The Game [The R.E.D. Album]

pavcro10

Cant wait

PrettyBoy

Album has been pushed back until late summer. Good move IMO, he needs to release a decent single, hopefully a Dre track. The track with Pharrell isn't really a good choice for a single and the track with Justin is just useless. At least he's recording new material.

The Game’s highly anticipated R.E.D. Album has been delayed again, a source familiar with the situation confirmed to AllHipHop.com today (June 2nd).

The rapper’s album was originally supposed to be released in the crowded month of June, which will see releases from Drake, Young Jeezy, Sean “Diddy” Combs and Eminem.

The R.E.D. Album was originally due in stores on June 15th, but that date was changed to June 29th.

The next release date given for the rapper’s fourth studio album was listed as July 6th, but that date has been pushed back as well.

While an exact release date has yet-to-be confirmed, the album should land in stores this Summer.

According to sources close to Game, he canceled a series of listening sessions slated to take place this week, so that he could focus on recording new material for the R.E.D. Album.

http://allhiphop.com/stories/news/archive/2010/06/02/22243932.aspx

mufcboy1999

starting to sound like detox at this stage

PrettyBoy

mufcboy1999 wrote: »

starting to sound like detox at this stage

It is yeah.

Thanks for the contribution.

PrettyBoy

Here's a few shots from the 'Ain't No Doubt About It' video shoot with Justin and Pharrell.






The video for 'It Must Be Me' is premiering on Friday so this should follow shortly after.

Corholio

Have quite low expectations for this album having heard the songs hes put out recently. Pharell now produces like he dosen't give a crap anymore, and I guess why should he considering his bank balance, but his output has been phenomenally bad lately.

Lupe's and Em's albums are much higher in my expectations. I fully expect both to be better than Game's album too.

PrettyBoy

'Pushin' It' with T.I. and Robin Thicke leaked today. Not sure if it will be on R.E.D. or King Uncaged.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CRC7pGTUjMw

Here's a short radio interview with DJ Envy.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K-BkOOvTHyg

Corholio wrote: »

Pharell now produces like he dosen't give a crap anymore, and I guess why should he considering his bank balance, but his output has been phenomenally bad lately.

Agree. Haven't heard anything decent from Pharrell in a while and I'm a fan of his.

PrettyBoy

Looong interview with Game, more of the same really. Talks about his relationships with Dre and Pharrell, working with Justin, his new group and he confirms that Lupe is on The R.E.D. Album.

Since you came on the scene the West Coast really got some life back. You have to give credit where credit is due. Of course Snoop, Cube and them are still active, but you helped rejuvenate the scene too.

At this point Snoop, Dre, and Cube are all so iconic that they are in the West Coast Hip Hop hall of fame. It’s up to us new cats to hold it down and keep the torch burning.

Where would you like to see West Coast Rap in the next five years?

I would like to see it back where it was when the Death Row dynasty was around, when it was just us. Not to take anything away from the South, because even back then the South had Scarface and all those cats putting it down and New York had it poppin with DMX and them. But I would like it to swing back our way for a minute so these new cats could get a chance to eat and shine and be glad that they are a part of something. We are still the mighty West Coast.

We can’t forget about artists like Spice-1, Ant Banks, Too Short and them up in the Bay.

You already know what's up with that. E-40 has been doing it big for a minute. All of that is dope boy music right there. I thought we was talking about Hip Hop, ha ha. I got a whole ‘nother CD changer for all of that right there. That’s that dope boy music!

Nowadays it’s really about the music instead of the lyrics, but you always make sure to bring tight lyrics. Are lyrics important to you?

Most definitely. That’s what I do. You have to take it for what it is because Hip Hop has many faces and it changes and you can’t get mad at it. Personally, I am a lyricist so I am going to keep my lyrics poppin’ and making sure that I am creative and that people still acknowledge me as one of the top MCs. I’m gonna let everybody else do what they do because that way I will stand out.

I always liked the chants like Luke and different artists do, but also I appreciate a good lyricist. Will we get a good dose of some heated lyrics on “The R.E.D. Album”?

“The R.E.D. Album” is like something that you haven’t heard before. “The Documentary”, “The Doctor’s Advocate”, and “LAX” were good, but none of them can **** with “The R.E.D. Album”.

What makes “The R.E.D. Album” stand above the rest?

I finally got an album where I got to ****in’ rap the way I want to rap without no beef and having my mind clear without the label stepping in and telling me I can’t say this or that.

Did the label step in before?

You know they did, but this album was different for the fact that there is no beef. You will see what I mean, because this album will reflect what I am saying.

Dre wasn’t on the last album and now he is back on this one. How did it make you feel to work with him again?

It is beautiful, man. Dre is the teacher and I am the student. When I work with him I am sitting there and just learning. Even though he don’t think that he teaches me anything I soak up everything, because he is always watching me and he is the biggest. It don’t get no bigger out here on the West Coast than Dr. Dre. It’s funny because I’ve known Dre for a long time now and we have had a close relationship over the years. Even though everything went sour with the whole 50 situation, me and Dre always stay on point.

From the way you talk about Dre I can tell that you have a deep admiration for the man.

Oh yeah. That dude did it for me. He took me out of the hood and gave me the opportunity to be somebody. Without that I wouldn’t be on the phone with you right now, and a lot of people would still have their head low about the West Coast. I just appreciate him in every aspect.

In a game where arrogance is part of the image, how do you manage to stay humble?

The part about being humble is just being real. It comes from how I came up and how I understand life as a whole. I understand all walks of life and cultures and languages; I just appreciate it all. I know there is nothing in this world that makes me better than you or you better than Mayweather or him better than a 30 year old Mexican dude who just crossed the border. It’s just as simple as “I gotta be me!” I gotta keep it 100 with the people, myself, and where I’m from with my city and my town. I keep it 100 with other cities and towns, as well as in every environment and every culture.

Not many people see it that way or even think about these things.

That’s just a rule of the thumb for me. I think over the years it has really kept me here as a factor and a fixture within Hip Hop. That type of attitude keeps longevity and that is what I’m about.

You seem like you can go anywhere on the map and just fit in, whether it’s Czechoslovakia or Compton!

I just embrace the different cultures and make sure to remain who I am as a person at all times. You have to be able to adapt to what is around you.

What is it like for you when you go to other countries?

I love it. Even though in my city and my state they embrace me and love me and have kind of crowned me king at this point, I think I am much more well received when I am out of town. Definitely overseas! I think they look at me like I am some type of god and it kills me every time.

Why do you think that is?

