Jesse James
It hasn’t been two months since the passing of DMX. The wordsmith passed away at age 50, but his legacy will forever live on through his music. This past Friday, DMX made his return with a new album entitled ‘Exodus.’ The project is something he and Swizz Beatz had in the works since his epic VERZUZ battle with Snoop Dogg.
Swizz told Complex, “The record was finished when he was here. This is not a record after he passed. He worked on [this] record when he was living, 100 percent of it.” He added, “One of the great parts was he embraced his age at 50. I thought this project was brilliant and masterful because it allowed him to be him.”
Swizz further stated: “You see a lot of these legends, they come out with something, and it’s just not them. They’re trying to be too cool and too down instead of just being themselves. But music is timeless; music doesn’t have an age limit on it. I think you age yourself when you try to not be yourself. And X just went at it. He said, ‘Yo, I’m going to just do me, and that’s it.’”
The album features thirteen tracks and includes features from The LOX, Jay-Z, Nas, Lil Wayne, Westside Gunn, Conway the Machine and Benny the Butcher, Snoop Dogg, U2’s Bono many more. Of course, X’s fellow Ruff Ryders reps Cross, Infra-Red, and others are also featured. Standouts include “Bath Salts” with Jay-Z and Nas, “Hold Me Down” featuring Alicia Keys, and “Walking in the Rain” featuring Nas, Denaun, and X’s son, Exodus Simmons.
Check out the new album, ‘Exodus’ in the stream below and keep it locked with The Culture Curators for all the best new music coming soon. RIP DMX.
