DMX wields words like a baseball bat, hitting rhyme after rhyme with precision and power. On "Blackout", he pounces on an ominous Swizz Beatz instrumental, one-upping JAY Z with bars that turn culinary metaphors into threatening boasts. On "Let Me Fly", he cuts his lines up with his signature staccato delivery, giving the impression of a boxer bobbing and weaving before going in for the knockout.