Born Myron Avant in 1978, in Cleveland, OH. Education: Graduated from Cleveland School of the Arts, 1995. Addresses: Record company–Geffen Records, website: http://www.geffen.com. Website–Avant Official Website: http://www.avant-music.com.

R&B singer/producer Avant launched his solo career at age 22, quickly drawing comparisons to fellow new-style R&B crooner R. Kelly. He was the first act signed to former Los Angeles Lakers’ basketball star Earvin “Magic” Johnson’s Magic Johnson Music, a subsidiary of MCA. Avant, like Kelly, took an increasing interest in working behind the scenes. He collaborated with producer Steve “Stone” Huff on his early recordings, but by his third release, Private Room, he was handling a significant portion of the writing and production duties himself.

Born Myron Avant (he uses only his last name professionally to avoid being confused with the R&B artist Myron) in 1978 in Cleveland, Ohio, Avant was the youngest of six children, and was raised in the city’s 110th St. and Woodland Avenue neighborhood. He sang in the choir at the now-closed Union Hill Baptist Church, and listened to the music of Aretha Franklin, Marvin Gaye, Stevie Wonder, Sam Cooke, the O’Jays, and the Isley Brothers. “I love the old-school music, but I don’t like to call it old school. I like to call it great music,” he told John Soeder of Cleveland’s Plain Dealer. Avant won numerous talent shows, including the Cleveland Black Expo, and studied music and drama at the Cleveland School of the Arts, graduating in 1995.

The following year, Avant was performing with a friend named Doc in a duo called Dam, and the pair sent a videotape to Chicago-based entertainment manager Eric Payton. Payton convinced Avant to go solo, and introduced the singer to Huff. The pair began writing songs together, and Payton initially released Avant’s single “Separated” on his Paytown Entertainment label. The song received significant airplay on radio station WGCI in Chicago, and was included on a 1999 MCA records compilation album, Summer Heat. Almost immediately, Avant began drawing comparisons to R. Kelly. “Like R. Kelly, Avant is a multifaceted craftsman, crooner, composer, and arranger,” wrote Charles E. Rogers in the New York Amsterdam News. “His lush vocals contain a heightened sense of passion that is intimate; often bordering on breathtaking, if the unsolicited opinions of smitten females who’ve heard him sing account for anything.” The staff at Johnson’s fledgling Magic Johnson Music heard a demo of the tape, and Johnson decided to make Avant his label’s debut artist.

Magic Johnson Music/MCA released My Thoughts in May of 2000. Most of the songs on the album were co-written by Avant and Huff, and Huff produced the album. The album featured “Separated” as a single, and soon after the album’s release Avant related to Soeder the events that inspired the song’s lyrics: “The story behind ‘Separated’ is I was 17 and I was dealing with someone who was 24. I wore my heart on my sleeve. My mom told me I shouldn’t jump out there that early. But you know, a brother has to get his feet burned.” The album also included nods to the singer’s old-school R&B influences, as Avant covered Rene & Angela’s 1983 R&B ballad “My First Love,” and sampled Isaac Hayes’s “Wonderful” on “Reaction.” The comparisons to Kelly continued. Avant referred to the honor in an interview with Vibe Online. “Being compared to R. Kelly is a compliment in itself,” he remarked. “He’s been in the game for about twelve years. He is Mr. R&B. To be in the game, and to be named in the same sentence as that man is truly a privilege.”

Magic Johnson Music/MCA released Avant’s second album, Ecstasy, in 2002. Huff served as arranger, played all the instruments, and acted as executive producer alongside Avant, Payton, and Johnson. The album featured a variety of musical styles, and included the top five R&B single “My First Love,” a duet ballad with Keke Wyatt. Avant also dueted with Wyatt on her single “Nothing in This World” that same year. The Gap Band’s Charlie Wilson was featured on another single, “One Way Street.” “Showing his flexibility, Avant demonstrates that he is as comfortable with hip-hop-friendly funk as he is with romantic ballads and slow jams,” observed Alex Henderson in All Music Guide. The singer told Billboard magazine’s Toi Moore in 2002 that in the wake of national tragedy he wanted to focus on uplifting topics. “Since September 11, [2001], I’ve been trying to make lovemaking something that’s very serious. … I want people to understand that more love should be in the house. There’s no time for arguments.” The singer defined the album’s title in Ebony that same year. “My definition of ecstasy is making love to a woman mentally,” he said. “It’s about getting into a relationship that lasts. Men must treat their women right and make [a woman] feel like she’s the queen of the Earth, because that’s the truth.”

