"Too many friends to close, you might collapse from an overdose". This line has stuck with me since I heard this when I was a teenager. It took me 16 years to finally figure out what he meant. And the toll was high. Live and learn!
long time ago i knew all the lyrics of this album by word.. still one of my faves, should collect all of them to see the whole evolution. even the more mainstream stuff is worth listening to at least once.
i remember i got this album back in '96 and i was shocked that a L.A. brother could rap to beats like this...he was something else back than....this album is REAL hip-hop
i am e but i am beginning to see what it meens. sometimes i am trying to ddo something different but he' it cant be that i am an exact copy of someone else right. maybe its just a mental condition i am living in and make it my own story by not just talk in a to easy way, or maybe i gotta say these thing before i go back to sleep so my thing will be notified
''who do you picture when you think about struggling? kids in their bed no food stomach rumbling or niggaz in the e-class heavy drug smuggling..MOVING''...
classic shit......used to be one of my favorite rappers.....this album was on of the greatest of the 90's a true underground banger...every song....very real,raw and gritty
This is the best rap song/album ever. Doesn't get the credit it deserves. It's a shame xzibit contradicts himself in his later career by rapping about money & shit like that.
@liammilligan he isn't the first to do so, and not so much contradiction. Some go that route to get the quick money to feed their families. X was one of them. He had that sound and look that could take him places, and he jumped on it. Music, movies, tv show..the man succeeded, lets be honest. I wouldn't call him a sell out.
Svaka mu cast! :) (I am Serbian too) Anyway for me Xzibit is so underrated,and i really hate that. When i started to listen rap,first rappers were Xzibit and Ice Cube wit his "Hell Low".
@Stralle92 shout out to serbia and all the hip hop heads around the world that loves REAL HIP HOP and not that washed up commercial shit....peace from the east!
@getmoneystayreal Im doing that :) Anyway i used to like 50 Cent also,but now he turned to be faggy,so i listen lonly songs before 2007 :) People here like Hip Hop,but sadly younger people like more than this Akon,T-Pain and guys like them, i listen them too,but u can not compare them to real rappers (real hip hop) like Xzibit,Dmx,Ice Cube,2 Pac and guys like them, Also i kinda like Rick Ross,not him but his rhymes,he has talent.
damn this shit is rough....this shit even got serbian and russian niggas making comments haha,word up...everyone know's the shit is maddness....peace!
Who do you think of when you think about struggling, kids in the bed no food stomach bubblin,or niggas in a E-class heavy drug smugglin.... Movin at the speed of life!
I'm still in denial that I lost this cd. This album is one of the best I've ever heard. Xzibit shined on this track too. Hip hop lives in this song. Peace.
Classic Material... Art In Motion. Keep it Lit
Thizzy420 2 days ago
indeed, the main goals to achieve, and to succeed, have it laid out for ur seed... old shit is real
Soldier1B 4 days ago
Before big daddy kane fucked Madonna
westside159 6 days ago
"Too many friends to close, you might collapse from an overdose". This line has stuck with me since I heard this when I was a teenager. It took me 16 years to finally figure out what he meant. And the toll was high. Live and learn!
GrayzBDF 1 week ago
that album cover is so terrible
dethronethesonofgod 2 weeks ago
@dethronethesonofgod Way to judge a book by its cover.
Laquaticus 1 week ago
If anyone finds this instrumental....pls send it my way.
EasternBlokk 3 weeks ago
Love that taxi driver sample.
P4DDY2K11 4 weeks ago 2
At the speed of bru!
FilipMacuka 4 weeks ago
same same
kayhatful 1 month ago
still boppin my head to this shyt in 2012.
Ghostsaints13 1 month ago
E-Swift killed the beat. X killed the lyrics. One of those albums thats flawless.
