Issue date: Dec 26, 1999

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SPIN PICKS
The editors of SPIN magazine dissect pop culture

PRODUCT
Cell-phone accessories, new in stores
Make your cell-phone experience more courteous and ergonomic: The Vibra Clip shakes instead of ringing obnoxiously, and the Hands-Free earpiece enables multi-tasking without awful neck scrunching. Available at Celltoyz.com for $19.97 each.

CD
DMX, And Then There Was X, new in stores
The hardest-working thug in the music business is back with more tales of struggle and anthems of survival. Last year, DMX and his Ruff Ryders posse led a revolution against champagne-sippin', designer clothes-wearin' rappers with his debut, It's Dark and Hell Is Hot, and its follow-up, Flesh of My Flesh, Blood of My Blood. With more ferocious rhymes and penetrating beats, he continues to take rap out of the penthouse and back to the streets.

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