Man vs. Machine

Man vs. Machine
Studio album by
ReleasedOctober 1, 2002
Recorded2001–02
Genre
Length67:14
Label
Producer
Xzibit chronology
Restless
(2000)
Man vs. Machine
(2002)
Weapons of Mass Destruction
(2004)
Singles from Man vs. Machine
  1. "Multiply"
    Released: March 5, 2002
  2. "Choke Me, Spank Me (Pull My Hair)"
    Released: 2002
  3. "My Name"
    Released: 2002
  4. "Symphony in X Major"
    Released: December 9, 2002
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic59/100[1]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[2]
Blender[3]
Christgau's Consumer Guide(2-star Honorable Mention)(2-star Honorable Mention)[4]
Entertainment WeeklyB−[5]
HipHopDX[6]
Los Angeles Times[7]
NME7/10[8]
RapReviews8.5/10[9]
Rolling Stone[10]
Uncut[11]

Man vs. Machine is the fourth studio album by American rapper Xzibit. It was released on October 1, 2002. Special guests include Dr. Dre, Snoop Dogg, Eminem, M.O.P, and Nate Dogg. Producers on the album include Rick Rock, Bink, Rockwilder, Erick Sermon, DJ Premier, and Dr. Dre (who was also the executive producer). The album debuted at number three on the Billboard 200 with over 156,000 copies sold in its first week. Since then album was certified gold by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA).[12] It was the last album released by Loud Records before it went defunct the same year.

  1. ^ Critic reviews at Metacritic
  2. ^ Allmusic review
  3. ^ Much of the material features clamorous, heavy-handed production, and though Xzibit's subject matter ranges from orgies to the benevolence of his mama, his dexterous rhyming style is a little too undifferentiated. [#10, p.132]
  4. ^ Robert Christgau Consumer Guide
  5. ^ Man vs. Machine
  6. ^ HipHopDX review
  7. ^ Los Angeles Times review
  8. ^ Xzibit : Man vs. Machine
  9. ^ RapReviews review
  10. ^ "Rolling Stone review". Rolling Stone. Archived from the original on February 28, 2008. Retrieved 2006-07-19.{{cite magazine}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  11. ^ "Uncut review". Archived from the original on 2013-10-05. Retrieved 2013-01-01.
  12. ^ RIAA - Gold & Platinum - August 10, 2008 Archived June 26, 2007, at the Wayback Machine

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