Bronk0Nagurski 1 month ago
long time ago i knew all the lyrics of this album by word.. still one of my faves, should collect all of them to see the whole evolution. even the more mainstream stuff is worth listening to at least once.
turtlegirl112 3 months ago
Still listening to this in 2011....Dope Beat.
drammaakajabbaman 3 months ago 7
) That`s freaky ) First track of the First album ) is the BEST track of this artist )
TheMrSamkins 3 months ago
so fuckin ill!
getmoneystayreal 3 months ago
...staying bent like a comma. Who says that...Seriously?!?!
firstlinesucks 4 months ago
Before playing this track:
Google: Rain Makes Everything Better
Play the Video
Enjoy
toanuju22 4 months ago
Remember thinking this is how you start of a album. What a banging track and stills feels as impactive almost 16 years later. Jeez!
superjigga2004 4 months ago
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JXEartist 5 months ago
@JXEartist If you have the instrumental, please let me know. Been looking for it fo ryears
spenzalii 5 months ago
@spenzalii i got it homie
beatsbycetty 4 months ago
@JXEartist could you send me the instrumental too please!
redmanbeard 4 months ago
Taxi Driver!
ghostwhisper666 5 months ago 3
This shit here jamming
AVTRU1 6 months ago
Who do you think of when you think about strugglin,kids in the bed no food stomach bubblin or niggas in a E class heavy drug smugglin.... Movin!
pharohblood 6 months ago 4
Damn those drums are crispy.
Sensaye25 7 months ago
Classic.
TheAnonymousAnomie 7 months ago
This song bangs everywhere i go best X track period
LakersCA760 8 months ago
AH YEAH X TO THE Z
Robertnuns 11 months ago
Sick xoxoxo
MrSunshinexoxoxo 11 months ago
MY FAVORITE XZIBIT TRACK EVER!!
DeeSteezy 1 year ago
@DeeSteezy NO DOUBT!
onblock7 8 months ago
@FAVELAMUZIK Travis Bickel.
fossilfuelmusic 1 year ago
3 people grow to old :P
wernard154 1 year ago
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esco42085 1 year ago
does someone know who produced this album?
sonofserbia1389 1 year ago
@sonofserbia1389
E-Swift, dj Muggz, Diamond D, Craig Sherrard, Saafir, DJ Pen One and Thayod Ausar.
raekwonyaeyo 1 year ago
I listen to this song every now and again to remind myself that Xzibit was once real...
ArbyWanKenobi 1 year ago 32
@ArbyWanKenobi he never went full pop.. i still got mad respect for him
Lortenerfrisk 3 months ago 2
aha my brother got my this cd when i was 11 dope 2 here it again
j11993 1 year ago
Hell yes. Real music is alive, it's just like gold, you gotta look everywhere for it now; underground, in the past, wherever.......
jusdafide 1 year ago
Real Underground shit.......Best album!!!!! WEST COAST 4-LIFE
Roni7574 1 year ago
i remember i got this album back in '96 and i was shocked that a L.A. brother could rap to beats like this...he was something else back than....this album is REAL hip-hop
Funkdogg 1 year ago 2
x your the best your lastest album suck sorry
safouettegrave 1 year ago
i am e but i am beginning to see what it meens. sometimes i am trying to ddo something different but he' it cant be that i am an exact copy of someone else right. maybe its just a mental condition i am living in and make it my own story by not just talk in a to easy way, or maybe i gotta say these thing before i go back to sleep so my thing will be notified
TheLokomachine 1 year ago
Who do you picture when you think about struggling?
Kids in the bed, no food stomach bubbilin'
Or niggas in the E-class heavy drug smugglin'
SeberHusky 1 year ago
I MISS OLD X!!!!!!!!!!! GOOD LORD this album is a classic, top ten all time faves personally! I bumped this heavily.
onblock7 1 year ago
One word: ILL. Wish I had a blunt right now.
MCKhanstent 1 year ago
I have always loved this track. It is one the best songs by Xzibit. I lost this cd :(
wgbarnes101 1 year ago
Too ill for me, but I heard it anyways!!!
354mwizard 1 year ago
his best song!