You can tell that my music really effects them and they can relate to it. It’s like their outlook on certain things and how they can overcome certain situations and obstacles. It’s like they can relate to it on a different level where they feel it inside.

Out of all the places you have travelled to, which was your favorite place to go?

That’s a good question, but honestly there ain’t nothing like Africa. In Africa I’ve been told so many times that I am the realest rapper alive. People have told me that besides Tupac it is just me. These are people on many levels that don’t have **** and don’t even know where their next meal is coming from, but they still have the will and a way to take time out to tell me how much they appreciate me. I appreciate them for taking the time out to even listen to my music. That is what makes me feel good. I’ve been everywhere though, man.

Africa is the place where Rap music originally came from. When you go over there have you ever had someone break out with some music and ask you to spit some **** for them?

No, because the places that I’ve been to have not really been too cool to hop out the car like that. A lot of times we’ve had to speed through, because we went through some war zones and **** like that.

Was that was unsettling for you?

Naw, but it is different in another country than it is over here. We had to show credentials to get past check points, otherwise they was gonna shoot up the van with some choppers and ****. When we went to Africa we went through some of the craziest parts in Africa. That is the type of mutha****a that I am; I go through the grimiest parts to see the people. But don’t get me wrong, it’s not all like that. We have been to a lot of places where **** was all good.

What parts of Africa did you travel to?

We stayed all throughout the Congo, in northern Africa. We were where people were living real grimy with buildings that had been bombed and **** like that. The people were still living in the buildings even though they had been bombed and ****. It was crazy!

It’s good that people like you take the time out to go to places like that and show the people that you care. So many successful people don’t give a **** about their fans outside America or Europe.

That’s the type of person that I am. I come from Compton, California and I grew up in a hostile environment myself. I know to a degree what people go through.

I see you have put together a team of real talented people known as Goon Squad. Let’s hear about that.

The Goon Squad was assembled by myself, really hand picked. I put together a nice team of talented artists. First, I got my partner Juice, who hails from Arizona. I’ve been knowing him for a minute. I’ve been grooming him for awhile now, and he will probably be the first to jump out into the limelight to make an impact in Hip-Hop.

He must be very talented to be the first artist you’re putting forward.

Oh yeah. I think he has got it figured out now. He has been down for about 3 ½ years now so I know he’s ready. Just been honing his craft and he has been studying. I’ve been taking him around, showing him different things and taking him around the world, so I think he is finally ready to make his real life debut. I got confidence in him that he will be able to do his thing.

Who else is on the roster?

Next I got the homie X.O. who I’ve been rolling with since the beginning of my career. He reps L.A. like I do and he goes hard. He is a little bit more of a lyricist than me at this point and he is ready. He’s been putting it down for a minute and I know he has what it takes also.

Isn’t there a female member too?

We got Kanary Diamonds, who is a dope artist. She writes her own rhymes and she has been grinding for a minute.

Most of the classic camps have had a female on the team.

Exactly. If you look throughout history, many camps had a female who represented like how Rocafella had Ashanti and Junior Mafia had Lil’ Kim. I knew we ain’t gonna be able to get this off the ground without a girl. She looks good and is appealing to females and dudes. Every time I read a comment about her they are always saying, “She is sexy and she can spit!” Every response on her has been nothing but positive.

Mixtapes have been big part of your arsenal over the years. Do you have DJs down with the Goon Squad?

I got a bunch of DJs down with the team. DJ Skee for one has been down for awhile. Me and him started off as nobody and then we both ended up like this. He ended up as DJ Skee and I ended up as Game, and we both came up from nothing. Also DJ Chris Styles is my tour DJ and he’s putting in work. Plus DJ Haze and DJ Shake have also been holding it down. So we got plenty of DJs in the mix.

Who else is in the Goon Squad as far as rappers go?

We got the homie Mysonne the General who is from the Bronx. That’s the Bronx Bully right there. He is very gifted! Then we got Inglewood’s own Mad Max. He is crazy! He’s a little bit different from other rappers. Sometimes he might sound more Gangsta, and other times he might sound so Pop but Gangsta as well.

It sounds like you got people from different parts and different styles.

That’s what it is all about. We finally got the Voltron and now we are ready to play. **** is looking real good for the Goon Squad. Also I can’t leave out the homie Nujerzey Devil. That’s my guy right there. He’s all over the map, I mean everywhere. If he ain’t in Jersey, he is in Vegas, Miami or Chicago, always getting’ it poppin’. He just took the imprint and just ran with it. I can’t even control that cat.

You hand picked everyone yourself?

I hand picked all of them myself. They couldn’t get past the boss. I had a hand in it because I wanted to make sure everything was what I needed it to be. **** had to be unique across the board! I wanted to make sure that skills were up to par, but also that different styles and abilities were in place. I think I achieved that because so far everyone is getting positive comments from people.

Rap fans have been looking for the next big crew for some time. Throughout history we had NWA, GB, Wu, and many others to name. Do you think that Goon Squad will be the next big crew in Rap music?

I definitely think so. Over the years I’ve had artists come and go and I tried to do things with different people, but right here I think this is set and ready to roll.

I noticed that in the past you’ve worked with a lot of cats that were up and coming.

I tried to work with a lot of people. I had a part in the early risings of people like Glasses Malone and J-Rock, as well as Nipsy Hussle. I took Nipsy on tour when a lot of people didn’t really know who he was.

It’s always good to look out for up and coming people, help to bring the new talent up.

I agree, because I was there myself at one time. I always try to stay doing for my coast and make sure the younger talent is seen and heard and now I got my own squad and they are ready for the world.

Do you have any plans to step into acting in the future?

A lot of people have been asking me that lately. I’ve been getting a lot of scripts, and hopefully I will get one good enough where I can touch base in a way that will be memorable. If not I will just wait until that happens.

Your life is truly remarkable. Here you are a Blood on the streets of Compton and next thing you know you are in the lab with Dr. Dre, traveling to the Congo and doing shows around the world. What about working on a life story book?

That could happen too because I’m open for anything. I want to give a chance for people to look inside my windows. This would give them a deeper understanding of how **** is. Also anything that has any financial support to my full house/eight car situation is all good (laughs).

My favorite cover story that I’ve done for Murder Dog has to be your first time on the cover with the red rag over your face.

Hell yeah, that was iconic. I love that cover! I still got that magazine on the wall in my office. That was one of the best interviews and one of the best covers I’ve done. Murder Dog is one of the best magazines that I’ve ****ed with over the years.

How have you been the last few years?

These days I’m mostly just living it and assembling my squad. I’ve been taking in a lot of free time that I’ve had off while working on this album, just relaxing and having a good time. Above all else I’ve been just hanging out with my kids and spending a lot of quality time with the family. That is my favorite thing to do because I love seeing my kids grow and hanging out with them. It’s beautiful.

