DMX, Method Man, Nas & Ja Rule - The Grand Finale (Belly Soundtrack) [Explicit]
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- From the "Belly" Soundtrack (1998)
Earl Simmons (born December 18, 1970), professionally known as DMX, is an American rapper, record producer, and actor. In 1999, DMX released his best-selling album ...And Then There Was X, which included the hit single "Party Up (Up in Here)". He has been featured in films such as Belly, Romeo Must Die, Exit Wounds, Cradle 2 the Grave and Last Hour. In 2006, he starred in the reality television series DMX: Soul of a Man, which was primarily aired on the BET cable television network. In 2003, DMX published a book of his memoirs entitled, E.A.R.L.: The Autobiography of DMX.
DMX was born Earl Simmons in Mount Vernon, New York, the son of Arnett Simmons and Joe Barker, and was raised in Yonkers, New York. As a child, he was brought up in the Jehovah's Witness faith. Simmons went through an abusive childhood that included stays at group homes and frequent arrests.
In 1991, Gabriel Grevenstuk from The Source magazine praised DMX in his Unsigned Hype column that highlighted unsigned hip-hop artists. In 1991, DMX recorded his first demos, Unstoppable Force and Three Little Pigs. His stage name was a tribute to an instrument he used in the 1980s, the Oberheim DMX drum machine; it later was interpreted as "Dark Man X".
In 1992, Columbia Records signed DMX to their subsidiary label Ruffhouse, which released his debut single "Born Loser". The single did not receive much airplay. The label eventually agreed to release DMX from their contract.
He released his second single, "Make a Move" in 1994, and made a guest appearance alongside Jay Z, Ja Rule, and Mic Geronimo on the classic underground track "Time To Build" on Mic Geronimo's debut album in 1995. He also appeared on LL Cool J's single "4, 3, 2, 1" in 1997. Additional guest spots on Mase singles "24 Hrs. to Live" and "Take What's Yours", and The LOX's single "Money, Power & Respect" created a strong buzz. DMX also made a cameo appearance in the Sum 41 music video for "Makes No Difference".
In February 1998, DMX released his debut major-label single, "Get at Me Dog", on Def Jam Recordings. The single was certified Gold by the RIAA. His first major-label album, It's Dark and Hell Is Hot, which included the single "Ruff Ryders Anthem", was released in May 1998. The album debuted at number one on the Billboard 200 chart in the U.S and sold over five million copies.
Later that year in December, DMX released his second album, Flesh of My Flesh, Blood of My Blood. It debuted at number one on the Billboard 200, where it remained for three consecutive weeks. Within one week of the album's release, 670,000 units were shipped. It was eventually certified Platinum four times. As a result, DMX was the first rapper in history to have released two number one albums in the same year, both of which debuted on Billboard 200.
DMX released his third and best-selling album ...And Then There Was X, on December 21, 1999. It was his third album to debut at number one on the Billboard 200. Its most popular single, "Party Up", became his first Top Ten hit on the R&B charts. Singles "What's My Name?" and "What These Bitches Want" were also popular. The album was certified six-times Platinum.
After improving his legal situation (see section "Legal Issues"), DMX returned to the studio to complete his fourth album, The Great Depression. Released October 23, 2001, it was his fourth album to debut at number one on the Billboard 200, featuring the singles "Who We Be", "We Right Here", and "Shorty Was The Bomb". Despite the album's triple Platinum certification, its commercial and critical success was lower than his previous album.
His fifth album, Grand Champ, once again debuted at number one on the Billboard 200 charts, placing DMX as the only musical artist in history to release five consecutive albums (his entire album catalog at the time) that debuted at number one. Singles include "Where Tha Hood At" and "Get it on the Floor". After its release, he informed the public that he planned to retire, and that Grand Champ would be his final album.
DMX signed to Columbia Records in January 2006. He recorded his next album, Year of the Dog...Again, while switching record labels, which caused numerous delays. It was finally released on August 1, 2006, and missed the number one Billboard spot by only a few hundred copies. He released two more singles, "Lord Give Me A Sign" and "We In Here"
On June 12, 2008, Def Jam released a compilation of his greatest hits, The Definition of X: The Pick of the Litter. Def Jam released another compilation album, The Best of DMX, in 2011. which features hit singles including "Where the Hood At?" and "X Gon' Give It to Ya".
