It's still dark and hell is still hot.

After four CDs in as many years, barking rapper DMX is starting to sound a bit like an old dog who hasn't learned any new tricks. But then, he doesn't really need to; the old ones are still holding up damn well.

The Great Depression's 19 tracks bump 'n' thump to the usual Jeep-pumping beats; the backing tracks have the usual assortment of brooding synths, old-school grooves and samples, metallic guitar licks, gunshots and sirens; and DMX once again growls, snaps and snarls his street-thug anthems like a rabid hound straining at the leash.

He may be an old dog, but he still has plenty of bite. (More on: DMX).

Track Listing 1. Sometimes
2. School Street
3. Who We Be
4. Trina Moe
5. We Right Here
6. Bloodline Anthem (It's Our Time)
7. Shorty Was The Bomb
8. Damien III
9. When I'm Nothing
10. I Miss You
11. Number 11
12. Pull Up
13. I'ma Bang
14. Pull Out
15. You Could Be Blind
16. The Prayer IV
17. Minute For Your Son, A