The track you did “400 Bars” is insanity! When did you find time to breathe on that one?

I didn’t really take no breaths! It came together after I did the track because I was gonna put it out but I didn’t really like it, so I changed the whole concept and the beat.

You did the “Red Room” mixtape with DJ Skee. What happened to the DJ Drama situation with that mixtape?

I was working on the “Red Room” and we were gonna do the tape with Drama, but then Drama said that he didn’t want to be involved with any beefs. Even though I wasn’t beefing on the tape I felt like if I wanted to then that was a decision that I could make. I didn’t want to factor in what Drama didn’t want to be part of, so I got it done without Drama. I got it done with Skee, and you know Skee as we have been down that road together a bunch of times.

Are you and DJ Drama cool?

Oh yeah. There are no bad feelings towards Drama or nothing.

Do you think that the two of you will ever work on something together in the future?

We’re gonna do a tape at one point together. It’s just a matter of when. Regardless, me and the homie Skee got it done and the end result is the “Red Room” mixtape.

This is like the preview to “The R.E.D. Album”?
It’s just to give you a glimpse of what is coming when it drops in July, so you can say it’s like a preview. At the same time the “Red Room” has a life of its own. “The R.E.D. Album” and the “Red Room” are two separate entities, but you know what I can put down on any of my ****. I come in to drop something serious.

I see that Pharrell is not only doing some production on the album, but is also executive producing the album along with yourself. The two of you have a great working relationship and have also developed a great friendship. How did all of that come together between you and Pharrell?

Since the beginning of my career I had everything going for me but one of the only things that I hadn’t done that I wanted to was to work with the Neptunes. We never figured it out until recently.

Why did it take so long?

Everything had to fall into place. It just wasn’t the right time until now. I used to think that maybe he didn’t want to work with me or maybe that he had an opinion and that it wasn’t a positive one on me or my work. I just kind of got mad at him without ever even speaking to him. Then one day we chopped it up and we hit it off. We are like the best of friends coming into this album.

Being that Dre wasn’t on the “LAX” album, were you looking for Pharrell to possibly be on that one too?

We were going to work on the “LAX” album together but our schedules conflicted and we just couldn’t get it done. We ended up saving this for the “The R.E.D. Album”.

When did you realize that you and Pharrell had such good chemistry working together?

It happened real fast. As soon as we got in the lab we worked so good and so fast that the joints would come out so crazy, and the methods were so effective.

At what point did Pharrell become an executive producer of the project?

After us gelling in the studio and working together so good I saw that we had taken **** to the next level, so I asked him if he wanted to be the executive producer of the album. He said, “I would be delighted,” and that’s where it started.

Both of you come from two different sections of the map, so for you to come together with your different styles is a plus all in itself.

Exactly. It shows people that talent recognizes talent no matter where you are from.

In addition to Pharrell, you have an incredible cast on “The R.E.D. Album”.

We got all kinds of crazy features to tell you about, starting off with of course Dre, Pharrell, Snoop, Beanie Sigel, Rick Ross, Nelly Furtado, Robin Thicke, Lupe Fiasco and Justin Timberlake, to name a few.

It’s crazy because you are this West Coast Gangsta MC working with the likes of Nelly Furtado and Justin Timberlake. What a unique combination.
I’m just showing how I can do different things with different people from all angles. You never know what the Game will hit you with. I come at you from everywhere. This is definitely my best to date. I am not just saying that. I let loose on all levels on this one.

Nelly Furtado is known for her singing ability. How did she sound on her feature with you?

She was just singing like the song bird that she is. Nelly Furtado would just come on and start singing like crazy. If I could put you in the mind of anything, she probably could remind of you of Janet Jackson on this one. She came in and really did her thing.

Justin Timberlake and you are an odd combination. You are gutter and street and can rap like nobody’s business, and he is as Pop as you can get. How was it to work with him?

Again that’s me showing how I can work with various people on so many levels. He’s a dope dude. He came in there and was only there for about ten minutes. He did the hook and left after ten minutes. He is serious about his ****. He came in did the hook and looked around and said, “Is everybody happy with it?” He was in and out like the wind; as quick as he came in he was gone!

What about you? When you come to the studio do you have to get into a certain mood or are you ready to roll as soon as you walk in?

I come in there and I go to work. All I need is a slurpy from 7-11 and a pint of Hennessy. I mix the Hennessy in with the slurpy and there it is. Ideas will start to form and from there I’m gone. That’s all it is with me, nothing else! I don’t write nothing outside of the studio. I only getting in the mode when I am physically in the studio. That’s when the ideas start to flow.

That’s amazing. A lot of rappers are constantly thinking of ideas and have patterns for writing.

I take my work very serious, but at the same time I keep it at the studio because when I’m not in the lab I really can’t catch a vibe.

Why do you think that is? A person as lyrical as you are, I would think that you could hear a beat anywhere and just start flowing. Especially after hearing classic mixtape tracks like “100 Bars and Runnin” and **** like that where you flow continuously.

When I’m out of the studio I just live my life and spend time with my kids. It’s all about the family and having fun; I don’t stress on the writing at that point. When I’m with my kids I don’t want to worry about writing records, but when I’m in the studio it’s like a switch is turned on and I’m in a different mode. I know when to go to work and when to leave it alone.

To me you are one of the greatest lyricists in the game because your flow is so smooth and your choices of words are always on point.

I really appreciate that. A lot of haters out there would like to disagree with that statement though.

When you are gifted people want to tear that down. You are not only gifted as a rapper, but you carry yourself in a good light as well. You are always humble.

You know me man, I don’t change! The way that I came in is the same way that I am going out.

I remember when your son was born. That was the same year my daughter was born.

It’s crazy because Harlem is so huge now. He will be 7 on June 30th. In five years that **** just jumps on you some time right? You see them growing and now they are seven, but you can also remember what life was like back when you were seven years old. Of course they are on a whole ‘nother thing now with iPods and **** like that. We didn’t have none of that **** back then.

On the cover of your first album “The Documentary” your son was so small.
To see him go from the cover of “The Documentary” when he was only seven months to watch him play football and basketball is amazing to me.
Sounds like he’s athletic. How is Harlem on the court?

Harlem is great at basketball. He stopped playing baseball and started playing basketball and football, and he’s great at basketball.

Have you been on the courts lately?

I‘ve been slacking because I‘ve been working on the album. I haven’t been able to get it in and get in the gym as much as I’ve been wanting too lately. I might be even getting a little bit chubby from my lack of exercise, but I gotta take care of the fam.

