Flesh of My Flesh, Blood of My Blood

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Flesh of My Flesh, Blood of My Blood
Flesh Of My Flesh.jpg
Studio album by
DMX
ReleasedDecember 22, 1998
Recorded1998
Genre
Length69:52
Label
Producer
DMX chronology
It's Dark and Hell Is Hot
(1998)
Flesh of My Flesh, Blood of My Blood
(1998)
Live at Woodstock
(1999)
Singles from Flesh of My Flesh, Blood of My Blood
  1. "Slippin'"
    Released: November 27, 1998 [2]
  2. "No Love 4 Me"
    Released: January 1999
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [3]
The Daily VaultB [4]
Entertainment Weekly B+ [1]
Robert Christgau Rating-Christgau-dud.svg [5]
Rolling Stone Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [6]
The Source (favorable) [7]

Flesh of My Flesh, Blood of My Blood is the second studio album by American rapper DMX. The album was released on December 22, 1998, by Def Jam Recordings and Ruff Ryders Entertainment, over seven months after his debut album, It's Dark and Hell Is Hot . [6]

Contents

Commercial performance

It debuted on the Billboard 200 at number one (and stayed there for three consecutive weeks) with over 670,000 units shipped in the first week. [8] In January 1999, the album was ousted from the top spot by Britney Spears' debut, ...Baby One More Time. [9] The album eventually went 3× platinum in the US. [10]

DMX became the second artist to have two albums released in the same calendar year debut at number one on the Billboard 200. The latter album to have done so was released posthumously by Tupac Shakur under the alias Makaveli (his first was All Eyez on Me , while the second was The Don Killuminati: The 7 Day Theory ). [11]


Track listing

Credits adapted from the album's liner notes. [12]

No.TitleWriter(s)Producer(s)Length
1."My Niggas" (Intro) Swizz Beatz 1:27
2."Bring Your Whole Crew"
  • Simmons
  • Anthony Fields
PK3:40
3."Pac Man" (Skit)  0:56
4."Ain't No Way"
  • Simmons
  • Dean
Swizz Beatz4:49
5."We Don't Give a Fuck" (featuring Jadakiss and Styles P)
4:07
6."Keep Your Shit the Hardest"
  • Simmons
  • Dean
Swizz Beatz4:48
7."Coming From" (featuring Mary J. Blige)
  • Simmons
  • Fields
PK5:13
8."It's All Good"
Swizz Beatz4:17
9."The Omen (Damien II)" (featuring Marilyn Manson)
Swizz Beatz4:56
10."Slippin'"
DJ Shok5:05
11."No Love 4 Me" (featuring Drag-On and Swizz Beatz)
Swizz Beatz4:00
12."Dogs for Life"
  • Simmons
  • Blackman
Dame Grease 5:31
13."Blackout" (featuring The LOX and Jay-Z)Swizz Beatz5:00
14."Flesh of My Flesh, Blood of My Blood"
  • Simmons
  • Dean
Swizz Beatz4:32
15."Heat"
  • Simmons
  • Dean
Swizz Beatz4:07
16."Prayer II/Ready to Meet Him"
  • Simmons
  • Dean
Swizz Beatz7:24

Notes [12]

Sample credits [12]

Charts

Certifications

Certifications for Flesh of My Flesh, Blood of My Blood
RegionCertification Certified units/sales
Canada (Music Canada) [23] Gold50,000^
United Kingdom (BPI) [24] Gold100,000^
United States (RIAA) [25] 3× Platinum3,000,000^

^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

See also

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