Xzibit gets help from The Game, T Pain, DJ Quick, & others on new album

By: Yves Erwin Salomon

Rapper and actor Xzibit will release his new album, Full Circle, on October 17th. The set will be released through Koch Records. MTV.com reports that the album will feature guest appearances by The Game, DJ Quik, T-Pain, Daz Dillinger, Kurupt, King Tee, and Donell Rawlings with production by Keith Shocklee, Rick Rock, and Jellyroll.

Xzibit said, "I took a strong stand to get away from Sony Records. I sold two million records on Loud, which was one-tenth of the size of Sony 2000's Loud release Restless has been certified platinum by the RIAA. Going over to Sony, they can only push my records to gold 500,000 shipped. And I'm not going to sit here and believe it was the music. It was the people behind the music."

The rapper added, "So I refused to put another record on there and that's where 'Pimp My Ride,'film and television and everything came from. I'm going to show you that I can do something else. We had to pull some strings to get off of Sony ... so I'm taking this as an opportunity to not let music run me. I run the music. I reorganized, rearranged some things -- and man, it is so much better."

The first single from the project is "Concentrate."

In related news, Xzibit has landed a role in the new movie, Gridiron Gang, which opens on September 15th. The film will also star Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson.

Xzibit's previous screen credits include 8 Mile, Derailed, and The Wash.