Video summary
The video captures a nostalgic and energetic conversation centered around the legendary rapper DMX and his unique, inseparable bond with dogs. The speakers recount vivid memories of DMX's career during his prime hustling era, emphasizing how he was already an independent force before the industry fully recognized him. A central theme throughout the discussion is DMX's reputation as a "dog whisperer," a man who trusted his canine companions more than any human being. The anecdotes describe a lifestyle where dogs were not just pets but essential partners in his daily life, touring on buses filled with animals and accompanying him on every single project he visited.
The narrative details specific stories of DMX's street smarts and his methodical approach to selling mixtapes across various housing projects. He would often leave his dog outside while he went inside to record a freestyle, only for the dog to run back out immediately after the session was complete. This behavior led to bidding wars among buyers who wanted to secure these rare tapes before they could be duplicated and sold elsewhere. The speakers express amazement at how DMX could create fresh-sounding rhymes that listeners felt they had heard long ago, simply by switching up the beats to old lyrics, a testament to his incredible lyrical depth and intuition.
Beyond the business of music, the transcript highlights DMX's deep emotional connection to his animals, describing him as someone who could not survive without them. The speakers share humorous and wild tales of DMX using his dogs to hold people hostage during robberies or tearing up bushes with an intensity that rivals a professional athlete. These stories paint a picture of a complex figure who was feared on the streets yet possessed a gentle, loyal side reserved for his furry friends. Ultimately, the video serves as a tribute to DMX's multifaceted legacy, celebrating both his musical genius and his extraordinary relationship with dogs that set him apart from every other artist in hip-hop history.
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Some of y'all favorite hip hop memories
over the years
>> being
>> I was there for a lot of [ __ ]
>> Being with Big
>> Definitely with the dog.
>> Uh
>> with the dog
>> X DMX. Yeah. Hell
>> yeah.
>> I thought you said DMX with the dog. I'm
like, [ __ ] he took his dog everywhere.
>> Definitely with the dog.
>> He did. He did though.
>> He got a whole tour bus with dogs on it.
More dogs than people.
>> That's fire.
>> He was coming He was coming through with
dogs on tour.
>> That's wild. Eddie was buying more on
tour.
>> That's lit.
>> [ __ ] had mad dogs. He loved them
[ __ ]
>> He robbed [ __ ] with them. He
>> did everything.
>> He's doing that. The youngest
>> robbing [ __ ]
>> With a dog.
>> With his dog.
>> Hell yeah.
>> With his dog.
>> [ __ ] be scared. I'm not saying you
need get that [ __ ] get
that mother. Get in.
>> I went around with X.
>> When I was little, X came to my block. I
got in the cab with him. He went and
robbed like three projects. Not the
whole projects, but he robbed people
with the dog
>> in the cab.
>> Bought me back to the block. didn't rob
the cab driver.
>> He once robbed somebody,
>> right?
>> The dog held the person there when it
robbed somebody else and came back.
>> Yeah. He used to make the dog
>> The dog and you and then go upstairs and
rob the other [ __ ] a two for one with
the dog.
>> This [ __ ] this [ __ ]
>> [ __ ] is crazy. That was
>> so good they can't even put that in a
movie.
>> X used to [ __ ] rip up the bushes and
[ __ ] like like a doggy. Do some wild
[ __ ] dog. X is wild, man.
>> His relationship with his dogs was like
no other though.
>> He was a dog man.
>> He was a dog whisper dog whisper.
>> He was the dog whisper. He invented He's
the dog whisperer.
>> He literally
trust the dog more than any human. Yeah.
>> M
>> dogs are loyal dogs to the building,
>> man. N. Yeah.
>> Dog on.
>> It's a loyal.
>> He He can't survive
>> without a dog. He
>> It was never a time you don't see him
come through without a dog. Full grown
pup something. He needed a dog.
>> So, how did y'all meet him?
>> He was already famous and he was already
like Bruce Springsteen. He was doing he
was rhyming over it like he could come
this is when the hustling era was in his
prime. He could go to every projects in
yo and sell a tape that he put the he
stuffed his [ __ ] in the back and taped
over a luther van and they got nine x
freestyles and the hustlers would give
him anywhere from $80 to $100 for that
one take. Then they go dub the [ __ ] out
of it. Then everybody then he could go
to another project and keep doing it
>> before we anybody before you ever before
he existed to the world.
>> He was doing that
>> DC
>> DC man come on
>> in our town he was already he was
already
>> he was independent before Independent
was out.
>> He was already independent yo he was
already
>> selling tapes $100 a piece
>> easy. You got to be easy though.
>> This outside was outside.
>> And he got the dog.
>> Put the dog.
>> When he get out with the tape, he leave
the dog. He come in there. When he got
the tape, he don't even need the dog cuz
[ __ ] is running up to him. They wanted
it first.
>> Yeah.
>> They doing bidding war. Yo, I got 50. I
got 100. I got this. And and like that.
They wanted that [ __ ] cuz it was new X.
Bro, that'll be a hell of a side quest
to find one of them tapes.
>> Somebody got one.
They got them now and they play [ __ ]
that
>> it's crazy. Is is this a [ __ ] and yo,
my [ __ ] probably got some
>> [ __ ] touch. He still got X round the
books. The rhyme books.
>> How about this X? Them three albums that
went five million is all old rhymes.
>> Yeah. Hell yeah.
>> Yeah. Everything that was new, he been
old.
>> He heard it before.
>> No.
>> Yeah. Just put beats to them. Switch the
beat up.
>> All them. Y'all already heard that long
time ago.
>> But the majority
Yes, sir.
>> All right. Yeah.