Open Bar Entertainment (also known as Almighty Open Bar Entertainment) is an American

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founded in 2000 by American rapper

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. It operated as a subsidiary label under

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History

Xzibit stated "I started a label called Open Bar, being that I gotta take advantage of everything that's happening around me right now, I just feel like Likwit Crew never got our fair share in the market place. Whether it was us, whether it was the promotion, whether it was the label...that's not for me to argue about. But what I can do is, since I got my hands around the opportunity, I'll of course, embrace my family members and bring them to the table with me. The first person I signed was King Tee. I also signed Defari and I'm bringing the Golden State Warriors over there. So I'm gonna go ahead and we're going to develop them, and bring them into the circle, putting my family together, coming out correctly."XZIBIT CENTRAL - Open Bar Records
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'', Xzibit was granted his own label under Loud Records, which at the time received distribution from

. Open Bar's first release was Xzibit's third studio album, '' Restless''. Among others, it featured Xzibit's protege and Open Bar's newest signee, rapper Defari. The album was the best selling album for both Open Bar and Xzibit, peaking in the top 15 on the ''

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'' and was certified platinum by the

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for selling a million copies in America. ''Restless'' was supported by two commercially successful singles: '' X'' and '' Front 2 Back''. Around 2000 through 2001, Xzibit began developing Defari as well as the ''Golden State Project'', a rap group consisting of Saafir,

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, and Xzibit. Originally named ''The Golden State Warriors'', the group's name was changed due to a cease and desist from the

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. Though both acts were to release projects through Open Bar, with Defari's album scheduled to be released in the summer of 2001 and The Golden State Project's album scheduled to be released in the Fall of 2001, both albums were shelved indefinitely, with Defari leaving the label in 2001.

Artists

*Defari

Discography

*'' Restless'' *'' Man Vs. Machine'' *''

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