December 12, 2006 @ 9:25 am

EXCLUSIVE: Game Time (Vol. 1)

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The Game: Let’s talk while we walk.… VIBE: SO…YOU PUT OUT THE “IT’S OKAY (ONE BLOOD)” REMIX. DID YOU REACH OUT TO GUYS YOURSELF TO MAKE THIS HAPPEN? Game: I wanted the “One Blood” remix to be what “Self Destruction” was back in the day, to be what “We All in the Same Gang” was, what the “Scenario” remix was—hip hop. I wanted every artist that I’ve befriended in the hip hop game to be on this song. We got everybody, man. We’ve got Jim Jones, Snoop Dogg, Nas, Fat Joe, Lil Wayne, Twista, Rick Ross, Fabolous, Jadakiss and Styles P, Tha Dogg Pound, WC, E-40, T.I., Young Dro, Pitbull, and Ja Rule, and there are other people on it. WHO DID YOU REACH OUT TO FIRST? Game: I reached out to 50 first. WHAT? Game: Yeah. I tried to see whether he was going to be a part of the remix, man. Chris Lighty, his manager, thought me and Jimmy Henchmen was joking. He ended up saying no, which I expected, but I wanted to sort of be funny and reach out and see if he’d do it. WHY WOULD YOU EXPECT HIM TO SAY NO? Game: Because me and 50—that’s my archnemesis, yo. We in the same room, we kill each other. But I’m such a funny guy, I thought I’d do it anyway—just to say I did it. THAT KIND OF FRICTION CAN BE A GREAT CREATIVE SPARK. Game: Yeah, man, it could. WHICH OF YOUR TATTOOS WAS MOST PAINFUL? Game: Probably the Eazy-E. BECAUSE IT’S THE MOST DETAILED? Game: Yeah. It took, like, four and a half hours, man. And after they started, I was bleeding. After I started bleeding, it was swelling up and they were still drawing on me, putting the pen into my skin. It was getting bigger and bigger, more swollen. Excruciating pain, but it was all worth it at the end of the day. Eazy was a great man, and his legacy lives on, not only through me, but also through other West Coast MCs like his son, Lil E. YOU AND LIL E ARE COOL NOW? Game: To me, we’ve never been not cool. I don’t pay any attention to what he was going through at the time. That’s Eazy’s son, so there’s immediate respect there. But he hasn’t crossed any lines with me or anything like that, so I wish him the best in his hip hop career. I even helped him in the early stages, put him in the Documentary DVD, put him in the video for “Certified Gangsters” when me and Jim Jones did that, and I kept Eazy alive—so even that was helping in its own right. WHERE DID YOU GET YOUR FIRST COPY OF EAZY-DUZ-IT WHEN YOU WERE A KID? Game: From my older brother Javon, who’s dead now. He had it. I stole it. ON CASSETTE? Game: Yeah, on cassette. WERE YOU MORE OF A VINYL OR A CASSETTE KIND OF KID? Game: Tape. Tape. I would tape songs off the radio. I’m a boom box guy, man. CDs came out and fucked up the game. It was dope, because when you played the tape too much the tape popped, and when you think about how tapes are made you think, How the fuck are these songs on this little brown shit? But technology has elevated so much since then. It’s amazing. But tapes were dope. I’m sad they had to play out. DO YOU STILL HAVE YOUR TAPE COLLECTION? Game: I got all my tapes, man. JVC? MAXELL? WHAT WAS YOUR BRAND? Game: My brand was Maxwell, man. The guy sitting in the chair with his hair blown back by the wind? I was that guy—that was my homey. [Game’s son, Harlem, moves around on the couch, smiling] WHAT A CUTE KID. YOU GOT A GREAT-LOOKING SON. Game: Yeah, he really is. I ASSOCIATE HIM WITH THE PHOTO OF YOU HOLDING HIM IN THE ARTWORK FOR THE DOCUMENTARY. BUT HE’S SO MUCH BIGGER NOW. Game: He’s huge now. And that was only a year and a half ago. Dude is growing at a rapid pace. Come here…. I love you. DURING THIS YEAR’S U.S. OPEN, I READ AN ARTICLE ABOUT SERENA WILLIAMS SAYING SHE FELT SHE ONLY NOW HAD REALLY COME TO TERMS WITH THE DEATH OF HER SISTER. DID YOU EVER HAVE ANY PERSONAL CONTACT WITH VENUS OR SERENA AFTER YOU EULOGIZED THEIR SISTER WITH A DEDICATION ON YOUR RECORD, “DREAMS”? Game: I saw Serena…maybe a month ago in Scott Storch’s studio in Miami. She was with a mutual friend of ours, Kelly Rowland from Destiny’s Child. Me and Kelly were working on something for my third album with Scott Storch. I chopped it up with Serena, and she expressed her sentiments about what I did for her sister. That was the first time I ever met her. WHAT DID SHE SAY? Game: She said thanks for what I did on “Dreams,” that she heard it, and that it wasn’t taken in passing—she really took it to heart—and [that] her family appreciates it. WHO WAS YOUR FAVORITE L.A. DODGER WHEN YOU WERE GROWING UP? Game: Orel Hershiser. SURPRISE CHOICE! Game: Yeah, man. Fucking red-headed carrot-top pitcher who threw 100-mile-an-hour fastballs and helped win the