Grand Champ

Grand Champ
Studio album from DMX
Publication (s)	September 16, 2003
Label (s)	Ruff Ryders Entertainment , Def Jam Recordings
Format (s)	CD , LP
Genre (s)	East coast hip hop
Title (number)	23/24
running time	74:20 / 77:55
production	DMX ( Executive Producer ) Dee (Executive Producer) Waah Dean (Executive Producer) Kanye West Fredwreck Rockwilder No ID Lady Grease among others
chronology The Great Depression (2001) Grand Champ Year of the Dog ... Again (2006)
Single releases January 20, 2003 X Gon 'Give It to Ya August 12, 2003 Where the Hood At? December 30, 2003 Get it on the floor

Grand Champ ( English for: " Grand Master ") is the fifth studio album by the US rapper DMX . It was released on September 16, 2003 on the labels Ruff Ryders Entertainment and Def Jam Recordings .

production

DMX himself and Dee and Waah Dean served as executive producers on the album . Three songs were produced by the Tuneheadz, while Swizz Beatz contributed two instrumentals. Other beats come from a variety of different music producers , including Kanye West , Fredwreck , Rockwilder , No ID and Dame Grease .

Cover design

The album cover is sepia colored and shows an American Pit Bull Terrier . At the top of the picture is the orange lettering DMX and at the bottom of the picture is the title Grand Champ in black on an orange background.

Guest Posts

In addition to DMX, other artists are represented on twelve songs on the album. The rapper and producer Swizz Beatz has a guest appearance in the song Get It on the Floor , while the rappers 50 Cent and Styles P. can be heard on Shut Down . Singer Monica supports DMX on Don't Gotta Go Home and the track Untouchable is a collaboration with Syleena Johnson , Cross, Infa-Red, Sheek Louch and Drag-On . On We're Back , DMX works with rapper Eve and rapper Jadakiss , while singer Patti LaBelle has a guest post on Thank You . The rapper Cam'ron is represented on We Go Hard and other guests are Bashir Fadai, Chinky, Big Stan, Magic and Val.

Track list

#	title	Guest musician	producer	length
1	Dog intro	Bashir Fadai	Darold Trotter	3:32
2	My life	Chinky	Dart La	3:09
3	Where the Hood At		Tuneheadz	4:46
4th	Dogs Out		Kanye West	4:03
5	Get it on the floor	Swizz Beatz	Swizz Beatz	4:22
6th	Come Prepared (Skit)		Jay Jackson, Waah Dean	0:35
7th	Shot down	50 Cent , Styles P.	Fredwreck	3:40
8th	Bring the Noize		Tuneheadz	3:29
9	Untouchable	Syleena Johnson , Cross, Infa-Red, Sheek Louch , Drag-On	Tony Pizarro	6:05
10	Fuck y'all		Ron Browz	3:41
11	Ruff Radio (Skit)		Jay Jackson, Waah Dean	0:43
12	We're back	Eve , Jadakiss	Tuneheadz	4:25
13	Ruff Radio 2 (Skit)		Jay Jackson, Waah Dean	0:18
14th	Rob All Night (If I'm Gonna Rob)		Rockwilder	3:27
15th	We go hard	Cam'ron	No ID	3:36
16	We 'bout to blow	Big Stan	Lady Grease	3:31
17th	The Rain		DJ scratch	3:27
18th	Gotta Go (Skit)		Jay Jackson, Waah Dean	1:07
19th	Don't gotta go home	Monica	Antoine Macon, Ryan Bowser, Mr. Devine, Victor Flowers	4:17
20th	A'Yo Kato	Magic, Val	Swizz Beatz	3:46
21st	Thank you	Patti LaBelle	DMX, Nemo, Ron H, Reggie Flowers, Gerald Flowers, Victor Flowers, Kevin McCord	3:01
22nd	The Prayer V		DMX	1:46
23	On top	Big Stan	Mac G	3:34
24	X Gon 'Give It to Ya (International Bonus Track)		Shatek	3:35

Chart positions Explanation of the data

Albums

Grand Champ   DE 6th 09/29/2003 (20 weeks)   AT 20th 09/28/2003 (4 weeks)   CH 10 09/28/2003 (10 weeks)   UK 6th 09/27/2003 (9 weeks)   US 1 04/10/2003 (24 weeks)

Singles

X Gon 'Give It to Ya   DE 23 05/26/2003 (21 weeks)   AT 62 02/26/2016 (2 weeks)   CH 14th 05/04/2003 (15 weeks)   UK 6th 05/03/2003 (18 weeks)   US 60 02/08/2003 (16 weeks) Where the Hood At?   DE 29 10/20/2003 (8 weeks)   CH 26th 10/19/2003 (7 weeks)   UK 16 10/11/2003 (5 weeks)   US 68 08/23/2003 (8 weeks) Get it on the floor   DE 43 02/09/2004 (8 weeks)   AT 54 02/15/2004 (2 weeks)   CH 26th 02/08/2004 (10 weeks)   UK 34 01/10/2004 (4 weeks)

Chart successes and singles

Grand Champ entered the German charts at number 6 on September 29, 2003 and was at number 14 and 16 in the following weeks. In total, the album stayed in the top 100 for 20 weeks. In the United States, the album rose to number 1 entered the charts and stayed in the top 200 for 24 weeks. Thus, the rapper's first five studio albums all reached the top of the charts in the United States, setting a record on the Billboard charts .

The singles were the songs X Gon 'Give It to Ya , Where the Hood At? and Get It on the Floor .

Sales figures and awards

Grand Champ was awarded a platinum record in the United States for over 1.2 million units sold in the year of publication . In the UK, the album received a gold record for more than 100,000 sales in 2013 .

In addition, the single X Gon 'Give It to Ya was awarded a platinum record for over one million sales in the United States and a gold record in the UK for over 400,000 sales, making it the rapper's most successful track.

reception

Professional reviews
Average rating
source	rating
Metacritic	58%
More reviews
source	rating
laut.de
Rolling Stone
allmusic
RapReviews

Stefan Johannesberg from laut.de rated Grand Champ with four out of a possible five points. Above all, the production of the album is praised (“the beats pump brutally forward until the speakers bleed”). DMX's presentation was "aggressive and full of energy" and the songs were "nicely structured". Most of the guest contributions are also viewed positively.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ album cover
2. ↑ Chart sources: DE AT CH UK US
3. ↑ Chart tracking Grand Champ on officialcharts.de
4. ↑ U.S. sales Grand Champ
5. ↑ US: Platinum
6. ↑ UK: Gold
7. ↑ Rating: metacritic.com
8. ↑ Rating: laut.de
9. ↑ Rating: Rolling Stone ( Memento from December 1, 2008 in the Internet Archive )
10. ↑ Rating: allmusic.com
11. ↑ Review: RapReviews.com