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It's Dark and Hell Is Hot

Index It's Dark and Hell Is Hot

It's Dark and Hell Is Hot is the debut studio album by American rapper DMX. [1]

67 relations: Album, AllMusic, B. T. Express, Bad Boy Records, Bee Gees, Billboard 200, Capitol Heights, Maryland, Dame Grease, Def Jam Recordings, DMX (rapper), Drag-On, East Coast hip hop, Edwin Starr, Entertainment Weekly, Flesh of My Flesh, Blood of My Blood, Freddie Perren, Gangsta rap, Get at Me Dog, Hardcore hip hop, Hip hop, How's It Goin' Down, In the Air Tonight, Irv Gotti, Jadakiss, James Mtume, Jerry Gillespie, Jive Records, Johnny "Hammond" Smith, José José, List of Billboard 200 number-one albums of 1998, List of Billboard number-one R&B albums of 1998, List of hip hop albums considered to be influential, Manuel Alejandro, Marvin Gaye, Mase, Michael Masser, Mizell Brothers, New York City, Nights on Broadway, Phil Collins, Pitchfork (website), PolyGram, Q (magazine), Rapping, Recording Industry Association of America, Rolling Stone, Ruff Ryders Entertainment, Ruff Ryders' Anthem, Sam Taylor (blues musician), Sheek Louch, ..., Simon & Schuster, Single (music), Somebody's Knockin', Spin (magazine), Stanley Clarke, Stop Being Greedy, Styles P, Swizz Beatz, Terri Gibbs, The Headhunters, The Lox, The Rolling Stone Album Guide, The Source, The Temptations, Unleashed & Unreleased, X-Is Coming, Younglord. Expand index (17 more) »

Album

An album is a collection of audio recordings issued as a single item on CD, record, audio tape or another medium.

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AllMusic

AllMusic (previously known as All Music Guide or AMG) is an online music guide.

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B. T. Express

B.T. Express (originally named Brooklyn Transit Express) was an American funk/disco group, that had a number of successful songs during the 1970s.

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Bad Boy Records

Bad Boy Records (also known as Bad Boy Entertainment) is an American record label founded in 1993 by Sean Combs.

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Bee Gees

The Bee Gees --> were a pop music group formed in 1958.

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Billboard 200

The Billboard 200 is a record chart ranking the 200 most popular music albums and EPs in the United States.

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Capitol Heights, Maryland

Capitol Heights is a town in Prince George's County, Maryland, United States.

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Dame Grease

Damon Blackman (born August 9, 1974), better known by his stage name Dame Grease, is an American hip hop recording artist and record producer from Harlem, New York.

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Def Jam Recordings

Def Jam Recordings is an American record label focused predominantly on hip hop and urban music, owned by Universal Music Group (UMG).

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DMX (rapper)

Earl Simmons (born December 18, 1970), known professionally as DMX, is an American rapper and actor.

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Drag-On

Mel Jason Smalls (born January 4, 1980), better known by his stage name Drag-On, is an American hip hop recording artist and actor from the Bronx borough of New York City.

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East Coast hip hop

East Coast hip hop is a regional sub genre of hip hop music that originated in New York City during the 1970s.

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Edwin Starr

Edwin Starr (born Charles Edwin Hatcher; January 21, 1942April 2, 2003) was an American singer and songwriter.

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Entertainment Weekly

Entertainment Weekly (sometimes abbreviated as EW) is an American magazine, published by Meredith Corporation, that covers film, television, music, Broadway theatre, books and popular culture.

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Flesh of My Flesh, Blood of My Blood

Flesh of My Flesh, Blood of My Blood is the second studio album by American rapper DMX.

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Freddie Perren

Frederick James "Freddie" Perren (May 15, 1943 – December 16, 2004) was an American songwriter, record producer, arranger, and orchestra conductor.

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Gangsta rap

Gangsta rap or Gangster rap is a style of hip hop characterized by themes and lyrics that generally emphasize the "gangsta" lifestyle.

