Restless

It’s only appropriate that Xzibit’s highly anticipated - and often-delayed - Restless concluded hip- hop’s millennial melting pot. 

After all, Xzibit’s association with Dr. Dre and his ‘Aftermath’ regime attached lofty expectations to Restless; Xzibit was publicly anointed as the next MC expected to blow up. Surely, with Dre as executive producer and guest shots from Eminem, Snoop Dogg and Dre himself, Xzibit was virtually assured of acquiring the mainstream success that eluded him on previous efforts (‘At the Speed of Life’ and ‘40 Dayz & 40 Nightz’).

Thanks largely to Dre’s knob-twisting input, ‘Restless’ became aural kin to Dre’s own ‘2001’ comeback vehicle, as the head-nod factor is immediately established on ‘Front 2 Back’, the heavenly synth stabs of ‘X’ and ‘Get Your Walk On’.

 Includes contributions from Dre (‘U Know’), Snoop (‘D.N.A.’), and Eminem (‘Don’t Approach Me’) and appearances from DJ Quik and KRS-One, among many others.