Longtime collaborators and Ruff Ryders associates Swizz Beatz and DMX recently appeared on BET’s 106 & Park. The two spoke about a variety of issues, including X’s journey, their closeness and they also premiered X’s new video for “Last Hope.”
“I’m like a proud brother,” Swizz said of X’s return to Hip Hop. “This is my brother for life. Ups, downs, we’ve been around, doing our thing for like 20 years. I’m here for support. This is my brother for life, no matter what.”
DMX was also asked to comment on Hip Hop’s current state and if he would change with the times.
“Different,” he said of how he views the game, before saying he isn’t changing. “I’m gonna do what I do. I got a fan base. I love my fans. They love me. I’ve got a pretty good understanding of what I’m here for.”
He was also asked what he thinks of today’s most prominent Rap stars, specifically Drake and Lil Wayne, among others.
“I’m just going to be honest. I really don’t think about other rappers. No offense, no disrespect but I don’t think about them. I’d rather focus on what I’m seeing, the message I need to get across.”
Swizz also spoke on what fans can expect from X’s new work.
“Expect the unexpected. Expect the new and improved. Expect Hip Hop. Expect real music. Expect the message…Expect the Dog to be back.”
For more from the interview, check below. Video provided by Yardie.
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LOL@ 106 and park. that show, or none of the people in the audience, are gonna support X, or any other hip-hop artist from out era. that show alone made me stop watching BET. Where is rap city?
hit the nail on the head. 106 has been about trends and the newest garbage the high school kids support, they’re sensors are too strict to support the genuine product. No X fan has been in that audience for years.
lol at those eraser heads in the back
look like young tree stumps lmao. X gonna give it to ya!
bet shed love him to fill her void…
BUbblegum rappers this is your warning and your death sentence peace to the corney ass rappers
damn was busta the only one reppin NY in the cypher last nite
the south was all over that junt
Damn X only one on the hole show that no how to dress.
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Joell, Busta & Reek all NY
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I’m with you on that X is not ALL TIGHT EVERYTHIN thank fuck even Swizz followin the camp camp
Damn! A week or two ago, I saw a video on another site, where DMX was being asked about that “I’M Gay” album title and dude was licking his lips, shifting all over the place and just looking like a crack head. In this video, dude is a much better. Stay on the right path X.
Cue the ten trillionth comment about how he hasn’t put anything good out since “It’s Dark and Hell Is Hot”, X fell off, he doesn’t have it anymore, blah blah blah. In my opinion, everything he’s done has been great. He’s still one of my favorites. Hell, I’d take X at his worst any day over Justin Bieber, Lady Gaga, Soulja Boy, and the other candy-coated fluff nonsense of mainstream popular music.
i’ll cop whatever X drops. it’s a respect thing. y’all kids wouldn’t know. y’all would rather shit on X, and make fun of his troubles. i appreciate him for the classic music he delivered. he changed time. and every x album has bangers, real fans know that. kids that shit on x just running with the crowd. hip hop got no respect for the legends, soon as you get old or slip up, your fans act like they never fucked with you. meanwhile rollingstones old asses still selling out stadiums. stay up x.
same clowns that just sat there and looked dumbfounded when heavy d performed at the awards.
im feling like its 1998 again.
hard denim set looking mean X,thats my style, swizz was dressed like a 14 yr old boy lol.