championship. C’mon, man, errbody loved Orel Hershiser! And still to this day, I think of him every time I see a bag of Oreos. His name was so marqueed, it was crazy. You don’t get a name like that out of the dictionary. [Harlem has gone out in the hallway and returns in tears. Game picks him up, asking, “You okay? Say, ‘I’m a big boy!’” Harlem repeats it back to Game. “Don’t cry, okay? Come here. Let me wipe your face. Sometimes we fall, okay? But we be all right.”] CONSIDERING THAT YOUR FATHER WASN’T AROUND, WHERE DO YOUR PATERNAL INSTINCTS COME FROM? Game: Just being a good human being, man. From the lack of, you know? If you grow up without a refrigerator and there’s really no food to eat, once you get to the food you’re going to work on your eating habits. It’s just like that with anything. It’s just a lack of…especially not having a father present in your life. And for all the hard times, especially when I took to the streets, the camaraderie that was formed for me in the streets with my gang, being the Cedar Block Piru, which was a Blood gang on the west side of Compton, it formed a lot of friendships. Most of the guys are still around today, and they’re more like family, more like brothers. They watch my back, and I do the same for them. It’s a lot deeper than crack cocaine, bullets, drive-bys, and red and blue rags with us—it’s kids birthdays and family reunions. None of us are “blood,” but we still acknowledge each other as family and look out for one another’s kids and mothers and sisters and uncles and nephews, and what have you, man. That’s the part that’s misunderstood about Los Angeles and the gangbanging culture. IN THE ’90S, WHEN THE CRUISING LAWS CAME IN EFFECT AND YOU COULDN’T RIDE DOWN CENTRAL OR CRENSHAW AT NIGHT, HOW DID THAT AFFECT YOUR GANG GETTING TOGETHER TO HANG OUT? Game: Well, you know, niggas in Compton never really leave Compton. So anybody riding down Crenshaw, that’s really South Central and…L.A. natives. People in Compton stay in Compton. I got people in Compton who haven’t been across Wilshire Boulevard to this day or haven’t even been out of Compton in twenty-seven, twenty-eight years. I personally went down Crenshaw, and could give a fuck what the laws were. You still ride. Just because they put those laws out, they never stopped anything. It kept going on and on. Laws are made to be broken. YOU’VE BEEN OUTSIDE OF COMPTON. YOU’VE BEEN AROUND THE WORLD. NOW YOU LIVE UP IN GLENDALE. SEEING HOW THE OTHER SIDE LIVES—AND LIVING LIKE THAT NOW YOURSELF—HOW DOES THAT MAKE YOU LOOK BACK AT…GROWING UP IN COMPTON? Game: I mean, the way I look at it is, it’s there, but nobody wants to be there. Everybody wants a way out. There are a select few who make it out. As a person who’s superseded the lifestyle I lived prior to being a rap artist, man, I’m just reaching back. Other artists from there and the surrounding areas have to do more. Don’t just donate to charities, but go back and be active, show people there’s a way. Let these people see your face, touch your hand, give you a hug, and become one with the reality that there’s life outside of these situations. I can’t really do it all by myself, but you know, one helping hand breeds another, so I just keep on trying to do righteous and make it happen for myself, [and for] my people where I come from. Not only Compton, but around the world. Not only for the love of my son, but for the love of other people’s kids, children across the globe. As long as I shed light on the situation, it’s going to be a lot better than the opposite of that, which is me trying to glorify gangbanging. I’m doing my part, man, and I wish other people would join in and help the struggle. HENCE YOU REFERENCING ‘SELF DESTRUCTION’ AS FAR AS WHAT YOU’RE TRYING TO DO WITH THE ‘ONE BLOOD’ REMIX. Game: Exactly. I’m always trying to figure out…even though my career has always been…even though I’ve had a lot of beefs and a lot of differences with a couple of artists, not many but a select few, and everybody knows who those guys are, but I think that takes away from what it is I’m really trying to accomplish with myself and my career. I would really love for hip hop to be unified again, where there was nobody beefing with anybody. Let’s get back to the music, because that existed once for us. And I think that everybody’s so self-centered these days that nobody’s focusing on the big picture…which is making music. I stay rooted, and one day I’ll get back there to build a foundation on the same plateau. On Wednesday, the Game on Dr. Dre, Martin Luther King Jr., Lisa “Left Eye” Lopes, Ice Cube, and working with producer Hi-Tek
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    Pane says:

