Exodus, a posthumous DMX album produced by Swizz Beatz, will be released on Def Jam Recordings on May 28th.
The album will be DMX’s first since Undisputed in 2012, and it will feature all-new original material. It will be released on April 9th, nearly two months after DMX’s death.
Although DMX had not released a solo album since Undisputed, he had released a steady stream of singles in the interim, and in 2017, he collaborated on Dog Eats Rabbit with the electronic duo Blackburner. Just before his death, he released a new song titled “X Moves,” which featured Bootsy Collins, Steve Howe, and Ian Paice, as well as an eight-minute EP named “A Dog’s Prayers.” A week later, “Been to War,” a posthumous track from the Godfather of Harlem soundtrack featuring Swizz Beatz and French Montana, was released.
DMX passed away one week after suffering a heart attack that landed him in the hospital and put him in a coma, requiring life support. Swizz Beatz, Kanye West’s Sunday Service Choir, Nas, the Ruff Ryders, and others performed at a public memorial at Brooklyn’s Barclays Center following his death.
Exodus is named after DMX’s son, Exodus Simmons, and the album cover features a photograph by Jonathan Mannion, a longtime collaborator with DMX. There was no other information about the album released, such as a tracklist and potential features.
