We caught up with DMX in July while he was working on his seventh and eighth studio albums, Walk With Me Now and You’ll Fly With Me Later, to speak to him for our “Talking Heads” column in our August/September issue. Dude gave us more gems than we could fit inside the magazine, so here’s the uncut interview, where X talks about his scariest nightmares, how to evade the cops in a Ferrari and most importantly, how to dodge groupies…

Interview by Damien Scott

Complex: What's the scariest nightmare you've ever had?

DMX: Somebody dropped me off in the middle of the ocean. You got about 15 minutes to realize you're dying, you know, just struggling the whole time. Wasn't cool at all.

Complex: Was it a reoccurring dream?

DMX: No, the reoccurring dream is the journey.

Complex: The journey?

DMX: Yeah, like how with video games, you clear each board and you go onto the next one? My dreams are like that. But I've had the same board. Like, I was dreaming about this board three times, you know? It's a journey. When I move on, when I walk out of the picture, a new board appears. And each board has a challenge. I think it's symbolic of my life.

Complex: Damn. On to a lighter subject. What TV shows do you always TiVo?

DMX: South Park. All time favorite TV show ever. I'm the biggest South Park fan in the world. And I'll fight anybody who tells me different than that.

Complex: What's your favorite episode?

DMX: The one with Paris Hilton. Everytime she coughed, she'd cough up cum [Laughs].

Complex: [Laughs.] One of the best. What's your favorite body part on a woman?

DMX: Well, it would have to be the coochie.

Complex: Over titties and ass?

DMX: Yeah, I like ass. But you don't fuck ass though. It's the pussy. Therefore, it gotta be the pussy, know what I mean?

Complex: Touche. What are your top three songs to have sex to?

DMX: I don't even listen to music when I'm fuckin'. I don't have sex. I fuck. You know, when you fuck, there's nothing to focus in on but just fuckin'. There's no song to get you in the mood, there's no rhythm you have to listen to. It's just straight fuckin'. You know what I'm saying? Toss, catch, fuck. Roll over, catch, fuck, you know what I'm saying?

Complex: The toss and catch is kinda extra, but yeah, I feel you. When you were younger, what was the most embarrassing thing to happen to you in school?

DMX: I was a problem in school. I didn't really get embarrassed in school…. It was picture day and I had on a sky blue and white plaid suit with the black elevator shoes and a red stripe down the side.

Complex: And that was embarrassing?

DMX: Yeah, kind of. Because everybody else was dressed like, nicely. And I looked like a fuckin' throwback.

Complex: Well, that's not too embarrassing. Were there any dreams you had as a kid that you wished you pursued?

DMX: There really wasn't any'I wasn't like a kid without a purpose or a plan or anything, but I wanted to do it all. I wanted to be a fireman. I wanted to be a lawyer. I wanted to be a race car driver. I wanted to be a fucking criminal.

Complex: You wanted to be a criminal?

DMX: I wanted to be the best criminal in the world. At 14, I was drawing up plans just to rob the local grocery store. Serious bank shit. Like, “All right, you go around this way. The exit's here. We're gonna come around here. Two people.”

Hit “NEXT” to read part 2 of this interview, including DMX’s thoughts on his reckless driving, and groupies!