West coast hip-hop legend Xzibit, aka Alvin Joyner, has inked a deal with Koch Records for his own Open Bar Entertainment Imprint.

In a recent interview with Xzibit’s Official Fan Site, XzibitCentral.com, Xzibit said the new deal will run via his own imprint, Open Bar Entertainment. The new album titled “Full Circle” will hit stores on Tuesday, September 19th, 2006 and will be preceded by the single/video, “Concentrate.” “Concentrate” will hit Radio and Video outlets shortly.

Xzibit spoke about the upcoming release, “[Full Circle is] executive produced by myself, Jelly Roll and Keith Shockley – Keith Shockley was part of the bomb squad who produced all of the public enemy albums, and also produced Ice Cubes first album. I’ve got Daz, Kurupt, The Game, King T, DJ Quik and T-Pain on the record.”

“Full Circle” marks an aggressive return to form for the hip-hop rapper who recorded the bulk of the material in New York and Los Angeles.

Xzibit comments, “Full Circle is the independent release, I made a North American deal with Koch and then I own the rights and the masters to this record which I’m really excited about. I get to distribute it the way I want, to who I want, throughout the world.”

Long before becoming a TV personality on MTV’s “Pimp My Ride,” Xzibit began his career as a member of the Likwit Crew, a loose collective of West Coast rappers including Tha Alkaholiks and King T. He released his first album “At the Speed of Life” in 1996, and the album soon became an underground hit, making him one of the West Coast’s most promising young talents.

Xzibit’s big break came when he joined another west coast hip-hop legend, rapper Snoop Dogg for the Dre-produced coast-to-coast hit “Bitch Please.” He then appeared on “Some L.A. Niggaz” the posse song from Dre’s “2001” album, another high-profile appearance. By this time, Dre had obviously recognized Xzibit’s talent and invited the young rapper to crisscross America during the summer of 2000 with the massive “Up in Smoke Tour,” which featured Snoop, Eminem, and Ice Cube, among many others.

Xzibit released four more acclaimed albums including “40 Dayz & 40 Nightz,” “Restless,” “Man vs. Machine” and “Weapons of Mass Destruction” selling over 3 million copies in the U.S.

Xzibit has also made a name for himself in Hollywood. In 2000, he first appeared in Snoop and Dre’s hit comedy, “The Wash.” He went on to appear in Eminem’s movie, “8mile,” the suspenseful “Derailed” with Clive Owen and Jennifer Aniston, and also in the box office smash “XXX: State of the Union.”

X is now set to appear alongside WWF Superstar The Rock in a new blockbuster movie, “Gridiron Gang” which is set for release in September 2006.

To listen to the Audio Interview or to read the full transcript, go to https://www.xzibitcentral.com/interviews.php

XzibitCentral.com and our Radio partners, ThugLifeArmy.com are pleased to announce the addition of Thug Life Army Radio to their growing network. The soon to be live radio feed is being hosted by their affiliate partner CRNLive.com – the “Original Chicano Radio Network”.

Thug Life Army Radio is seeking submissions from artists and especially unsigned hip-hop, rap and R&B and Soul artists who need exposure for their music.

The music programming will be mostly hard hitting hip-hop and rap but R&B and Soul artists will also have their place too. Artists who submit MP3″s of their music do so with the understanding that it may be played on the air.

Although commercial music will also be played, the main focus will be on less heard and more deserving hip-hop, rap and R&B artists who need to be noticed and heard.

Special features of the new Thug Life Army Radio will include an unsigned artist time slot, where nothing but unsigned artists will shine thru their music.

Features are planned like the “Xzibit Hour” where you will be able to listen to the west coast legend Xzibit for one hour straight. This program will be provided thru a unique affiliation with XzibitCentral.com, the leading Xzibit web site on the net. Featured material from Xzibit will make this a great hour of listening enjoyment for all fans of the west coast rap legend Xzibit.

On air artist interviews and a constantly updated news feed from www.ThugLifeArmy.com will also be part of the new Radio addition.

This newest addition to the ThugLifeArmy network is made possible thru CRNLive.com as they are hosting the feed and providing guidance and much help to make all this possible.

The new Thug Life Army Radio will be “Live” by late summer, so if you are an artist and want to have your music programmed for air play send your submissions to ThugLifeArmyRadio@gmail.com . All submissions must be in a MP3 format.

Please visit www.CRNLive.com and see what all the buzz if about. They are the number one internet station for Latino hip-hop, rap and R&B. And watch www.ThugLifeArmy.com for news of the new radio station.

And please visit and support www.xzibitcentral.com

Once it goes “Live” in late summer “06 the links to Thug Life Army Radio will be

http://www.ThugLifeArmyRadio.com

and

http://www.ThugLifeArmyRadio.net

Artists who are interested in this unique opportunity should send in their MP3″s ASAP.

Watch for Thug Life Army Radio late summer.

Contact Information

Administrator@ThugLifeArmy.com

Artist submissions

ThugLifeArmyRadio@gmail.com

Finally, the wait is over! The first track from Xzibit’s upcoming album, “Full Circle” has leaked to the internet. As the world awaits the album to be released later this year, we have been lucky enough to get a hold of this track (thanks to DubCnn.com).