The Geffen label released Avant’s album Private Room in 2003. The singer told Vibe Online that he tried to make this album more intimate, especially for his female listeners. “With Private Room, I tried to be more personal with my fans, ’cause I feel like they didn’t know me,” he said. The album featured the crossover single “Read Your Mind,” which broke into the top 25 on Billboard’s pop charts. In 2004 Avant had a cameo role in the film Barbershop 2: Back in Business. Along with Wyatt, he recorded a cover of Ashford & Simpson’s “Your Precious Love” for the film’s soundtrack.

Avant told Billboard’s Moore that patience and persistence have proven to be the keys to his success. “It wasn’t easy for me,” he said. “I tried for more than six years to get into this industry. Then I finally got my package to Magic Johnson. He heard it and made things happen. You just have to take it one day at a time.” He told Vibe Online that he tries to write songs that have enduring appeal. “I try to make songs that mean something to people, that will stick with them,” he said.

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Jarreau grew up in a religious household; his father was a minister and Al began singing in the church choir at the age of four. In 1960, he graduated from Wisconsin’s Ripon College, where he performed locally with a group called The Indigos on weekends. After earning his Master’s Degree in Vocational Rehabilitation from the University of Iowa, he moved to San Francisco to begin a brief career as a social worker. There, his desire to sing persisted, and he found himself performing at a small jazz club with a trio headed by George Duke.

He moved to Los Angeles and began playing in small clubs on the West Coast. He branched out to New York City as well, where he gained national television exposure by crooning with Johnny Carson and Merv Griffin. His first album, 1965, released that year, was pure jazz featuring pianist Cal Bezemer, bassist Gary Allen and drummer Joe Abodeely.

In 1975, after a 10-year break from recording, Jarreau went back to the studio to produce We Got By, his first release for Warner Bros. Records. During the next two decades, Jarreau would release almost an album per year. Career highlights include 1981′s Breakin’ Away, which went platinum thanks to the hit single We’re in This Love Together and the popular theme song from the 1980s television show, Moonlighting.

In 1977, Jarreau embarked on his first world tour and won his first American Grammy for Best Jazz Vocal Performance. His fourth album, All Fly Home, was released in 1978, earning a second Grammy for Best Jazz Vocalist. In 1985, Al Jarreau Live In London, recorded at Wembley Arena, helped solidify his reputation as a world-class master of both studio and stage. Breakin’ Away won two more Grammy’s with awards for Best Male Pop Vocalist and Best Male Jazz Vocalist.

In 1992, after touring the globe for nearly two years, Jarreau returned to the studio to produce Heaven and Earth for which he received his fifth Grammy for Best R&B Vocal Performance. He released Tenderness in 1994 with an all-star cast, including David Sanborn, Kathleen Battle, Joe Sample and Steve Gadd.

In 1996, Jarreau began a three-month stint on Broadway playing the role of Teen Angel in the hit musical Grease. Other acting credits include appearances on New York Undercover and Touched By An Angel.

In 1996, the Best of Al Jarreau compilation was released on Warner Bros., featuring Jarreau’s career hits, Moonlighting, We’re in This Love Together, Boogie Down and Roof Garden, as well as two new tracks written by George Duke.

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She grew up listening to ’70s soul and ’80s hip-hop, but Erykah Badu drew more comparisons to Billie Holiday upon her breakout in 1997, after the release of her first album, Baduizm. The grooves and production on the album are bass-heavy R&B, but Badu’s langurous, occasionally tortured vocals and delicate phrasing immediately removed her from the legion of cookie-cutter female R&B singers. A singer/songwriter responsible for all but one of the songs on Baduizm, she found a number 12 hit with her first single “On & On,” which pushed the album to number two on the charts.

