... And Then There Was X

...And Then There Was X is the third studio album by American rapper DMX. The album was released on December 21, 1999, by The Island Def Jam Music Group, Def Jam Recordings, and Ruff Ryders Entertainment. The album was nominated for Best Rap Album at the 2001 Grammys.

...And Then There Was X
Studio album by DMX
Released	December 21, 1999
Studio	Hit Factory Criteria (Miami) Powerhouse (New York)
Genre	Hip hop[1]
Length	60:15
Label	Island Def Jam Def Jam 2000 Ruff Ryders
Producer	Dee & Waah Dean (exec.) Swizz Beatz PK Dame Grease Irv Gotti Nokio DJ Shok
DMX chronology
Live at Woodstock (1999) ...And Then There Was X (1999) The Great Depression (2001)
Singles from ...And Then There Was X
"What's My Name" Released: December 28, 1999 "Party Up (Up in Here)" Released: February 20, 2000 "What These Bitches Want" Released: June 6, 2000

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[2]
The Daily Vault	B+[3]
Entertainment Weekly	A−[1]
Q	[4]
RapReviews	7/10[5]
Rolling Stone	[6]
The Source	[7]

Singles

The album's first single "What's My Name" was released on December 28, 1999. It reached #67 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart.^[8] The second single "Party Up (Up in Here)" was released on February 20, 2000, and became his most successful single of his career peaking at number 27 on the Hot 100.^[8] The third single "What These Bitches Want" featuring Sisqó was released on June 6, 2000, which peaked at number 49.^[8]

Commercial performance

... And Then There Was X debuted at number one the US Billboard 200 chart, selling 698,000 copies in its first week, according to Nielsen Soundscan.^[9] This became DMX's third US number one debut.^[9] In its second week, the album dropped to number two on the chart, selling an additional 399,000 copies.^[10] On February 7, 2001, the album was certified five times platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) for shipments of over five million copies in the US.^[11] As of October 2009, the album has shipped over 8 million copies in the United States.^[12] To date, it is DMX's best selling album.^[13]

In late 2000, DMX toured as part of the Anger Management Tour with Headliners Limp Bizkit and support acts Godsmack,Sinnistar. He played after Sinnistar and was on tour from November 24th to December's 19th, 2000. He was the only Hip Hop act on the second leg of the Tour.

Track listing

Credits adapted from the album's liner notes.^[14]

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Producer(s)	Length
1.	"The Kennel" (Intro)			0:36
2.	"One More Road to Cross"	Earl Simmons Kasseem Dean	Swizz Beatz	4:20
3.	"The Professional"	Simmons Anthony Fields	P. Killer Trackz	3:35
4.	"Fame"	Simmons Damon Blackman	Dame Grease	3:37
5.	"A Lot to Learn" (Skit)			0:39
6.	"Here We Go Again"	Simmons Michael Gomez	DJ Shok	3:52
7.	"Party Up (Up in Here)"	Simmons Dean	Swizz Beatz	4:28
8.	"Make a Move"	Simmons Fields	P. Killer Trackz	3:33
9.	"What These Bitches Want" (featuring Sisqó)	Simmons Tamir Ruffin	Nokio	4:13
10.	"What's My Name?"	Simmons Irving Lorenzo Edward Hinson	Self Service Irv Gotti	3:52
11.	"More 2 a Song"	Simmons Fields	P. Killer Trackz	3:42
12.	"Don't You Ever"	Simmons Dean	Swizz Beatz	3:48
13.	"The Shakedown" (Skit)			0:35
14.	"D-X-L (Hard White)" (featuring The LOX and Drag-On)	Simmons Blackman Jason Phillips David Styles Sean Jacobs Melvin Smalls	Dame Grease	4:21
15.	"Comin' for Ya"	Simmons Dean	Swizz Beatz	4:02
16.	"Prayer III"	Simmons		2:00
17.	"Angel" (featuring Regina Belle)	Simmons Lorenzo	Irv Gotti	5:07
18.	"Good Girls, Bad Guys" (featuring Dyme) (Bonus track)	Simmons Fields Charly Charles Randy Muller	P. Killer Trackz Charly "Shuga Bear" Charles	3:55

Charts

Weekly charts Chart (2000) Peak position Australian Dance Albums (ARIA)[15] 25 Canadian Albums (Billboard)[16] 6 Canadian R&B Albums (Nielsen SoundScan)[17] 5 Dutch Albums (Album Top 100)[18] 64 German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[19] 46 UK Albums (OCC)[20] 108 UK R&B Albums (OCC)[21] 22 US Billboard 200[22] 1 US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums (Billboard)[23] 1

Year-end charts Chart (2000) Position Canadian Albums (Nielsen SoundScan)[24] 75 US Billboard 200[25] 10 US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums (Billboard)[26] 3 Chart (2002) Position Canadian R&B Albums (Nielsen SoundScan)[27] 188 Canadian Rap Albums (Nielsen SoundScan)[28] 93

Certifications

Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
Canada (Music Canada)[29]	Platinum	100,000^
United Kingdom (BPI)[30]	Gold	100,000‡
United States (RIAA)[11]	5× Platinum	5,000,000^
^ Shipments figures based on certification alone. ‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

References

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3. "The Daily Vault Music Reviews". Dailyvault.com. Retrieved December 19, 2015.
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6. Ex, Kris (February 3, 2000). "The City Is Theirs: DMX – ...And Then There Was X". Rolling Stone. No. 833. p. 58. Archived from the original on October 1, 2007. Retrieved December 19, 2015.
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28. "Top 100 rap albums of 2002 in Canada". Jam!. Archived from the original on October 12, 2003. Retrieved March 28, 2022.
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