It's Dark And Hell Is Hot is one of the 15 eras on the community DMX tracker, which runs from Pre-Fame to Unknown Era. The tracker places it after Pre-Fame and before Flesh Of My Flesh, Blood Of My Blood. unreleased.world has 21 tracks from it: 19 full songs and 2 snippets — 1 hr 3 min of music in all.
The tracker dates 4 of these leaks from 1998 to 2026.
“Nas - Grand Finale [V1]” is the longest at 4:22.
Every track streams free in the player; open the album to hear it start to finish.
The community tracker documents all of these 21 tracks, with leak dates for 4 of them and producer credits for 7; it is in the tracklist below.
Tracklist
- 1ATF [V1]Low Quality · Demo · prod. Dame Grease1:51
- 2Open The Door [V2]Low Quality · Demo1:37
- 3Damien [V1]Leaked 1998 · High Quality · OG · prod. Dame Grease3:22
- 4The L.O.X. - Niggaz Done Started Something [V2]Leaked 3/14/2026 · Lossless · Throwaway · prod. Dame Grease3:07
- 5No Sunshine [V1]Low Quality · Demo2:39
- 6Edge Of The Night [V1]Low Quality · Demo3:56
- 7Intro [V1]Leaked 1998 · Abysmal · OG · prod. Irv Gotti, Lil Rob2:51
- 8No Sunshine [V2]Low Quality · OG4:20
- 9Closer [V2]Low Quality · Demo3:42
- 10Mind Of A Dog [V1]Lossless · Demo · prod. PK0:45
- 11It's Murder Murder [V1]Recording · OG3:10
- 12⭐ You Don't Hear Me Though [V2]Lossless · Throwaway · prod. PK3:06
- 13Shut 'Em Down [V1]Low Quality · Demo · prod. Swizz Beatz3:23
- 148-Ball - Pure Uncut (Remix) [V1]Leaked 1998 · High Quality · OG4:05
- 15⭐ Cam'ron - Pull ItLossless · Throwaway3:06
- 16Nas - Grand Finale [V1]High Quality · OG4:22
- 17LL Cool J - 4, 3, 2, 1 [V3]Abysmal · OG3:05
- 18Trigga Da Gambler - The HeistHigh Quality · Feature3:37
- 19Ma$e - 24 Hours To Live [V1]Low Quality · Throwaway2:11
- 20Read About It [Freestyle]Full HQ · Freestyle2:05
- 21Dee Doe - Enter The Darkness [Freestyle]Full LQ · Freestyle2:22
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The It's Dark And Hell Is Hot era
What has surfaced of the 27 entries the tracker files under It's Dark And Hell Is Hot: 7 in full, 9 tagged, 1 partial and 1 as a snippet.
DMX's debut album, released on May 19, 1998. Recording sessions started even before X signed to Def Jam, but went into full force around August 1997. It was produced four singles: "Get at Me Dog" featuring Sheek Louch, "Stop Being Greedy", "Ruff Ryders' Anthem" and "How's It Goin' Down" featuring The LOX and Ma$e.
- 05/??/1997DMX signs to Def Jam Records
- 5/19/1998It's Dark And Hell Is Hot is released
All 14 DMX eras
In the order the community tracker lists them.
- Pre-Fame30 tracks
- It's Dark And Hell Is Hotthis page
- Flesh Of My Flesh, Blood Of My Blood9 tracks
- ...And Then There Was X7 tracks
- The Great Depression2 tracks
- Cradle 2 The Grave5 tracks
- Grand Champ11 tracks
- Never Die Alone Soundtrack2 tracks
- Year of the Dog... Again19 tracks
- Walk With Me Now / You'll Fly With Me Later61 tracks
- Undisputed12 tracks
- Hiatus15 tracks
- Exodus5 tracks
- Unknown Era6 tracks
More unreleased eras
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