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Flesh of My Flesh, Blood of My Blood is the second album by American rapper DMX. The album was released on December 22, 1998, by Def Jam Recordings Music Group Inc. and Ruff Ryders, a little more than seven months after his debut album, It's Dark and Hell Is Hot.[6] It entered the charts at number 1 (and stayed there for three consecutive weeks) with over 670,000 units shipped in the first week.[8] The album eventually went 3× platinum in the US.[9]

Flesh of My Flesh, Blood of My Blood
Studio album by DMX
Released	December 22, 1998
Recorded	1998
Genre	Hip hop hardcore hip hop[1]
Length	69:52
Label	Def Jam Ruff Ryders
Producer	Swizz Beatz PK DJ Shok Dame Grease Irv Gotti
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
"Slippin'" Released: November 27, 1998[2] "No Love 4 Me" Released: 1999

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[3]
The Daily Vault	B[4]
Entertainment Weekly	B+[1]
Robert Christgau	[5]
Rolling Stone	[6]
The Source	(favorable)[7]

DMX became the second rapper to have two albums released in the same calendar year debut at number one on the Billboard 200.^{[citation needed]} The latter album to have done so was released posthumously by Tupac Shakur under the alias Makaveli.[10]

Track listing

Credits adapted from the album's liner notes.[11]

Notes[11]

• "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[11]

• "It's All Good" contains a sample of "Heartbeat", written and performed by Taana Gardner.
• "The Omen" contains an interpolation of "Damien", written by Earl Simmons and Damon Blackman.
• "Slippin'" contains a sample of "Moonstreams", written and performed by Grover Washington Jr.

Charts

Certifications

Certifications for Flesh of My Flesh, Blood of My Blood

Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
Canada (Music Canada)[19]	Gold	50,000^
United Kingdom (BPI)[20]	Gold	100,000^
United States (RIAA)[21]	3× Platinum	3,000,000^
^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

See also

• List of Billboard 200 number-one albums of 1999
• List of Billboard number-one R&B albums of 1999

References

На других языках

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[de] Flesh of My Flesh, Blood of My Blood

Flesh of My Flesh, Blood of My Blood (englisch für „Fleisch meines Fleisches, Blut meines Blutes“) ist das zweite Studioalbum des US-amerikanischen Rappers DMX. Es wurde am 22. Dezember 1998 über die Labels Ruff Ryders Entertainment und Def Jam Recordings veröffentlicht.

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- [en] Flesh of My Flesh, Blood of My Blood

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[es] Flesh of My Flesh, Blood of My Blood

Flesh Of My Flesh, Blood Of Blood es el segundo álbum lanzado por el rapero DMX[1] en 1998. El álbum debutó #1 en Billboard 200.[2]

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[ru] Flesh of My Flesh, Blood of My Blood

Flesh of My Flesh, Blood of My Blood — второй студийный альбом американского рэпера DMX, выпущенный в 1998 году.[1] В чартах дебютировал на первом месте (продержась на нём три недели подряд) и разошёлся тиражом 670 000 экземпляров в первую неделю.[2] Был сертифицирован трижды платиновым в США 15 декабря 2000 года от RIAA.[3] «Flesh of My Flesh, Blood of My Blood» был выпущен в один год с дебютом DMX, It’s Dark and Hell Is Hot, что делает DMX вторым рэпером после Тупака Шакура, который выпустил два альбома в один год (Тупак в 1996 году выпустил «All Eyez On Me» и «The Don Killuminati: The 7 Day Theory»).

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