DMX is back - still gruff as a Harley, still subtle as a sledgehammer - and he is looking to make this, as his new album title declares, "Year of the Dog ... Again" (Sony Urban).
Trouble is (and wherever the Dog goes these days, there seems to be plenty of trouble), this isn't 1998, when he dominated hip-hop and landed two No. 1 albums in the same year. And today's DMX isn't the same rabid barker from "It's Dark and Hell Is Hot."
Full review here
Listen to "Year of the Dog... Again" here.
Watch "Lord Give Me a Sign" here.