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STILLDRE IS THE GODFATHER · « **on:** September 08, 2003, 10:40:04 AM »

DMX: It’s Not A Game
Monday - September 08, 2003
K.B. Tindal
"Yeah I Like Animals Better Than People Sometimes, Especially Dogs..." -DMX

When the dog came on the scene he brought something fresh and new to it. He brought Honesty, aggression, feeling and God. Not many artists can merge all of the above into an image without being characterized as a sell out not real or just plain old fake; but then again no one is like DMX.

After the success of Cradle to The Grave and a verbal war with Ja Rule, X continues to impress us without the flash and glitter. He’s just X. and his newest release The Grand Champ, due out on September 16th fuses X’s persona along with his heart and soul to create what some say may be his last album. When asked about the release and who worked on it with him X says, “Ummm people that I like, you know what I’m saying, people that I work with are the same people I’ve always work with. Grease, P.K., Swiss. You know. I always pick up new cats. Whoever got a hot beat. I’m not dick riding. I’m not chasing down the same nigga everybody else chasing down in order to get one beat. It ain’t that serious. I’m not looking for a beat to sell my music.” X has never sought out the popular to sell his music. I mean this nigga was the first person to represent animals in the form of Dogs and bark on a record. If that isn’t originality I don’t know what is.

When asked about the first single and how the concept came about X states “D brought it to me in the studio. I was close to being done. I was pretty much like close to being done. I wasn’t planning on writing or coming with no new songs. But as soon as I heard the beat, it was like there’s no way I can get away from this. I gotta blaze this one. Just like, there’s another one I just did a couple days ago. It’s about the blow. As soon as I heard the beat, I was like there’s no way I can walk away from this beat. There’s no way.”

So with another blazin’ single and Album to come, X has been traveling the world to do what he does. X tells why he pick the places he visits so meticulously. “I pick them for different reasons. I pick each city for different reasons. Arizona for instance is the desert. It’s like peaceful. I can really get into the thought process out there. I can ride the quads you know. Ride all day, rap all night you know, Arizona’s good for the soul. I went to Chicago because Chicago was the hood. When I thought about ghetto, I though about Chicago. I hadn’t been there in a while. So I said, let me go out there. I met my man Kato out there, rest in peace. You know.”
As X speaks about Kato it is clearly evident that from a man who doesn’t usually big any one up there was mad love for his peoples in is soul. He says, “First, he was a friend to me. You know what I’m saying. He was a friend to my family. His wife, my wife friends. He’s a husband, father and CEO of Denaro Records. Record label out of Chicago, got a couple artists just got signed. Just got a deal. That was my dawg. Dawgs for life. Kato rest in peace.”

X really is a busy man as his artistic talents keep him working. He speaks of a new film he’s working on and states that in-“Never Die Alone”….people can expect to see what they’ve never seen out of me in a movie, in a character. You know. Its not what I’ve been doing, you know, thus far. But it’s definitely something interesting, new. Something I think I carried. I carried better than my last two roles. Something I can relate to more. I read the books. It’s the first of the author’s, Donald Goines’, books to be made into a movie. I’m honored to be the first to be given permission by his estate to do that. Like I said, it’s not what my fans have seen from me in movies. I think besides “Belly”, this is like the realest role I’ve ever done. It’s real with an undeniable truth to it. It’s wrong, with an undeniable right to it. That’s what it is. You know. That’s what truth is.

He also tells about his son being in the film with him. “My 10 year old son, Xavier. He plays…He plays my son. He plays the younger version because the son is also younger in the movie. There’s a time lapse of 20 years, I think in the movie. You know, so I’m a young guy then I’m a older guy. So he plays the younger version of my son. And I bust him in the head with a bottle, like “Sit down, don’t you get up.” Talk greasy to him, all crazy. I asked him while he was doing it if he enjoyed doing it. Because just because I’m doing it doesn’t mean it’s something I’m going to push on my kids. “You’re going to do this and …..”. I want to let them pretty much be themselves and help them along the way. and he enjoyed doing it, wants to do more of it. So I’m going to be there for him.”

So at the end of the day how does X feel about his obstacles and accomplishments? “I’m sick of this fucking industry, you know what I’m saying. It’s run by the Devil and 99% of everybody you deal with is a snake. It gets tired after a while you know what I’m saying. I know the lord has a calling on my life, you know what I’m saying. I’m not going to do both.

What are his final thoughts? Final thought….ummm this is it. It’s the end of Dog world. When you fight your dog in the ring, each time he wins, he becomes a champ. One time champ, two time champ, three time champ. I’m a four-time champ right now. When he gets five wins in the ring, under his belt, he becomes a Grand Champ. That’s why it’s called Grand Champ. Because this is going to be my fifth professional win. For me, I’ve done pretty much everything there was to be done with this. Its going somewhere…I’m not really downward. Feel me. You know. To my fans, its not like I’m a disappear off the face of the earth. If you fuck wit me yo, fuck wit me for real. Walk with me.

well im not a dmx fan but this is for anyone that likes dmx