It's Dark and Hell Is Hot is the debut album by American rapper DMX. It was released in 1998 by Def Jam Recordings and Ruff Ryders Entertainment. In 2015, Pitchfork wrote, "The debut album from DMX is the Dante’s Inferno of rap. His infamous stage presence and aggression gave a voice to the voiceless in the streets of New York and overnight changed the course of hip-hop." In 2022, Rolling Stone ranked the album twenty-second on their list of The 200 Greatest Hip-Hop Albums of All Time.
Released: September 2023
Cat: 5346377
Label: Def Jam Recordings
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Track list
1. Intro
2. Ruff Ryders' Anthem
3. Fuckin’ Wit’ D
4. The Storm (Skit)
5. Look Thru My Eyes
6. Get at Me Dog (Ft. Sheek Louch)
7. Let Me Fly
8. X-Is Coming
9. Damien
10. How’s It Goin’ Down (Album Version)
11. Mickey (Skit)
12. Crime Story
13. Stop Being Greedy
14. ATF
15. For My Dogs (Ft. Big Stan, Drag-On, Kasino & Loose Cannon)
16. I Can Feel It
17. Prayer (1998)
18. The Convo
19. Niggaz Done Started Something (Ft. The LOX & Ma$e)
20. Ruff Ryders' Anthem (Live)