In 2009, DMX claimed he would pursue preaching in Jersey City, New Jersey but will also continue to produce music. He completed a Gospel album prior to his incarceration. According to MTV, he had semi-retired to study the Bible more in an effort to give messages behind the pulpit. - Hudba
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Three masters
Nas - lyricism
Meth - flow
DMX - cadence
Ja Rule should have rapped in this he only does the hook
DMX - Spirit
X brought that energy every time
"This is it baby, the end of the road, when your a dog, your a dog for life" - RIP X🙌🙌🙌
👉🎙✔
😢😢😢🔥🔥🔥
Breaks my heart..RIP 🙏
Fa sho
Perfect line to go out on rip Big homie
The way Method Man raps sounds so effortless
Eazy
Ah 0
I know right it’s like he is just having a conversation with you it just flows... I was watching this and my first thought was NY rappers just have that special sauce it’s just something different
I CONCUR! 😊😊👍👍👍
Esco killed this shit
RIP DMX. He barely had to act in Belly. He was just that dude.
Facts
Super facts
Facts no acting 🎭 needed when you from hood culture in hood films
That movie was horrible lmfao
All his movies he played himself lol
the 90s will forever be the golden era
@Kam Mike I definitely agree with you!
Truth
I swear
@Xavier Steele Busta, Common, Black thought, and DJ Kay Slay(just to name a few)are making strong attempts to do so.
Cant say it better than you did.....
Method Man really had one of the nicest and most distinctive voices and flows in hip hop.... He'll sound good over anything.
Best voice in hip-hop and i always said it.
But he never sang solo always “featured “ him or whoever
Johnny Blaze had the slickest verse on the whole record.
Had?Baby please
@@JennNJ10 listen to his first and second album cuz your statement is so damn stupid
You will be missed DMX, no mumble rappers wanted.
On God
Facts.
How bout bo bitch azz dm s wats crackin
D
Ur
Not at all...❌🔥
DMX will live on forever in our hearts
Rest in peace DMX one of the great ones
@@gregorycampbell1526 scca iiiii,
word
And my headphones
And my spotify playlist
Meth is just effortless with it, dude will always be in my top 10
gregory johnson I say one ask his peers meth on another level period. His swag, delivery, bars lyrically, punch lines, charisma, flow, versatility etc.. Meth was the complete package and then some frfr!!! Who else had all his qualities seriously!!
And he doesn't curse in it
Word..He in my top 5 💪🏾
My number one MC
Facts
You don’t hear Rap like this anymore.
definitely. kendrick n cole r great, but they aint like this
SCUZZY 😂 basically rap about the same thing shut up with that shit
chase the trap star
It’s definitely not close to the same now as 20+ years ago
@SCUZZY. Now you know how us Hard Rock fans feel. The past 15 years has been terrible for music, Rap has gotten worse, PoP has gotten worse, and Hard Rock is almost non existent,
chase the trap star You loving trash music apparently lmao
Came here reminiscing X, but got to say Method Man, is a time Traveler.
As if he didn't age a day guess black really doesn't crack
DMX Gonna Give It To ya
Heroes get remembered, but legends never die R.I.P DMX
I wanna be hard like DMX
He got to bang shorty from a bronx tale. Never forget
@@jonathansoko1085Taral Hicks😍😍
Nas's pen game is so insane......just crazy.
julian belgrave yeah he blazed this 🔥
Nas snapped
Yes he’s good. ever since I listen to his Illmatic I just start loving him!!!
@@kimorajones8699 Yes! Illmatic was good, but i liked 'It was written' a lot more. You should take a listen.
julian belgrave it Was Written Was Good To My Fav Song From It Is If I Ruled The World
No one writes like Nas, greatest lyricist of all time
Royce Da 5’9 & Kxng Crooked might have something *serious* to say about this! 😊
Dmx is the guy
@@SamarIqbal1-2-1 And Black Thought. Nas pen game from 91-96 was elite level rhyming. The artists you named are more technically sound than Nas.
@@SamarIqbal1-2-1 Nah son.