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    Yo Yo lots of respect 2 da game.. saw his consert it was fatt man yall cant compare him with 50 on the stage its not possible... beef here and beef there feels like marketing strategi... keep dat music growing... brraappp

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    Jordan says:

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    Man I think you and G-Unit should Reslove y'all's differences and kill the beef. It would really be cool if y'all got back together, that was a amazing group. Jay-Z and Nas did it why can't y'all? But the Adocto's Advocate is a classic album.

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    SammDizzle says:

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    Doctors Advocate!
    No.1 album...!

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    CHRIZ says:

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    MAN FUCK ALL THE HATERS LEAVING ALL THESE GAY ASS COMMENTS U KNOW 50 WILL NEVER BE LIKE GAME HE WANTS 2 BE LIKE HIM SAYING HE WROTE HIS SHIT !!! DATS WHY DAT BITCH NIGGA IS ROCKIN HIS SHIRT !!! FUCK G-UNIT !!!!!!!
    G-G-G-G-G-G-G-UUNNOOTT !!!!

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    kevin yourk says:

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    man i respect what ur sayin fully ur obviously smart man and i can agree with what ur sayin but not all feedback is positive when buddy is callin game a faggot like either u like him or u dont
    u still gotta show a bit of respect u know what i mean?> post back i'd be glad to continure this chat

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    Grimm aka the Grimm_factor says:

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    http://www.myspace.com/thegrimmfactor

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    Grimm aka the Grimm_factor says:

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    As a rapper myself I pay attention to what the big time stars do and say to each other and about each other. Its ashame that the people who write their comments can't all be positive about what they say. Its really crazy that some of them have gotten to the point of talking smack to each other on a forum that should just stress a hate it or love it attitude and then just keep moving on. However, I do understand that everyone has their choice to do and say what they want. Whether anyone on this page agrees or not about what the Game has to say, to me its all feedback anyway...good or bad all feedback is positive. If no one made any comments at all, that would be negative. I commend the Game, Snoop, 50 and G-Unit for at least keeping our culture alive to some degree. If the powers that be wanted to shut Hip Hop down then they would and it would really be dead. Then again, there's too many artist in Hip Hop and Hip Hop generates too much revenue to ever die. Would be years, decades...maybe a century before that happens.

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    kevin yourk says:

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    whoever fuckin said this fuckin guy is a faggot can suck my fuckin dick he's the best fuckin rapper comin out in recent years from the west coast i fuckin dare you to tell him that shit to his face.. game is prime you lames just whine I'ma say it time and time again your simple mind just cant comprehend that hes a legend.... u must not like rap or somethin

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    MR HUSTLE says:

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    FUCKYOU

    FUCK THIS FAGGOT. HE WANTS TO BE 5O SO BAD. ASSHOLE REACHED OUT TO HIM AFTER TALKIN ALL THAT SMACK. I HOPE SOMEONE KILLS THIS BITCH NIGGER

    December 12, 2006, 4:36 am

    U kno wuts funny B? Him and 50 made up recently i unno if u seen it but 50 been rockin a DOCTORS ADVOCATE shirt lately so yea shutcha mouf

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    B says:

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    Game may not be half as good as he makes himself out to be... but he's still probably the best new MC in mainstream hip-hop. Plus he's not half as cocky as 50cent who's only still around because dre and shady probably feel sorry for his lame ass. I'm from queens... 50's a fuckin embaressment to us.

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    Abid aka Ra$caL says:

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    G G G G G G G-UNOT! The Game is for real B, ma man holding it down, big heart u got homey. Nuff respect feeling ur tunes 4 time now B and blud u make me laff man ur movie jokes haha stop snitchin stop lying haha, each and every part! TONY GAYO! HAHA Peaceee hold tite B!

