Gavin Rap Retail XZIBIT Singles 1 1 1 OUTKAST - Elevators (LaFace/Arista) 2 2 2 L.L.COOL J - Loungin' (Def Jam Recording Group) 6 6 3 DO OR DIE - Po Pimp (Rap-A-Lot/Noo Trybe) 5 3 4 H. S. HIGH SNDTRK - Wu-Wear:Garment Renaissance/Get Down For Mine (Big Beat/Atl.) A Gavin classic (I to r): Red Alert, 3 4 5 2 PAC - How Do You Want It/California Love/Hit 'Em Up (Death Row/Interscope) Themblaa, and Wildman Steve! 7 5 6 JAY -Z - Can't Knock The Hustle (Roc-A-Fella/Priority) His journey: Xzibit was born and 16 10 7 A+- AllSee (Kedar/Universal) Rap Picks raised in Detroit until age nine. 8 7 8 GOODIE MoB - Dirty South (LaFace/Arista) RAS-T He moved to New Mexico then 4 8 9 NAS -IfI Ruled The World (Columbia/CRG) "Nine -Six Million Dollar Man" lived in Arizona briefly. At 14, 9 11 10 BUSTA RHYMES - It's A Party featuring Zhane/III Vibe featuring 0 -Tip (Elektra/EEG) (Norfside) trouble took hold of him, and he Salaam Remi delivers his signature 14 9 11 CAPONE-N-NOREAGA - Illegal Life/Stick You (Penalty) served a two-year stint in the sys- production style beneath a new 15 15 12 XZIBIT - Papparazzi (Loud/RCA) emcee known as Ras -T. The 007 - tem. Released on his own recog- 13 12 13 DRU DOWN - Can You Feel Me (Relativity) type fanfare gives his braggadocious nizance at 17, he relocated to 14 ORIGINO0 GUNN CLAPPAZ - No Fear/Da Storm (Duck Down/Priority) lyrics an air of mystery that will California. It was there that he 18 25 15 THE ROOTS - Clones/Sections (DGC) keep ya head noddin'. Ras -T is the lead project from Salaam Remi's began to take rhyming seriously. 10 18 16 TOO SHORT - Gettin' It (Jive) Norfside Records. Feels good to LABEL: Loud Records - 23 17 LOST BOYZ - Music Makes Me High (Universal) have up -tempo tracks comin' back. 19 16 18 RAS KASS - Anything Goes/On Earth As It Is.... (Patchwerk/Priority) Contact Leroy at (212) 2 :5-2727. CAMEOS: On the posse cut 24 19 AL'TARIQ - Do Yo' Thang (Correct/Grindstone Ent.) THE ROSE FAMILY "Freestyle Ghetto" with King Tee, "Beaches N Creme" b/w "HRH!" 12 20 20 THE 2 LIVE CREW - Shake A Lil' Somethin' (Lil' Joe) and three cuts from Tha 11 13 21 A TRIBE CALLED QUEST - ince Again (Jive) (Rawkus) Alkoholiks' Coast to Coast album. "Chillin'...Sittin" on about a half -a - He was offered his deal with Loud 22 21 22 DE LA SOUL - Stakes Is High/The Bizness (Tommy Boy) million." This hook will be running soon after the buzz caught on. - 19 23 GHOST TOWN DJs - My Boo (So So Def/Columbia/CRG) through your head indefinitely, and NEW 24 WESTSIDE CONNECTION - Bow Down (Priority) the beat is knockin', too! Rawkus is NEXT SINGLE: "The setting the rap world on its ear with NEW 25 M.C. LYTE - Everyday (eastwest/EEG) Foundation," produced by Muggs this, and the Rose Family has a cast Albums of all-star voices that you'll want to DEBUT ALBUM: hear more from. Flip the wax for a At the Speed of Life 4 2 1 OUTKASTATLiens (LaFace/Arista) taste of the down 'n' dirty B-side. 2 1 2 NAS -It Was Written (Columbia/CRG) Contact Brian or Red at Rawkus PRODUCERS INCLUDE: Muggs (212) 566-3160. 1 3 3 A TRIBE CALLED QUEST - Beats, Rhymes And Life (Jive) (Cypress Hill), Diamond D (Fat YO YO 5 4 4 JAY -Z - Reasonable Doubt (Roc-A-Fella/Priority) Joe), and E -Swift (Alkoholiks). "One for the Cutie" featuring MC 6 6 5 FACEMOB - The Other Side Of The Law (Noo TrybeNirgin) LYTE (eastwest/EEG) ON THE ALBUM: "I did this 3 5 6 DE LA SOUL - Stakes Is High (Tommy Boy) This cut opens up l o Yo's album album for more than photos and 7 DO OR DIE - Picture This (Rap-A-Lot/Noo Trybe) with a bang, and is among my travel. It's heartfelt. People have favorite tracks. Look for this to he 18 9 8 M.C. LYTE - Bad As I Wanna B (eastwest/EEG) told me how refreshing it is to a huge record; the ladies are a 9 HIGH SCHOOL HIGH SOUNDTRACK - Various Artists (Big Beat/Atlantic) power -packed pair that make their hear music from the West Coast 8 11 10 - Ridin' Dirty (Jive) standards for the opposite sex that doesn't have a Roger sample 10 12 11 MR. MIKE - Wicked Wayz (Suave/Relativity) clear! Bonus: this is actually a dou- or G -Funk in it" 11 7 12 LOST BOYZ - Legal Drug Money (Universal) ble A -side, and MC Lyte's "T.R.G (The Rap Game)" is a slammin' CREATIVE INFLUENCE: "My 9 8 13 HELTAH SKELTAH - Nocturnal (Duck Down/Priority) wake-up call to all Big Willies in mother, who was a writer. I 7 10 14 CRUCIAL CONFLICT - The Final Tic (Pallas/Universal) training. Contact Rene at Elektra express hostility in my written - 24 15 AL'TARIQ - God Connections (Correct/Grindstone Ent.) (212) 275-4058. thoughts then put it in a rhyme. 12 16 16 FUGEES - The Score (Ruffhouse/Columbia/CRG) TES MIXSHOW PICK Releasing them in the studio 16 13 17 2 PAC - All Eyez On Me (Death Row/Interscope) ILL AL SKRATCH makes it all worthwhile." 15 21 18 TOO SHORT - Gettin' It (album number ten) (Dangerous/Jive) "Yo Love" featuring Crystal Waters (Mercury) 13 14 19 SADAT X - Wild Cowboys (Loud/RCA) FUTURE PLANS: To catch wreck "Me and My Clickvas just an as one-third of the Usual 20 17 20 AKINYELE - Put It In Your Mouth E.P. (Stress/BMG) appetizer, and this explosive hit Suspects, a new group comprised NEW 21 A+ - Latch Key Child (Kedar/Universal) single is the main course. It has all NEW 22 DRU DOWN - Can You Feel Me (Relativity) the necessary ingredients to win, of Ras Kass, Saafir, and Xzibit. from the addictive hook to Crystal's 19 19 23 SO SO DEF BASS ALLSTARS - Various Artists (So So Def/Columbia/CRG) sassy vocals. It's what we love Ill AT SESSIONS: Check Xzibit out 14 15 24 BLAHZAY BLAHZAY - Blah, Blah, Blah (Fader/Mercury) and Al for, so "Yo, Love"-show during the Loud, Rawkus, HiTown, - 20 25 NINE - Cloud 9 (Profile) love! Contact Marlo at Mercury and Jungle Records Opening (212) 603-7922. Compiled by Matt Brown and Justin Tores Showcase, Thursday at 8 p.m..