Flesh of My Flesh, Blood of My Blood

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]

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: January 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]

Commercial performance

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]

Track listing

Credits adapted from the album's liner notes.^[12]

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Producer(s)	Length
1.	"My Niggas" (Intro)	Earl Simmons Kasseem Dean	Swizz Beatz	1:27
2.	"Bring Your Whole Crew"	Simmons Anthony Fields	PK	3:40
3.	"Pac Man" (Skit)			0:56
4.	"Ain't No Way"	Simmons Dean	Swizz Beatz	4:49
5.	"We Don't Give a Fuck" (featuring Jadakiss and Styles P)	Simmons Irv Gotti Richard Wilson	Irv Gotti Dat Nigga Reb	4:07
6.	"Keep Your Shit the Hardest"	Simmons Dean	Swizz Beatz	4:48
7.	"Coming From" (featuring Mary J. Blige)	Simmons Fields	PK	5:13
8.	"It's All Good"	Simmons Dean Taana Gardner	Swizz Beatz	4:17
9.	"The Omen (Damien II)" (featuring Marilyn Manson)	Simmons Dean Damon Blackman	Swizz Beatz	4:56
10.	"Slippin'"	Simmons Michael Gomez Grover Washington Jr.	DJ Shok	5:05
11.	"No Love 4 Me" (featuring Drag-On and Swizz Beatz)	Simmons Dean Melvin Smalls	Swizz Beatz	4:00
12.	"Dogs for Life"	Simmons Blackman	Dame Grease	5:31
13.	"Blackout" (featuring The LOX and Jay-Z)	Simmons Dean Jason Phillips Sean Jacobs David Styles Shawn Carter	Swizz Beatz	5:00
14.	"Flesh of My Flesh, Blood of My Blood"	Simmons Dean	Swizz Beatz	4:32
15.	"Heat"	Simmons Dean	Swizz Beatz	4:07
16.	"Prayer II/Ready to Meet Him"	Simmons Dean	Swizz Beatz	7:24

Notes^[12]

• "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^[12]

• "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

Weekly charts Chart performance for Flesh of My Flesh, Blood of My Blood Chart (1998–99) Peak position Australian Dance Albums (ARIA)[13] 28 Canada Top Albums/CDs (RPM)[14] 42 German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[15] 61 UK Albums (OCC)[16] 119 UK R&B Albums (OCC)[17] 19 US Billboard 200[18] 1 US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums (Billboard)[19] 1

Year-end charts 1999 year-end chart performance for Flesh of My Flesh, Blood of My Blood Chart (1999) Position US Billboard 200[20] 21 US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums (Billboard)[21] 2 Chart (2001) Position Canadian R&B Albums (Nielsen SoundScan)[22] 195

Certifications

Certifications for Flesh of My Flesh, Blood of My Blood

Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
Canada (Music Canada)[23]	Gold	50,000^
United Kingdom (BPI)[24]	Gold	100,000^
United States (RIAA)[25]	3× Platinum	3,000,000^
^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

See also

• List of Billboard 200 number-one albums of 1998
• List of Billboard number-one R&B albums of 1998

References

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4. "The Daily Vault Music Reviews". Dailyvault.com. Retrieved December 19, 2015.
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9. "Britney Spears, 'N Sync Top Album Chart". MTV. Archived from the original on November 1, 2023. Retrieved October 16, 2023.
10. "Gold & Platinum Searchable Database - December 19, 2015". RIAA. Archived from the original on July 15, 2012. Retrieved December 19, 2015.
11. "2Pac Was The First Rapper To Have 2 Albums Debut At No. 1 In The Same Year". Stop The Breaks. May 11, 2014. Retrieved December 26, 2015.
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13. "Chartifacts! - Week Commencing 12th November 2001" (PDF). The ARIA Report (611): 2. November 12, 2001. Archived from the original (PDF) on February 22, 2008. Retrieved April 20, 2023 – via National Library of Australia. 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.
14. "Top RPM Albums: Issue 7442". RPM. Library and Archives Canada. Retrieved April 20, 2023.
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16. "Chart Log UK: 1994–2010: Asher D – Dyverse". Zobbel. Retrieved April 20, 2023.
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19. "DMX Chart History (Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved August 25, 2020.
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21. "Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums – Year-End 1999". Billboard. Retrieved August 25, 2020.
22. "Canada's Top 200 R&B; albums of 2001". Jam!. January 8, 2002. Archived from the original on July 26, 2002. Retrieved January 22, 2023.
23. "Canadian album certifications – DMX – FLESH OF MY FLESH, BLOOD OF MY BLOOD". Music Canada. Retrieved February 10, 2021.
24. "British album certifications – Dmx – Flesh Of My Flesh Blood Of My Blood". British Phonographic Industry. Retrieved April 10, 2021.
25. "American album certifications – DMX – FLESH OF MY FLESH, BLOOD OF MY BLOOD". Recording Industry Association of America. Retrieved September 20, 2019.