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    ESCOBAR says:

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    first of all!niggaz and bitchez!2 those who made them dumbazz remarks bout tha game no dam well if tha game was in front of u yall wouldn't have tha balls 2 say that 2 his face do me a favor and just keep yall's comments 2 ur self that goes 2 ct,kim eat a dick,jininbmore u need a hug or 2 slugs nigga as 4 jaisafire grow some balls first nigga lil.a shut tha fuck up.last but not least 2 who ever said that comment bout game being a faggot sounds 2 me that u r more of a hoe cuz u can't even put your real name fakeazz nigga.2 all yall from aka.$ESCOBAR$yall fake azz hell.my name is shawn from 504 murda capital of tha country ya heard me yall come 2 new orleans and say some stupid shit like that see what happens.1 game!from 504 to 310.N.O C.P.T i said it and what yall know were i'm at.cut. throat .city'o7 ya dig!1luv vibe!

    14.

    wHiTeBoY says:

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    kids a fuckin NUT yo

    hes Krazy forreal

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    Ced says:

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    Game is the men. Da nigga is 4real man, he's gangsta. He's realy good at wa he does. das why G unit is heading straight to the bottom. 4 me he's better dan fiddy and all the G unit.

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    CT says:

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    I would rather listen to 50 Cent than GAME.

    17.

    dddd says:

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    game is sexy

    18.

    tothefulloutextent says:

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    i just started liking the game.

    19.

    Heather says:

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    I LOVE Game, but what the heck is up with that picture?? Looks like his head on someone else's body...

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    AKEEM OYE says:

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    Akeem
    THE GAME AND OTHER ARTIST CAN ONLY GO FORWARD LONGEVITY & LUCK IS THE ONLY TRUE MARK OF ARTIST AND IF YOU GET LUCKY AND CAN PRODUCE AND INSPIRE WITH YOUR LYRICS AND BEATS TRULY YOU’RE A MAN MY DON AND EVERYBODY ARE ELSE ARE PLAYERS


    December 13, 2.05 pm London

    21.

    carlos says:

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    what's happening locos am coming strught out cali yo know dandiego and the game is the best rapper out thier thiz nigga saids the truth hate him our love hom no one tell the truth like that and fuck fitty cent

    22.

    lil a says:

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    ti is better than thegame but he snap on every cd

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    cciza says:

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    Let it be known im writing from Tanzania Game u the shit that nigga murdered Gunit himself oh im gon put you on ma "the chosen few list" keep doin ur thang we support u
    HOLLA BACK SON ITS UR BOY

    CCIZA WILLIAMS

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    pushkushh says:

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    GAME your about as real as it gets homie...Keep up the AWESOME work...just remember one thing FUCK HATERZ...Your fucking true to the heart...ONE LOVE

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    SOulja says:

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    Game is REAL. This man is bringin alot to the table with is music and readin interviews like this shows us he's real. So many people think he's the greatest right now and who else can make them think like that? only games music can...make those comments that have no knowledge or reason behined them because im sure that fuels game

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    CrestedCrane says:

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    On the real, Game reps to the fullest. Uganda, South Africa and the rest of Africa got your back man. Keep bringin them hot trax.

    27.

    KIM says:

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    I like the game but he talks about 50 and jay-z and then say he is sorry don't talk sh-- if you can't back it up.

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    C.O. REDD says:

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    I agree with Game (get back to the music). Game and Snoop are definately bringing back the West. They sound very refreshing in this Down South, Snap era.

    And to the asshole up top, Fuck You!! Why you hatin on my nigga? You a bitch and 50 is too (with his big ass teeth. fuck that nigga).

    29.

    dejanara aka little dee says:

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    what up game what made you get in the rap game?

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    illigalalien says:

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    u know game is kool 50 is soso,young buck is good tho.I dont give a shit abt their beef,I like music u know

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    shezgot2havit2 says:

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    Good for you Game. Keep getting your money and stay away from the negative.

    For those of you who have negative energy and live through rappers lives...get a life and pray for peace within yourselves.

    Holla

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    shezgot2havit2 says:

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    Good for you Game. Keep making your money and try to focus on the positive.

    For those folks who have negative energy... get a life and pray for peace within.

    Holla

    33.

    Andy Jig says:

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    Game is the future! Saw him last week in the UK a real messy concert one of the best live mc's ive saw he even downed 4 bottles of Hennessey and was still rockin the place. V Messy night ya dig!
    ROC in Liverpool.

    34.

    jimjones says:

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    this dude is real i got respect for
    this nigga shit he is the best you can grt from copmton yeah

    35.

