This Holiday season, thank Def Jam and Universal Music for the gift of more music from DMX. With the rapper’s posthumous album, Let Us Pray: Chapter X, set to arrive, December 13.
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According to the album’s official press release, “DMX’s prayers will be accompanied by original music from multi-GRAMMY Award-winning Hip-Hop, R&B, and gospel songwriter/ producer Warryn Campbell.”
Described as an “extraordinary body of work,” that “highlights the spiritual side of the late Hip-Hop legend.” Campbell, “tuning into the power of his words… crafted new original music to accompany the signature prayers of DMX… and instrumentally scored these spoken-word messages straight from the artist’s heart.”
Speaking about the project, Campbell expressed, “Working on Let Us Pray: Chapter X has been one of the most fulfilling experiences for me as a creative. When you hear the voice of DMX, it inspires instant creativity and what better way to showcase who X really was than through prayer.”
Listing off the impressive list of superstars featured on the project. Campbell went on to say, “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 honor and privilege to be part of this amazing work.” The album also features contributions from RoyzNoyz Orchestra.
Let Us Pray: Chapter X, will be released on all digital platforms and in physical configurations, including CD, standard LP, and a limited-edition color variant, exclusively available at select online retailers.
Of the album’s eight tracks, the opener “Favor,” introduces us Let Us Pray. The track is described as boasting “a heavenly harmony from Mary Mary as well as a reflective, powerful, and poetic turn from Killer Mike,” weaved in between DMX’s prayer.
Listen to “Focus,” and check out the rest of tracklist below.
Let Us Pray: Chapter X tracklist:
1. Favor [feat. Killer Mike, Mary Mary, & RoyzNoyz Orchestra]
2. Bear With Me [feat. LeCrae]
3. One Life To Do It [feat. MC Lyte & RoyzNoyz Orchestra]
4. Until I’m Gone [feat. Snoop Dogg, Terrace Martin, & Lena Byrd Miles]
5. Favor (Instrumental)
6. Bear With Me (Instrumental)
7. One Life To Do It (Instrumental)
8. Until I’m Gone (Instrumental)