About
Yonkers' Earl Simmons. The growl, the prayer, the bark, the broken heart. 'It's Dark and Hell Is Hot' (1998) and 'Flesh of My Flesh, Blood of My Blood' both went #1 in the same year; he is the only rapper in history to have his first five albums debut at #1. The Ruff Ryders era, the Method Man / Redman / DMX 'How High' co-signing, the genuinely evangelical Christian preaching, the addiction battles, the relentless prayer-as-album-track tradition. We lost him in 2021. Few rappers have ever sounded that raw, before or since.
Tracks featured on snoopspecial
2 tracks of theirs made it onto 6 snoopspecial playlists , spanning 2011–2020. Each one was sequenced into a mix by hand — no algorithmic suggestions, no auto-recommendations.
- Party Up Road Trip in Astoria (2020) Top Songs of 2018 (2020) Road Trip April 2017 - Partying (2017) NFL Pump Up! (2015) House Party 2011 Mix (2011)
- Money, Power and Respect (feat. DMX and Lil' Kim) - Greatest Hits Version Weekend Kickoff Nov 2016 (2016)