Xzibit has unveiled the star-studded tracklist for his new album Kingmaker, his first in over a decade.
The follow-up to 2012’s Napalm, the 20-track project is set to arrive on May 16 and the former Pimp My Ride presenter has recruited some old friends for the ride.
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Kingmaker‘s extensive supporting cast includes fellow Hip Hop heavyweights Dr. Dre, Ice Cube, Redman, Busta Rhymes, Cypress Hill’s B-Real and Royce Da 5’9″.
There is also plenty of fresh blood with features from Ty Dolla $ign, Symba, JasonMartin (f.k.a. Problem), Domo Genesis and Guapdad 4000, among others.
Xzibit — Kingmaker (Tracklist):
1. Play This At My Funeral
2. Everywhere I Go (feat. Dem Jointz)
3. Been a Long Time Pt. 2 (feat. Jenn Em)
4. The Moment (feat. Busta Rhymes & JasonMartin)
5. Earth Is Over
6. Leave Me Alone (feat. Dr. Dre & Ty Dolla $ign)
7. Belly of the Beast (feat. JasonMartin)
8. History
9. Genesis
10. Perfect Alibi (feat. Stalone)
11. American Idol (Ft. Symba
12. Crash (feat. Royce Da 5’9″)
13. For The Love (feat. Ice Cube & Lorine Chia)
14. Shut Yo Mouth (feat. Butch Cassidy & Compton Av)
15. Higher (feat. B-Real & Redman)
16. Success
17. Notified (King Tee feat. Cold 187um)
18. What You Like (feat. Daygo Fatts & Guapdad 4000)
19. End of the Day (feat. Domo Genesis & Tre Capital)
20. Kingmaker
Kingmaker is being released through Conor McGregor’s recently established label Greenback Records, which has also inked a deal with Bone Thugs-N-Harmony.
The album has previously undergone a number of delays, with Xzibit explaining on social media that the release date was pushed back due to him making some “last minute additions.”
X also previously spoke about the project and its lead single, “Play This At My Funeral,” with NME, saying: “It is a morbid title but I think ‘Play This At My Funeral’ has nothing to do with me dying. This is a snapshot of where I am mentally, physically, emotionally.
“Some finite statements are made in there. I think it’s really dope to be able to come back and show people where I am, what I’ve been doing, what I’ve done, so it answers a lot of questions.”
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He added: “Music is what I do the best, naturally. I do a lot of other things — a lot of different films, a lot of different TV stuff — but music is the catalyst to what makes everything work. So, I felt the music had come to a point where it needed to come out.
“I’ve been working on music off-and-on for the last 10 to 12 years but I didn’t feel like it was what I needed to put out. I didn’t feel like it was different enough. [I was] able to hear something in myself that I hadn’t heard before, so it made it easy to know [it was time to release the music].”