Born Erica Wright in Dallas in 1971, Badu attended a school of the arts and was working as a teacher and part-time singer in her hometown when she opened for D’Angelo at a 1994 show. D’Angelo’s manager, Kedar Massenburg, was impressed with the performance and hooked her up with the singer to record a cover of the Marvin Gaye/Tammi Terrell duet “Precious Love.” He also signed Badu to his recently formed Kedar Entertainment label, and served as producer for Baduizm, which also starred bassist Ron Carter and members of hip-hop avatars the Roots on several tracks. The first single, “On & On,” became a number one R&B hit in early 1997, and Baduizm followed it to the top of the R&B album charts by March. Opening for R&B acts as well as rap’s Wu-Tang Clan, Erykah Badu stopped just short of number one on the pop album charts in April. Her Live album followed later in the year. In 2000 she returned with her highly anticipated second studio album, Mama’s Gun, which was co-produced by Badu, James Poyser, Bilal and Jay Dee and contained the hit single, “Bag Lady”.~ John Bush, All Music Guide

Erykah Badu – Live 2009

1. Erykah Badu – Intro Performing (Creating A Moment) (0:17)
2. Erykah Badu – Badu (1:37)
3. Erykah Badu – Annie (3:35)
4. Erykah Badu – Me (4:32)
5. Erykah Badu – Soldier (4:33)
6. Erykah Badu – Didn’t Cha Know (8:46)
7. Erykah Badu – Other Side Of The Game (9:32)
8. Erykah Badu – Honey (4:57)
9. Erykah Badu – The Healer (3:30)
10. Erykah Badu – Searching (4:10)
11. Erykah Badu – Stay (Chaka Khan Cover) (4:41)
12. Erykah Badu – Love Hangover (Diana Ross Cover) (3:30)
13. Erykah Badu – Your Mind (6:40)
14. Erykah Badu – A Cipher (2:08)
15. Erykah Badu – Ye-Yo (4:53)
16. Erykah Badu – Next Lifetime (11:41)

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Albums

New Amerykah Part One 4th World War

1. Erykah Badu – Amerykahn Promise (4:16)
2. Erykah Badu – The Healer (3:59)
3. Erykah Badu – Me (5:36)
4. Erykah Badu – My People (3:24)
5. Erykah Badu – Soldier (5:03)
6. Erykah Badu – The Cell (4:20)
7. Erykah Badu – Twinkle (6:56)
8. Erykah Badu – Master Teacher (6:47)
9. Erykah Badu – That Hump (5:24)
10. Erykah Badu – Telephone (7:47)
11. Erykah Badu – Bonus Track (5:20)

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Baduism

1. Erykah Badu – Rimshot (Intro) (1:57)
2. Erykah Badu – On & on (3:46)
3. Erykah Badu – Appletree (4:25)
4. Erykah Badu – Otherside of the game (6:33)
5. Erykah Badu – Sometimes (mix #9) (0:44)
6. Erykah Badu – Next Lifetime (6:26)
7. Erykah Badu – Afro (freestyle skit) (2:04)
8. Erykah Badu – Certainly (4:43)
9. Erykah Badu – 4 leaf clover (4:34)
10. Erykah Badu – No love (5:08)
11. Erykah Badu – Drama (6:02)
12. Erykah Badu – Sometimes… (4:10)
13. Erykah Badu – Certainly (flipped it) (5:26)
14. Erykah Badu – Rimshot (outro) (2:19)

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Live 160

1. Erykah Badu – Rimshot (Intro) (3:50)
2. Erykah Badu – Other Side of the Game (8:22)
3. Erykah Badu – On & On (5:26)
4. Erykah Badu – Reprise (2:14)
5. Erykah Badu – Apple Tree (2:54)
6. Erykah Badu – Ye Yo (6:07)
7. Erykah Badu – Searching (4:26)
8. Erykah Badu – Boogie Nights/All Night (6:03)
9. Erykah Badu – Certainly (7:07)
10. Erykah Badu – Stay (4:58)
11. Erykah Badu – Next Lifetime (Interlude) (1:28)
12. Erykah Badu – Tyrone (3:55)
13. Erykah Badu – Next Lifetime (12:06)
14. Erykah Badu – Tyrone [Extended Version] (5:40)

