right Here" · "Who We Be" · "I Miss You" · "X Gon' Give It to Ya" · "Where the Hood At?" · "We in Here" · "Lord Give Me a Sign" · "Come Thru' (Move)" · Already Filmography Belly · Romeo Must Die · Exit Wounds · Angel: One More Road to Cross · Cradle 2 the Grave · Eve · Third Watch · Never Die Alone · DMX: Soul of a Man Related articles Discography