X (Xzibit song)
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| Single by Xzibit | ||||
| from the album Restless | ||||
| Released | November 28, 2000 | |||
| Genre | Hip hop · West Coast hip hop · gangsta rap · hardcore hip hop | |||
| Length | 4:15 | |||
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"X" is the first single from Xzibit's third studio album, Restless, released through Sony Music Entertainment, Epic Records, SRC Records, Loud Records, and Xzibit's Open Bar Entertainment. Fellow West Coast musician Snoop Dogg can be heard talking in the outro. It was produced by Dr. Dre with co-production from Scott Storch and Melvin "Mel-Man" Bradford. The song samples the line "Not these n**gas again" from Eminem's "Bitch Please II" which is featured on Eminem's album The Marshall Mathers LP.
The music video directed by Dave Meyers has cameo appearances from Snoop Doggy Dogg, Dr. Dre, RZA and Method Man. In the first verse, Xzibit performs his verse in a limo with women around him. In the second verse, Xzibit is at a party, then in a bathroom when three men come in and try to attack Xzibit, only for Xzibit to teleport to the backstage area of his concert via a device. Most of the video includes Xzibit in a studio with Snoop and Dr. Dre and in the third verse he is in a concert performing while the cameo actors are sitting with the fans.
Track listing
- "X" (Radio Edit) - 4:22
- "X" (Explicit) - 4:16
- "X" (Instrumental) - 4:22
Chart performance
The song charted at number 76 on the Billboard Hot 100 and number 32 on the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart. In the UK, it reached No. 14 on the UK Singles Chart, Xzibit's second highest charting hit there after "Hey Now (Mean Muggin)" in 2004.[1]