What was your favorite era in basketball since you have been a fan?

My favorite era was straight up the Magic John era when you had Magic, Kareem, James Worthy, Byron Scott. And even a little bit after that because I enjoyed the Nick Van Excel days as well. When Magic tried to make that comeback and did that around the back pass on Spreewell. There was nothing like that.

There was nothing like seeing Jordan and Magic play though!

Oh man. I went to a couple Laker games, but I never got to see Mike play at one. I know that **** was really special though just from knowing the game of basketball.

http://murderdog.com/april_2009/interviewoftheweek.html

mufcboy1999

PrettyBoy wrote: »

It is yeah.

Thanks for the contribution.

glad you agree

PrettyBoy

MTV claim that Pushin' It is the latest single from The R.E.D. Album.

http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1640804/20100604/game_the.jhtml

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e1k8HBgpX5A

DOWNLOAD HERE: http://tinyurl.com/2fh6j6n

greenbetty69

that bit in that interview pretty boy put up, this is the first time hes got no beef when recording so reckons itl be one of his best because he doesnt have to hold back with lyrics and that.. interesting point

Corholio

PrettyBoy wrote: »

MTV claim that Pushin' It is the latest single from The R.E.D. Album.

http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1640804/20100604/game_the.jhtml

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e1k8HBgpX5A

DOWNLOAD HERE: http://tinyurl.com/2fh6j6n

If that's true, that's not only the worst first single he's put out but the worst single he's put out period. It's a horrible track.

"I'm pushin it, the back door or I'll elevate ya, to the top floor" I LOL'd when i heard that in the chorus.

Unless he has some hidden gems on this album it's not looking good so far.

I think a rapper like Game is better off having beef to rap about on his album, I think he's better when he's riled up a bit. Otherwise 80% of the time he's pretty boring.

PrettyBoy

Corholio wrote: »

If that's true, that's not only the worst first single he's put out but the worst single he's put out period.

Really? It's a lot better than 'Ain't No Doubt About It', 'Shake' and 'It Must Be Me' IMO. The song is radio friendly and having T.I. on there is a big help. Game hasn't confirmed if it will be a single or not so we'll have to wait and see.

Boom_Bap

That "Pushin It" song is pants

DermoMIO

Pushin It was originally recorded by Ja Rule in late '07 and leaked fully in July '08

PrettyBoy

Ja Rule version was never released, same kind of story with Kardinall Offishall and Drakes song 'Forever'. We'll see what happens with this, still unclear if it will be on The R.E.D. Album.

PrettyBoy

New interview with Game.

• Says there will be 3-5 Dre tracks.
• Confirms Just Blaze, Swizz Beatz and Timbaland tracks will be on the album.
• Says he will drop a new mixtape before the album is released.

Part 1.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9qZczJzWAWk

Part 2.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cABEvHQwv2M

PrettyBoy

Game just leaked this track on his Twitter, 'We Do It B.I.G.' which uses a sample from 'Juicy'.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K7fIvJmI4m8

http://www.box.net/shared/52ngis1p8i

Again, not sure if it will be on The R.E.D. Album.

Zero-Cool

Game disses UFC Star Rampage Jackson

http://board.rapbasement.com/showthread.php?t=472469

The way its going, I think Rampage could match Game in a freestyle battle but I would really wanna see Game get thrown round the Octagon!

PrettyBoy

New release date is August 24th.

Boom_Bap

sheehy83 wrote: »

Game disses UFC Star Rampage Jackson

http://board.rapbasement.com/showthread.php?t=472469

The way its going, I think Rampage could match Game in a freestyle battle but I would really wanna see Game get thrown round the Octagon!

Is that because Rampage got the role of Mr. T in the A-Team over him?

Zero-Cool

Boom_Bap wrote: »

Is that because Rampage got the role of Mr. T in the A-Team over him?

Ya and how Game's 'Boy Rashad' wooped Rampages ass (even though he didn't, just held Rampage against the cage for 3 rounds. Game says he was offered the role but he would need a trainer flown around the world with him and it was too expensive so they just hired Rampage. Rampage has a great response.

Boom_Bap

From what i've heard, Rampage has done a fine job in the A-Team, thankfully we have one less rapper turned actor

Makaveli

Rashad did smash Rampage in fairness.

Zero-Cool

Makaveli wrote: »

Rashad did smash Rampage in fairness.

WHAT!!!!!!!! :eek:

Won't get into it on this thread but, he did not 'smash' him. However, Rashad did deserve the win as he put in more work for the fight. Although when Rampage rocked him, if he was conditioned better he could have finished the fight but couldn't so just stayed back letting Rashad recover. Holding a guy against a fence for 3 rounds is not smashing him.

sorry we're off topic. Would love to see a rematch with a conditioned Rampage and no movie to promote. I think Rua will bust Rashad open.

PrettyBoy

Phantom ft. Robin Thicke (produced by Dr. Dre).

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dZ37NJJ39bo

mufcboy1999

new game track ft robin thicke "phantom" dont know if its of red not sure but its roumered to be prod by dr dre

ok track again nothing great but the i love the beat

here's the link :
<snip>.......<snip>

interesting going through my ipod playlists where i have all my game red album tracks and possable red tracks, all of the below songs were made for red but created no buzz what so ever, 9 in total maybe more thats a hell of an amount of tracks and to still have no buzz or excitement around the album outside of game fans.

american dream (where did the finished version end up with diddy?)
bang along
big money
better days ft andre merritt
heaven
breakin rules ft busta
shake
it must be me ft pharrell
aint no doubth about it ft jt and pharrell
pushin it ft t.i and robin thicke

not even releasing a proper video is a sign he aint doing well, aswell as the constant album push backs

PrettyBoy

mufcboy1999 wrote: »

interesting going through my ipod playlists where i have all my game red album tracks and possable red tracks, all of the below songs were made for red but created no buzz what so ever, 9 in total maybe more thats a hell of an amount of tracks and to still have no buzz or excitement around the album outside of game fans.

american dream (where did the finished version end up with diddy?)
bang along
big money
better days ft andre merritt
heaven
breakin rules ft busta
shake
it must be me ft pharrell
aint no doubth about it ft jt and pharrell
pushin it ft t.i and robin thicke

American Dream was never finished, it was never going to be on R.E.D.? Neither were Better Days, Breakin' Rules, Bang Along, not sure about Heaven? Some of these are leftovers from DA and LAX, where did you hear these were on R.E.D.? But yeah, Shake, Must Be Me and ANDAI are all useless, Phantom is the best one yet, mostly for the production IMO.

