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| Released | December 22, 1998 | |||
| Recorded | 1998 | |||
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| Length | 69:52 | |||
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [3] |
| The Daily Vault | B[4] |
| Entertainment Weekly | B+[1] |
| Robert Christgau |  [5] |
| Rolling Stone | [6] |
| The Source | (favorable)[7] |
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.[6]
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.[8] In January 1999, the album was ousted from the top spot by Britney Spears' debut, ...Baby One More Time.[9] The album eventually went 3× platinum in the US.[10]
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).[11]
Credits adapted from the album's liner notes.[12]
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Producer(s) | Length |
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| 1. | "My Niggas" (Intro) |
| Swizz Beatz | 1:27 |
| 2. | "Bring Your Whole Crew" |
| PK | 3:40 |
| 3. | "Pac Man" (Skit) | 0:56 | ||
| 4. | "Ain't No Way" |
| Swizz Beatz | 4:49 |
| 5. | "We Don't Give a Fuck" (featuring Jadakiss and Styles P) |
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| 4:07 |
| 6. | "Keep Your Shit the Hardest" |
| Swizz Beatz | 4:48 |
| 7. | "Coming From" (featuring Mary J. Blige) |
| 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" |
| 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" |
| Swizz Beatz | 4:32 |
| 15. | "Heat" |
| Swizz Beatz | 4:07 |
| 16. | "Prayer II/Ready to Meet Him" |
| Swizz Beatz | 7:24 |
Notes[12]
Sample credits[12]
Weekly charts[edit]
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Year-end charts[edit]
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| Region | Certification | Certified units/sales |
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| Canada (Music Canada)[23] | Gold | 50,000^ |
| United Kingdom (BPI)[24] | Gold | 100,000^ |
| United States (RIAA)[25] | 3× Platinum | 3,000,000^ |
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^ Shipments figures based on certification alone. | ||
His previous albums, Flesh Of My Flesh, Blood Of My Blood and And Then There Was X failed to break the mainstream but peaked at # 28 and # 25 respectively on the ARIAnet Dance Albums chart.
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