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Bootleg 2007

1. Erykah Badu – Your Mind (6:38)
2. Erykah Badu – Love Hangover (Diana Ross Cover) (3:28)
3. Erykah Badu – Music Is Everything (0:11)
4. Erykah Badu – Live (4:05)
5. Erykah Badu – Apple Tree Cafe (1:37)
6. Erykah Badu – Didn’t Cha Know (4:17)
7. Erykah Badu – Fly Away Ft Sa Ra & Georgia Anne | (3:58)
8. Erykah Badu – Muldrow (4:12)
9. Erykah Badu – I Want You (8:29)
10. Erykah Badu – Love Of My Life Ft Common (5:37)
11. Erykah Badu – Bag Lady (4:04)
12. Erykah Badu – Hold On Ft Pharoah Monch (3:49)
13. Erykah Badu – You Got Me Ft The Roots (4:40)
14. Erykah Badu – Think Twice Ft Roy Hargrove (2:59)
15. Erykah Badu – Ye-Yo (4:59)
16. Erykah Badu – Today (6:44)
17. Erykah Badu – Never + Your Precious Love Ft D Angelo (3:29)

Mamas Gun

1. Erykah Badu – Penitentiary Philosophy (6:09)
2. Erykah Badu – Didn’t Cha Know (3:58)
3. Erykah Badu – My Life (3:59)
4. Erykah Badu – …& On (3:34)
5. Erykah Badu – Cleva (3:45)
6. Erykah Badu – Hey Sugah (0:51)
7. Erykah Badu – Booty (4:04)
8. Erykah Badu – Kiss Me on My Neck (Hesi) (2:45)
9. Erykah Badu – A.D. 2000 (4:51)
10. Erykah Badu – In Love With You (8:23)
11. Erykah Badu – Bag Lady (6:17)
12. Erykah Badu – Time’s a Wastin (9:35)
13. Erykah Badu – Green Eyes (14:50)
14. Erykah Badu – Bag Lady (7:48)

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Worldwide Underground

1. Erykah Badu – World Keeps Turnin’ (Intro) (1:39)
2. Erykah Badu – Bump It (8:49)
3. Erykah Badu – Back in the Day (Puff) (4:46)
4. Erykah Badu – I Want You (10:53)
5. Erykah Badu – Woo (3:14)
6. Erykah Badu – The Grind (2:49)
7. Erykah Badu – Danger (5:49)
8. Erykah Badu – Think Twice (3:02)
9. Erykah Badu – Love of My Life Worldwide (5:26)
10. Erykah Badu – World Keeps Turnin’ (Outro) (4:04)
11. Erykah Badu – Love Of My Life (An Ode To Hip Hop) (Bonus Track) (3:50)

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Merely mention the name John Coltrane and you’re likely to evoke a deeply emotional, often spiritual response from even the most casual jazz fan.

Born September 23, 1926 in Hamlet, North Carolina, John Coltrane was always surrounded by music. His father played several instruments sparking Coltrane’s study of E-flat horn and clarinet. While in high school, Coltrane’s musical influences shifted to the likes of Lester Young and Johnny Hodges prompting him to switch to alto saxophone. He continued his musical training in Philadelphia at Granoff Studios and the Ornstein School of Music. He was called to military service during WWII, where he performed in the U.S. Navy Band in Hawaii.

After the war, Coltrane began playing tenor saxophone with the Eddie “CleanHead” Vinson Band, and was later quoted as saying, “A wider area of listening opened up for me. There were many things that people like Hawk, and Ben and Tab Smith were doing in the ‘40’s that I didn’t understand, but that I felt emotionally.” Prior to joining the Dizzy Gillespie band, Coltrane performed with Jimmy Heath where his passion for experimentation began to take shape. However, it was his work with the Miles Davis Quintet in 1958 that would lead to his own musical evolution. ” Miles music gave me plenty of freedom,” he once said. During that period, he became known for using the three-on-one chord approach, and what has been called the ‘sheets of sound,’ a method of playing multiple notes at one time.