I respectfully disagree
RIP Dark Man X. That energy and presence was way too heavy and iconic.😥
Agree
I’m gonna miss that unique rough voice 😢
Dmx was the closest thing to 2pac
DMX was a preformer. That's for damn sure. His rapping style and just the way he carried himself was always amped up. You could tell that dude was a definite cocaine/crack user. Unfortunately that's what killed him. I remember when he got charged with stealing an SUV and got caught behind the wheel and smoking crack in the car. Lol. Crazy ass dude
@@gregorycampbell2164 dmx was better
Nas is really prolific with the pen sheesh, impressive. And X is an energy God
Nas, X, Meth & Ja in they prime on the same track this a masterpiece they put together effortlessly 💯
*(their)* 😊
Wrong, Jeffrey Atkins never had a prime.
@@meadams1558 Ja Rule was dope back then and another one of the greats like the others. Don't y'all ever get tired of hating for no reason or for something stupid
@@camronshean1758 It's not really hating if you have a deep knowledge of hip hop history and you hate the fact that Jeffrey Atkins is average at best, but people consider him some legend. He had a good run though. 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
@@meadams1558 People consider him a legend cause he is one. If you even know about Ja Rule and his music like that, he's got multiple hits/classic songs and was a heavy spitter when he was with his group Cash Money Click and when he dropped his first album. People stupidly try to clown him for making Pop/R&B records which made him rich and successful. Do people think he was supposed to stay broke and just another good rapper who couldn't make hits and sell albums just to have others say they respect him for not going mainstream and call him underrated. He got rich and had a lot of success off those hits so why do people act like that's a problem or something to diss somebody for. Who didn't make Pop/R&B records all the other legends and G.O.A.T.'s have done the same thing
When rappers were legit rappers!
@Frischeparadies
That's your opinion, and yes I know of that era, it was very fun.
Ja Rule though...?
Reformat Yes him too. More substance , grittiness & realness than majority of these new rappers. Even when he did music with women lol
stfu millenial
@@MrOvlov02
Who?
Belly is still a classic movie RIP DMX and Louie Rankin
Yeah, RIP to Louie Rankin too!!
Nas and Meth were on another level in this.... RIP X
This is a legendary banger from a legendary movie
The legendary banger is my NWA, this is crap compared to NWA's version
Wack 100 Fake Thugg Bull You
@@marvinallen7117 you're high bro
dope song
Facts🔥
Nas killed this🔥
no doubts
As
Long......as... I am....lisit in......
To music........I'm happy...
RIP Earl Simmons aka DMX ("Dark Man X"), rapper, songwriter, and actor 🕊
DMX is our super Hero X living in out hearts 4 ever. May God bless his family !
Like 20 years later, it’s still Method & DMX for me❤️
Def Jam team ❤️❤️💕😭😭😭
Dawg's for life!
Nas Escobar
X and Nas for me, Meth killed it too tho.
Nasier Jones!!!!
This movie was legit in script, acting and cinematic vision. The intro scene with the acapella was so powerful.
shout out to Hype Williams *salute*
you know when his name appeared the video was a winner🏆💯 🔥
That was my think to bro
wheeeeeen i first steped on the sceeene
Cold fresh air.. feel the melody, that's in the air... #BellyRUReady
Nas is a terrible actor lol
METHOD MAN FLOW FIRE AND NAS LYRICS AND DMX KILLER
Exactly how I heard it too
@@mystymysty3667 Ja Rule went harder than that comment...
Not Feeling
Robert Reeves huh
Why is Ja Rule here anyway LOL
I know times has changed,but this type of flow needs to come back to the rap game. This shit got my old ass hype. 🤣🤣🤣🤣
😂😂Right!!!!
Love it 😆😆😆
Like Nas said.. The Beast love to eat black meat and got us niggaz from the hood hanging off his teeth. Which is so true!!! I was locked down in the belly of beast doing a lot of time when this came out listening to this and relating to this. Especially X verse which was so much me and my reality at that time in my life. I listen to this so much I pop my tape in my walkman from rewinding this back to X verse all the time🤣 Rest easy X love you man 😪
I agree
Its a higher quality product. Lyrics, rhymes, stories being told, beats, its all better then than now. The only thing "better" now is that it can be brought to market faster.
DMX was wearing the Hip Hop crown this Era....
Ja’s killin the chorus!!! 🔥 🔥 🔥
I like the guys voice so much
@@koley5550 cos 50 isn't in the radar at that time
@@marlowedragpa7503. Even if he was . Go listen to heartbreaker by Ja/Rikki.
50 style is different. Ja went under the radar because of FBI issues on murder Inc. Not really 50.
Where is Ja?!
