Xzibit’s ‘Restless,’ With Help From Dre, Draws Big in the Southland

Dr. Dre is in the news lately in conjunction with his protege Eminem, but record buyers in his hometown of L.A. are big on another of his projects, the latest from Xzibit, executive produced by Dre. “Restless” is No. 22 nationally, but on the Southern California album sales chart it’s in the Top 10.

TOP 10 ALBUMS

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Title, Artist (Nat’l Rank) Last Week 1 1, Beatles (1) 1 2 Hotshot, Shaggy (2) 2 3 Save the Last Dance soundtrack, various (3) 13 4 Lovers Rock, Sade (6) 3 5 Tha Last Meal, Snoop Dogg (11) 4 6 Human Clay, Creed (5) 5 7 Now That’s What I Call Music 5, various (4) 6 8 No Angel, Dido (8) 8 9 Restless, Xzibit (22) 7 10 Greatest Hits, Lenny Kravitz (10) 9

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TOP 10 SINGLES

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Title, Artist (Nat’l Rank) Last Week 1 Don’t Tell Me, Madonna (1) -- 2 Stutter, Joe (4) 2 3 Ms. Jackson/B.O.B., OutKast (5) -- 4 Stronger, Britney Spears (2) 1 5 Liquid Dreams, O-Town (3) 3 6 So in Love With Two, Mikaila (9) 4 7 South Side, Moby (8) 5 8 Mamacita, Public Announcement (11) 7 9 Soul Sista, Bilal (13) 12 10 Dance With Me, Debelah Morgan (12) 8

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Source: SoundScan Inc., for week ended Jan. 21.