Flesh of My Flesh, Blood of My Blood

Flesh of My Flesh, Blood of My Blood
Cover of album shows a photo of DMX shirtless with his arms outstretched in-front of him, palms upward. He is covered in blood, which is dripping from his hands. The photo is on a white background with a stylized DMX logo above and behind his head and the album name across the middle of the cover in yellow.
Studio album by
DMX
Released December 22, 1998
Recorded 1998
Genre
Length 69:52
Label
Producer
DMX chronology
It's Dark and Hell Is Hot
(1998) 		Flesh of My Flesh, Blood of My Blood
(1998) 		Live at Woodstock
(1999)
Singles from Flesh of My Flesh, Blood of My Blood
  1. "Slippin'"
    Released: November 27, 1998
  2. "No Love 4 Me"
    Released: January 1999
Professional ratings
Review scores
Source Rating
AllMusic
The Daily Vault B
Entertainment Weekly B+
Robert Christgau (dud)
Rolling Stone
The Source (favorable)

Flesh of My Flesh, Blood of My Blood is the second studio album by American rapper DMX. The album was released on December 22, 1998, by Def Jam Recordings and Ruff Ryders Entertainment, over seven months after his debut album, It's Dark and Hell Is Hot.

Commercial performance

It debuted on the Billboard 200 at number one (and stayed there for three consecutive weeks) with over 670,000 units shipped in the first week. In January 1999, the album was ousted from the top spot by Britney Spears' debut, ...Baby One More Time. The album eventually went 3× platinum in the US.

DMX became the second artist to have two albums released in the same calendar year debut at number one on the Billboard 200. The latter album to have done so was released posthumously by Tupac Shakur under the alias Makaveli (his first was All Eyez on Me, while the second was The Don Killuminati: The 7 Day Theory).


Track listing

Credits adapted from the album's liner notes.

No. Title Writer(s) Producer(s) Length
1. "My Niggas" (Intro)
Swizz Beatz 1:27
2. "Bring Your Whole Crew"
  • Simmons
  • Anthony Fields
 PK 3:40
3. "Pac Man" (Skit)     0:56
4. "Ain't No Way"
  • Simmons
  • Dean
 Swizz Beatz 4:49
5. "We Don't Give a Fuck" (featuring Jadakiss and Styles P)
4:07
6. "Keep Your Shit the Hardest"
  • Simmons
  • Dean
 Swizz Beatz 4:48
7. "Coming From" (featuring Mary J. Blige)
  • Simmons
  • Fields
 PK 5:13
8. "It's All Good"
Swizz Beatz 4:17
9. "The Omen (Damien II)" (featuring Marilyn Manson)
Swizz Beatz 4:56
10. "Slippin'"
DJ Shok 5:05
11. "No Love 4 Me" (featuring Drag-On and Swizz Beatz)
Swizz Beatz 4:00
12. "Dogs for Life"
  • Simmons
  • Blackman
 Dame Grease 5:31
13. "Blackout" (featuring The LOX and Jay-Z)
Swizz Beatz 5:00
14. "Flesh of My Flesh, Blood of My Blood"
  • Simmons
  • Dean
 Swizz Beatz 4:32
15. "Heat"
  • Simmons
  • Dean
 Swizz Beatz 4:07
16. "Prayer II/Ready to Meet Him"
  • Simmons
  • Dean
 Swizz Beatz 7:24

Notes

  • "Bring Your Whole Crew" contains additional vocals by Anthony "PK" Fields.
  • "Ain't No Way", "Flesh of My Flesh, Blood of My Blood" and "Heat" contain additional vocals by Swizz Beatz.
  • "Slippin'" contains additional vocals by Tamyra Gray.

Sample credits

Charts

Certifications

Certifications for Flesh of My Flesh, Blood of My Blood
Region Certification Certified units/sales
Canada (Music Canada) Gold 50,000^
United Kingdom (BPI) Gold 100,000^
United States (RIAA) 3× Platinum 3,000,000^

^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

See also