The Definition of X: The Pick of the Litter

;Sample credits • Track 3 contains samples from "Everything Good to You" written by Sam Taylor and performed by B. T. Express • Track 4 contains samples from "My Hero Is a Gun" written by Michael Masser and performed by The Temptations • Track 9 contains samples from "Young Gifted & Black" written and performed by Antonio "Big Daddy Kane" Hardy • Track 12 contains samples from "Heartbeat" written and performed by Taana Gardner • Track 14 contains samples from "Will She Meet the Train in the Rain" written by Leonard Perry, Katie Davis and Mallory Cowart, and performed by Greg Perry • Track 19 contains samples from "Moonstream" written and performed by Grover Washington Jr. ;Notes • Tracks 1, 7, 12, 16 and 19 are from Flesh of My Flesh, Blood of My Blood © 1998 • Track 1 is originally titled as "Prayer II: Ready to Meet Him" • Tracks 2, 3, 4, 5 and 20 are from ''It's Dark and Hell Is Hot'' © 1998 • Tracks 6, 8, 10, 15 and 18 are from ... And Then There Was X © 1999 • Track 6 is listed as "What You Want" on the clean version of the album • Tracks 9 and 14 are from Grand Champ © 2003 • Track 11 is from Cradle 2 the Grave © 2003 • Tracks 13 and 17 are from The Great Depression © 2001 ==Personnel==

• Earl "DMX" Simmons – performer • Sean "Sheek Louch" Jacobs – performer (tracks: 3, 7) • Lovey Ford – backing vocals (track 5) • Schamika Grant – backing vocals (track 5) • Mark "Sisqó" Andrews – performer (track 6) • Shawn "Jay-Z" Carter – performer (track 7) • David "Styles P" Styles – performer (track 7) • Jason "Jadakiss" Phillips – performer (track 7) • Dustin Adams – additional vocals (track 13) • Melvin "Drag-On" Smalls – performer (track 16) • Kaseem "Swizz Beatz" Dean – performer (track 16), producer (tracks: 2, 7, 10, 12, 16, 18) • Tamyra Gray – additional vocals (track 19) • Cliff Branch – keyboards (track 5) • Kenya Miller – programming (track 6) • Damon "Dame Grease" Blackman – producer (tracks: 3, 20), additional producer (track 4) • Anthony "P. Killer Trackz" Fields – producer (tracks: 4, 5), additional producer (track 3) • Tamir "Nokio" Ruffin – producer (track 6) • Edward "Self" Hinson – producer (track 8) • Irving "Irv Gotti" Lorenzo – producer (track 8) • Eriberio Serrano – producer (track 9) • Shatek King – producer (track 11) • Michael "Black Key" Davis – producer (tracks: 13, 17) • George "DJ Scratch" Spivey – producer (track 14) • Michael "DJ Shok" Gomez – producer (tracks: 15, 19) • Melvin "Hip" Armstead – co-producer (track 13) • Justice Johnson – recording (track 2) • Richard Keller – mixing (tracks: 2, 5, 9–12, 15–20), recording (tracks: 7, 12, 16, 19) • D'Anthony Johnson – recording (tracks: 3, 4), mixing (track 3) • Ken "Duro" Ifill – mixing (tracks: 4, 7, 8) • "Prince" Charles Alexander – recording (track 5) • Tony Smalios – mixing (track 6) • Adam Gazzola – recording (tracks: 7, 12, 16, 19), mixing (track 19) • Dragan Čačinović – recording & mixing (tracks: 9, 14) • Chris Theis – recording (tracks: 10, 11, 15, 18) • Jaime Weddle – recording (tracks: 13, 17) • Otto D'Agnolo – recording (tracks: 13, 17) • Brian Stanley – mixing (track 13) • Tony Dawsey – mastering • Dawud West – art direction, design • Jonathan Mannion – photography • Mark Mann – photography • Tara Podolsky – A&R • Leesa D. Brunson – A&R • Antoinette Trotman – management • Ian Allen – management • Nicole Wyskoarko – management • Rob Caiaffa – marketing • Andy Proctor – package production manager ==Charts==