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I personally think Xzibit has stayed 'real' and 'outgoing' and kept true STILL unlike most cats who JUST stepped into the game. My opinion.
I would love Xzibit to not be Hollwood anymore and really put in his westcoast work like he used to the last time i really cared about Xzibit solo wise was in 2002 he needs to step his Game up
I assent w/you most of the time, D-Nice but even Cube said in an interview that since '91(Boyz N Tha Hood) he has had deadlines music wise in between filming movies which, to him, affected the outcome. I think most people will agree that the same type of situation occurred with Xzibit. The focus is lost it seems when there are too many other influences. Full Circle, for example, being on an independent label could have reestablished X to the Z but it turned out to be like most rap albums (too many fillers). Granted, there were some really good songs like "Thank You" and "Black and Brown." Just my opinion but we all know Xzibit is capable of so much more.
Quote from: Laconic on August 07, 2007, 09:58:01 PMI assent w/you most of the time, D-Nice but even Cube said in an interview that since '91(Boyz N Tha Hood) he has had deadlines music wise in between filming movies which, to him, affected the outcome. I think most people will agree that the same type of situation occurred with Xzibit. The focus is lost it seems when there are too many other influences. Full Circle, for example, being on an independent label could have reestablished X to the Z but it turned out to be like most rap albums (too many fillers). Granted, there were some really good songs like "Thank You" and "Black and Brown." Just my opinion but we all know Xzibit is capable of so much more. It just seems like when a album does not meet people's expectations, especially with artists that do work outside of hip hop that is the reason why. You have artists that all they have to do is make music and do not meet fans expectations. I don't disagree so much with Cube and he did make a nice comeback, but with X I think his last album was not marketed properly. Yeah it had some weak tracks but that album dropped out of nowhere damn near other than promotion on the internet.
Quote from: D~Nice on August 07, 2007, 10:11:54 PMQuote from: Laconic on August 07, 2007, 09:58:01 PMI assent w/you most of the time, D-Nice but even Cube said in an interview that since '91(Boyz N Tha Hood) he has had deadlines music wise in between filming movies which, to him, affected the outcome. I think most people will agree that the same type of situation occurred with Xzibit. The focus is lost it seems when there are too many other influences. Full Circle, for example, being on an independent label could have reestablished X to the Z but it turned out to be like most rap albums (too many fillers). Granted, there were some really good songs like "Thank You" and "Black and Brown." Just my opinion but we all know Xzibit is capable of so much more. It just seems like when a album does not meet people's expectations, especially with artists that do work outside of hip hop that is the reason why. You have artists that all they have to do is make music and do not meet fans expectations. I don't disagree so much with Cube and he did make a nice comeback, but with X I think his last album was not marketed properly. Yeah it had some weak tracks but that album dropped out of nowhere damn near other than promotion on the internet.IMO, Full Circle is almost an embarrassment to Xzibit's catalogue. Maybe it's a good thing he only sold 20K first week. It'll get him to refocus because the grind is different than when he first came out. As for artists that do nothing but "music" most of them are talentless over marketed gimmicks(flavor of the day type shit). Rappers and all human beings for that matter, have to realize that being themselves is what makes a better reality. I am me I am free type shit. The bottom line is very few people do that and that leads to the ridiculous garbage trends that we see nowadays on TV and radio. These "artists" have to understand that not all hip hop consumers are trendy and semi-retarded. There IS PLENTY of room to be oneself. Lets allow them to do it, ya know?