Ouwtlawzzz 1 year ago
de niro!
sfknns 1 year ago
Real.
translate36 1 year ago
darkest track ever
EVER
period
njirem 1 year ago 5
this beat is just too mad..im sorry.
GAkemetKiNg 1 year ago
Thiz iz history, Real Rap, Real West Coast, thiz iz what many niggazz today forget...
G4LI5 1 year ago
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alphakristjan 1 year ago
I remember seeing a music video of this song on MTV. Why isn't it on youtube?
smo1765 1 year ago
Daaaaamn I wish X was like this today still. (Lyrically)
Everything before Weapons of Mass Destruction was thought provoking from X...not everything....but you get my point
SicSheist 1 year ago 6
@SicSheist hes new album is good tho
belgiumlife 1 year ago
''who do you picture when you think about struggling? kids in their bed no food stomach rumbling or niggaz in the e-class heavy drug smuggling..MOVING''...
NUTSY187 1 year ago 7
@NUTSY187 HARD LINE!
lukeslonergan 1 year ago
most undrrated album of all time
goinganto 1 year ago
"Emcees be full of shit, but they style be hollow" X tellin it like it is
Ascension100 1 year ago
classic shit......used to be one of my favorite rappers.....this album was on of the greatest of the 90's a true underground banger...every song....very real,raw and gritty
ALLCITY73 1 year ago
Hey everyone , i am a 16 year old musician.
Please check out my page and tell me what you think,
i really appreciate it , thank you !
Btw , Xzibit is great , awesome song (Y) .
alphakristjan 1 year ago
X to da Z maaaaaaan !
paweltrawinski 1 year ago
takes me back a few years !! cheers
cazzdross 1 year ago
90's rap is the best!
tinarocksall 1 year ago
This shit goes down real hard
angridawg 1 year ago 5
His Best track ever.Period!
doomizz 1 year ago 32
Before hip-hop was all about drama/ anything for a $ before KANE fucked MADONNA/
sick and true line its too bad xzibit eventually fell into this category but this is def a sick underated album.
84Shake 1 year ago 5
This is the best rap song/album ever. Doesn't get the credit it deserves. It's a shame xzibit contradicts himself in his later career by rapping about money & shit like that.
liammilligan 2 years ago 2
@liammilligan he isn't the first to do so, and not so much contradiction. Some go that route to get the quick money to feed their families. X was one of them. He had that sound and look that could take him places, and he jumped on it. Music, movies, tv show..the man succeeded, lets be honest. I wouldn't call him a sell out.
iLLWiLL510 1 month ago
Svaka mu cast! :) (I am Serbian too) Anyway for me Xzibit is so underrated,and i really hate that. When i started to listen rap,first rappers were Xzibit and Ice Cube wit his "Hell Low".
X to the Z Xzibit! :)
Stralle92 2 years ago 3
@Stralle92 shout out to serbia and all the hip hop heads around the world that loves REAL HIP HOP and not that washed up commercial shit....peace from the east!
getmoneystayreal 2 years ago 3
@getmoneystayreal Im doing that :) Anyway i used to like 50 Cent also,but now he turned to be faggy,so i listen lonly songs before 2007 :) People here like Hip Hop,but sadly younger people like more than this Akon,T-Pain and guys like them, i listen them too,but u can not compare them to real rappers (real hip hop) like Xzibit,Dmx,Ice Cube,2 Pac and guys like them, Also i kinda like Rick Ross,not him but his rhymes,he has talent.
Stralle92 2 years ago 6
yeah rick ross i dope...he has good beats!
getmoneystayreal 2 years ago 4
@getmoneystayreal fuck outta here with that rick ross shit
BLaZERaMPaGE 1 year ago
@Stralle92 rick ross is a cop lawl.
canadianproductions1 2 years ago
@canadianproductions1 I dont care about his past. Listen to him a litle bit and u will find out that he has talent. His lyrics are awesome :)
Stralle92 2 years ago 6
I like his music free.
heh
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heh...
heh
PirateXzibit 2 years ago 3
this is the beautiful life--> peace to all!