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Get at Me Dog

"Get at Me Dog" is a single by DMX, from his debut album It's Dark and Hell Is Hot.

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Hardcore hip hop

Hardcore hip hop (also hardcore rap) is a genre of hip hop music that developed through the East Coast hip hop scene in the 1980s.

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Hip hop

Hip hop, or hip-hop, is a subculture and art movement developed in the Bronx in New York City during the late 1970s.

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How's It Goin' Down

"How's It Goin' Down" is the fourth single by American rapper DMX featuring R&B singer Faith Evans who is used in the introduction monologue, from his debut studio album It's Dark and Hell Is Hot.

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In the Air Tonight

"In the Air Tonight" is the debut solo single by the English singer-songwriter and drummer Phil Collins.

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Irv Gotti

Irving Domingo Lorenzo, Jr. (born June 26, 1970), better known by his stage name Irv Gotti, is an American record executive, television producer, Hip Hop and R&B record producer and is the founder of Murder Inc. Records.

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Jadakiss

Jason Terrance Phillips (born May 27, 1975), is an American rapper better known by his stage name Jadakiss.

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James Mtume

James Forman (born March 27, 1946), better known by his stage name James Mtume, is an American Grammy Award-winning R&B musician, songwriter, activist and radio personality.

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Jerry Gillespie

Jerry Wayne Gillespie (born Decatur, Alabama) is an American country songwriter.

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Jive Records

Jive Records was an American record label under the RCA Music Group formed in 1981 by Zomba Records. Formerly headquartered in New York City, the label was best known for a string of successes with hip hop artists in the 1980s, and also in teen pop and boy bands during the 1990s and early 2000s. Jive Records operated as an independently managed label until 2003, when Bertelsmann Music Group (BMG) acquired the remainder of its parent company Zomba for US $2.74 billion, which at the time was the largest-ever acquisition of an independent label with major-label distribution.

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Johnny "Hammond" Smith

John Robert "Johnny Hammond" Smith (December 16, 1933 – June 4, 1997) was an American soul jazz and hard bop organist.

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José José

José Rómulo Sosa Ortiz (born 17 February 1948), known by his stage name José José, is a Mexican singer and occasional actor.

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List of Billboard 200 number-one albums of 1998

The ''Billboard'' 200, published in ''Billboard'' magazine, is a weekly chart that ranks the 200 highest-selling music albums and EPs in the United States.

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List of Billboard number-one R&B albums of 1998

These are the Billboard magazine R&B albums that reached number one in 1998.

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List of hip hop albums considered to be influential

This list provides a guide to the most important hip hop albums, as determined by their presence on compiled lists of significant albums: see the "Lists consulted" section for full details.

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Manuel Alejandro

Manuel Álvarez-Beigbeder Pérez (born 1933), better known as Manuel Alejandro, is a Spanish composer of Latin love songs, which are better known as ballads.

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Marvin Gaye

Marvin Gaye (born Marvin Pentz Gay Jr.; April 2, 1939 – April 1, 1984) was an American singer, songwriter and record producer.

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Mase

Mason Durell Betha (born August 27, 1975), better known by his stage name Mase (formerly Murda Mase and stylized as Ma$e), is an American rapper, songwriter and minister.

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Michael Masser

Michael William Masser (March 24, 1941 – July 9, 2015) was an American songwriter, composer and producer of popular music.

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Mizell Brothers

The Mizell Brothers were a record producing team in the 1970s, consisting of Larry Mizell (February 17, 1944, New York City, New York) and Alphonso "Fonce" Mizell (January 15, 1943, New York City, New York - July 5, 2011, Los Angeles, California).

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New York City

The City of New York, often called New York City (NYC) or simply New York, is the most populous city in the United States.

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Nights on Broadway

"Nights on Broadway" is a song by the Bee Gees from the Main Course album released in 1975.

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Phil Collins

Philip David Charles Collins (born 30 January 1951) is an English drummer, singer-songwriter, record producer and actor.