By 1960 Coltrane had formed his own quartet which included pianist McCoy Tyner, drummer Elvin Jones, and bassist Jimmy Garrison. Eventually adding players like Eric Dolphy, and Pharoah Sanders. The John Coltrane Quartet created some of the most innovative and expressive music in Jazz history including the hit albums: “My Favorite Things,” “Africa Brass,” ” Impressions,” ” Giant Steps,” and his monumental work “A Love Supreme” which attests to the power, glory, love, and greatness of God. Coltrane felt we must all make a conscious effort to effect positive change in the world, and that his music was an instrument to create positive thought patterns in the minds of people.

In 1967, liver disease took Coltrane’s life leaving many to wonder what might have been. Yet thirty-seven years after his departure his music can be heard in motion pictures, on television and radio. Recent film projects that have made references to Coltrane’s artistry in dialogue or musical compositions include, “Mr. Holland’s Opus”, “The General’s Daughter”, “Malcolm X”, “Mo Better Blues”, “Jerry McGuire”, “White Night”, “The Last Graduation”, “Come Unto Thee”, “Eyes On The Prize II” and “Four Little Girls”. Also, popular television series such as “NYPD Blue”, “The Cosby Show”, “Day’s Of Our Lives”, “Crime Stories” and “ER”, have also relied on the beautiful melodies of this distinguished saxophonist.

In 1972, “A Love Supreme” was certified gold by the RIAA for exceeding 500,000 units in Japan. This jazz classic and the classic album “My Favorite Things” were certified gold in the United States in 2001.

In 1982, the RIAA posthumously awarded John Coltrane a Grammy Award of ” Best Jazz Solo Performance” for the work on his album, “Bye Bye Blackbird”. In 1997 he received the organizations highest honor, the Lifetime Achievement Award.

On June 18, 1993 Mrs. Alice Coltrane received an invitation to The White House from former President and Mrs. Clinton, in appreciation of John Coltrane’s historical appearance at the Newport Jazz Festival.

In 1995, John Coltrane was honored by the United States Postal Service with a commemorative postage stamp. Issued as part of the musicians and composers series, this collectors item remains in circulation.

In 1999, Universal Studios and its recording division MCA Records recognized John Coltrane’s influence on cinema by naming a street on the Universal Studios lot in his honor.

In 2001, The NEA and the RIAA released 360 songs of the Century . Among them was John Coltrane’s “My Favorite Things.”

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Following the deaths of Tupac Shakur and the Notorious B.I.G., DMX took over as the reigning, undisputed king of hardcore rap. He was that rare commodity: a commercial powerhouse with artistic and street credibility to spare. His rapid ascent to stardom was actually almost a decade in the making, which gave him a chance to develop the theatrical image that made him one of rap’s most distinctive personalities during his heyday. Everything about DMX was unremittingly intense, from his muscular, tattooed physique to his gruff, barking delivery, which made a perfect match for his trademark lyrical obsession with dogs. Plus, there was substance behind the style; much of his work was tied together by a fascination with the split between the sacred and the profane. He could move from spiritual anguish one minute to a narrative about the sins of the streets the next, yet keep it all part of the same complex character, sort of like a hip-hop Johnny Cash. The results were compelling enough to make DMX the first artist ever to have his first four albums enter the charts at number one.

