Full Circle, released in 2006, is the sixth album from West Coast rapper

West Coast hip hop

West Coast hip hop is a hip hop music subgenre that encompasses any artists or music that originates in the westernmost region of the United States, as opposed to East Coast hip hop, based originally in New York alone...

 Xzibit

Xzibit

Alvin Nathaniel Joiner , better known by his stage name Xzibit , is an American rapper, actor, and television host. He is known as the host of the MTV show Pimp My Ride, which brought him mainstream success...

, his first release on Koch Records

Koch Records

E1 Music , the primary subsidiary of E1 Entertainment LP, is the largest independent record label in the United States. It is also distributed by the Universal Music Group in Europe under the name E1 Universal...

. To assist in the making of Full Circle, Xzibit enlisted Keith Shocklee

Keith Shocklee

Keith Matthew Boxley , better known as Keith Shocklee or Wizard K-Jee, is an American hip hop producer and DJ. He was an original member of Public Enemy and The Bomb Squad...

 of the Bomb Squad as co-executive producer. The Game

The Game (rapper)

Jayceon Terrell Taylor , better known by his stage name Game, formerly The Game, is an American rapper and actor. As a member of G-Unit, he rose to fame in 2005 with the success of his debut album, The Documentary, which earned him two Grammy Award nominations...

, DJ Quik

DJ Quik

David Martin Blake , better known by his stage name DJ Quik, is an MC and record producer. According to Quik himself, his stage name reflects his ability to produce records in short time....

, Too Short, T-Pain

T-Pain

Faheem Rasheed Najm , better known by his stage name T-Pain, is an American singer-songwriter, rapper, record producer, and actor, currently signed to Young Money Entertainment. His debut album, Rappa Ternt Sanga, was released in 2005. In 2007, T-Pain released his second studio album Epiphany,...

 and Tha Dogg Pound

Tha Dogg Pound

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 make up the many high-profile guests, and the Chappelle's Show

Chappelle's Show

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s Donnell Rawlings

Donnell Rawlings

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 makes a comedic appearance. The presence of King Tee

King Tee

Roger McBride, mostly known as King Tee , is an American West coast rapper from Compton, California.-Career:...

 is particularly notable for being the first Likwit Crew

Likwit Crew

The Likwit Crew is a West Coast hip hop collective. It was founded by King Tee who recruited Tha Alkaholiks and Xzibit as his first acts. Then, other artists such as J. Wells, Phil da Agony, Lootpack, Defari, Styliztik Jones, Declaime, Montage One and The Barbershop MC's joined...

 rapper to appear on an Xzibit album since 2000's Restless

Restless (Xzibit album)

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"Concentrate" was released as the lead single. Produced by the Bay Area's Rick Rock

Rick Rock

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, it sampled and looped "Nam Myōhō Renge Kyō

Nam Myoho Renge Kyo

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," a mantra

Mantra

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 that is chanted as the central practice of all forms of Nichiren Buddhism

Nichiren Buddhism

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Full Circle peaked on the Billboard

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 album chart at #50, shipping 16,659 units. It has now sold 122,606 copies in America and 244,000 worldwide. The album had three singles released, in which two of them had music videos filmed for them (for "Concentrate" and "Thank You").

Track listing

Sample credits

• "Family Values" contains samples of "Savoir Faire", performed originally by Chic
  Chic (band)
  Chic was an African American disco and R&B band that was organized during 1976 by guitarist Nile Rodgers and bassist Bernard Edwards. It is known best for its commercially successful disco songs, including "Dance, Dance, Dance " , "Everybody Dance" , "Le Freak" , "I Want Your Love" , "Good Times"...
  
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Album chart positions

Year	Album	Chart positions
		Billboard 200 Billboard 200 The Billboard 200 is a ranking of the 200 highest-selling music albums and EPs in the United States, published weekly by Billboard magazine. It is frequently used to convey the popularity of an artist or groups of artists...	Top R&B/Hip Hop Albums	Top Independent Albums
2006	Full Circle	50	13	3

External links

• Full Circle lyrics at XzibitCentral.com