Not sure if Phantom will be on the album, it leaked a few hours ago and Game posted on his Twitter saying "mixtape tracks keep leakin" and that a new mixtape was coming so I'm not too sure what he's going to do with it.

mufcboy1999

PrettyBoy wrote: »

American Dream was never finished, it was never going to be on R.E.D.? Neither were Better Days, Breakin' Rules, Bang Along, not sure about Heaven? Some of these are leftovers from DA and LAX, where did you hear these were on R.E.D.? But yeah, Shake, Must Be Me and ANDAI are all useless, Phantom is the best one yet, mostly for the production IMO.

Not sure if Phantom will be on the album, it leaked a few hours ago and Game posted on his Twitter saying "mixtape tracks keep leakin" and that a new mixtape was coming so I'm not too sure what he's going to do with it.

i think american dream and better days were good enough to be on red and too good of material to be on mixtapes, i just heard through the different forums etc that these were meant to be singles.

it must be me is a quality track , i dont like shake or andai, where did the video go from it must be me? i saw a snippet of behind the scenes a while back....

phantom is good, you can tell dre produced it but i doubth he'l have it on the album because robin thicke is already on pushin it which is his current single so i doubth robin thicke would be featured twice on the album considering there will more than likely be a good few more features like niki, nelly furtado, t.i etc etc

PrettyBoy

Game posted this on his Twitter earlier today.

In the studio wit the lil homie @drakkardnoir & @coolanddre n all I can say is R.E.D. album........ Track #2

Game and Drake rapping with Cool and Dre producing, sounds like it has a lot of potential IMO.

PrettyBoy

These were posted on Cool and Dre's Twitter:

Photo: Live blackberry pic!! The Red Album!! We just made a classic!!! Stay tuned!!!!!!!!!

just wakin up in the morning gotta thank God! last nite @ihategame & @drakkardnoir made a classic. once again its on.. La whats good!

Really looking forward to hearing this track.

Game http://twitter.com/ihategame
Drake http://twitter.com/drakkardnoir
Cool and Dre http://twitter.com/COOLANDDRE

PrettyBoy

The latest from Cool and Dre.

The Game/Drake "Good Girl/Bad Girl" coming soon.

we ended up doin 3 new records for R.E.D. to go along with Infra Red. album is sounding right... Dr.Dre & Khalil came with heat! R.E.D.

mufcboy1999

http://1015jamz.radio.com/2010/07/24/game-speaks-r-e-d-album-new-video-diddy-vs-50-more/#more-20783

more than likely getting pushed back again, no surprises the chap cant buy a buzz so he's offering his chain to the person who buys the most copies of red.

he should concentrate on making good music rather than his sales.

he's shouting out gunit again too :rolleyes:

but it would be good for the red album if it happened.

mufcboy1999

few tracks of brake lights

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VKcfKn9LVmo

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q_uGrsyM-a0

my fav track long awaited, game sounds like the shyne's new style on this, nas and akon kill it

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WVi7gLrXX7w

Mikeyt086

Whole tape has dropped. Im really liking it.

http://www.datpiff.com/Dj_Skee_Game__Brake_Lights.m141105.html

PrettyBoy

Street Ryders is unreal, been waiting years to hear that track and it didn't disappoint, going to listen to the rest of the tape now.

PrettyBoy

Just listened to it in full, great tape overall IMO, much better than The Red Room. Favorite track is Street Riders, just because I've been waiting three years for it to drop, only thing I don't like is that one of Games verses is clearly recent, it isn't completely original. I'd love to hear the track with the original verses.

"Ecstasy" is great too, heard the beat on a video a few months ago and thought it may have been the instrumental for the "Infrared" track from RED Album. Turned out well I think, I like it, a little different from the usual Game stuff we hear.

The first track with Busta, "Brake Lights", is great too. Nice beat, Games flow is good, hook is decent too.

I like the track with Snoop, I think it's mostly because I love the "Almost Famous" beat from Em's album.

I could go on but those are the standouts off the top of my head, job well done I think.

Zero-Cool

Some great songs on this, I wished he kept some for the album tho! You are the Blood is an amzing track!!!!

mufcboy1999

sheehy83 wrote: »

Some great songs on this, I wished he kept some for the album tho! You are the Blood is an amzing track!!!!

ye too right this is my fav track, great song

PrettyBoy

New Game interview with Complex (who gave a preview of the album a few months back). Game talks about the mixtape, album pushbacks, leaked tracks that won't make the album and the production on the album (sounding a lot more honest and mature than usual).

No one said it was easy being a gangster. Just ask Jayceon “Game” Taylor. Ever since his debut, it seems like the California rapper has constantly been involved in some kind of beef, controversy, or general ****ery. As of late, though, it’s been quite the opposite. Game swears he won’t dis anyone on his upcoming, oft-delayed The R.E.D. Album. He’s made amends with his old label, Aftermath, as well as his old mentor, Dr. Dre. He’s even made some new friends by entering a partnership with Pharrell. And although he still gets pulled into the gutter on occasion (like when someone recently threw beer at him and his kids) he’s been level-headed enough to steer clear. The new and improved Game might actually be older, wiser, and more mature…but there’s a problem. His music isn’t connecting.

A slew of new material has been released or leaked this year, but whether it be the Justin Timberlake-assisted “Ain’t No Doubt About It” or the Robin Thicke collaboration “Pushin’ It,” none of the songs have managed to chart. With his new mixtape, Brake Lights, currently lighting up the Internet and The R.E.D. Album still without a firm release date, we got on the horn with Game to talk about when his album will actually come out, what it’ll take for him to kill you, and why he’s still just one hit away.

Interview by Insanul “Incilin” Ahmed

Complex: Brake Lights came out this week. All the songs are produced by Cool & Dre. How did you get them to give you such a big batch of beats for free?

Game: Basically Cool & Dre, those are like my brothers. We been getting down since The Documentary. For some reason, they always come through with the good joints that put my album where it needs to be right at the end, like “My Life,” “Hate It or Love It,” and “Big Dreams.” So when it came to the mixtape, we were working on a song for my album that I did with Drake. And then they were like, “You should do a mixtape and let us do all the beats.” They was like, “We’ll give you as many as we can. We’re gonna make ’em all fresh and give ’em to you. You kill ’em and let Skee host it.” And I think it would happen, you know what I’m saying? I’ve never dropped a tape that’s all original beats.

Complex: You have a lot of features on the record from a lot of big artists; Akon, Nas, and Rick Ross are all on there. How did you secure that many dope features on a mixtape?