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Pitchfork (website)

Pitchfork is an American online magazine launched in 1995 by Ryan Schreiber, based in Chicago, Illinois and owned by Condé Nast.

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PolyGram

PolyGram Entertainment is a film and TV production company owned by Universal Music Group.

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Q (magazine)

Q is a popular music magazine published monthly in the United Kingdom.

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Rapping

Rapping (or rhyming, spitting, emceeing, MCing) is a musical form of vocal delivery that incorporates "rhyme, rhythmic speech, and street vernacular", which is performed or chanted in a variety of ways, usually over a backbeat or musical accompaniment.

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Recording Industry Association of America

The Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) is a trade organization that represents the recording industry in the United States.

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Rolling Stone

Rolling Stone is an American monthly magazine that focuses on popular culture.

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Ruff Ryders Entertainment

Ruff Ryders is a record label founded by Joaquin "Waah" Dean and Darin "Dee" Dean and Chivon Dean, uncles and aunt of producer Swizz Beatz.

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Ruff Ryders' Anthem

"Ruff Ryders' Anthem" is a song by American hip hop recording artist DMX, released as the fourth single from his debut studio album It's Dark and Hell Is Hot (1998).

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Sam Taylor (blues musician)

Sam Taylor (October 25, 1934 – January 5, 2009) was an American jump blues musician and songwriter.

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Sheek Louch

Sean Divine Jacobs (born November 9, 1976), better known as Sheek Louch (also known as Donnie Def Jam), is a rapper and member of The LOX and founder of D-Block Records, along with Styles P and Jadakiss.

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Simon & Schuster

Simon & Schuster, Inc., a subsidiary of CBS Corporation, is an American publishing company founded in New York City in 1924 by Richard Simon and Max Schuster.

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Single (music)

In music, a single, record single or music single is a type of release, typically a song recording of fewer tracks than an LP record, an album or an EP record.

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Somebody's Knockin'

"Somebody's Knockin" is the debut single of American country music singer Terri Gibbs.

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Spin (magazine)

Spin is an American music magazine founded in 1985 by publisher Bob Guccione, Jr. The magazine stopped running in print in 2012 and currently runs as a webzine.

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Stanley Clarke

Stanley Clarke (born June 30, 1951) is an American bassist and founding member of Return to Forever, one of the first jazz fusion bands.

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Stop Being Greedy

"Stop Being Greedy" is the second single by DMX from his debut studio album.

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Styles P

David Styles (born November 28, 1974), better known by his stage name, Styles P, is an American rapper, author, and entrepreneur.

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Swizz Beatz

Kasseem Dean (born September 13, 1978), better known by his stage name Swizz Beatz, is an American hip hop rapper, DJ and record producer from New York City, New York.

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Terri Gibbs

Teresa Fay Gibbs (born June 15, 1954) is an American country music artist who is blind.

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The Headhunters

The Headhunters was an American jazz-fusion band formed by Herbie Hancock in 1973.

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The Lox

The Lox (stylized The LOX or The L.O.X.) is an American hip hop group formed in 1994, from Yonkers, New York.

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The Rolling Stone Album Guide

The Rolling Stone Album Guide, previously known as The Rolling Stone Record Guide, is a book that contains professional music reviews written and edited by staff members from Rolling Stone magazine.

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The Source

The Source is a United States-based monthly full-color magazine covering hip-hop music, politics, and culture, founded in 1988.

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The Temptations

The Temptations are an American vocal group who released a series of successful singles and albums with Motown Records during the 1960s and 1970s.

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Unleashed & Unreleased

Unleashed & Unreleased is a mixtape by American rapper DMX that contains mostly unknown or previously unreleased tracks.

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X-Is Coming

"X-Is Coming" is a song by DMX.

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Younglord

Richard "Younglord" Frierson (born 1978) is an American Grammy-nominated hip hop and R&B record producer.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/It's_Dark_and_Hell_Is_Hot

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