The Great Depression
by DMX
Metascore
62

Generally favorable reviews - based on 10 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 4 out of 10
  2. Mixed: 6 out of 10
  3. Negative: 0 out of 10
  1. CDNow
    80
    Beyond the music, X's sincere subject matters keep the album enticing.
  2. AllMusic
    80
    Surely one of the rap game's most insightful voices.... The beats offer plenty of fresh surprises and the lyrics reflect DMX's increasing focus on introspection.
  3. Uncut
    70
    The music remains a potent mix of stuttering party anthems and post-Biggie street sermons. [Feb 2002, p.114]
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  5. Entertainment Weekly
    67
    He's undercut by... undistinguished beats, bank-account boasts, and R&B hooks that seem incongruously grafted on for hit potential.
  6. Spin
    60
    The thrills come when he jumps off the cross and gets on the dance floor. [Nov 2001, p.129]
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  7. Q Magazine
    60
    With regular producer Swizz Beatz virtually absent here, this fourth album is definitely mixed. [Dec 2001, p.121]
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  8. Sonicnet
    60
    Filled with the sort of aggressive, testosterone-fueled rage that has helped make DMX the Henry Rollins of hardcore hip-hop.
  9. Rolling Stone
    50
    DMX is stuck at the crossroads that confronts every rapper trying to keep it real when reality no longer plays like an action movie.
  10. New Musical Express (NME)
    50
    This is easily the weakest DMX release to date.
  11. PopMatters
    40
    The most depressing thing about this album is that DMX's passion for rhyming seems to have been eclipsed by his success.

Awards & Rankings

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#57 Most Shared Album of 2001

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User Score
7.8

Generally favorable reviews- based on 13 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 11 out of 13
  2. Mixed: 1 out of 13
  3. Negative: 1 out of 13
  1. RonaldOVOXO
    Feb 24, 2012
    10
    DMX knows how to make classic albums. This album is a 10/10. DMX's lyrics are genius and also the beats. Now a days we need these classicDMX knows how to make classic albums. This album is a 10/10. DMX's lyrics are genius and also the beats. Now a days we need these classic albums the rejuvenate hip-hop again… Full Review »
  2. GodGod
    Jun 21, 2004
    10
    Hello everyone, this is God speaking, DMX is AWESOME!!!!!!
  3. FayyazV.
    Jun 21, 2002
    10
    X is the best rapper out there...he aint goin for this bling bling stuff, he goes deeper and that makes him great
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