Game: I just sort of reached out and asked for mixtape verses and hooks, and people got back to me quick. I’m not a new cat, so you know I’m well-respected. And I have a lot of camaraderie with a lot of these artists, at least a lot of the good ones and some of the fresh ones. It’s like when I reached out for the “One Blood” remix, you know everybody was getting back to me.

Complex: And as far as the songs themselves, are there songs that you recorded for The R.E.D. Album and then decided, “Oh, I’ll just put this on a mixtape”?

Game: Nah, all of these songs are fresh. Everything that you hear me saying is like brand-new. I didn’t take anything old, or anything that was for anything else and put it on this tape. I just went in for about a week straight and recorded a bunch of new stuff. There might be two songs that I had, that I never put out that. I think I went in and finished them and sort of put them on the tape as bonuses.

Complex: So as far as The R.E.D. Album, you’ve had a lot of pushbacks. Is the August 24th release date definitely going to happen?

Game: I think I should stop saying when the album is gonna be released and just say “when it’s released, just pick it up,” man. And I think that no matter how long people wait, we’re not gonna get into a Detox situation and wait over 10 years for that. Whenever my album drops, people gonna appreciate it being pushed back as far as it’s been pushed back. Interscope be having different agendas and they want you to do the **** right. And I think people just need to understand that it’s not the artist, it has a lot to do with shipping, packaging, and getting artists the greatest look that they can get.

August 24th was real realistic to me until I started touring. Before I get really locked into it, when I get home on the 8th man…you know, it might still be the 24th once I talk to Jimmy Iovine. He’s overseas and he gets back when I get back so I’ma sit down with him and have a meeting and we’ll play everything I got. I think I’m missing my huge single like “My Life,” or “Hate It or Love It,” or “One Blood.” And I think I really need to find that.

I swear on my kids that this is the most incredible album that I’ve ever done in my life. If I’m lying man, may God take them away and I never see them again. You know I got everything from Dr. Dre on this album. Not just the beats—he’s on the album vocally. And as far as the new hip-hop is concerned, I got the biggest kid in hip-hop on this album, which is Drake, on a really great Cool & Dre track. I got Just Blaze, Swizz Beats, Kanye, all these dope producers on this album; this album is so classic that I don’t wanna throw it away.

My last album did like 270,000 the first week and it really had no buzz and it wasn’t pushed and we just threw it out. And “My Life” is what carried it over to platinum. I don’t want that to happen with this album. I think that if I threw my album out tomorrow, I got 300,000 fans that’ll go get my album first week. And that’s not shabby during this day and age. But I really wanna push for gold and try to top The Documentary’s numbers.

But I don’t think I can do that without a huge radio record. And I don’t want it to be so radio that it’s not street. Like I’m looking for a cross between “One Blood” and “Hate It or Love It.” And I think that it wouldn’t be successful or right for me if I put my album out before that. I’d be cheating myself and cheating my fans. So when I get back, I’ll have a meeting with the label and we’ll see what they say. I had a meeting with Steve Berman, the man under Jimmy Iovine, before I left, at a restaurant in Beverly Hills. He assured me that the label would not drop the ball with this album. They just want a hit record. Not saying that I don’t have one, but I wanna go in and play everything I got. ’Cause if I get a huge record out I’ll **** around and get Lil Weezy the first week.

Complex: As far as your other songs, you had a lot of singles out. You had “Krazy,” “Shake,” and “It Must Be Me.” Were you not satisfied with…

Game: No, no. It was Pharrell’s idea to just throw a bunch of songs out. You know I’m saying like, we threw a bunch of **** out just to you know test the waters. That’s it, man.

Complex: So, will those songs still make the album?

Game: No.

Complex: They’ve been cut from the album?

Game: No, “Krazy,” and I think something else, those were for iTunes. Interscope doing a few things where you give songs to iTunes just to let the fans have them earlier and you charge them $.49 for ’em, and that’s what those were. We haven’t put out any real singles yet. The only thing that was on the album that got put out was the Justin Timberlake record, but that was never supposed to be the first single or anything. That was like a good, last, third or fourth single, but it leaked. The label liked it, radio liked it, so they started spinning it. Then another joint leaked, my joint with Robin Thicke and T.I.. When those joints leaked, man, you just gotta let ’em do what they do. Talk about ’em, push them as much as you can, ’cause they might blow—and if they don’t, then it was just a leak. But every time a song leaked I gotta go back in and really give it all I got. I really wish that Robin Thicke and T.I. joint didn’t leak, though, ’cause that was one of my favorite songs on the album.

Complex: We saw some screenshots of “Ain’t No Doubt About It” a while ago. Will the video be released anytime soon?

Game: Man, I don’t know. We shot a video for it; it might be released and it might not. And if it does get released, it might be released after whatever the first or second single is. Just for online purposes only.

Complex: What is Pharrell’s contribution on the record now? Is he still the executive producer?

Game: Yeah, Pharrell’s the executive producer—probably for every album for the rest of my life. We created sort of a bond and a brotherhood, man, being in the studio for so long together. Now we just call each other every day, talking about music. And that’s sort of how it is with Busta Rhymes and Cool & Dre, other cats that I’ve talked to on the daily man, just about life.

Complex: Is that why you got that Star Trak tattoo?

Game: I got a Star Trak tattoo cause Pharrell helped me out a great deal with this album, and I felt camaraderie and loyalty—plus I don’t give a **** about what I write on myself. I got stars and **** on my face, tats all over my neck. It doesn’t really make sense, man, but I’m from Compton, who gives a ****?

Complex: But you’ve had bad luck with the tattoos in the past. You had that G-Unit tattoo and then you got the G-Unot tattoo. You’re not worried about like if you guys don’t stay cool with each other, or he decides to retire, or whatever else might happen?

Game: I mean, if Pharrell decides to retire, what does that have to do with an inch-and-a-half-long tattoo on my arm? It ain’t like I’m walking down the street every day with a magnifying glass on and it streams on YouTube every single day for somebody to be worried about my arm, man. If you paying too much attention to my tattoos every single day of your life, then you doing something wrong.

Complex: We had actually heard a version of the album and we did a write-up on it. Is that the same version of the album or are you gonna start re-arranging the tracks?

Game: If you heard any version of my album, then it can’t be nowhere near the same tracklist or even songs, it keeps changing. The more time they give me to record, the crazier I’m gonna make it and the better the songs are gonna fit with the other songs. Yeah, man, it’s definitely not the way you heard it. If you haven’t heard it yesterday, it’s definitely not the way you heard it.

Complex: A story that popped up not too long ago is Desperado Entertainment claiming that they were gonna sue Aftermath because they weren’t paid for your publishing. I didn’t understand the situation completely; can you break it down?