DMX was born Earl Simmons in Baltimore, MD, on December 18, 1970. He moved with part of his family to the New York City suburb of Yonkers while still a young child. A troubled and abusive childhood turned him violent, and he spent a great deal of time living in group homes and surviving on the streets via robbery, which led to several run-ins with the law. He found his saving grace in hip-hop, starting out as a DJ and human beatbox, and later moved into rapping for a greater share of the spotlight, taking his name from the DMX digital drum machine (though it’s also been reinterpreted to mean “Dark Man X”). He made a name for himself on the freestyle battle scene and was written up in The Source magazine’s Unsigned Hype column in 1991. Columbia subsidiary Ruffhouse signed him to a deal the following year and released his debut single, “Born Loser.” However, a surplus of talent on the Ruffhouse roster left DMX underpromoted, and the label agreed to release him from his contract. He issued one further single in 1994, “Make a Move,” but was convicted of drug possession that same year, the biggest offense of several on his record.

DMX began to rebuild his career with an appearance on one of DJ Clue?’s underground mixtapes. In 1997, he earned a second major-label shot, with Def Jam, and made a galvanizing guest appearance on LL Cool J’s “4, 3, 2, 1.” Further guest spots on Mase’s “24 Hours to Live” and fellow Yonkers MCs the LOX’s “Money, Power & Respect” created an even stronger buzz, and in early 1998, he released his debut Def Jam single, “Get at Me Dog.” The song was a gold-selling smash on the rap and dance charts and paved the way for DMX’s full-length debut, It’s Dark and Hell Is Hot, to debut at number one on the pop charts. Produced mostly by Swizz Beatz, who rode the album’s success to a lucrative career of his own, It’s Dark and Hell Is Hot earned DMX numerous comparisons to 2Pac for his booming, aggressive presence on the mic and went on to sell over four million copies. Not long after the album’s release in May 1998, DMX was accused of raping a stripper in the Bronx but was later cleared by DNA evidence. He went to make his feature film debut co-starring in Hype Williams’ ambitious but unsuccessful Belly.

Before the end of 1998, DMX completed his second album and a pending buyout of Def Jam pushed the record into stores that December. Featuring a controversial cover photo of the rapper covered in blood, Flesh of My Flesh, Blood of My Blood entered the charts at number one and eventually went triple platinum. The following year, DMX hit the road with Jay-Z and the Method Man/Redman team on the blockbuster Hard Knock Life tour. During a tour stop in Denver, a warrant for his arrest was issued in connection with a stabbing, of which he was later cleared; another incident occurred in May, when he was accused of assaulting a Yonkers man who’d allegedly harassed his wife (the charges were once again dropped). More serious charges were brought that summer, when DMX’s uncle/manager was accidentally shot in the foot at a New Jersey hotel. Police later raided DMX’s home and filed animal cruelty, weapons, and drug possession charges against the rapper and his wife; he eventually plea-bargained down to fines, probation, and community service. In the midst of those difficulties, the Ruff Ryders posse — of which DMX was a core, founding member — released a showcase compilation, Ryde or Die, Vol. 1. With contributions from DMX, as well as Eve, the LOX, and multiple guests, Ryde or Die, Vol. 1 debuted at number one in the spring of 1999, further cementing DMX’s Midas touch.

Toward the end of 1999, DMX released his third album, …And Then There Was X, which became his third straight to debut at number one. It also produced his biggest hit single since “Get at Me Dog,” “Party Up (Up in Here),” which became his first Top Ten hit on the R&B charts. The follow-ups “What You Want” and “What’s My Name?” were also quite popular, and their success helped make …And Then There Was X the rapper’s best-selling album to date, moving over five million copies. During its run, DMX returned to the big screen with a major supporting role in the Jet Li action flick Romeo Must Die. In the meantime, he was indicted by a Westchester County, NY, grand jury on weapons and drug charges in June of 2000. He also entangled himself in a lengthy legal battle with police in Cheektowaga, NY (near Buffalo), when he was arrested in March for driving without a license and possession of marijuana. He missed one court date, and when he turned himself in that May, police discovered more marijuana in a pack of cigarettes the rapper had brought with him. He pleaded guilty and was sentenced to 15 days in jail, and his appeal to have the sentence reduced was finally denied in early 2001. After stalling for several weeks, he turned himself in and was charged with contempt of court. He was further charged with assault when, upon learning he would not be let out early for good behavior, he allegedly threw a food tray at a group of prison officers. He later bargained the charges down to reckless assault and paid a fine, and accused guards of roughing him up and causing a minor leg injury.

