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Fresh from a brace of high-profile cameos (on Dre's 2001 and Eminem's The Marshall Mathers LP), the buzz on Xzibit's third record is deafening and that's even before the music begins. The intro to Restless is a blur of testimonials proclaiming the Likwit Crew rapper's credentials as the most likely to. And on this Dr. Dre executive-produced album, the gravel-voiced battle-rhymer barks with stentorian authority like a platoon leader in the midst of pitched urban warfare. Opener "Front 2 Back" kicks off with a blast of custom car hydraulics and backs it up with sucker punch strings. "U Know" featuresmore… a shaky, jalopy-piano of the kind found in Wild West saloons and a cameo from Dr. Dre, claiming to be "Doc Holliday in the flesh". The Snoop-guesting "D.N.A. (Drugs-N-Alkahol)" uncoils like distressed space funk; and Slim Shady steals the show on "Don't Approach Me" as he tries to make timely sense of suicide attempts and parking lot altercations in the media glare, coming to the conclusion that his eventual end lies in sharp-shooting the world from a rooftop lair. "Rimz & Tirez" is a lowrider's wet dream loaded with a trunk of funk and Kokane's Curtis Mayfield-like falsetto wail. On "Fuckin You Right", X gleefully runs down a PlaySkool roll call of one-night stands, while "Best Of Things" is a trademark Dre production, all forceful strings stabs, metred beats and sing-song chorus. There is no let-up for the Golden State Warrior whose restless soul leaves deep tread marks over every track. --Chris Campion

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Xzibit - Restless (2000) Retail CD

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