Game: I can’t ’cause I don’t know what that’s about. They said they’re gonna sue Aftermath. I’m not Aftermath, I’m Game. So I don’t know about what’s going on with Aftermath lawsuits.

Complex: Basically, they were saying that they owned your publishing from before you signed with Dre, and that they were owed a lot of money for your albums that they never got.

Game: Well, **** it, man, I own ****ing Buddy Holly’s publishing. Who do I sue?

Complex: [Laughs.] Right. So no one has brought that to you like “Yo, you know this happened?” You’re not worried about that at all?

Game: Man, people threaten to sue and do **** all day. You trip over a rock and somebody wanna sue you for tripping over a rock in front of their baby. I don’t ****ing know, man, people always suing, that’s the cool thing to do.

Complex: Recently when you were talking with MTV, you said your album won’t have any disses on it. Is that still true?

Game: My album won’t have no disses on it, man. I’m 30 now, and I’m far past that. But if anybody ****s with me in the future, I’ll definitely put their fire out. I mean, let’s still recognize who I am and my capabilities. But at this point in my life, I just wanna make music and feed my kids and that’s it.

Complex: Why did you decide to move away from dissing people?

Game: You don’t move away, you just get older. Boxers retire, fighters retire. Everybody that does **** where they’re going up against somebody or there’s some type of competition; that **** gets old. Mike Tyson’s not boxing anymore, neither is Lennox Lewis, neither is Muhammad Ali. But they were great when they were doing it, everybody respects them for that. So I’m not gonna lose no respect for not dissing nobody, everybody knows what I did and if they don’t recognize or understand it yet, then when I’m gone—when I’m five years out of hip-hop—people will look back and see what I did.

Complex: When your last album was coming out there was a lot of talk saying that you would retire and that it would be your last album. Obviously it wasn’t. Do you think you’re gonna retire and go away after this album?

Game: Who knows, man? I’m just gonna make music ’til I get tired of making music.

Complex: This is your first album back on Aftermath. How do you feel the situation is compared with your last record when you were saying that the label put it out with no buzz?

Game: I got a chance to be in the studio with Dre for two months, letting him oversee my project and really make it better. And Dre, his contribution to this album was a lot more than it was to The Documentary, which is the reason why I think this is such a great album. The things that changed from from the last album to this are simply the things that changed. Back with Aftermath, Pharrell producing. I’ve re-found my grind, my lyrical content is up to par.

Complex: Did you and Dre ever get a chance to talk about all the stuff that went down before with the Doctor’s Advocate album or even the song “Doctor’s Advocate?”

Game: Yeah. But anything that me and Dre talk about personally, what goes down between us, it kind of stays between us. And I think that’s what keeps our relationship golden. I don’t really talk about Dr. Dre except other than giving him props for taking me from between a rock and a hard spot and giving me the chance to be a millionaire, and feed my family.

Complex: Speaking of your family, recently there was some footage where you were on stage performing and someone threw beer at your kids. What was the situation there?

Game: Yeah, that’s another thing I ain’t gonna talk about. You know it happened, you know every now and then if you believe in God, you gotta believe in the Devil. Sometimes **** happens and you just kind of have to look it off. If it was 2005 that dude would’ve been in the hospital and I’d have been sued for a million dollars by now. But it ain’t. And the beer didn’t really hit my kids, he just threw it our way, it hit me, but I aint tripping off that. But if anything happens to my kids, those are my kids. I will die for them and kill you for them. Point blank, period. When it comes to my kids, everything else goes out the window, out the world, and just out of my life and I don’t give a ****. When it comes to my kids I will definitely kill you, by myself.

Complex: That’s the thing I felt just watching the video; it was like, “why would anyone do that?”

Game: Man, why would ****ing Charlie Manson kill all those people, why would Jim Jones make everybody drink ****ing poison Kool-Aid, why would people throw beers? Its just some people are ignorant, they do **** like that and that’s just what it is and it happened, and it’s gone.

Complex: It’s interesting to me you mentioned “if this was 2005”—talking to you now, you seem much more mature. Are you realizing that you’re too grown to get into those kind of shenanigans?

Game: I’m pretty sure you’re not doing the same things you were doing when you were 15, right? You just get older. The only thing that sounds feasible about explaining how you got older, how you get wiser, is simply to say that you’re older and you’re wiser. And it just happens in time. Nobody when they’re 20 is doing the same exact thing when they’re 30. You gotta have some sense or else you’re gonna get looked at like an asshole. If I was ****ing selling crack, shooting people, and still out there actually gang-banging, throwing up Blood every single day and shooting Crips in the face, would you think I was smart then? Being Game, putting out albums and having my kids? Nah, that would be the dumb thing to do. So I’m not on that. There are kids out there that are 17 and 18 that will put a bullet in your ****ing head at the drop of a dime. And I think that if they went to jail for 20 years, after being in jail they’d wish they’d never done it. When I went to jail the coldest killers in life would tell you, nobody in jail wants to be there a day after they’re checked in.

All these people thinking they’re gangsta. And after the Rick Ross song everybody thinking they’re Big Meech again, Larry Hoover. Nobody really should wanna be that or aspire to be that ’cause you’re gonna end up in a coffin. And trust me, man, most of these rappers, outside of me, 50, and maybe Waka Flocka and some other mutha****as, ain’t never felt bullets man, ain’t never had a brush with really actually having your life erased. So a lot of these rappers out here playing, man; that’s just not the message I’m trying to send across no more.

Complex: Does that ever bother you as far as other rappers doing that? I mean you mentioned Rick Ross, he’s on your record, isn’t he?

Game: Yup.

Complex: Does it bother you that he’s kind of a phony?

Game: I mean, that’s you talking, not me. But to each his own man. You got opinions and I got mine. Mine, I don’t want to address it and then my second comment about it is to each his own. I mean let’s be 100% real just between me and you, how many rappers are really ****ing Big Meech and Larry Hoover, man? Absolutely none. How many rappers outside of John Forte from the Fugees are really moving birds? [Laughs.] Like, come on, man, and that was sort of an R&Bish rapper type of cat and he was really moving birds. I know when I first read that I was like, “Damn!” [Laughs.] We just rappers, man. It’s a lifestyle. And even if you used to chop crack you wasn’t really moving no major major ****ing Pablo Escobar weight. So let’s just calm down with all that and get back to music, man. It’s a facade. And I can’t say anything except that I’m a part of it, too. There was a time where I would put 17 bullets in a glock, tie my rag around my face, and do what I had to do to survive. And now, I’m walking into Starbucks, I’m getting me some tea and I’m getting ready to do a show. It’s a long time and a long space and there’s room for a lot of change and a lot of growing up **** that happened in my career from that time ’til now. Now these days, if I’m still pressed or I’m pushed to my limit I don’t think there’s no difference from me being a gangsta rapper than a guy who’s in a ****ing post office, gets mad and pulls out an AK on everybody at his job. I think that anybody pushed to a limit will go to the max about their family, their kids, and their lifestyle. So everybody’s sort of gangsta in the world, ’cause who won’t go there if they need to?