@@kcgfy81 in L.A. just take time out and listen to Heartbreaker
Method Man- "Third eye watchin you, watchin me
throwin rocks from the penalty box, cop a plea Young G" Dopest cpl bars in this track.
Facts watching u watching me
Nas’ lyrics and delivery are incredible on this track. Not that it’s outside the norm for him obviously, but this is just filthy
It really is. 🤷🏾♂️
yup
Very few can drop knowledge while spitting fire at the same like Nas does in this one!
When Nas is on point he's the best level any rapper will ever be at. effortless exellence
Go see shorty snot nose
Two Legends from Belly gone... RIP Ox... RIP Buns
When ox sees dmx, he's gonna say all the heavenly curse words to greet him.
Missed this one back in '98..
I love it when old sh*t is new to me!
How did you miss this in 98? Were you even alive?
@@jeremybear573
I live in England..
We didn't get everything over here. Choices were limited.
I don't remember this one ever playing on MTV UK or The Box.
@@jeremybear573
And yeah. I was 16 when this dropped...
And it would have been my jam!
Don't know how I missed this, like was I in a coma and nobody told me or some sh!+.
@@XantroyX What are you on about?
I'm from the UK too & this track & film was big amongst UK Hip Hop fans
Your not making any sense, lol !
The four horsemen of rap
I miss X already....
DMX bars was like a cherry on the top with this masterpiece. RIP D!
They killed it ..no rap like this any more
Rest in Paradise X. Not real that you're gone 😭💔 love you man XOXO
“Next time county or state see me is gon be in a bag” hardest line ever….
X energy was different... R.I.P DMX 🔥🔥🔥
Can’t believe I’m saying this but R.I.P. DMX
Yeah man!!! Sad!!!
This represented the end of an era... end of the Golden Era... the time of legends... distant memories now...
The golden era of hip hop 👑🎶📻
@Kam Mike the 80s was the biom bap
We will bring it back
Great era full of great memories. If you want to listen to newer artists of today that give you that 90s feel, Go listen to my saved Playlist "Underground_Kingz" You'll find some great lyrical content there. Much better than today's mainstream.
@@rockywilliams8433 Not the end of the golden era, that was the late 80's, this is the last of the GREATS!!!!$$$$ RIPOWER, DMX
I BET ANY AMOUNT ON MONEY MOST OF THE YOUNG RAPPERS TODAY CANT RAP ON THIS DOPE ASS BEAT.
great comment.
When I hear DMX voice, I get goosebumps all over my body.
They all killed this song but dmx voice oh my God, oh my God ain't no one comes close to him.. Rest in paradise dog, love you forever
Me too
Belly 1998 baby, I love this shit, four kings on the same single, Method Man, Nas, Ja Rule and DMX, can you imagine that❤️👑❤️👑
Its epic. This is my therapy song
@@warboyrb I'm with you sir, which country is you from son?
DMX - “I ain’t going back to jail, the next time the county or state see me it’s gonna be in a bag”...
X acting was organic because the role he played was parallel to his life. RIP X
Nas - “The mayor wanna call his swat team to come and kill us, but dogs and friends, if one sees the morgue one will live to get revenge, then we ride to the end”... lyricism untouchable
Word son!!!
Young g we was born to die dont cry for me just keep that heat closely and ride for me meth got em this time round
Meth be wicked on features. But gotta say Nas did his thang on this one ☝️
RIP X 🙏🏾. Gone but never forgotten.
🔥Ja Rule & DMX 🔥
My high school years "98" classic
We old son I was 15 when this came out. Banger
Me too going on 16 in 1998.
Ja is a legend
Jedrtuio
Fderrrghuio
😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊❤❤❤❤❤❤❤
I’m still listening to this like it came out yesterday!!
R.I.P DMX you will never forgeten.... greazs to heaven from Germany ... f.u.c.k a legend must die
X showed how prolific he could get too on this song and on Why We Die mad prolific epic bars and flow !!! #RIPDMX
I miss X can't believe he's gone
DMX 4 LIFE
DMX r.i.p.
