Grand Champ

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
Source	Rating
Metacritic	(58/100)^[1]
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	^[2]
Blender	^[3]
E! Online	C+^[1]
Entertainment Weekly	C−^[4]
Playlouder	^[5]
PopMatters	^[1]^[6]
RapReviews	(7/10)^[7]
Rolling Stone	^[8]
Vibe	^[9]
USA Today	^[10]

Grand Champ is the fifth album by American rapper DMX, released in 2003. Grand Champ features the popular singles "Where the Hood At?" and "Get It On The Floor". The album sold 312,000 in its first week and debuted at #1 on the Billboard 200.

Track listing

#	Title	Producer(s)	Featured guest(s)	Length
1	"Dog Intro"	Darold "Pop" Trotter	Bashir Fadai	3:32
2	"My Life"	Dart La	Chinky	3:09
3	"Where the Hood At?"	Tuneheadz		4:46
4	"Dogs Out"	Kanye West		4:03
5	"Get It on the Floor"	Swizz Beatz	Swizz Beatz	4:22
6	"Come Prepared" (Skit)	Jay "Icepick" Jackson, Joaquin "Waah" Dean		0:35
7	"Shot Down"	Salam "Wreck" Nassar	50 Cent & Styles P	3:42
8	"Bring the Noize"	Tuneheadz		3:30
9	"Untouchable"	Tony Pizarro	Syleena Johnson, Cross, Infa-Red, Sheek Louch & Drag-On	6:05
10	"Fuck Y'all"	Ron Browz		3:43
11	"Ruff Radio" (Skit)	Jay "Icepick" Jackson, Joaquin "Waah" Dean		0:43
12	"We're Back"	Tuneheadz	Eve & Jadakiss	4:25
13	"Ruff Radio 2" (Skit)	Jay "Icepick" Jackson, Joaquin "Waah" Dean		0:18
14	"Rob All Night (If I'm Gonna Rob)"	Rockwilder		3:27
15	"We Go Hard"	No I.D.	Cam'ron	3:36
16	"We 'Bout to Blow"	Dame Grease	Big Stan	3:31
17	"The Rain"	DJ Scratch		3:27
18	"Gotta Go" (Skit)	Jay "Icepick" Jackson, Joaquin "Waah" Dean		1:07
19	"Don't Gotta Go Home" (Mix)	Antoine "Bam" Macon, Ryan Bowser, Mr. Devine, Victor Flowers	Monica	4:17
20	"A'Yo Kato"	Swizz Beatz	Magic & Val	3:46
21	"Thank You"	DMX, Nemo, Ron H, Reggie Flowers, Gerald Flowers, Victor Flowers, Kevin McCord	Patti LaBelle	3:01
22	"Prayer V"	DMX		1:47
23	"On Top"	Mac G	Big Stan	3:34
24	"X Gon' Give It to Ya" (Bonus Track)	Shatek		3:38

Samples

"Where The Hood At" contains a sample of "I'll Play the Blues for You" as performed by Albert King
"We Go Hard" contains a sample of "Didn't I Fool You" as performed by Ruby Andrews
"The Rain" contains a sample of "Will She Meet The Train In The Rain" as performed by Greg Perry
"Thank You" contains a sample of "I Want To Thank You" as performed by Alicia Myers
"Dog's Out" contains a sample of "Dedicated to the One I Love" as performed by Stacy Lattisaw

Charts

Chart (2003)	Peak position
Australian Albums Chart	1
Austrian Albums Chart ^[11]	2
Belgium Albums Chart	1
Canada Albums Chart	1
French Albums Chart ^[11]	1
German Albums Chart ^[11]	1
Netherlands Albums Chart	1
New Zealand Albums Chart ^[11]	2
Swedish Albums Chart ^[11]	1
Swiss Albums Chart ^[11]	1
UK Albums Chart	1
U.S. Billboard 200	1
U.S. Billboard R&B/Hip-Hop Albums	1

References

↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Critic reviews at Metacritic
↑ Allmusic review
↑ Blender review
↑ Fiore, Raymond (2003-10-03). "Grand Champ Review". Entertainment Weekly: 73. Retrieved 2012-12-31.
↑ Playlouder review at the Wayback Machine (archived September 20, 2003)
↑ PopMatters review
↑ RapReviews review
↑ Rolling Stone review at the Wayback Machine (archived December 1, 2008)
↑ Vibe review
↑ USA Today review
↑ 11.0 11.1 11.2 11.3 11.4 11.5 "Album performance". AustrianCharts. Retrieved 2007-05-09.

Preceded by Heavier Things by John Mayer	Billboard 200 number-one album September 28, 2003 - October 4, 2003	Succeeded by Speakerboxxx/The Love Below by OutKast

External links

Grand Champ at Metacritic

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Discography Filmography

Studio 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 Undisputed

Compilations	The Definition of X: The Pick of The Litter Playlist Your Way The Best of DMX

Soundtracks	Belly Romeo Must Die Exit Wounds Cradle 2 the Grave

Singles	"Get at Me Dog" "Stop Being Greedy" "Ruff Ryders' Anthem" "How's It Goin' Down" "Slippin'" "No Love 4 Me" "It's On" "What's My Name?" "What These Bitches Want" "Party Up (Up in Here) "Do You?" "No Sunshine" "We Right Here" "Who We Be" "I Miss You" "X Gon' Give It to Ya" "Where the Hood At?" "Get It on the Floor" "We in Here" "Lord Give Me a Sign" "Come Thru' (Move)" "I Don't Dance" "Head Up"

Featured singles	"4, 3, 2, 1" "Money, Power & Respect" "Shut 'Em Down" "Money, Cash, Hoes" "Come Back in One Piece" "Tear It Up" "Touch It (Remix)"

Other songs	"24 Hrs. to Live"

Related articles	Fontana Distribution Bloodline Records Ruff Ryders Entertainment

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