The track contains fresh beats we’ve all been waiting to hear on an Xzibit track. “Rollin’ Dirty” features the production and vocals of the one and only Jelly Roll and it’s the first track that has leaked since Xzibit signed to Koch records.

Stay tuned to XzibitCentral.com – we’ll keep you up to date with any information available about the new album “Full Circle”, and hopefully we will have an interview with the X man himself shortly!

Download the Mp3: Xzibit – Rollin’ Dirty (Feat. B-Real)

Once again, hip-hop and gangsta rap superstar and car enthusiast Xzibit and car customization specialist Mad Mike take aim on the biggest clunkers on the road. “Pimp My Ride,” returns for an all-new season, with an all-new garage.

Joining hip-hop superstar Xzibit and the crew for this new season, and giving a new spin on car customization, is GAS – Galpin Auto Sports. Taking car customization to the next level, together hip-hop’s Xzibit, Mad Mike and the crew at GAS create unheard of pimped out masterpieces. The show will air Thursdays at 10:00pm ET/PT.

In anticipation of the new season, MTV will schedule two 4-hour blocks of “Pimp My Ride” episodes, each block airing on consecutive Sundays in June, for a total of 8 hours of programming. The first block airs on June 4th from 5:00pm – 9:00pm. The second block airs on June 11th from 10:00am – 2:00pm.

MTV.com lends its support to “Pimp My Ride” by launching the Pimp My Ride/Lincoln Mark LT Sweepstakes. Each week MTV.com users will come to the “Pimp My Ride” website and vote for one item featured on that week’s episode to be added to the Mark LT. The following week, Overdrive will feature a package showing the installation of the part that was voted on that week. At the end of the season the Mark LT will be given away to one lucky winner!

Overdrive will also offer viewers access to a segment of outtakes and deleted scenes. Full episodes will be available on MTV On Demand starting July 7th.

In addition, fans with mobile devices will be able to access features including the “Pimp My Ride” trailer, weekly outtakes from current season, “best of” clips from previous seasons and “Pimp My Ride” graphics available as downloadable wallpapers on mobile.mtv.com.

Lincoln is a brand of the Ford Motor Company, a global automotive industry leader based in Dearborn, Mich., which manufactures and distributes automobiles in 200 markets across six continents. With about 300,000 employees and 108 plants worldwide, the company’s core and affiliated automotive brands also include Aston Martin, Ford, Jaguar, Land Rover, Mazda, Mercury and Volvo. Its automotive-related services include Ford Motor Credit Company. For more information regarding Ford’s products, please visit www.fordvehicles.com

After 10 years, nine films, five albums and one “Pimp”-ed out TV show, Xzibit has finally come Full Circle.

The 32-year-old rapper, who first blasted onto the scene with his lyrically charged

“I’ve definitely grown a lot as an individual, as a man, and as a father, and that perspective needs to be shared and put out there.” — Xzibit

Speed of Light in 1996, is about to drop his sixth studio album this summer.

“I’ve been making records [for so long], so to be able to do what I love and do it well, I gotta take it back to what I love to do,” X said recently of his upcoming, aptly titled LP, Full Circle.

“My perspective has definitely changed [over the years],” he added. “The things I used to say when I was 18, 19 or 20 aren’t the things I’m feeling now, you know? I’ve definitely grown a lot as an individual, as a man, and as a father, and that perspective needs to be shared and put out there.

“I think having powerful music that says something is a must for me [now],” explained X, who first tackled political issues on 2004’s Weapons of Mass Destruction. “So that’s what I plan to do with this record: shed some light on the growth that I’ve had so hopefully someone can relate and feel me.”

X still won’t divulge too many details about the disc — like which producers he’s working with or who he might be teaming with in the recording booth — but he said there’ll be 17 tracks on it when it drops in August.

As for his first single — well, let’s just say you probably won’t catch it on iTunes anytime soon. “Watch the mixtape circuit,” X said. “There’s so many ways for music to get out nowadays that the traditional way of just dropping a single before the record is out is obsolete.”

The hardcore-MC-turned-actor was among a handful of performers, including Tyrese, Macy Gray and Lauryn Hill, honored earlier this month at the Tinseltown to Gotham event in Beverly Hills for accomplishing what few of their contemporaries could: successfully crossing over into a mix of entertainment genres, including film, television and music.

“It feels good to be able to go from music to film and have a good transition and be given the opportunities I’ve been given,” Xzibit said backstage, donning a slick black tuxedo for the ceremony. “The roles I’ve had have worked out great for me, and tonight is just another stepping stone in the right direction.”

Of course, X attributes much of his breakout success and crossover appeal to his tricked-out MTV show, “Pimp My Ride,” which has been able to show a different, more personable side of him.

“That show really exposed a side of my personality you don’t get to see on rap videos or read [about] in magazines,” explained X, who helps kids transform their sad, weak wheels into pimped-out masterpieces on the show, now wrapping up its fifth season.

“There were decision-makers that watched that show, and the personality was there for them,” he said. “They gave me different chances and it just worked.”