01palus 2 years ago
Xzibit is hard.. Respect from Holland
Tamer2206 2 years ago 5
xzibit used to be so ill! definately underrated one of my favourite albums period
lukeslonergan 2 years ago 2
Xzibit lookin at the Earth
through wide angles
I find a stairway to heaven
in the city of los angels
westside159 2 years ago 4
5 stars thx 4 postin Classic Underated Album
Bongsmokingking 2 years ago 4
pa de ste breeeee. pozz iz rijeke grada
Ripthescript 2 years ago 5
X zibit kills...respect from sssrrrrbijjja
duskobabusko 2 years ago 9
damn this shit is rough....this shit even got serbian and russian niggas making comments haha,word up...everyone know's the shit is maddness....peace!
getmoneystayreal 2 years ago
i need this instrumental!!!!
ToneFury 2 years ago 40
Classic album in my opinion. it is slept on.
Keep in mind this was out in 96. These beats and delivery style were before its time.
MisterTrep 2 years ago 6
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westside159 2 years ago 3
Da beat of X !!!
carda1972 2 years ago 2
Luv it !!
Respect from Serbia
fresh3999 2 years ago 2
@fresh3999 Fuck Ya Serbs Peace from Prishtina
Burllufutupumuzi 2 years ago
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fresh3999 2 years ago
E budalo jer si ti siguran da si iz Srbije??
Ja ipak mislim da si iz Pederlanda
XAXAXAXAXAXAXAXA
fresh3999 2 years ago
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Stralle92 2 years ago
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fresh3999 2 years ago
metalfab use cabos.
JSlashPSlash2009 2 years ago
i cant even find this song on limewire
metalfab16 2 years ago
try torrenting it andjust download the whole album
1993gandy 2 years ago
This and carry the weight the best tracks argubly
rhymezgalore 2 years ago
what about the foundation?
aapeneters 2 years ago
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well yeah the foundation is ok if you have a son. lol
rhymezgalore 2 years ago
that's the real soul of rap..
X iz da best
anathaki 2 years ago
Classic, His best track by far.
sagehunter3 2 years ago 4
Damn....How things change eh?
SugarFreeRecordsUK 2 years ago
How the fuck have I never heard this tune!
I feel ashamed to say that lol
Fucking Bangga!!!
samuraicrip 2 years ago 2
i felt like tupac times came back from the underground
anathaki 2 years ago
Ive allways loved this beat, sh!t goes hard!!!
gabrielbonfi 2 years ago 3
My fav X track of all time. This one goes full volume in my headphones.
mrquan83 2 years ago 67
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one of my fav songs of all time
purcepshun 2 years ago
CekaniMan 2 years ago 11
Who do you picture when you think about strugglin,kids in the bed no food stomach bubblin or niggas in E class heavy drug smugglin....Movin!
pharohblood 2 years ago 4
Oooooo The punisher
ClarkesonTheMarksman 2 years ago
its taxi driver
jaycore 2 years ago 2
FUCKING LOVE THIS SONG & INSTRUMENTAL!!!!!!!!!
Man, I probably listened to this song over 100 times already...
I don't care what anyone says, Xzibit is a fucking beast. Old School FTW
boxerali23 2 years ago 3
excellent rap tune. Xzibit really always was underrated.
Donalob 2 years ago
X to de Z XZIBIT ! :)
eddycmoi33 2 years ago
best instrumental ive heard.
spiderman7889 2 years ago 2
does it exist a instrumental version of this song?
theflyestguy 2 years ago
nqke 2 years ago
The dopeness of this compared to the new...Damn...Shit actually saddens me..
SugarFreeRecordsUK 2 years ago 6
im feeling you man... xzibit isnt as good as he was back then
PivotWithCake 2 years ago 5
this cd changed my musical life
2jbenne 2 years ago 3
Its the good stuff, it has to change ppls look on music. Have meant alot 2 me 2.
