Release date for posthumous DMX album ‘Let Us Pray: Chapter X’ confirmed
The late New York emcee DMX was a formidable force in hip-hop, and his early demise shook the culture. However, since his death, fans have been gifted one posthumous project, Exodus. That said, it has now been confirmed that a second posthumous album, Let Us Pray: Chapter X, will be released on December 13th.
The project will be released on Def Jam and is set to feature eight tracks, all of which have been produced by Warryn Campbell. The name, in fact, signals what the album will deliver as it is a combination of DMX’s prayers alongside new exciting verses from legends such as Snoop Dogg, Killer Mike and MC Lyte, to name a few.
The executive producer, Warryn Campbell, recently spoke about how much he enjoyed working on the project, stating, “Working on Let Us Pray: Chapter X has been one of the most fulfilling experiences for me as a creative.”
The beatmaker has also previously worked with acclaimed names including the likes of Kanye West, Alicia Keys and Missy Elliott.
He continued, “When you hear the voice of DMX, it inspires instant creativity and what better way to showcase who X really was than through prayer.” Campbell then spoke about how grateful all the contributors were to be involved, adding, “I believe I can speak for MC Lyte, Killer Mike, Snoop Dogg, Lecrae, Mary Mary, Lena Byrd Miles and Terrace Martin when I say it was an honour and privilege to be part of this amazing work.”
Another contributor who helped Warryn was DMX’s close friend and longtime collaborator, Swizz Beatz. The esteemed producer unveiled in 2021 that he had a lot of material for posthumous albums, telling HipHopDX, “We have other songs. Can we make a new X album? For sure! Will I make another X album? I don’t know. It has to feel good.”
Speaking about 2021’s Exodus project, Swizz Beatz explained, “He actually produced and had all of the direction. A lot of people wanted to see X go harder, stronger — they even blamed me for it. But it’s actually what he wanted to do. He was like, ‘Yo, I don’t wanna shoot up and kill everybody in a verse — that’s not what I’m doing.’ He was preparing to go to the next level and do TV shows, and he was preparing to graduate his brand.”
Swizz Beatz, in fact, insisted that he was going into a more gospel-orientated direction, unveiling, “This is the music that X really listened to that people don’t know. They think he was just listening to ‘shoot ’em up, bang, bang’ music all day.”