Restless is rapper Xzibit's third album release. It was released on December 12, 2000 and debuted at number 14 on the Billboard 200 album chart and also peaked at number 12 two weeks later. The album reached platinum status in the United States with over 1.5 million copies sold, making it Xzibit's most successful album to date.
This album is great! All I can say is that it is Dr. Dre 2001 fallout. After that album was dropped, all sorts of nice stuff from the west started to pop up. The only downside to this album is that Dre wasnt involved in enough of the production. He only did 3 tracks, X, U Know and Best Of Things. But the other production was great and X to the Z had some of the other finest beat makers backin him up. He had Battlecat, Rockwilder, Soopafly, Mel-Man, DJ Quik, The Teamsters, Rick Rock, Eric Sermon …
This album is great! All I can say is that it is Dr. Dre 2001 fallout. After that album was dropped, all sorts of nice stuff from the west started to pop up. The only downside to this album is that Dre wasnt involved in enough of the production. He only did 3 tracks, X, U Know and Best Of Things. But the other production was great and X to the Z had some of the other finest beat makers backin him up. He had Battlecat, Rockwilder, Soopafly, Mel-Man, DJ Quik, The Teamsters, Rick Rock, Eric Sermon and Eminem (producing Dont Approach Me) His lyrics were great as usual and the guests were dropping tight rhymes as well. Tha Liks, Snoop, Slim, Kokane, Nate Dogg, Defari, King Tee, Eastsidaz and KRS-1 really added flavor to X's album. This was a great album all around and if you like west coast, pick this LP up asap. The only other problem with this album is that the Usual Suspects (Xzibit, Rass Kass and Saafir) didn't team up and Tha Likwit Party (J-Ro, Tash, E-Swift, Defari and King Tee) weren't on a track together. All in all, great album (and it will go platinum), dope lyrics and beats, and X is finally getting the attention he deserves!
Dont get me wrong I love Xzibit and i love the Westcoast rap scene at the moment, but im afraid too many of the X to the Z mans tracks are just average. there are a few songs which stand out from X e.g Papparatzzi, X, and Sorry im away so much, but this albumn falls way short of what i expected. Everyone was gettin all hyped up about X's lyrical talents and Dre's production that it was way to over rated. The albumn has its good points but unless your loyal to the X and to the Westcoast I would buy somethin else.
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