The Great Depression (DMX album)

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The Great Depression
DMX - The Great Depression.albumcover.jpg
Studio album by
DMX
ReleasedOctober 23, 2001
Recorded2000–01
Genre Hardcore hip hop
Length72:02
Label
Producer
DMX chronology
...And Then There Was X
(1999)		The Great Depression
(2001)		 Grand Champ
(2003)
Singles from The Great Depression
  1. "We Right Here"
    Released: August 14, 2001
  2. "Who We Be"
    Released: September 25, 2001
  3. "I Miss You"
    Released: January 15, 2002
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic (62/100) [1]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [2]
Entertainment Weekly B− [3]
Los Angeles Times Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [4]
NME Star full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [5]
PopMatters Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [1] [6]
Q Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [1]
RapReviews(6.5/10) [7]
Rolling Stone Star full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [8]
Spin (6/10) [1]
USA Today Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svg [9]

The Great Depression is the fourth studio album by American rapper DMX. It was released on October 23, 2001 by Ruff Ryders Entertainment and Def Jam Recordings. The production on the album was handled by multiple producers including Just Blaze, Dame Grease, Black Key and DMX himself. The album also features guest appearances by Stephanie Mills, Faith Evans and Mashonda.

Contents

The Great Depression was supported by three singles: "We Right Here", "Who We Be" and "I Miss You". The album demonstrated his continually strong allegiance with the Ruff Ryders. The album received generally mixed to positive reviews from music critics and was a commercial success. It debuted at number one on the US Billboard 200 chart, selling 440,000 copies in the first week. [10] It became certified platinum in December of that same year. [11]

Singles

The Great Depression was supported by three singles. The first single, "We Right Here" was released on August 14, 2001. The single failed to chart on the Billboard Hot 100 but managed to peak at number 17 on the US Bubbling Under the Hot 100 chart. [12] The single also peaked at number 43 on the US Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs and number eight on the US Hot Rap Songs charts respectively. [13] [14] The second single, "Who We Be" was released on September 25, 2001. Unlike the previous single, it peaked at number 60 on the US Billboard Hot 100 chart. [15] The single also peaked at number 16 on the US Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs and number ten on the US Hot Rap Songs charts. [16] [17] The third single, "I Miss You" was released on January 15, 2002. The single peaked at number 86 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart. [18] It also peaked at number 37 on the US Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart. [19]

Critical reception

The Great Depression received generally mixed to positive reviews from music critics. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from professional publications, the album received an average score of 62, based on ten reviews. [1]

Commercial performance

The Great Depression debuted at number one on the US Billboard 200 chart, selling 440,000 copies in its first week. [10] This became DMX's fourth US number one debut on the chart. [10] In its second week, the album dropped to number three on the chart, selling an additional 214,000 copies. [20] On December 14, 2001, the album was certified platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) for shipments of over one million copies in the US. [21] As of October 2009, the album has sold 2,250,000 copies in the United States. [22]

Track listing

Credits adapted from the album's liner notes. [23]

No.TitleWriter(s)Producer(s)Length
1."Sometimes" Earl Simmons DMX 1:06
2."School Street"
 Dame Grease 3:01
3."Who We Be" (featuring Dustin Adams)
  • Simmons
  • Mickey Davis
  • Black Key
  • Melvin "Hip" Armstead (co.)
4:47
4."Trina Moe"
  • Simmons
  • Blackman
Dame Grease4:02
5."We Right Here"
  • Simmons
  • Davis
Black Key4:27
6."Bloodline Anthem"
  • Simmons
  • Brian Collins
  • DMX
  • Kidd Kold
4:25
7."Shorty Was da Bomb"
  • Simmons
  • Blackman
Dame Grease5:12
8."Damien III"
  • Simmons
  • Anthony Fields
P.K.3:21
9."When I'm Nothing" (featuring Stephanie Mills)
  • DMX
  • Dame Grease
  • Black Key (co.)
4:33
10."I Miss You" (featuring Faith Evans)
  • Simmons
  • Collins
Kidd Kold4:40
11."Number 11"
  • Simmons
  • Fields
P.K.4:25
12."Pull Up" (Skit)
DMX0:20
13."I'ma Bang"
 Just Blaze 5:03
14."Pull Out" (Skit)
  • Bell
  • Hurtt
DMX0:24
15."You Could Be Blind" (featuring Mashonda)
 Swizz Beatz 4:34
16."The Prayer IV"SimmonsDMX1:42
17."A Minute for Your Son"
  • Simmons
  • Dean
Swizz Beatz16:55

Notes [23]

Sample credits [23]

Charts

Certifications

Certifications and sales of The Great Depression by DMX
RegionCertification Certified units/sales
Canada (Music Canada) [49] Platinum100,000^
United Kingdom (BPI) [50] Gold100,000^
United States (RIAA) [21] 3× Platinum3,000,000^

^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

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