: For collectors, vinyl and CD versions are available at the Def Jam Official Store Album Profile Released on December 21, 1999

with 698,000 copies sold in its first week. It eventually earned a 5x Platinum certification , moving over five million units in the US alone. The Story of a Superstar

The year was 1999, and the hip-hop world was on the cusp of a new era. Rappers like Jay-Z, Nas, and The Notorious B.I.G. were dominating the charts, but a new voice was about to emerge. Enter DMX, a young rapper from Mount Vernon, New York, who was ready to take the game by storm.

: Reviewers from AllMusic and RapReviews note that while the album contains his biggest hits, it also showed early signs of the "formula" becoming repetitive. It is often ranked as his second or third best work, trailing behind his classic debut, It's Dark and Hell Is Hot .

: Produced largely by Swizz Beatz, P. Killer Trackz, and Dame Grease, the project balanced gritty street anthems with more introspective, spiritual tracks like "Angel" and "Prayer III".