Ruff Ryders, the label that's home to such acts as DMX, the Lox, and the newcomer Eve, has just released a compilation album of tracks by all its acts called "Ruff Ryders: Ryde or Die Vol. 1."

Among the guests who pop up are Jay-Z, Big Punisher, and Juvenile, and all the tracks were produced by Swizz Beats, who also produced both chart-topping albums by longtime friend DMX. As Beats told MTV News, DMX's success comes as no surprise.

[article id="1439506"]"I've been dealing with [DMX] for like eleven to ten years,"[/article] the producer said, [article id="1439506"]"like even before like the public eye knew him, so I knew he feels he's the best at what he does. So it's like really nothing to him. It's something to everybody else, but it's really nothing to him, 'cause it's from the heart." [RealVideo][/article]

Swizz also produced a number of tracks on Jay-Z's Grammy Award-winning "Hard Knock Life" album.