Complex: But will that gangsta stuff still be in your music, though?

Game: That’s what people are waiting for, so they can just wait to hear what’s still in my music. And they can criticize and judge and analyze and praise at that point, and not a second sooner. If people don’t wanna wait, then don’t wait. If you don’t wanna buy my album or you’re mad cause I pushed it back and you feel like you’re not a Game fan ’cause I’m not fulfilling my obligation, then don’t ****ing buy my record, I don’t give a ****. I’m out here doing shows, I still get paid $50,000 a night. Without being disrespectful to any hardcore fans out there, I’m just tryna make the best record possible and I won’t put out my album until then. Not saying it’s pushed back yet, just saying that if it does, then don’t be so ****ing butthurt.

Complex: [Laughs.] People gotta be patient.

Game: People get all wrapped up in album dates and they don’t really understand that there’s a lot that has to happen. If someone says the album’s coming out on this date, they really want it to come out on that date. Now when it goes into the fact that, they haven’t done a photo shoot yet or they haven’t turned in their “Thank Yous” yet, or they haven’t turned in their tracklisting or maybe they can’t get a song cleared, and they really wanna get it cleared, they really wanna put out an album. Then **** starts to happen that delays the album, you know what I’m saying? And there’s a lot that goes into it and a fan would never understand unless they become an artist.

Complex: Speaking of artwork, there’s R.E.D. Album cover art that’s been floating around the Internet for a while. Is that the official cover?

Game: Nah, that was the cover, I thought it was a dope cover, I really loved it. But that’s gone, man. I changed it. You gonna absolutely love the new cover. [Unlike previous covers] the new artwork has nothing to do with my children at this point, other then taking care of them by putting it out. But this album is strictly for hardcore Game fans. This album, I’m telling you, this album is gonna be a dope album. And anybody that doesn’t like me or is a critic and can’t wait to say the album is trash, you won’t even be able to say it, guarantee.

Complex: I like the confidence.

Game: It ain’t confidence, it is what it is. All my albums have been great albums and this one won’t stop. How many people even get a chance to put out four ****ing albums? How many people got three albums that went over platinum? How many rappers that are rapping now will get to their second album or get to a platinum album? Exactly. I been here for a while and I ain’t going nowhere. I’m a figure in West Coast hip-hop and nothing or nobody can ever change that. I’m Game. And it’s gon’ be that way until I die.

http://www.complex.com/blogs/2010/08/05/interview-game-talks-r-e-d-album-delays-fake-gangsters-butthurt-fans/2/

Jigga

PrettyBoy, where do you get all this latest news from? Its appreciated man.

PrettyBoy

Jigga wrote: »

PrettyBoy, where do you get all this latest news from? Its appreciated man.

Cheers man

http://hurricane-game.net/ Great fan site, updated regularly with everything from interviews to articles to videos, etc. I check various message boards too but Hurricane-Game would be the best place to go for Game news.

PrettyBoy

Here's an MTV interview with DJ Skee, interesting to hear him talk about 'Street Riders' which, if you're a big Game fan, is a very big deal.

The O.D.: A Mixtape Daily Exclusive

If you've been following the Game's new Twitter page, you'll see that his fans have given resounding kudos to his new mixtape, Brake Lights. The project was produced by Cool & Dre and hosted by DJ Skee and was released at midnight Tuesday online.

"Reason we named it Brake Lights is because it's something you don't see if you're following us often — we don't stop," Skee said from his SkeeTV headquarters. "We just had to talk about it. Plus we just did The R.E.D. Album with Game. The biggest difference between this and The Red Room [mixtape] is, I think, the quality of records. This time around, it's a lot higher. We got some crazy features, more original stuff. It's not really any freestyles over other people's beats. It's all original music. So it's really like a real album. We're going back to those classic Game/ DJ Skee street-album days. It's gonna be pretty crazy."

Included on the tape is "Street Riders," on which guest MC Nas references Pharrell Williams by name and throws some subliminals at 50 Cent. "I showed n---as their first Bentley/ How the f--- I window shop?" he raps.

"We've actually had it done forever," Skee said. "It was actually supposed to be on the Doctor's Advocate album. It didn't make it for one reason or another. There's been a bunch of different reincarnations of the song. ... I actually have eight different versions of the song. Game, he went back in. He said, 'It's time to do it.' Cool & Dre did the beat. So we was like, 'Let's throw it on the mixtape. It's probably never going to come out other than that.' I played a snippet of it on the radio years ago, and fans have been going crazy since then. We threw that on. Game did two new verses. He wanted to make it more relevant for today. You have a crazy Nas verse. Akon kills the hook. It's one of the craziest, darkest Cool & Dre beats. It's one of my favorite Game records ever. So it's finally out, Brake Lights, it's official."

The Compton star brings in another West Coast giant on "Trading Places."

"It's the second song on the mixtape," Skee described. "The beat, when I heard it, it just sounded like something different. Game and Snoop Dogg on a record. West Coast — what more could you want?"

http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1645110/20100804/game_the.jhtml

Here's footage of Game and Nas listening to 'Street Riders' in 2006.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lTAkEL5ge_4

PrettyBoy

Game is releasing a NO DJ version of the Brake Lights mixtape with two bonus tracks (one of them being 'People' ft. Mary J. Blige) in the next day or two. Will post a link once it's released.

Boom_Bap

I might give that a listen, the DJ rants normally put me off

mufcboy1999

not mad about this

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ByOnThyRvQM

quailty remix ft game prod by dr dre

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Aycm8vz38zs

mufcboy1999

new class track im really liking this, swiss is class on the production the bob marley sample fits it perfect.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0uZIhh7beMs

PrettyBoy

Great track, both Game and Jay give solid verses. This isn't the final version apparently, Nas had a verse too so I hope that makes the album.

Game and Jay Elec mentioned this track a few months ago and, when asked if it was going to make the album, Game said he wasn't sure as they were waiting for the sample to clear.

Mikeyt086

Love the sample. Love the track. Great stuff from Jayceon.

mufcboy1999

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=URBduqmZrrg