Stream The Weigh In, DMX’s first full release in six years

Just as Waka Flocka Flame is cementing his position as the most belligerent rapper around, growler of old DMX has re-emerged with a new mixtape.

Big Stan and Tyrese are among the artists rocking up to help out hip-hop’s original snarler (not quite Busta Rhymes and Lil’ Wayne, both mooted to appear on the tape). The collection features the Snoop and Dre-augmented ‘Shit Don’t Change’, plus risible lead track ‘That’s My Baby’. No forward thinking Keyboard Kid 206 beats here: expect the sort of caliginous, pro-forma instrumentals that big-league rappers couldn’t get enough of around the turn of the millennium. Nothing about The Weigh In is contemporary enough to worry the new guard – DMX is still writing songs called ‘Where My Dogs At’ – but his howling and yowling still has the capacity to entertain. [via SoulCulture]