Slippin'

1998 single by DMX

"Slippin'"

Single by DMX

from the album Flesh of My Flesh, Blood of My Blood

B-side

Ruff Ryders' Anthem
How's It Goin' Down

Released

November 27, 1998^[1]

Recorded

1998

Genre

Conscious hip hop
R&B

Length

5:05

Label

Ruff Ryders
Def Jam

Songwriter(s)

E. Simmons

Producer(s)

DJ SHOK

DMX singles chronology

"Grand Finale"
(1998)

"Slippin'"
(1998)

"Money, Cash, Hoes"
(1998)

Music video

Slippin' on YouTube

"Slippin'" is a song by American rapper DMX, released as the first single from his second studio album Flesh of My Flesh, Blood of My Blood (1998). The song peaked at #30 on the UK Singles Chart, and at #60 on the U.S. Billboard Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs.^[2] The song samples "Moonstreams" by Grover Washington Jr. from the 1975 album Feel So Good.

This song includes background vocals from future American Idol contestant Tamyra Gray.

Music video

The song's music video portrays DMX's youth. In 2018, DMX's attorneys showed the video to Judge Jed S. Rakoff in an effort to persuade Rakoff to be lenient when sentencing DMX for tax evasion; Rakoff responded by sentencing DMX to only one year in prison, instead of the five years requested by prosecutors.^[3]

Chart performance

Chart (1999)^[4]	Peak position
U.S. Billboard Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs	60
UK Singles Chart	30

Certifications


Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
United States (RIAA)^[5]	Platinum	1,000,000^‡
^‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

References

^ "DMX – Slippin'".
^ "DMX". Billboard.
^ "Slippin'" played in court before rapper DMX gets a year in prison for tax evasion, by Elizabeth Chuck; at NBC News; published March 29, 2018; retrieved August 10, 2022
^ allmusic DMX > Charts & Awards > Billboard Singles
^ "American single certifications – DMX – Slippin'". Recording Industry Association of America. Retrieved October 25, 2021.