MAN, TUPAC IS MY FAVORITE RAPPER PERIOD. MY SECOND FAVORITE RAPPER OF ALL TIME AFTER HIM IS NONE OTHER THEN DMX. NOW ADAYS IN THE RAP GAME, MCS ARE RAPPIN ABOUT NOTHIN...BUT NOT PAC AND DMX. THEY KEEP IT REAL AND ACTUALLY HAVE PRETTY DEEP MESSAGES. IN BEING DMX'S FIRST CD, HE COULDN'T HAVE CAME OUT ANY RAWER THAN HE DID!!! MAN, THIS IS ONE OF THE BEST CD'S I'VE EVER HEARD, PERIOD!!! I WOULD RATE IT AMONG THE TOP 3 RAP ALBUMS ALL-TIME!!! NOT ONLY ARE HIS LYRICS RAW AND DEEP, HE HAS A TIGHT FLOW, AND THE BEATS TO ALL, THATZ RIGHT, ALL THE SONGS ARE RAW. THAT BEING SAID, IT'S A SHAME THAT DMX IS UNDERRATED AND THIS IS ONE OF THE MOST UNDERRATED ALBUMS, AS PEOPLE DON'T SEE THIS AS A CLASSIC. IN MY OPINION, IT'S RIGHT UP THERE WITH JAY-Z'S REASONABLE DOUBT, TUPAC'S 2PACALYPSE NOW, AND BIGGIE'S READY TO DIE. IF YOUR A TRUE RAP FAN, YOU'RE GONNA LOVE THIS CD. FROM THE INTRO TO THE END, THIS CD IS RAW. EVEN THE SKITS ARE EXCEPTIONAL AND ACTUALLY HAVE MEANING TO THE ALBUM. IN MY OPINION, THIS IS DMX'S BEST CD, ALTHOUGH SOME COULD ARGUE THAT. HERE ARE MY RATINGS, 1 BEING HIGHEST, TO 5, PLACING HIS FIVE ALBUMS(ALTHOUGH I THINK ALL OF THEM WERE RAW!!)1.IT'S DARK AND HELL IS HOT; 2.AND THEN THERE WAS X; 3.FLESH OF MY FLESH BLOOD OF MY BLOOD; 4.GRAND CHAMP; 5.GREAT DEPRESSION. THIS RATING IS FOR DMX ALBUMS. ALL OF HIS ALBUMS ARE GREAT, BUT I LOVE HIS FIRST THE MOST!!! GO COP THIS IF YOU ALREADY HAVEN'T!!!