    BIGTYMEBALLA says:

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    LISN, UP ALL U MARK ASS TRICKS, runnin ya lil mouths about the game...and i aint talkin bout the rapper, all yall lil mans do is read magazines on these dudes and look at pictures...YOUR WHACK kids, step ya paper up, adn then holla back, yo lil cockroaches, yall mans dont even know what flossin is, and if u did u wouldnt beon da internet talkina bout dudes, ya homos...sc balla, aka PC dawg

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    salty dogg (Rap Artist) says:

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    what else can i say but a big props to The Game, he showed we all mc's what HipHop is all about, its all about what you spitts on da m.i.c that makes the street respect you. Keep it real Game its all good, i hope to hit US soon, all complete my forth comming album "READY FOR NEW YORK" i want to hit this rap game from where it all started from. Peace,, so producers should start hollaing me on saltyng@yahoo.com. cos i'm dead fucking hot, i have battled and distroyed rappers in Africa, Became the Rap king of sweden and now the number 1 gangstar staright from manchester. Uk i'm da new king,so let da Parliament stand up.

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    Jin in Bmore says:

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    Ya'll trippin' if ya think Game bringing back the West. What's even funnier is that Snoop allowing this. Snoop has been consistent for the past 10 years. When I think of West Coast rap I only think of Snoop. Snoopy wake up. Don't let this wanksta fake a$$ wannabe rapper that likes butterfly tattoos shake his tailfeather and rocks leopard-print g-strings wit Chucks even think he's part of Hip Hop elite after two CDs. I guess it don't take much nowadays before clowns wanna calls themselves icons. Is the West Coast that desperate for a successor? Like Nas said, Hip Hop is Dead!

    38.

    kwartekwei says:

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    i cant stop liking this dude man his one of the best frm the west coast now keep doing ya thing man one

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    triniman says:

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    We need to stop the beef ,but the game was g unit most marketable mc after 50,tony yaoo,banks,buck,these guys don`t sell,banks new cd sold did not even move 250,000 in three months,so 50 not as smart a business man as you think

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    jaisafire says:

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    I cant stand GAME, I didnt like from the first moment i saw him on tv. He's full of shit. I refuse to buy any of his records. Evertime I see his name on xm radio Im like neexxxxxt!!!!!

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    JohnnyDepp says:

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    I relate to what The Game is saying.Realize that 50 has nothing to rhyme about and The Game is talented. 50 is a great business man. The Game is thhe BEST after 2Pac and Biggie!!! Jay-Z is whack, he stole Roc-aFella from Dame Dash. Anyways, the smart people out there are ALL WEST COAST: Game, Dr. Dre, Ice Cubve, SNoop, etc.

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    Michael says:

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    This niggaz are all cool but they need to stop the beef coz it ain't working for each of them. They got sons to raise and careers to look for. But for me I knew and admired 50 before game. No hard feelings Game but da beef gotta stop

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    WF says:

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    See comments like that will always keep beef’s going. Like Flavor Flav said “Read a book or something and get some knowledge” The world is bigger then beef, come on man!

    FUCKYOU
    FUCK THIS FAGGOT. HE WANTS TO BE 5O SO BAD. ASSHOLE REACHED OUT TO HIM AFTER TALKIN ALL THAT SMACK. I HOPE SOMEONE KILLS THIS BITCH NIGGER

    44.

    boom says:

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    eat a dick fuckyou anyone fucking with the game fucks with bloods bitch so back the fuck up or ull get smacked the fuck up g-unot

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    FUCKYOU says:

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    FUCK THIS FAGGOT. HE WANTS TO BE 5O SO BAD. ASSHOLE REACHED OUT TO HIM AFTER TALKIN ALL THAT SMACK. I HOPE SOMEONE KILLS THIS BITCH NIGGER

    46.

    RC says:

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    THATS A REAL NIGGA

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    blaze says:

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    Yh im feelin game big tym ya Dig , i was from comp ToWn!!!and if any1 brought bak da west in 06 its the game , simple as that , i fink its funny that he did dat shit wid 50 HaHa , but chu u , its black wall street all dat , GG UNOT!!

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    Dooce says:

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    Man, I am really proud of The Game for being a spark the evolution of the new MC. You can only go so far being an MC who only lives off of beef. The Game is a man who can see the water under the bridge for what it really is, the past. Jayceon is the future and so is his son. Good looking blood/cuz.

    Brown Pride / Black Power,
    El Dooce

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    JAY says:

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    The Game is real man, for a nigg coming out of compton, he kind of got his head on str8, like he said besides the beefs he had wit few artist.....he a good dude.

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