Year of the Dog... Again

Year of the Dog... Again
Studio album by DMX
Released	July 31, 2006 (UK) August 1, 2006 (U.S.)
Recorded	2005-2006
Genre	East Coast hip hop, hardcore hip hop
Length	54:26
Label	Ruff Ryders, Sony Urban, Columbia
Producer	Darrin Dean, Joaquin Dean (Executive Producers) Swizz Beatz, Eddie Timmons, Dame Grease, Scott Storch, Shok, Teflon, Elite , Sean Garrett
DMX chronology
Grand Champ (2003) Year of the Dog... Again (2006) Redemption of the Beast (2011)

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
About	[1]
AllHipHop	[2]
Allmusic	[3]
Entertainment Weekly	(B)[4]
HipHopDX	[5]
RapReviews	(6/10)[6]
Rolling Stone	[7]
Stylus	(B+)[8]
USA Today	[9]
XXL Magazine	[10]

Year of the Dog... Again is a hip hop album released on August 1, 2006. It is the sixth studio album released by Yonkers rap artist DMX. The first singles released from the album were "We in Here" and "Lord Give Me a Sign".

The album debuted at number two on the Billboard 200 chart and number one on the Rap Charts with 125,000 copies sold.^[11]

Track listing

No.	Title	Producer(s)	Length
1.	"Intro"	Dame Grease	1:32
2.	"We in Here"	Swizz Beatz	3:54
3.	"I Run Shit" (feat. Big Stan)	Swizz Beatz	3:56
4.	"Come Thru (Move)" (feat. Busta Rhymes)	Swizz Beatz	3:42
5.	"It's Personal" (feat. Styles P & Jadakiss)	The Tuneheadz	3:44
6.	"Baby Motha" (feat. Janyce)	Swizz Beatz	4:41
7.	"Dog Love" (feat. Amerie & Janyce)	Chad Elliot & Eddie Timmons	3:42
8.	"Wrong or Right? (I'm Tired)" (feat. Bazaar Royale)	Elite	5:24
9.	"Give 'Em What They Want"	Scott Storch	2:46
10.	"Walk These Dogs" (feat. Kashmir)	Dame Grease	2:56
11.	"Blown Away" (feat. Janyce & Jinx)	Divine Bars	4:02
12.	"Goodbye"	Da Gutta Fam	4:50
13.	"Life Be My Song"	Dame Grease	4:02
14.	"The Prayer VI"	DMX	1:30
15.	"Lord Give Me a Sign"	Scott Storch	3:28

Charts

Chart (2006)	Peak position
Australian Albums Chart	32
Austrian Albums Chart[12]	23
Belgian Albums Chart	39
Canadian Albums Chart	4
Dutch Albums Chart[12]	-
French Albums Chart[12]	43
German Albums Chart[12]	7
New Zealand Albums Chart[12]	37
Swiss Albums Chart[12]	7
UK Albums Chart	22
U.S. Billboard 200	2
U.S. Billboard Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums	1
U.S. Billboard Top Rap Albums	1

Notes

• R&B singer Janyce makes three appearances, mainly for backing vocals.
• The album was originally titled "Here We Go Again".
• Only DMX album to not debut at number 1.
• After the song "Wrong or Right (I'm Tired)" at 3:52 there is a segment in which he talks called "Real Talk" about "punks with backpacks, skateboards, and good smoke" and a fat man he is thinking of robbing.
• The song "Wrong or Right (I'm Tired) was originally named "Shit That I Do".
• The track "Who Dat" was rumored to be on the album, but it did not make it on the US version. It appears on UK and Japan versions. "Pump Ya Fist" appears on Japan version of the album.
• A demo version of "I Run Shit" is heard on the Year of the Dog... Again DVD.
• "I Run Shit" was rumored to be the first single for the album.
• "Dog Love" was supposed to feature Keyshia Cole & Amerie, but Sony only allowed Amerie to be on the final version.

References

1. ^ About review
2. ^ AllHipHop review
3. ^ Allmusic review
4. ^ Entertainment Weekly review
5. ^ HipHopDX review
6. ^ RapReviews review
7. ^ Rolling Stone review
8. ^ Stylus review
9. ^ USA Today review
10. ^ XXL Magazine review
11. ^ "'NOW 22' Edges Out DMX's 'Dog' at No. 1" (News report). Billboard. http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/news/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1002984103. Retrieved August 9, 2006. 
12. ^ ^{a b c d e f} "Album performance". AustrianCharts. http://austriancharts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=Aaliyah&titel=Aaliyah&cat=a. Retrieved 2007-05-09.