{"id":212658,"date":"2021-04-08T01:24:01","date_gmt":"2021-04-08T05:24:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/25yearslatersite.com\/?p=212658"},"modified":"2021-04-08T01:24:01","modified_gmt":"2021-04-08T05:24:01","slug":"and-then-there-was-dmx","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tvobsessive.com\/2021\/04\/08\/and-then-there-was-dmx\/","title":{"rendered":"…And Then There Was DMX"},"content":{"rendered":"
As a child, I struggled to find a taste in music that quenched my thirst wholeheartedly. I recall the oldies station playing when I was a youngster—truth be told, I have no problems with that music. The music of the 1950s and 1960s certainly holds weight and is meaningful to me; it just wasn’t “it,” if that makes sense. As the millennium came to a close, I relegated myself to rock music as the genre I was destined to have spoken to me. As much as I listened to the genre, though, I could feel that rock and I didn’t mix cohesively. Then I heard three magic letters that would change the course of my life and send me down a musical path not-yet-traveled. Those letters were DMX.<\/span><\/p>\n For anyone unfamiliar with DMX, Dark Man X, or Earl Simmons, he is a New York rapper known for his aggressive style and hardcore lyrics. My first DMX experience, courtesy of his smash single “Ruff Ryders Anthem,” was not a pleasant one. Having friends who were about the song at the time, they loved its in-your-face style and unlimited braggadocio, while I was unaccustomed to this type of lyricism. I heard the song, I understood why everyone was fawning over it, yet I couldn’t enjoy it. I chalked it up as an artist that wasn’t for me, yet I never forgot it, either. After the release another single that didn’t hook me, “Slippin,'” I wrote off DMX as an artist that just wasn’t for me.<\/span><\/p>\n