Flesh of My Flesh, Blood of My Blood

And he was already-

This is before Flesh of My Flesh.

Like, we ain't never seen nobody do that before, drop two number one al- he was the first living hip hop artist to drop two number one albums in a year.

Never been done before.

It was cool.

That was cool.

Better than Flesh of My Flesh.

Who song was better than that?

In 1999, 20-year-old Eve hit number one in America with her debut album, Ruff Ryders' First Lady.

It was the third chart-topper of 1999 for the red-hot Ruff Ryders label, following DMX's Flesh of My Flesh, Blood of My Blood, and the collaborative Ruff Ryders' Ryde or Die Vol.

1.

Another female rapper did not claim the top spot on the charts until Nicki Minaj did so in 2012.

First album.

The Flesh of My Flesh?

No, no, not that one.

The dark one.

I needed to get him to see my vision.

I was very clear what I wanted for Flesh of My Flesh, Blood of My Blood, which was his album cover.

I envisioned photographs of him in this pool of blood just making these things happen.

And what was difficult was he didn't see it the same way I saw it.

I'm, I'm bugging.

Flesh of My Flesh, Blood of My Blood.

That's the album that sold all them records the first week and was the number one album without a single and without a video, right? I thought that was impressive because of the connection that DMX made to the people.

Let's continue, 'cause I don't wanna go too far off.

He freaked me out.

Here I am listening to Flesh of My Flesh, Blood of My Blood by DMX.

And I'm like, Eminem, a little too much.

Wasn't he a Libra? I feel like I studied him in school and I was like, no way.