X (Xzibit song)

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"X"
Single by Xzibit featuring Dr. Dre & Snoop Dogg
from the album Restless
Released December 12, 2000 (2000-12-12)
Genre West Coast hip hop
Length 4:15
Label Loud
Writer(s) A. Joiner
Producer Dr. Dre, Mel-Man, Scott Storch
Xzibit singles chronology
"Front 2 Back"
(2000)		 "X"
(2000)		 "Get Your Walk On"
(2001)
Snoop Dogg singles chronology
"Bitch Please"
(1999)		 "X"
(2000)		 "Beautiful"
(2002)

"X" is the second single from Xzibit's third studio album, Restless. Fellow West Coast rapper Snoop Dogg can be heard talking in the outro. It was produced by Dr. Dre with co-production from Scott Storch and Mel-Man. Dr. Dre can also be heard saying "Not these niggas again." in a line.

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[edit] Music video

The music video directed by David Meyers has cameo appearances from Snoop Dogg, Dr. Dre, and Wu-Tang members RZA and Method Man. Most of the video includes Xzibit in a studio with Snoop and Dr. Dre rapping and in the third verse he is in a concert performing while the cameo appearance rappers are sitting with the fans.

[edit] Track list

  1. "X" (Radio Edit) - 4:22
  2. "X" (Explicit) - 4:16
  3. "X" (Instrumental) - 4:22

[edit] Chart performance

This song charted #76 at Billboard Hot 100 and #32 at Hot R&B songs. But #14 at the UK Charts has remained as Xzibit's second highest chart at UK as the highest chart is "Hey Now (Mean Muggin)" released in 2004.[1]

Chart (2000/2001) Peak
position
US Billboard Hot 100[1] 76
US Billboard Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles & Tracks[1] 32
US Billboard Hot Rap Singles[1] 36
US Billboard Rhythmic Top 40[1] 23
Austrian Singles Chart[2] 19
Belgian Ultratop Chart (Flanders)[3] 39
Belgian Ultratop Chart (Wallonia)[4] 32
Dutch GfK chart[5] 12
Dutch Top 40[6] 18
French Singles Chart[7] 73
Irish Singles Chart[8] 24
Swedish Singles Chart[9] 42
Swiss Singles Chart[10] 5
UK Singles Chart[11] 14

[edit] References

  1. ^ a b c d e "allmusic ((( Xzibit > Charts & Awards > Billboard Singles )))". http://www.allmusic.com/artist/p194771. Retrieved May 16, 2009 (2009-05-16). 
  2. ^ "Xzibit - X - austriancharts.at (in German)". http://austriancharts.at/showitem.asp?interpret=Xzibit&titel=X&cat=s. Retrieved May 16, 2009 (2009-05-16). 
  3. ^ "ultratop.be - Xzibit - X (in Dutch)". http://www.ultratop.be/nl/showitem.asp?interpret=Xzibit&titel=X&cat=s. Retrieved May 16, 2009 (2009-05-16). 
  4. ^ "ultratop.be - Xzibit - X (in French)". http://www.ultratop.be/nl/showitem.asp?interpret=Xzibit&titel=X&cat=s. Retrieved May 16, 2009 (2009-05-16). 
  5. ^ "dutchcharts.nl - Xzibit - X (in Dutch)". http://dutchcharts.nl/showitem.asp?interpret=Xzibit&titel=X&cat=s. Retrieved May 16, 2009 (2009-05-16). 
  6. ^ "Nederlandse Top 40 - Week 12, 2001 (in Dutch)". http://www.top40.nl/index.aspx?week=12&jaar=2001. Retrieved May 16, 2009 (2009-05-16). 
  7. ^ "lescharts.com - Xzibit - X (in French)". http://lescharts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=Xzibit&titel=X&cat=s. Retrieved May 16, 2009 (2009-05-16). 
  8. ^ "irishcharts.ie search results". http://www.irishcharts.ie. Retrieved May 16, 2009 (2009-05-16). 
  9. ^ "swedishcharts.com - Xzibit - X". http://swedishcharts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=Xzibit&titel=X&cat=s. Retrieved May 16, 2009 (2009-05-16). 
  10. ^ "Xzibit - X - hitparade.ch (in German)". http://hitparade.ch/showitem.asp?interpret=Xzibit&titel=X&cat=s. Retrieved May 16, 2009 (2009-05-16). 
  11. ^ "Chart Stats - Xzibit - X". http://www.chartstats.com/songinfo.php?id=28901. Retrieved May 16, 2009 (2009-05-16). 
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