The Great Depression (album)

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For the album by Blindside, see The Great Depression (Blindside album)
The Great Depression
The Great Depression cover
Studio album by DMX
Released October 23, 2001 (U.S.)
Recorded 2001
Genre East Coast Rap, Hardcore Rap
Length 72:02
Label Ruff Ryder Records; Def Jam Recording
Producer Darrin & Joaquin Dean and DMX (ex prd.); Latarche Nas Collins (co-exec); Just Blaze, Swizz Beatz, Dame Grease, PK, Black Key, Kidd Kold
Professional reviews
DMX chronology
...And Then There Was X
(1999)		 The Great Depression
(2001)		 Grand Champ
(2003)

The Great Depression is the fourth solo album released by New York based rapper DMX. Released October 3, 2001, it was DMX's fourth straight album to debut at number one. The album demonstrated his still strong allegiance with the Ruff Ryders. The Great Depression went platinum quickly, but lacked the staying power of his previous releases. The Album contains the Singles "Who We Be", "We Right Here", and "I Miss You."

This album sold 439,000 copies in its opening week and became DMX's fourth to debut at #1. Despite debuting at #1 on the billboard 200 and selling close to 3 million worldwide, The Great Depression wasn't met with much critical praise. In fact, the album was credited by critics as the most mediocre in DMX's catalogue.

The Great Depression was released in a "clean" version that lightly censors out violence and blanks out all profanity and drug use. Some of the editing is inconsistent on the names of guns and subject matter of that kind, as it will commonly leave in some gun names but blank out others. One example of this is on "I'ma Bang" where the part, "Get the glock" is normally censored as "Get the g***k" but halfway through the track is left uncensored. This album is only moderately inconsistent in editing when compared to albums such as Boyz n da Hood's self-titled debut.

[edit] Track listing

  1. "Sometimes" – 1:06
  2. "School Street" – 3:01
  3. "Who We Be" (featuring Dustin Adams) – 4:47
  4. "Trina Moe" – 4:02
  5. "We Right Here" – 4:27
  6. "Bloodline Anthem" (featuring Dia) – 4:25
  7. "Shorty Was Da Bomb" – 5:12
  8. "Damien III" – 3:21
  9. "When I'm Nothing" (featuring Stephanie Mills) – 4:33
  10. "I Miss You" (featuring Faith Evans) – 4:40
  11. "Number 11" – 4:25
  12. "Pull Up" (skit) - 0:20
  13. "I'm a Bang" – 5:03
  14. "Pull Out" (skit) - 0:24
  15. "You Could Be Blind" (featuring Mashonda) – 4:34
  16. "The Prayer IV" – 1:42
  17. "A Minute for Your Son" – 16:55

At the end of "A Minute For Your Son," the track continues with freestyles by Ruff Ryders affiliates Jinx, Loose, Kashmir, Big Stan, and Drag-On as well as two original songs featuring Mysonne & Drag-On on the first, and on the second Mic Geronimo & Big Stan.

[edit] Charts

Chart (2001) Peak
position
Australian Albums Chart 99
Canada Albums Chart 1
China Albums Chart 60
French Albums Chart [1] 69
German Albums Chart [1] 10
Netherlands Albums Chart 25
New Zealand Albums Chart [1] 38
Swiss Albums Chart [1] 60
UK Albums Chart 20
U.S. Billboard 200 1
U.S. Billboard R&B/Hip-Hop Albums 1
Preceded by
God Bless America by Various artists		 Billboard 200 number-one album
November 10 - November 16, 2001		 Succeeded by
Invincible by Michael Jackson
v • d • e
DMX
Albums
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
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[edit] References

  1. ^ a b c d Album performance. AustrianCharts. Retrieved on 2007-05-09.