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October 31, 2001 - HitsDailyDouble.com reports DMX just edged over the 500,000 expected sales for the opening week of The Great Depression putting the album in the #1 spot by far in this week's charts. Ja Rule's Pain is Love dropped to #6 with 127,401 and Jay Z at #12 with 76,620 copies of The Blueprint sold.

October 31, 2001 - Sarah Rodman of The Boston Herald was on hand at last night's MonsterJam but unfortunately DMX and Bubba Sparxxx, both scheduled on the FleetCenter bill didn't. In their place, Eve, Missy Elliot, and Craig David provided a good show leading up to Sean Puffy Combs.

October 30, 2001 - MTV was on hand for the Power 99 (WUSL-FM)'s annual concert, PowerHouse in Philadelphia, which featured a headlining show by DMX. Read more.

October 30, 2001 - Davey D. put out a new column today with updates on the Coup's Hip Hop Peace concert at San Francisco's Delores Park this weekend, the latest on DMX and Dr. Dre's apology too. Check it out here.

October 26, 2001 - Sonia Murray of The Atlanta Journal-Constitution wasn't impressed with DMX's latest, "The Great Depression," saying of the rapper's latest work, "DMX's former bullets are often so sluggish, repetitive and predictable it's as if they could easily be snatched out of the air." Murray added, "Much of the rapper's signature energy seems sapped." Read her full review here.

October 25, 2001 - Probably not a shock to anyone given that the #1 artist in the country this week is gonna have a hard time getting cities to authorize a free tour where fans will frantically drive to secret locations at blazing speeds with crowd sizes being anyone's guess in the process. New York said no way to DMX's request to play the free show in his home town, according to MTV.com. He did stop by though in the Big Apple for a autograph session at an HMV record store. Read more.

October 25, 2001 - DMX talked to Katrillion.com about his secret to writing his raps, including such advice as "Write from the heart" and "Write about real feelings." Check out more here.

October 25, 2001 - Hits magazine suggest early reports indicate DMX's new album The Great Depression will have 500,000 album sales for the week, putting it solidly in the number 1 spot on next week's album charts. As for this week, Ja Rule's Pain is Love came in at #4 (151,000 sales) behind the God Bless America tribute album and Enya's Day Without Rain. Other rap acts in the charts include Jay-Z at #7 and Bubba Sparxxx falling from #3 to #11.

October 24, 2001 - Reports from allhiphop.com indicate that K-Solo is coming down on DMX for what he alleges that X copied his "spelling" style while they were both locked up. DMX has said he isn't going to bring their beef public to "raise [K-Solo's career] from the dead." Read more.

October 23, 2001 - The entire DMX The Great Depression is currently available for streaming on BET.com. Full versions of all the songs instead of the usual 30 second clips, though in Read Media format. And yeah, it's DMX, so of course it kicks ass! Listen here. I wouldn't expect it to be posted forever so be sure to listen soon and often.

October 23, 2001 - The New York Post profiled DMX Saturday and the rapper admits he's trying to ditch his bad side saying, "I'm losing the evil. The good and evil [in me] was always even. I had to keep it even in order to survive. What I'm realizing is that it doesn't have to be even." Read more.

October 16, 2001 - DMX will be the subject of BET's next Access Granted episode as they'll preview the second video from "The Great Depression" entitled "Who We Be." The DMX episode premieres on BET October 16 at 9 p.m. EST. Click herefor a preview.

October 9, 2001 - The New York Post reports that they've heard DMX showed up at Blender magazine's cover photo shoot with 20 friends, a stripper, several automatic weapons and some beer.

October 6, 2001 - DMX has announced he'll be touring along the east coast of the United States for free for his 'Hoodstock' tour. X will be performing atop an 18 wheeler truck with shows that begin October 12 in Washington DC and ends on November 1 in Atlanta. Listen to local radio for dates and times.. but because they're free shows, look for very brief, and very late notification.

October 6, 2001 - The New York Daily News reports DMX and his four bodyguards arrived at the party to celebrate Ja Rule's album release for 'Pain is Love' only to be stopped by NV Club's security as the DMX posse were carrying 4 guns. After an argument with the manager, the guards agreed to leave their guns at the door. Also partying it up were of course Ja Rule, and rapper Eve, and the now skeletal Whitney Houston. 

October 3, 2001 - WireImage.com has 5 photos of DMX posing in front of a car in Los Angeles on Monday. Not sure why he was there or photographed? Check them out here.

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