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The Definition of X: The Pick of the Litter

The Definition of X: The Pick of the Litter is the first greatest hits album by American rapper DMX. It was released on June 12, 2007, by Def Jam Recordings. Production was handled by Swizz Beatz, Dame Grease, P. Killer Trackz, Black Key, DJ Shok, DJ Scratch, Irv Gotti, Nokio, Self, Shatek King and Tuneheadz. It features guest appearances from The Lox, Drag-On, Jay-Z, Sisqó and Swizz Beatz.

Track listing
;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==
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==
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