I’ve had a soft spot for DMX since accidentally purchasing the clean version of X Gon’ Give It to Ya from iTunes: Where every F-word (or M-F-word) was replaced with a muted silence, and every N-bomb with barks or growls.
But just when you think you can’t love the big dog any more he only goes and spits out a unique version of Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer. An instant YouTube phenomenon with two million views in two weeks. Add to the tally here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AXca4WcCzlo
Waving off a print-out of the words “I know the lyrics” X looks up into the distance and half-sings, almost under his breath, as he recalls the names of the reindeer from the depths of his memory “...Dasher and Dancer and Prancer and Vixen...”. Then, after melodically recounting the other sleigh-pullers, his trademark throaty husk takes over as he launches into the carol proper while hammering out a slapped beat, hunched over the desk in front of him.
He even does his own hype: “And if you ever saw it, you
would even say it glows (c’mon, c’mon!)”
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Stay out of my way, Mother-[______]!
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For a tough-guy, jail-bird, hip-hop superstar to cover a Christmas
carol, and such a twee, cuddly one, with such vigour and obvious enjoyment; oh it
just warms my heart.
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Aii yo, where my [WOOF] at?!
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Merry DMXmas! A merry DMXmas to us all!
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