It's Dark and Hell Is Hot

It's Dark and Hell Is Hot
It's Dark and Hell Is Hot
Studio album by DMX
Released	May 19, 1998
Studio	New Horizon Sounds, Capitol Heights, Maryland; Power House; Soundtrack; Chung King; Quad Recording, New York City;
Genre	East Coast hip hop; horrorcore;
Length	65:10
Label	Def Jam; Ruff Ryders;
Producer	Irv Gotti (also exec.); Dee (exec.); Waah (exec.); Dame Grease; P.K.; Lil Rob; Swizz Beatz;
DMX chronology
Singles from It's Dark and Hell Is Hot
	"Get at Me Dog"; Released: February 10, 1998; "Stop Being Greedy"; Released: March 7, 1998; "Ruff Ryders' Anthem"; Released: May 5, 1998; "How's It Goin' Down"; Released: June 9, 1998;

It's Dark and Hell Is Hot is the debut studio album by American rapper DMX. It was released on May 19, 1998,^[2] by Def Jam Recordings and Ruff Ryders Entertainment.^[3] It was supported by four singles—"Get at Me Dog", "Stop Being Greedy", "Ruff Ryders' Anthem" and "How's It Goin' Down", in order of release—and their accompanying music videos.

It primarily includes production from Dame Grease (13 tracks) and PK (8 tracks), in addition to production from Irv Gotti and Lil Rob (2 tracks), Younglord (1 track; add.), and Swizz Beatz (1 track). The album is widely considered a classic among hip hop fans and critics.^[4]

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^ MaddenPublished, Sidney (May 19, 2016). "Today in Hip-Hop: DMX Drops 'It's Dark and Hell Is Hot' Album - XXL". XXL Mag. Retrieved May 12, 2021.
^ "DMX | Biography, Albums, & Streaming Radio". AllMusic. December 18, 1970. Retrieved December 19, 2015.
^ "50 Greatest MCs of Our Time (1987 - 2007)". Rap.about.com. Archived from the original on March 21, 2015. Retrieved December 19, 2015.

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[2] MaddenPublished, Sidney (May 19, 2016). "Today in Hip-Hop: DMX Drops 'It's Dark and Hell Is Hot' Album - XXL". XXL Mag. Retrieved May 12, 2021.

[3] "DMX | Biography, Albums, & Streaming Radio". AllMusic. December 18, 1970. Retrieved December 19, 2015.

[4] "50 Greatest MCs of Our Time (1987 - 2007)". Rap.about.com. Archived from the original on March 21, 2015. Retrieved December 19, 2015.

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