
Xzibit Credits One Album With Changing Musical Landscape
Xzibit released his first album in 13 years, Kingmaker, in May. The 20-track effort featured production by Dem Jointz, Battlecat, Swizz Beatz, will.i.am., Focus…, Beat Butcha and several others. Notably, it also reunited Xzibit with Dr. Dre, who nearly signed him to Aftermath Entertainment in the late ’90s/early 2000s, but Loud Records CEO/founder Steve Rifkind…