Grand Champ - DMX
  • Band Name: DMX
  • Record Label: Def Jam
  • Release Date: Sep 16, 2003
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Metascore
58 out of 100

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9.1 out of 10

Universal acclaim- based on 61 Ratings

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  • Summary: The hardcore rapper returns with his fifth studio album, hoping to duplicate the #1 success of each of his four previous LPs.

Critic Reviews

Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 6 out of 12
  2. Mixed: 6 out of 12
  3. Negative: 0 out of 12
  1. Mojo
    70
    As fine as anything he's done, but overall Grand Champ makes too many R&B concessions to be a fitting epitaph to his record-breaking career. [Nov 2003, p.129]
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  2. Launch.com
    70
    His big voice and big, good-vs-evil themes now need the gold lame beats of Grand Champ to deliver one last howling high.
  3. Blender
    70
    His most relentlessly aggressive album yet. [Oct 2003, p.119]
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  4. All Music Guide
    60
    Not quite the big comeback DMX needed at this point in his quietly sagging rap career, Grand Champ regardless has its share of highlights.

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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 49 out of 53
  2. Mixed: 1 out of 53
  3. Negative: 3 out of 53
  1. Stainlesssteel
    10
    Dis may not be DMX's best album but it still deserves a 10.If he desides to come out of retirement I would like to see him mix it up a bit more on his next album.… Expand
  2. BatmanDoofy
    10
    This is Awesome its DMX!!!!!!!!
  3. VishalP
    8
    this is a gr8 album, definately worth buyin' but "it's dark and hell is hot" is better. I think DMX has done excellent in hip-hop, but now that he's goin, his time has passed...and 50 CENT IS THE FUTURE!!! g-g-g-g-g UNIT!!!! … Expand
  4. AdamC
    4
    I agree with a critic for once. Yeah this was a long album, too bad it wasn't one you didn't want to end. I found one maybe two possible single out of the whole thing, the rest sound ALOT alike. Had high expectations for this one, maybe next time.… Expand

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