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Will Lavin of NME gave the album another positive review, calling it 'a wonderful tribute record loaded with stellar individual moments', although he criticized the album for being 'a little unfinished at times'. However, he criticized certain parts of the album for being 'strangely bleak'. Īlexis Petridis gave Exodus a positive review, remarking that the album 'feels far more like a bold restatement of core values than an attempt to follow trends'. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized score out of 100 to ratings from publications, the album received a mean score of 71 based on 11 reviews, indicating 'generally favorable reviews'.

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Exodus was released on May 28, 2021.Ĭritical reception Professional ratings Aggregate scoresĮxodus received generally positive reviews from critics. On May 25, the album's first official single, 'Hood Blues' was released, which contains features from New York rappers Westside Gunn, Benny the Butcher, and Conway the Machine, credited as Griselda.

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On April 16, the song 'Been to War' by DMX along with Swizz Beatz and French Montana was released as part of the soundtrack for the television series Godfather of Harlem. On April 9, 2021, the day of DMX's death, the song ' X Moves' was released. Its track listing was revealed on May 14, 2021, by Swizz Beatz on Instagram. The album shares its title with DMX's son and its cover was shot by photographer Jonathan Mannion.

Following DMX's death, his Instagram account released a post with the caption '5/28 The Legacy continues.#ExodusAlbum'. Late rapper Pop Smoke was set to appear on the album, but his verse ended up being used in a different song. Musicians Bono, Griselda, and Lil Wayne, as well as DMX's daughter, Sonovah appear on the album.

We hadn’t done something like this for over 13 years, that type of togetherness in the studio every day. The nighttime is just - a lot of things are probably on his mind at that time. During the recording of the album, DMX would only record in the daytime, according to Swizz Beatz. Swizz Beatz is the executive producer of the album. He recorded Exodus in American rapper Snoop Dogg's studio, in Los Angeles, California. Work had commenced on Exodus prior to the death of DMX. His manager, Steve Rifkind, stated Simmons was comatose and that he was set to undergo tests to determine his brain's functionality and his family will 'determine what's best from there'. Simmons' former manager, Nakia Walker, said he was in a ' vegetative state' with 'lung and brain failure and no current brain activity'. That same night, Simmons suffered cerebral hypoxia (oxygen deprivation to his brain) as paramedics attempted to resuscitate him for 30 minutes. The next day, his attorney Murray Richman confirmed Simmons was on life support. On April 2, 2021, at approximately 11:00 pm, DMX was rushed to White Plains Hospital, where he was reported to be in critical condition following a heart attack at his home possibly resulting from a drug overdose.

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