Can we admit that pre Aftermath/Dre X-Zibit was better than what he became when he joined that camp?

[African Peasant]

True story.

At the speed of life / 40 days and 40 nights >>> The rest, including Piimp My Ride

 

[DreadBrown]

Nah he was sharper with Dre

I love the older albums but ‘X’ is one of the hardest commercial tracks of all time

 

[2ATMsYouSteppinOrWhat]

false

Aftermath X was a beast

Nah he was sharper with Dre

I love the older albums but ‘X’ is one of the hardest commercial tracks of all time

literally this

and snoop kilt that shyt with the whole X rhyme scheme

 

[Sean7]

ATSOL X was his best imo... 40 Days was nice too though.

 

[Ed MOTHERFUCKING G]

It just exposed how much of a clown he really was.

 

[get these nets]

True story.

At the speed of life / 40 days and 40 nights >>> The rest, including Piimp My Ride

Agree

 

[Sean7]

It just exposed how much of a clown he really was.

No doubt....

 

[Ashtrey]

Restless his best album. Better production.

 

[Da Jungles]

Naw

 

[Tj Bronson]

There were a few cuts from 40 Dayz that were produced by Aftermath producers (Bud'da and Mel-man at least) and I swear I remember reading in The Source he'd already signed with Aftermath for the Golden State project with Saafir and Ras Kass by that point. Of course that never panned out, but he was already on the way to Aftermath by that second album as far as I remember

 

[Mac Ten]

At The Speed Of Life by XZIBIT and Hell On Earth by Mobb Deep were the first
Enhanced CDs...

Off the strength of that, those albums are collector's items

 

[get these nets]

At The Speed Of Life by XZIBIT and Hell On Earth by Mobb Deep were the first
Enhanced CDs...

Off the strength of that, those albums are collector's items

LOUD put out some great records in that era.

 

[Mac Ten]

Restless his best album. Better production.

Don't Approach Me is one of the best Xzibit songs off that album....


That and the song X

 

[nieman]

Yes. At the Speed of Life and 40 Dayz are better albums than Restless and such.

 

[Mac Ten]

LOUD put out some great records in that era.

They did...

Steve Rifkind knew the power of street promotion.

He actually let the artists be themselves. In Fat Joe's book, Joe said that Steve Rifkind grew up in a Gangster family and how he was turned on by that shyt.


Hell, Prodigy pulled out a Mac-10 at the table when someone asked how QB was before they signed the deal.