December 15, 2006 @ 1:07 pm

EXCLUSIVE: Game Time (Vol. 3)

by: Peter Relic

From where in your fam do you get your light eyes? Game: No one. There’s no one but me. I’m funny like that. Kinda hoped my son would come out with the light eyes but he didn’t. He came out with the chocolate browns. Do you know the story of the basketball legend Chuck Taylor, who they named the sneaker after? Game: Um, I know he was aiight, but LeBron would’ve kicked his ass. That was back in the day when you could shoot with two hands, and probably get away with traveling. That day is gone. Appreciate his shoe, man. It’s a great shoe. His story is a classic tale of exploitation. He was an alcoholic and signed away the rights to use his name on the shoe for money to go out drinking. Game: What an idiot. Signed away the license like that? Fucking idiot. Maybe he needed an Olde English instead of that Heine he was drinking. The reference to Chuck Taylor is dope but my moniker Chuck Taylor is not from the man or the shoe. I had a brother Charles Taylor who's dead now. He was [called] Chuck and it just comes in as a coincidence that it aligns with the history of the shoe and the man. Tell me a story about an experience that you had at the Compton Swap Meet. Game: An experience I had at the Compton Swap meet was...walking through the Compton Swap Meet—which was heavily Crip-, ese-, and Blood-infested—and seeing some Crips I really didn't get along with. I was about 15. They were about seven, eight deep and I was by myself. I was like, Fuck, I got these red Chucks on, red strings. It’s not my fucking day. I’m walking through and a police officer walks up to me and says, “Don’t worry, Blood, I got your back.” I looked at him, like, Woah, police officers gangbang too! And that was the craziest realization. He watched over the situation, and I kept my hard look on, and it turned out those Crips were bluffing that day. I walked away unscathed. But I can’t say the same thing about the next time I seen those guys, because I ended up getting my ass whooped. You win some, you lose some. That’s how it works in the ’hood. What's your favorite doughnut shop in Los Angeles? Game: Randy’s. The one down on La Cienega Boulevard by LAX? Game: Yeah, it's that one. It’s got that big fucking donut, like thirty feet tall, on top of the shop. They got the best fucking doughnuts, man. When Krispy Kreme came out they fucked up the doughnut game. They started fucking over everybody, because they took a little bit more pride—the [baking] process is slower. But you go to Randy’s and you get that sloppy glaze. Man, there’s so much glaze on there your teeth should fall out after the last bite. Krispy Kreme and Randy’s. If I want to go mainstream, I go to Krispy Kreme, but when I want to keep it gutter I go with Randy. Randy’s gives you the milk in the Styrofoam [cup], and you can pick your milk. He got blue top, red top, 2 percent, all that, purple top—he’s even got skim milk. Randy’s got it all! What’s it like having a son who's crying one moment and laughing the next? Game: I know him so well. When he cries, he’s not a crybaby, he’s not crying because his tongue is cut. He’s a tough kid. He’s crying because people saw him fall, and he's embarrassed. But when I see him cry I want to get to the bottom of the situation and diffuse it and come up with a solution. To see your kid cry hurts you deep in your soul. That’s your little you. That’s my little mini-me running around. So to see him cry is the worst feeling. I want to solve the problem before too many tears drop. And he knows that. If I’m around or his mother’s around, he knows we’re there for him. Why did you name your son after a neighborhood in New York? Game: Because it’s one of the more prominent neighborhoods in America, and has been for a long time. I wanted my son to have a strong name, so I named him Harlem—first name. Middle name? Caron, after the Muslim Bible, although I’m not Muslim so I didn’t make a mockery out of that so I spelled it differently. And my last name is his last name. So he’s got a strong name, but it’s a cool name for a kid. What appealed to you more about N.W.A than say, a group like Public Enemy or Eric B. & Rakim? Game: N.W.A did not give a fuck at all about anything. Those are the guys who said, “Fuck the police.” Who would say that?! I want to know who thought it up. I bet it was Eazy. But “fuck the police”? Who has the balls to say that? A cop walks up to you. Say, “Fuck you,” to him. Try that. That’s what Eazy was saying, and had the whole world saying. And that was the trigger for you to speak your mind—no filter—in your lyrics. Game: That’s where I come from. I come from that N.W.A melting pot. And even worse than N.W.A, who says that they’re a “cop killer”? Ice-T. How