Peace.
UndoubteblyT 2 years ago
most underrated rapper alive
crackage12567 2 years ago 4
Him and Joe Budden.
BassJunkeyz 2 years ago
x is a 4gotten west coast king top 5 on da westside
mikehy2k8 2 years ago
anyone know where i can get this instrmental
ramehiswatsup 2 years ago
TamsosPadaras 2 years ago
Lachsfischli 2 years ago
Cr4Lx 2 years ago
Biggieboy92 2 years ago
pachinosw9 2 years ago
X is comin to Club Crystal in Germany on July, 10!
Rambo4President 2 years ago
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A M A Z I N G !
telf1 2 years ago
pure profession! this is how it´s goin down! those where the days...
5wildcardz 2 years ago 5
519piro420 2 years ago
dude that shit looks dope as hell respect to you as well.
Robertnuns 2 years ago
BESTTTTTTTT
darklight4444 2 years ago
badboyhoy 2 years ago 2
listen u fuck heads u screw heads lol gota love da taxi driver sample man but i dont really like da song anymore. but it was good bak in da dayz.
TupacTheBest71 2 years ago
This Beat Tight
flecktrill45 2 years ago 3
gta love the taxi driver sample by robert de niro in the beginning... this song is perfect..
larry89 2 years ago 2
i love this song MAN!
imprecatoremalato 2 years ago 2
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VeresiBika 2 years ago
legendary
Piedy777 2 years ago
every time i hear this track its like its the first time i hear it and it blows me away again, still surprised rap use to be like this. legendary
njirem 2 years ago 8
Beleive it and dont forget it
BuZd187 2 years ago 3
This beat, this album so dope.
royalsteven 2 years ago 5
rap the way it is supposed to be
Robertnuns 2 years ago 3
this shit is one of x best tracks this album is very good, i have one.
sanzzulb48fe 2 years ago 4
This is a beat of a song, like erryone's saying...I truly didn't know X had it in 'em until I listen to this.
TheIntuitionist20 2 years ago 5
litsen to paparazzi and alcholic or sumthin like that
BuZd187 2 years ago 2
Who do you think of when you think about struggling, kids in the bed no food stomach bubblin,or niggas in a E-class heavy drug smugglin.... Movin at the speed of life!
pharohblood 2 years ago
Wow he said X said he used to think music was just beats and ryhmes
but nevermind
good ryhmes and lines
Good times X TO THE Z
SauceKedez 2 years ago
arguably the best song he ever made!!!! P. Heights(for "shae556")
shae556 2 years ago
xzibit like 2pac had a story to tell.
zach151515 2 years ago 7
I respect Xzibit as a lyricist now, he's bananas. He did a freestyle on radio and I could tell it was off top one of the best I've heard in years.
franchiser226 3 years ago 6
cool song
rockstarDax 3 years ago 3
I'm still in denial that I lost this cd. This album is one of the best I've ever heard. Xzibit shined on this track too. Hip hop lives in this song. Peace.
wgbarnes101 3 years ago 3
this song is so sick man!!!!!!!!! i remember bangin this wen i was in 2nd year of school!!!!!! those were the days!
unknownalias2007 3 years ago 2
One of the all-time great songs in hip-hop history.
AllPro777 3 years ago 4
Paparazzi is the best song to Xzbit man im his BIGGEST FAN
MHFP2ndG 3 years ago
xzibit old stuff is sick
but pun killed this beat
just like they killed the 187 beat
777OnTheDL 3 years ago
Man twin deep man he KILLED it
So funny to hear Big Pun rap like that
fast and funny
SauceKedez 2 years ago 2
i hate mainstream rap
but why we blamin him, we the people are the ones who keep listenin to it.
we're the ones to blame!
haywoodjablomy69 3 years ago
fuck it whatever hes doin today THIS IS HIP HOP!!
FuckThatNameThang 3 years ago