12 Classic DMX Songs I remember in the late 90s when DMX dropped. In 1998 I was a freshman on the air at Columbia College Chicago's radio station WCRX 88.1 FM. And I played the remix to LL Cool J's song "4,3,2,1". That was the first time I heard the deep gravel-toned voice of DMX on a song. Not knowing he was on several other records before that, it was at that moment when I got turned on to the dog. From there, in '98 he went on to be the first artist to release two albums with both going multi-platinum in the same year.