much balls did that take? Another MC from the East Coast who gravitated to the West Coast and often gets an honorable mention, but he should be classified as a legend. A legend, that’s what Ice-T is. Made “Cop Killer” [as a member of heavy metal band Body Count] and “Colors.” Ice-T is definitely a role model. He is to me what LL Cool J is to 50 Cent. 50’s got LL, and I’ve got Ice-T. Have you had personal contact with Ice-T? Game: Yeah. Dope guy, very smart. I respect him and what he’s done musically, and what he’s bestowed on me in just a few short meetings that we had. I’m 35 years old. I’m an old man in the context of hip hop. So when you make comparisons between yourself and Ice Cube, Ice-T, Eazy-E, I remember when those artists first came out. So why should I listen to your music when I heard it the first time? Game: Because I don’t sound shit like them. I’m a whole new MC. And another thing is, I’m not begging you, I’m not begging anybody, to listen to my music. If you don’t like my music, just go buy what you like and support the movement of hip hop—of any music. I’m a musician. I’m not just a hip hop artist. I think I’m more than that. Especially since I’m an inspiration to some people. I know this because people tell me this. So there’s a lot more to it than just being a hip hop artist. I’m a musician. People love and respect me. I’m not begging you to buy my album. You can leave that shit on the shelf because the guy behind you is going to come pick it up. But this year there’s been a lot of product left on the shelf. T.I. is the only artist who’s gone platinum. Game: I won’t have that problem. I’ll be platinum in a week and a half. Do you remember the first time you rapped into a microphone? Game: I was garbage. Awful. I really was garbage. But I didn’t give up, and garbage turned into classic material. That must have been an incremental process. Game: I’m a fast learner. I’m a trial-and-error type of guy. I did it one way, it was wrong, I did it another way and there it was. The first day I rapped into a mic and was garbage was the same day I recorded one of the dopest songs that got me signed. Which song was that? Game: “The Promised Land.” That was the song that Dre heard and got me signed to Aftermath. How does that song go? Game: I don’t remember the lyrics no more. Look at all the shit I’ve recorded since then. As someone who so fiercely represents for Compton, in your opinion why is it that the human animal is so territorial? Game: I don’t know, man. I think that might be a question for Jesus or God. I don’t know how we work, and definitely can’t make a broad analysis of humans. But the reason I might seem like an animal is because…I might share that territorial animal state with that of a bear or a lion is because I worked hard for what’s mines and I want to keep it, and anyone too far in my area is trying to steal my thoughts or my plan or wearing out their welcome. When a bear finds a cave and settles and makes it cozy for the winter, he doesn’t want no goddamn rabbit jumping in his fucking cave. It’s just like that. My home is my home and my company is my company and I take a lot of pride in that and want it to stay that way. Keep elevating and evolving until Black Wall Street becomes one of the most potent hip hop labels in the world. Is Glasses Malone still down with Black Wall Street? Game: No. After this interview you’re going to film your top 25 videos for BET. Did you pick all West Coast videos? Game: Yep. How deep did you go? Game: I went real deep. Can you remember DRS, Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, who had “Gangsta Lean”? I went Above The Law’s “Black Superman.” I have Tha Dogg Pound’s “New York, New York,” I got Ice Cube’s “Today Was a Good Day,” and I got Dr. Dre and Snoop’s “Deep Cover.” I got Tupac’s “I Ain't Mad At Ya.” Let’s end with this: you’ve gone from being considered expendable by society—which is to say, growing up without a father and as a gang member in Compton—to being exploitable as a commodity, meaning there are corporations and a lot of people who stand to make money off of you as a successful rapper. Which of those two identities feels more difficult, more challenging to live with? Game: Neither. I live around those. Those things exist outside my house. I didn’t build a house on top of those things. I didn’t build a house under those things. I built a house separate from those things, and I leave them in the backyard. And rarely do I go into the backyard to water. So, they’re weeds, and I’ll just let them die. Inside I exist separate from either of those perceived identities that have been placed upon me. Check out vibe.com next week for an exclusive behind-the-scenes with some of G-Unit's most outspoken members, to say the least.