When dmx and ja rule were buddies...they could have made mad hits together
There's a few out there
Ja Rule is trash
@@F_the_G fuck would you know about it gaymer boy? Matter fact, why you even here? Just doing your daily troll huh? Foh
@razzerRam i think he said that just to get a negative response we all know ja is dope
Never knew they fell out. Explains a lot tho. This was right before Ja really blew tho. By 3:16 it was a wrap and he was #1
Like it or not dmx at his best was 1 of the best to ever do it. Hope he exercises all his demons. 🙏
I think you mean exorcising
@@allenthomas7572 lmfaooooo im dead ,, this generation is doomed
Them demons is what got them rapping like they rap!
😖👑😇DMX‼️🗣️💯‼️🔥🔥🔥😪
RIP Earl Simmons 🙏🏼
Rip dmx love you forever ❤️🕊️🕊️🕊️🕊️🕊️🕊️🕊️🕊️🕊️🕊️🕊️🕊️🕊️🕊️🇯🇲
This is probably one of the greatest soundtracks ever. It's loaded from top to bottom with heat!!
Bad ass video, Belly soundtrack 90's hip hop, rest n peace Dmx and Louie Rankin.
The end of an era° back when i drooled for hip hop... nowadays i just shake my cane at it
😆😆😂🤌🏿 right
This track will always be a banger
RIP DMX..YOUR LEGACY LIVES ON! RIP X🙌🙌🙌
RIP DMX 💜💯
LongLive DMX Top 5 Favorite Rappers Of All Time 💯💪🏾🙏🏾
Rest in Power DMX
If your watching now in 2021 your a legend 💪🏾💪🏾
For real! Don’t hear no more real raps no more!! To all the beautiful kings!!
Grand @$$ track...All these rappers *WERE* on *Fire* when this came out...
R.I.P. X
RIP DMX
Greatest era
I MISS YOU DMX
Your life,your highs and lows, the demons. We ALL love you X. YOU helped so so many youth in the weird ages. At 20 I was a recovering from the block. Thank you for all the years. Love you X from a unknown person
Method+dmx+ nas=rap 🔥🔥🔥🔥
Rest in peace Dmx..
Rip dmx
Anotha classic
X and meth used a cop car from this shoot to pull someone over in LA lol. Thinking about X, true legend. Hope he makes it.
YEAH WE PRAY FOR X THE ICON
Literally one of the best posse cuts ever in hip hop.
Rip DMX
Damn I miss the 80s & 90s Hip-Hop.
Wow...haven't heard this one in years. Pure 🔥🔥🔥
RIP DMX.
This track is a forever classic.
One guy had to be young saying Ja Rule was even better than mumble rappers back then listen to killem all & all the platinum music he put out 50 just ended his career but Ja was hot even 50 know that deep down inside he just didn’t like Homie u want kill somebody hit them in there pockets that’s what 50 youngin play checker learn chess my niggaz
And I'm feeling the NWA sample. All that's missing is MC Ren. That being said, Method Man, Nas and X killed this track. RIP Dark Man X. DMX was a real one.
DMX was the realest from all in this rapvideo. Meth, Nas and Ja Rule do it just for the Fame.
DMX all day 😼
So glad to enjoy this music in the 90s swear it was the best
Method man really has some bangers with legendary musicians
R.I.P DMX!!!! RoughRider 4life!!!!
DMX and Nas murdered this NWA track. Method and Ja were cool too.
Hello Sexy Kiss Me Candy Shop Beautiful
Method man slaughtered this beat, true shaolin style. R u serious
Um meth?
Meth easily had the best verse EASILY but that’s just my 2cents
Meth had the best verse he was letting that shit ride
Method man had a natural gift only he can pull that off the word play the ruggid voice true rap legend doesn't get the credit I feel he deserves
BELLY WAS AND STILL IS THAT SHIT!!!! AWESOME SOUNDTRACK... R.I.P DMX
R.I.P DMX
Ah Limewire and Kazaa Lite days; I still got the file and bump to it regularly...
You ain't have limewire when this came out. Napster wasnt even a thing yet in 98 99
@@welcome2thekingdom Did I say I used it 98/99?? Limewire had an awesome archive which meant you could get songs from the 80s and 70s if you wanted to. I just remember the torrent used to pop up frequently in the early 2000's; take a chill pill...
X is one of the few rappers that actually really was a thug criminal. Prison time, hardcore drug use...this dude lived such a fucked up life.
R.I.P DMX !
this record is so underrated
What a lineup! Classic for real. RIP DMX 🙏🕊💯
Meth and Nas killed it
Everything about this way epic
R I P DMX.