The Great Depression (DMX album)

The Great Depression
Studio album by DMX
Released	October 23, 2001 (U.S.)
Recorded	2000-2001
Genre	Hardcore Hip Hop, East Coast hip hop
Length	72:02
Label	Ruff Ryders, Def Jam
Producer	Darrin & Joaquin Dean and DMX (ex prd.); Latarche Nas Collins (co-exec); Just Blaze, Swizz Beatz, Dame Grease, PK, Black Key, Kidd Kold
DMX chronology
...And Then There Was X (1999) The Great Depression (2001) Grand Champ (2003)
Singles from The Great Depression
"We Right Here" Released: August 14, 2001 "Who We Be" Released: September 3, 2001 "I Miss You" Released: January 15, 2002

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
Source	Rating
Metacritic	(62/100)[1]
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[2]
Entertainment Weekly	B-[3]
Los Angeles Times	[4]
NME	(5/10)[5]
PopMatters	[1][6]
Q	[1]
RapReviews	(6.5/10)[7]
Rolling Stone	[8]
Spin	(6/10)[1]
USA Today	[9]

The Great Depression is the fourth solo studio album released by American rapper DMX. Released October 23, 2001, it was DMX's fourth consecutive album to debut at number one on the Billboard 200 chart. 439,000 copies were sold within the first week of the album's release, and it was certified Platinum in December of that year.^[10] The album demonstrated his continually strong allegiance with the Ruff Ryders with singles such as "Who We Be" and "We Right Here". Despite eventually selling nearly three million copies worldwide, The Great Depression lacked the staying power of his previous releases. It was credited by critics as the most mediocre release in DMX's catalogue.

A clean edition of The Great Depression was also released.^[11] In this version, all profanity is "blanked out", and subject matter related to violence and drug use is lightly censored. There are many inconsistencies in the censorship editing throughout the album. An example of this can be heard in the song, "I'ma Bang"; most mentions of the 'glock' firearm are blanked (to sound like 'g__k'), but the word is left intact at about halfway through the song.

Track listing

The album's final track, "A Minute for Your Son", actually contains three unlisted songs: "Next Out the Kennel" (featuring DJ Kayslay, Jinx, Loose, Kashmir, Big Stan, and Drag-On); "Problem Child" (featuring Mysonne and Drag-On); and "Usual Suspects 2" (a sequel to Mic Geronimo's "Usual Suspects", featuring Mic Geronimo and Big Stan).

Samples

• "When I'm Nothning" contains a sample of "What Cha' Gonna Do with My Lovin" as performed by Stephanie Mills.

Charts

References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Critic reviews at Metacritic
2. ↑ Allmusic review
3. ↑ Entertainment Weekly review
4. ↑ Los Angeles Times review
5. ↑ NME review
6. ↑ PopMatters review
7. ↑ RapReviews review
8. ↑ Rolling Stone review at the Wayback Machine (archived October 13, 2008)
9. ↑ USA Today review
10. ↑ "Oh What A Year It Was…". Gold & Platinum News. RIAA. December 2001. Retrieved 10 January 2012. 
11. ↑ "The Great Depression [Clean]". All Music. Retrieved 10 January 2012. 
12. ↑ 12.0 12.1 12.2 12.3 "Album performance". AustrianCharts. Retrieved 2007-05-09. 

External links

• The Great Depression at Metacritic