X Files was announced via Twitter one day before its release, and was released due to the delay of Chris' then-upcoming studio album X. Released via DatPiff, the project features scrapped tracks from X, and its name is a play on this, and the sci-fi TV series of the same name. Since its release, X Files has been viewed over 870k times.

X Files includes features from Busta Rhymes and Ludacris and Chris' collaboration with Kid Ink, “Main Chick,” which was later released as a single.