Why DMX. Why now.

The 2Pac series has been the whole thesis for a year. But it was never meant to be the only door. DMX is the other side of the same weight — same warrior register, different pain temperature. Where Pac was watched, X was hunted. Both understood the night. Both understood that survival is a rhythm section, not a vocabulary.

This is the first original in the catalog that opens the door beyond 2Pac. If it lands, expect more. Warrior lineage isn't a series of one.

About the production

Original. My hands from the ground up. Inspired by DMX's Get It on the Floor — the 2003 record — but reengineered for the drive that never ends. The kick is dry and forward. The bassline growls at the bottom like X used to. The pad rides high and cold above it, keeping the deep house architecture intact.

I kept the tempo just under 122 BPM. Fast enough to move, slow enough that you can hear the growl work. There's a bark-shaped percussive element in bars 33-48 that isn't a sample — I built it. Because the whole point was to make the influence audible without borrowing the voice.

"Some warriors get watched. Others get hunted. Both drive at night."
// The way this was meant to be heard

The growl lives in the low end. Give it room.

Get It on the Floor is a bass-first track — the entire DMX register only lands if the low end can breathe. Phone speakers turn it into a metronome. What restores it:

  • JBL BassPro Hub — powered sub for the growl to move air.
  • Sony WH-CH720N — noise cancelling for late-night solo drives.
  • Audio-Technica ATH-M20x — mid clarity for the percussive bark work.

Full night-drive setup on the Gear page.

See the Night Drive Gear →

Where it sits in the catalog

Eighth original overall — and first non-2Pac original. Joins All Eyez On Me, Pray 4 Me, Only Fear of Death, Yol, Ember, Vow, and Lose Yourself.

DMX also appears in the earlier remix Ruff Ryders' Anthem — but that was Pac × X together. This one is X alone. Different register. Different heat. Same night drive.

For who this is