Video: Xzibit - Family Values (Live on Jimmy Kimmel)
To: Ivan, who hates me for “messing up” his Full Circle review.
Seriously, I thought Xzibit had an opportunity to make a damn-near classic LP, an opportunity he inadvertently tossed in the bin. I could slap “The Whole World,” “Thank You” and “Family Values” on repeat all day. I even dig “Moving in Your Chucks” and “Rampart Division” a bit. Still, Full Circle is hackneyed as fuck.
“Concentrate”? Jelly Roll and his Anthony Hamilton impressions? “On Bail”? I guess when you have a lineup that reads: Game, Daz , T-Pain, and Xzibit on the same song, you should lower expectations with the quickness.
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Ah, i wouldn’t call it a favorite but it’s alright. I thought the line “But before I devote the rest of my life, can you at least show a nigga you can boil some rice?” was straight comedy.
Yeah theres like 4 or 5 almost classic tracks, so its a 4/5 mic record in my book especially given the state of hiphop today, 3/5 on rap about was a little harsh
^So, because of “the state of hip-hop today” we should applaud mediocrity? Not in my book. 4 or 5 great (not classic) tracks don’t make a 4/5 album when there are 9 weak tracks on the same album.
PS: There are other things to consider, i.e. how cohesive is the album? Does it play like a collection of random songs or does every song transition smoothly into the next? Does the production match the lyrics and vice-versa? How compatible are the guest features?
For an album dubbed Full Circle X sure did plenty of backpedaling, in my opinion.
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