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B.Hatch says:

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Game you is my idol and my homie 4 life you rep what i go through everyday and 4 dat 1 luv my nig.

September 27, 2007 at 8:36 am

JohnMichaeL says:

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sdfsfsdf

September 8, 2007 at 1:35 am

ComptonGame says:

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The Game Is The Real Nigga And Real Rapper, In World Number 1 .f**k 50Cent Love The Game. GGGGG-UNOT!!!!!!!!!! I Love You My Nigga.

June 18, 2007 at 1:08 pm

YoungWun says:

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Damn if i could i wish i could interview the game. so much 2 ask.. he influenced me for some time... one day i hope to see him.. check out my music

February 14, 2007 at 7:25 pm

Bran says:

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"IBM

Tha Game's Advocate, the Game was signed to Gunit thats why 50 is still getting paid off the Game. 50 and Dr get 25% off the The Doctor's Advocate "

Yeah you obviously dont know what your talkin about... they never got shit for games second album, just his first...

The Game is currently one of the best rappers alive, he keeps it real.

Most of you people go into this shit too deep. so wot if his mum owned a strip club and he was a stripper, its all about the music, and he makes great music ! Everyone has there own shit, but f**k that.

January 12, 2007 at 1:39 pm

jp says:

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i do like game but he aint no gangsta his mom owned a strip club that he stripped at (fact) as far as living hard he did not look like he was having it real ruff when he was on the dating show change of heart. go to you tube you can see it for yourself. new album great i dont like 50 but his album will smash game's record sales. he is not number one in hip hop and that goes for any rapper or mc now a days. his hop is truley dead the only album that even caught my ear and had any relivence was lupi fiasco. and all you motherf***ers dont know shit about the artist you listen to or music

January 9, 2007 at 10:29 pm

ladigame says:

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the game iz the best man i dont care wat nobody say

January 7, 2007 at 5:52 pm

phoenix says:

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Ro in Bmore - yo nigga. I respect game 4 dat butterfly tat.
it represents metamorphosis which is a new life.. new begining .. i can see y he got dat. he turnd hiz lyfe aroun. i dont like tha fact that he got a LA dodger tat ova it jus cuz niggaz was clownin on him on tracks. i would kept that shit, spoke my mind, told em niggaz wut it waz, and even throw sum punchlines at thoz niggas so dey kno not 2 f**k wit me again.

January 6, 2007 at 7:11 pm

cky says:

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f**k you 50 you suck big dicks you can lick my left nut and if you have someing to say you asslicker you can find me in miami beach b**ch

January 6, 2007 at 11:41 am

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adrian says:

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I RESPECT GAME N HE IS MY IDOL. THIS INTERVIEW JUST SHOWS HOW DEDICATEDE HE IS TO HIS MUSIC AND HE GIVES OUT A LOT OF RESPECT. THIS ONLY SHOWS THE REAL SIDE OF HIM, THAT IS WHY I IDOLISE HIM BECAUSE HE IS REAL.

January 3, 2007 at 4:01 pm

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cky says:

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f**k 50 what up game i thick that you are one of the reals nigga out ther i thick that dre is wrong to turn his back on you but you can do it with out him but it wound be cool if you cound get silm shady and dre on one track that wound be a mouther f**king hit boy

January 3, 2007 at 1:37 pm

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Hott Commodity says:

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I LOVE THE GAME. HE DONT CARE WHAT ANYONE HAS TO SAY. HE IS WHAT MOST THESE MUTHA f**kAS ARE TRYIN TO BE-A REAL THUG!!!!!HE DONT SUGAR-COAT SHIT!!! G-G-G-G-UNOT!!!

December 23, 2006 at 2:53 am

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Medo-Black says:

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Ain't still understan why niggies don't wanna know tha GAME is still the man. No one ever came out and drop shit as he do cuz i see him as PAC anytime i listen to him for me i think is tha secound PAC hate or love it.cuz i believe 50 cent can't do shit cuz is not a gangsta cuz i gha 50 album young b Lyod B and yeyo even da muda f**ker call him self pastor ma dick, and 50cent movie is f**ked cuz he dosn't look lyk gagsta, you guys can't over come game as long as game still gha the flow. i represent west side.... my email is babeface_04@yahoo.com. f**k the foes ha ha ha ha

December 22, 2006 at 12:36 pm

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KBROWN says:

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UMMMMMMMMMMMMM IMA COOK IN THE NAVY AND DONUT ARE FRIED... NOT BAKED.
I THINK PEOPLE SHOULD KILL ALL THIS CRIP AND BLOOD SHIT. IM 21(I STARTED AT LIKE AT 11 OR 12) AND IVE BEEN THROUGH SOME SHIT CALLIN MYSELF A CRIP. I HAD A COUSIN GET RIPPED FOR A BLUE FIREBIRD, AT A STOP LIGHT, BY SOME PIMPS IN RED UNIFORMS (PIRUs FOR YALL THAT AINT UP ON YA GANG HISTORY).IM TALKIN SMILEY FACED AND SHANKED OVER 150 TIMES. IVE GOTTEN MY ASS WHOOPED AND HAD TO HIDE MY SWOLEN FACE THAT FROM MY CHRISTAIN MOMS, IF SHE KNEW WHAT THE f**k I WAS DOIN I WOULDNT BE IN JAPAN LIVIN IT UP, ILL BE LOCKED UP. THEN I HAD TO GO TO A SCHOOL ACROSS TOWN, FULL OF PIRUs.IVE HAD GUNS PULLED ON ME, BEEN SHOT AT BY THE COPS, AND IVE DID ALOT OF SHIT THAT MAKES ME FEEL UNEASY. IF THAT SHIT ABOUT YOUR KIDS GETTIN PUNISHED FOR YOUR SINS, MY KIDS ARE f**kED.
MY QUESTION IS WHY KILL ANOTHER NIGGA OVER SOME LAND, OR A NEIGHBORHOOD YOU DONT EVEN OWN??? THATS WHAT THE GOVERNMENT WANTS. I FIGURED THAT AT AN EARLIER AGE, AT LIKE 16.THIS TEACHER I HAD PUT ME UP ON SOME GAME. PEOPLE TO DUMB TO SEE THAT SHIT THESE DAYS. THATS WHY DO YOU THNK THE GOVERNMENT SPREADED THAT CHEAP DOPE INTO BLACK PANTHER COMMUNITIES. NOW I GOT PEEPS THAT ARE PIRU AFFILIATED CAUSE WE SAW THE SHIT IS CHILDISH.WE ALL NEED TO GET TOGETHER AND GET THIS BREAD TRUCK RUNNIN... IF NOT, WE DONE FOR. THE GOVERNMENT WANTS US TO KILL OURSELVES OFF.
AND THAT GAME CD IS THE SHIT. HIM AND SNOOP COMIN TOGETHER IS LIKE ME AND MY BOI MOTOWN, UNTOUCHABLE

December 22, 2006 at 6:08 am

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compton_cop_killer says:

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YAH WANNA HATE ON GAME f**k YAH GO OUT TO COMPTON AND STRAIGHT GET CLAPPED PPPPRRRRAAAAHHHHHH!!!!! ASK GAME HOMIE!!DOCTORS ADVOCATE GO COP THAT SHIT!

December 22, 2006 at 2:31 am

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compton_cop_killer says:

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YAH WANNA HATE ON GAME f**k YAH GO OUT TO COMPTON AND STRAIGHT GET CLAPPED PPPPRRRRAAAAHHHHHH!!!!! ASK GAME HOMIE!!DOCTORS ADVOCATE GO COP THAT SHIT!

December 22, 2006 at 2:30 am

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compton_cop_killer says:

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COMPTON ALL DAY EVERYDAY 310 L.A. C.A. FO SHO! YOU KNOW HOW WE DO IN DA CALI FOR NI A

December 22, 2006 at 2:28 am

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GAME KILLER says:

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GAME IS A GAY f**k THAT FAKE BLOOD HE CAN SUCK MY LEFT BALL

December 20, 2006 at 8:33 am

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GAME KILLER says:

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GAME IS A GAY f**k THAT FAKE BLOOD HE CAN SUCK MY LEFT BALL

December 20, 2006 at 8:32 am

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Ro in Bmore says:

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LOL

This dude still getting press. And he got #1 fans. It don't take much these days. Hip hop is dead!

To be fair. The CD is good. But he needs to knock off that "hip hop's elite" bull$hit. I still smell da similac on some of his rhymes.

Hip hop elite would include Dr. Dre, LL, Lyte, Snoop, Mary J, Busta, and Common. Your only relevance and significance is your dis-association with G Unit. Oh yeah and those butterfly tattoos and rocking leopard-print g-strings with old skool Chucks.

We'll definitely remember and laugh 10 years from now over that.

December 19, 2006 at 11:18 am

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IBM says:

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Tha Game's Advocate, the Game was signed to Gunit thats why 50 is still getting paid off the Game. 50 and Dr get 25% off the The Doctor's Advocate. u need to get ur shit together before u come on here and claim to be Game's #1 fan.
The Documentary
Released: January 18, 2005
Label: Aftermath/G-Unit/Interscope

ps. how does Game's dick taste, faggot

December 19, 2006 at 10:19 am

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BIG EM's says:

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GAME GAME GAME GAME The nigga is the truth because he is just entrenched in his community life and a real product of his environment, Do your thing nigga BLACKWALLSTREET fa Life My NIGGA

December 19, 2006 at 8:17 am

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Tha Game's Advocate says:

