Exodus May 2021 DMX
Exodus the album is a mature spiritual journey as told through the poetry of Hip-Hop, an original Black Hebrew art form, interwoven with word-play and innovative music arrangements. This album explores the spiritual experience of the Hebrew people here in America and worldwide, from the graphic stories of ghetto life, to the intimate interactions between brothers, fathers and sons, to the romantic Solomonic escapades between lovers that's free of restraint and that is felt by a truly free people or a couple experiencing freedom and healing in each others embrace as God intended it to be.
The album digs deep into the loneliness of one's spiritual odyssey that at times is full of opposites, like rain then the sunshine, like pain then the joy, or laughter and tears, of missed opportunity and the hope that it's not too late. Yet, despite this loneliness, it encourages us not to cling to the worldly interpretation of joy by chasing after money, bitches, and the preservation of self through betrayal and lies. Instead, the album urges unity like that seen in the love between a man and his woman, where they continually hold each others down, even when it rains in their lives. Or the wholeness that comes with the joy of hearing your child's voice, as if you were hearing and seeing the next generation of beautiful people, who will be sincere in their love for each others and the people.
There is a message between the lyrics and the lines over the beats in this album, which is an enduring trait of "DMX" Earl Simmons's music. But to hear it you have to listen-and that carefully, because the message is very subtle and not easily heard. However, DMX clearly states his message by ending Exodus with a prayer.
I believe he was trying to tell us, the current and next generation of believers, to seek out the deeper things in this life till we find God for ourselves and not to be deceived by this current evil world( Gal. 1:3,4). DMX left us a masterpiece and a roadmap. The question is, will we follow?
Zarach-
DMX - Walking In The Rain (Audio) ft. Nas, Exodus Simmons, Denaun - YouTube
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