This is Xzibit's follow-up to his debut album, "At The Speed Of Life." On this album, Xzibit displays growth as an overall MC, his lyrics and raw flow both being improved.
"What U See Is What U Get" is just raw, easily the best track on the album. "3 Card Molly," featuring Rass Kass and Saafir, is an entertaining track showcasing the trio's lyrical skills. And "Los Angeles Times" is another nice track with a great bassline. Other bangin tracks include "Focus," "Deeper," and "Inside Job."
Where the album falters is in some of the production. Although the tracks listed above are all well-crafted, others on this album are not. Case in point--"Nobody Sound Like Me," the perfect example of what you get when you cross a lame beat with an un-interesting hook. "Shroomz" features some funny lyrics over an all-out WACK beat, making it very hard to listen to.
Fortunately (at least HOPEFULLY), this problem will not exist on X to the Z's forthcoming album, which will feature mostly Dr. Dre behind the boards. But still, even with a few wack beats, this is still a recommended album. If you're a fan of West Coast hip-hop, you should have "40 Dayz & 40 Nightz" in your collection.

Xzibit in my opinion is the illest MC from the West Coast. If you truly into lyrics and a true hip-hop head than this CD is for you. What You See is What You Get is the bomb. Xzibit keeps it real thru the whole album. On "Focus" X to the Z displays his lyrical skills and diversity. This album is tight lyrically but the tracks wasnt bangin, the production could've been better. Its a good CD but not as good as his first one "To The Speed of Life." - that one was bomb - a hip-hop classic in my estimation.

Why aren't this guy's albums selling by the millions? I heard him on "B Please" on the last Snoop CD and I went out and bought both of Xzibit's albums. This man has a tight voice, flow, and much of the time his lyrics are great. While I felt this CD grows a little weaker once you get towards some of the middle and last tracks it's still a classic. The song with Meth and Jayo was a bit of a let down for me, but other than that this album has some great tracks. If you hear this album and you like it, pick up AT THE SPEED OF LIFE. That one is even better. I'm just hoping Xzibit will get the props he deserves when he drops his new album that's produced by DRE.

In the middle of the West Coast saturday reviews but I will do all 5 Xzibit albums."Chamber Music" is absolutely sick and is very nice."3 Card Molly" is some how actually better and has a perfect beat to it and when you get Saafir and Ras Kass you have a classic song."What you see is what you get" was one of the best video's if not the best of 1998 and is also a great single."Handle your bussiness" also has a great beat to it and he kills this one to."Nobody Sounds like me" has a experimental beat(I love experimental beats) I wish the had beats like this on his new albums."P**** Pop" is that Method Man."Shroomz" messes up the album with a bad beat and bad lyrics."Focus" gets back on focus with a nice beat and nice lyrics."Deeper" has a beat that sounds like it was made underground and is experimental."Los Angeles Times" is obviosly a look at LA up close."Let it Rain" has a sick beat and hot rhymes to go with it."Recycled Assasins" has a great beat to it.I really do not know anything about Thayoud Auser or Jesse West but they did a great job.If Xzibit would of actaully had fun on here it would have been even better.He used energy but not excitement.
Lyrics 9.5 Production 10 X Factor 7 Classic 9 Replay 9
This was a hard one to score but it was worth a solid 4 1/2

I picked up a used copy of this CD from my local CD store for 8 bucks. I was expecting it to be good, but I got way more then I expected. This CD is by far, the best rap album I've ever heard, beating out competion from 2Pac (Better Dayz) Eminem, 50, Obie, D12, G-Unit, Dilated Peoples, Danger Mouse, and more. It's amazing!! THere are four songs on this album that would've become instant hits, had they been released on a more commercial rappers album. They are Handle Your Buisness (My new favorite rap song) Focus, Deeper, and Recycled Assasins. If they'd been released on a more commercial rapper's album, like Eminem, 2Pac, or 50 Cent, they would become legendary rap songs!! This is definitly a CD that no one who enjoys rap should pass up!! The only thing is, if you get the clean version, there'll be a lot of blank spots.

This album is so good, that today my friend, who had listened to my copy of this, and was listening to my copy of The Marshall Mathers LP, listened to a few songs on the MMLP, and he's like "Screw Eminem, lemme listen to that Xzibit again."