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man all i got too say is the game is as real as hip-hop has gotin in a long time.. The nigga exspanded blackwall street about 3block aint no one else gave us 300 bars.. man this nigga will spit dam there 100 bars a day, ma nigga thats 700bars a week, the nigga is just real, moms was a hover crip, games a blood. and its just not gangbangin, HIS SON GOT TOO EAT,YAL NIGGA THATS HATEIN IS "WNBA ALL PUSSY" I mean ths shit with 50 had to be done.. i feel that 50 lie's to the public, game exsposed tha dude with about 20+ songs.. (G-G-G GUNOT) and than the nigga picked up the BEEF for them fagget ass niggas with Yuckmouth.. and killed him, nigga be like O im a game fan, but i been bumbin this nigga every since JT bigga. than they try and make the video with game in the hood, but thats Fictional game gives fact. (lol that nigga said "how you drop 5 albums and dont own one house than got the nerve to call me banks and buck out its g-unit b**ch let me show you wat blood bout when my blood presure rise i bring the bloods out"... see thats some real shit.. and than there is Rass kass that nigga's a fagget thats why he got punched in the f**ken face... that nigga should not have been talkin about lil Harlem Caron.. than there is JOE Buddens.. that nigga's just stright Homo... GAME IS THE WESTCOAST. the re-birth of hip hop... And for all the nigga's who like to play the change of hart tapes.. Game was like 17/18 he riped to females... so just like that nigga said he is a motherf**kin pimp/blow yo brains out... Im the games number one fan i know wat there is too know about the Game so any problems or questions address me..

The doctors advocate..

PS. the game was never signed too g-unit he was signed too aftermater & and aint nothin after that

PS... "FROM SACRAMENTO TO COMPTON"

December 18, 2006 at 2:54 pm

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Foe Life Aggin says:

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The game is a good rapper but he needs to be a great M.C. And all the M.C.'s are from the old school. But I think when the Game start telling stories and get political on records. And really shake up the system and the game then he'll be one of the greats. But just notice that all the great M.C.'s were versatile. They had the party anthems, they had the political edge and they had the straight raw hip hop. And my greats are Chuck D, Willie D, Ice Cube, Jayo Felony, Krs-One, Ice T. But these are the M.C.'s who changed the game and made that impact just to name a few. But the Game keep finding your spot in hip hop and keep smashing. Make an album like Death Certificate

December 18, 2006 at 2:51 pm

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Sups says:

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bigcuzz07, what the f**k are u talkin about. u on some bullshit talkin bout u would have been on some killa shit, so u get a f**kin life and stop dreamin nigga

December 18, 2006 at 9:27 am

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Cole Amegavie says:

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Nothing but respect for the man game

December 18, 2006 at 5:25 am

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bigcuzz07 says:

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yo on some real shit. i hear niggas talk about loyalty, name droppin, or dick ridin. man yall niggas need a life. imma on of the biggest fans of hiphop. im from the west coast and i now live in the south. the game aint doin nothin but showin respect. i understand shit varies from day to day, so today we might be cool but i hear u said something about me and tomorrow we im gonna have a problem with what i heard and imma ask you about that. game is a rapper so he says it on wax. in my opinion yall niggas stop adding to the motha f**kin problem. the nigga said that dre wouldnt want to be on his album, i would be pissed myself. becuase you gone continue to work with this nigga but expect me not to be cool about a this situation after this nigga 50's bodyguard has shot one of my boys. shit me i would have been on some killa shit. so niggas stop speakin on shit yall sont kno about. get a f**kin life!

December 17, 2006 at 10:35 pm

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bills bagg says:

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shout out to game 4 doin a callabo wit junior reid

December 17, 2006 at 8:30 pm

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jones says:

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its game over. the game is a stubborn cat that cant stand on his own he is a baby muda f**ka. 50 made $100m in 3 years but he is still loyal to dre and even the white boy em which is kool.. but the game wants to be like 50. own a record label and a shoe line but without loyalty to those who made u ur a crap ass nigga.

December 17, 2006 at 1:04 pm

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san says:

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G.A.M.E is the shit. When he came out i was like uhhhh''''. Now i'm a # 1 fan of the game. Like his music f**k the gorilla ugly ass nigga. G-UNOT

December 16, 2006 at 11:08 am

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Soulja says:

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Game aint no stupid artist with string on his back (he aint no puppet for you slow ones). The man speaks his mind and does how he feels. Yeah he contradicts himself alot but who cares like in the new XXL Nas talks bout it. To this day i never get why people get upset about name droppin to me it sounds cool (except the same names bein used over again). Game goes down as a mutha f**kin "G".A.M.E

December 16, 2006 at 1:07 am

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vic says:

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