# Slippin'

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{{Short description|1998 single by DMX}}
{{Infobox song
| name       = Slippin'
| cover      = DMXSlippin.jpg
| alt        =
| type       = single
| artist     = [DMX](/source/DMX)
| album      = [Flesh of My Flesh, Blood of My Blood](/source/Flesh_of_My_Flesh%2C_Blood_of_My_Blood)
| B-side     = {{hlist|[Ruff Ryders' Anthem](/source/Ruff_Ryders'_Anthem)|[How's It Goin' Down](/source/How's_It_Goin'_Down)}}
| released   = November 27, 1998<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://genius.com/Dmx-slippin-lyrics|title = DMX – Slippin'}}</ref>
| recorded   = 1998
| studio     =
| genre      = {{hlist|[Conscious hip-hop](/source/Conscious_hip-hop)|[R&B](/source/R%26B)}}
| length     = 5:05
| label      = {{hlist|[Ruff Ryders](/source/Ruff_Ryders_Entertainment)|[Def Jam](/source/Def_Jam_Recordings)}}
| writer     = E. Simmons
| producer   = DJ SHOK
| prev_title = [Grand Finale](/source/Grand_Finale_(song))
| prev_year  = 1998
| next_title = [Money, Cash, Hoes](/source/Money%2C_Cash%2C_Hoes)
| next_year  = 1998
| misc       = {{External music video|{{YouTube|9Ww-TQUeA3E|Slippin'}} }}
}}
"'''Slippin''''" is a song by American rapper [DMX](/source/DMX), released as the first single from his second studio album ''[Flesh of My Flesh, Blood of My Blood](/source/Flesh_of_My_Flesh%2C_Blood_of_My_Blood)'' (1998). The song peaked at #30 on the [UK Singles Chart](/source/UK_Singles_Chart), and at #60 on the U.S. ''Billboard'' [Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs](/source/Hot_R%26B%2FHip-Hop_Songs).<ref>{{Cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/artist/dmx/chart-history/bsi/|title = DMX|magazine = [Billboard](/source/Billboard_(magazine))}}</ref> The song samples "Moonstreams" by [Grover Washington Jr.](/source/Grover_Washington_Jr.) from the 1975 album [''Feel So Good''](/source/Feels_So_Good_(Grover_Washington%2C_Jr._album)).

This song includes background vocals from future ''[American Idol](/source/American_Idol)'' contestant [Tamyra Gray](/source/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](/source/Jed_S._Rakoff) in an effort to persuade Rakoff to be lenient when sentencing DMX for [tax evasion](/source/tax_evasion); Rakoff responded by sentencing DMX to only one year in prison, instead of the five years requested by prosecutors.<ref name=Rakoff>[https://www.nbcnews.com/pop-culture/pop-culture-news/slippin-played-court-rapper-dmx-gets-year-prison-tax-evasion-n861121 "Slippin'" played in court before rapper DMX gets a year in prison for tax evasion], by Elizabeth Chuck; at [NBC News](/source/NBC_News); published March 29, 2018; retrieved August 10, 2022</ref>

==Chart performance==
{| class="wikitable"
!align="left"|Chart (1999)<ref>[{{AllMusic|class=artist|id=p68246|pure_url=yes}} allmusic DMX > Charts & Awards > Billboard Singles]</ref>
!align="left"|Peak<br />position
|-
|align="left"|U.S. ''Billboard'' [Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs](/source/Hot_R%26B%2FHip-Hop_Songs)
|align="center"|60
|-
|align="left"|[UK Singles Chart](/source/UK_Singles_Chart)
|align="center"|30
|-
|}

==Certifications==
{{Certification Table Top}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=United States|title=Slippin'|artist=DMX|type=single|award=Platinum|relyear=1998|certyear=2021|accessdate=October 25, 2021}}
{{Certification Table Bottom | nosales=true|noshipments=true|streaming=true}}

==References==
{{Reflist}}

{{DMX}}
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Category:1998 songs
Category:1998 singles
Category:DMX songs
Category:Ruff Ryders Entertainment singles
Category:Def Jam Recordings singles
Category:Songs written by DMX

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