The Definition of X: The Pick of the Litter
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| Greatest hits by DMX | |||||
| Released |  June 12, 2007 |
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| Recorded | 1997-2003 | ||||
| Genre | Hardcore Rap, East Coast Hip Hop | ||||
| Label | Def Jam Records Ruff Ryders |
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| Producer | Swizz Beatz PK Dame Grease Nokio Self Irv Gotti Tuneheadz Shatek Black Key DJ Scratch DJ Shok |
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The Definition of X: The Pick of the Litter is a greatest hits album from the multi-platinum selling rapper and actor, DMX (Earl Simmons), released on June 12, 2007 in the United States.
It was originally to be named The Dog. It was released by Def Jam Records, not Sony. Since the album was released by Def Jam it has tracks spanning his days on the label, from It's Dark and Hell Is Hot to Grand Champ.
The Definition of X contains hits like "Where The Hood At", "X Gon Give It to Ya", and "Party Up" it was reported that the song "Back like that" would be on the album but later turned out false. On the back cover of this album it says that track number one is called "Prayer III", when it's actually "Prayer II" from "Flesh Of My Flesh, Blood Of My Blood".
The album debuted at number 26 on the U.S. Billboard 200, selling about 35,000 copies in its first week.[1] As of July 11, 2007, the album has sold 65,826 copies in the US.[2]
Although the album has both an explicit version and an edited version, on the explicit version on the track "Where The Hood At" some lines are still edited due to some explicit content stated by DMX towards homosexuals.
[edit] Track listing
| # | Title | Producer(s) | Featured guest(s) | Length | On Original Album |
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| 1 | "Prayer IIl" | 1:59 | ...And Then There Was X | ||
| 2 | "Ruff Ryders' Anthem" | Swizz Beatz | 3:34 | It's Dark and Hell Is Hot | |
| 3 | "Get at Me Dog" | Dame Grease PK (co-produced) |
Sheek Louch | 4:03 | It's Dark and Hell Is Hot |
| 4 | "Stop Being Greedy" | PK Dame Grease (co-produced) |
3:37 | It's Dark and Hell Is Hot | |
| 5 | "How's It Going Down" | PK | 4:42 | It's Dark and Hell Is Hot | |
| 6 | "What These Bitches Want" | Nokio | Sisqo | 4:13 | ...And Then There Was X |
| 7 | "Blackout" | Swizz Beatz | The LOX and Jay-Z | 5:00 | Flesh of My Flesh, Blood of My Blood |
| 8 | "What's My Name?" | Self & Irv Gotti | 3:52 | ...And Then There Was X | |
| 9 | "Where the Hood At" | Tuneheadz | 4:46 | Grand Champ | |
| 10 | "Party Up (Up In Here)" | Swizz Beatz | 4:28 | ...And Then There Was X | |
| 11 | "X Gon' Give It to Ya" | Shatek | 3:38 | Cradle 2 The Grave | |
| 12 | "It's All Good" | Swizz Beatz | 4:17 | Flesh of My Flesh, Blood of My Blood | |
| 13 | "Who We Be" | Black Key | 4:47 | The Great Depression | |
| 14 | "The Rain" | DJ Scratch | 3:27 | Grand Champ | |
| 15 | "Here We Go Again" | DJ Shok | 3:52 | ...And Then There Was X | |
| 16 | "No Love 4 Me" | Swizz Beatz | Swizz Beatz and Drag-On | 4:00 | Flesh of My Flesh, Blood of My Blood |
| 17 | "We Right Here" | Black Key | 4:27 | The Great Depression | |
| 18 | "One More Road to Cross" | Swizz Beatz | 4:20 | ...And Then There Was X | |
| 19 | "Slippin'" | DJ Shok | 5:05 | Flesh of My Flesh, Blood of My Blood | |
| 20 | "Prayer (Skit)" | 2:31 | It's Dark and Hell Is Hot |
Note: on the clean/Edited version of the album the track "What These Bitches Want" is listed as, "What You Want"
[edit] References
- ^ Katie Hasty, "Toby Keith's 'Big Dog' Heads Straight To No. 1", Billboard.com, June 20, 2007.
- ^ Billboard Top 200
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