Not long after DMX’s release from jail, his latest movie, the Steven Seagal action film Exit Wounds, opened at number one in the box office. DMX also contributed the hit single “No Sunshine” to the soundtrack and signed a multi-picture deal with Warner Bros. in the wake of Exit Wounds’ success. With his legal problems finally resolved, he returned to the studio and completed his fourth album, the more introspective The Great Depression. It was released in the fall of 2001 and became his fourth straight album to debut at number one. Although it went platinum quickly, it didn’t have the same shelf life as his previous releases. In late 2002, DMX published his memoirs as E.A.R.L.: The Autobiography of DMX and also recorded several tracks with Audioslave (i.e., the former Rage Against the Machine). One of their collaborations, “Here I Come,” was featured on the soundtrack of DMX’s next film, a reunion with Jet Li called Cradle 2 the Grave. The film opened at number one upon its release in March 2003, and its DMX-heavy soundtrack debuted in the Top Ten. Grand Champ was released six months later, followed by 2006′s Year of the Dog… Again. Just prior to that album’s release, his revealing BET reality program made its debut. A compilation titled Definition of X: Pick of the Litter was issued in June 2007. ~ Steve Huey, All Music Guide

Albums

http://depositfiles.com/files/2iffwxtbu Ryde_Or_Die_Vol._1.rar
http://depositfiles.com/files/bdmtqyy0v We_In_Here.rar
http://depositfiles.com/files/m1ns7ch2a The_Redemption_Vol._4.rar
http://depositfiles.com/files/5bobyc2oc Ryde_Or_Die_Vol._3.rar
http://depositfiles.com/files/qhthb4wky Ryde_Or_Die_Vol._2.rar
http://depositfiles.com/files/jqmbny28w DMX_-_The_Heat_Is_On.rar
http://depositfiles.com/files/fbuz8muzw DMX_-_The_Great_Depression.rar
http://depositfiles.com/files/tazoy3dn8 DMX_-_It_s_Dark_And_Hell_Is_Hot.rar
http://depositfiles.com/files/zzewx0fkh DMX_-_Here_We_Go_Again.rar
http://depositfiles.com/files/wsni5oaij DMX_-_Grand_Champ.rar
http://depositfiles.com/files/7d6959nzj DMX_-_Flesh_Of_My_Flesh,_Blood_Of_My_Blood.rar
http://depositfiles.com/files/ldr5n64ge DMX_-_…And_Then_There_Was_X.rar
http://depositfiles.com/files/aee1uq015 DMX_Fed_Up_And_Movin__On.rar
http://depositfiles.com/files/ouj082fh6 DMX-The_Dogz_Mixtape_Whos_Next-(Bootleg)-2007-.rar
http://depositfiles.com/files/2lgig5ng7 DMX_-_You_ll_Fly_With_Me_Later.rar
http://depositfiles.com/files/r7engte34 DMX_-_Year_Of_The_Dog…_Again.rar
http://depositfiles.com/files/74hy7ckf9 DMX_-_Walk_With_Me_Now.rar
http://depositfiles.com/files/jko3ug99g DMX_-_Unleashed_And_Unreleased.rar
http://depositfiles.com/files/2anian8tb DMX_-_The_X_Files.rar

Singles

http://depositfiles.com/files/fh7ndeu39 DMX_Jay-Z_ft._Nas___DMX_-_Oldskool.rar
http://depositfiles.com/files/wzhnerg6t DMX_get_it_on_the_floor(reggeaton_remix).rar
http://depositfiles.com/files/euxj7dxlj DMX_ft._Troy_Bell_-_Jezus_Loves_Me.rar
http://depositfiles.com/files/100rybt8v DMX_ft._Seal_-_1_Wish.rar
http://depositfiles.com/files/2de72llb5 DMX_ft._DJ_GQ,_Junior_Reid___Dawg_E_Slaughter_-_Bad_Boy.rar
http://depositfiles.com/files/742h3uni7 DMX_-_Touch_It.rar