did xzibit fuck up by signing with dre?

[N-Sane Brain]

If I'm not mistaken, Xzibit hasn't signed yet. But if he will, I think it won't be a bad move...Dre always gives that extra push

[On The Edge of Insanity]

Since he hooked up with Dre, Xzibits flow, lyrical content and beats have been worse than before their affiliation. Of course people sell better with Dre behind them, but that is more to do with his name than anything, his productions are imo average these days. Xzibit sounds much better with gritty production behind him, and that is something that Dre is incapable of producing, so signing with Aftermath would in my opinion be a stupid move for Xzibit.

i beg to differ.....man vs machine had 2 primo tracks on there (bonous cd) and they sounded no better (worse) than any of the dre and family tracks! it's xzibit's problem he's lessened his lyrical potency not dre's, mel man's, or battlecats! xzibit sounds just as "shitty" these days on a primo, and dj quik beat. god forbid how sorry he would sound with some 2nd rate underground producer.

There was 1 Primo beat (What A Mess), and Xzibit came better on that track then he did on the rest of the album by some margin, because the gritty beat suits his style of rhyming. When he is rapping over a Dre/Battlecat/DJ Quik/Mel Man beat, he has to change the way he rhymes in order to fit into the track, and therefore his lyrical potency is effected adversly by this.

And who was the 2nd rate underground producer remark refering to? The beats by E-Swift, Thayod Asuar, DJ Muggs, etc on his first two albums fitted Xzibits style much better than the Dre beats, and they certainly aren't 2nd rate producers.

[UKnowWhatItIs: welcome to my traps....game over]

Yeah,the underground beats were better for Xzibit,but Dre's,Mel Man's etc. didn't affect Xzibit's lyrics in any way.See,lyrics aren't Xzibits problem,it's the music.Let's hope his next album is gonna be straight west coast.

[caTASHtrophe]

The Likwit Xzibit of old shits all over the Dre affiliated Xzibit.