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A red book titled "All About Me" sits on a coffee table in The Game's suburban home, next to a collection of Tupac's poetry and the Taschen book "Black Ladies."

It's the kind of text meant for "self-discovery," with personal questions about beliefs, hopes and life experiences alongside space for readers to write their answers. A friendly inscription from a woman named Elizabeth asks Game to use the book as a tool to find out what's important to him...

Game hasn't written a single word inside.

Perhaps fittingly. For nearly two years, the constantly feuding rapper has been forced to define himself by what he is NOT.

After a clash of egos with 50 Cent, he's not part of the G-Unit clique any more — now Game shouts "G-U-NOT" on stage. Superstar producer Dr. Dre sided with 50 in the feud, so Game is no longer on Dre's Aftermath label. Game's not living in Compton, the gritty birth city of gangster rap, which he references religiously in his lyrics.

So with Tuesday's release of his hotly anticipated second CD, "Doctor's Advocate," comes a big opportunity: Game gets to portray himself on his own terms.

No hooks warbled by 50 Cent, as on his chart-topping singles from last year, "How We Do" and "Hate It Or Love It." No beats from Dre.

"'Doctor's Advocate' is about me. And that's just it," Game told The Associated Press. "It's about me doing what I want to do, and me doing it by myself. I've always wanted to have my own situation, be my own man and kind of just go into solo artist mode. I wanted to be a Dre. I want to be an Eminem. I want to be a Jay-Z, a Nas. I think at the early stages of my career I'm on the right path."

Maybe. But this all sounds a bit disingenuous coming from hip-hop's most notorious name-dropper. Despite a wealth of beats from A-list producers — Just Blaze, Swizz Beatz, Kanye West, Jonathan "JR" Rotem — nary a song passes on "Doctor's Advocate" in which Dre's name isn't invoked in some form or another.

He's at his most explicit on the slow-burning, emotional title track: "Even though sometimes I run loose, you still my homeboy Doc, I take a bullet for you. ... Remember when we got drunk to do 'Start from Scratch,' I told you you was like a father to me. I meant that."

Though he's made it clear in previous interviews he feels he owes his life to being discovered by Dre and pulled off the Compton streets, why does every track shout out Dre, particularly after they've parted ways?

It's a touchy subject. "The number one reason is I'm the Game and I do what ... I wanna do. And that's pretty much why I am who I am. And also why I am as big as I am," he answers. "I got the same attitude that Tupac had."

Game is easily compelling enough to stand alone as an artist — hard-hitting solo tracks like the Scott Storch-produced "Too Much" on the new CD shine on the strength of his gruff voice.

Yet he doesn't want to be alone. If Dre, 50 and Eminem won't play with him, maybe the rest of the rap industry will: The "One Blood" remix enlists more than 20 rappers from across the country in an epic, messy 11 minute-plus free-for-all.

And when Game appeared at a recent concert in Hollywood being taped for MTV2, he told the crowd, "You didn't come to see me. You came to see the West Coast." He proceeded to rap alongside veterans Xzibit and Nas, G-funk crooner Nate Dogg, reggae artist Junior Reid and singer Marsha Ambrosius.

In concert, he's more charming and less thuggish than you'd think — at one point kneeling down and telling an embarrassed Ambrosius, "I will kiss your Converses." He also hoisted his son Harlem onto his shoulders as the two danced.

"My son, who's 3 1/2 now, that's always my motivator and my inspiration. So whenever I get with him, that fueled with my ... attitude, I can get out there and do anything," Game said.

During an interview in his living room, the 26-year-old MC (real name: Jayceon Taylor) looked the part of a wealthy stay-at-home dad, wearing a white T-shirt, And 1 basketball shorts and red Louis Vuitton slippers while sipping from a fruit drink.

His son had been shipped off to preschool in Woodland Hills for the day, and he'd lined up a series of interviews, including a spot on MTV "Cribs" where he was showing off his cars — including a Lamborghini, Bentley, Range Rover and Land Rover.

Despite his 6-foot-4 height, Game seems smaller in person than his videos and scowling photos would have you believe. He has an expressive baby face and a tendency to gaze thoughtfully downward during conversation.

He's at his most animated, and perhaps most nervous, when discussing his relationship with Dr. Dre:

"We're still great friends. As hip-hop artists and producers — just being among hip-hop's elite as far as Dre's production and my lyrics are concerned — we've kind of like, you know, grew apart a little bit. Because like I don't need Dre to sort of be right over my shoulder, looking over me to make sure I do it right. I studied under Dre for the last three and a half, almost four years, man, and I think I've learned a lot. Maybe not all that I need to learn, but I've learned a real, real substantial amount.

"I still talk to Dre on maybe a weekly basis. It's never really about music, it's more about life. Dre plays sort of a big brother in hip-hop at this point. As well as my friends like Snoop and Busta Rhymes and Kanye" — all of whom appear on the new album.

Game stops himself. Moves back on message. "But I'm on my own now. This is show and prove. This is grow up and show up or shut up," he said. "We'll see what the people think."

Playboi305

moved????.....

rewynd

This nigga isn´t that bad, but he should just stop bitching

G-Unit_Soldier101

^^ agreed, his album is just ok like a few tracks but he spits fkn shit, if he shut up n jus got on with it he would be better

rainman

^^ i said that a long time ago ... but everytime he opens his mouth you here disloyalty and lies ... jimmy stench is leading him down the wrong path .. and he to scared to get back on track ... it's jimmy and not 50 and dre he shoulda cut off .. cause he's soon gonna be outta here.

Buck_Da_World

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Ty193

propzzzz...

Blue Hefner_Bank$'

if he shows this side of him more, I would have liked him as a person, and when u don't like a person that makes music u can't really like the music so much, it ain't the same.

The thing don't like about him, He's lying and shit alll the time, he's always tryna be like someone else (2pac, dre etc) he always refering his similar sides to another person.. like in this text: "I got the same attitude that Tupac had."
and "I'm the new Dre"

FRISCOKID

BUCK THE WOLRD is not gonna sell shit this nigga don't know how to rap and to freestyle... he just know how to talk shit like he is tough because of what he did at the vibe awards.. anyone can stab a nigga.. so lil nigga u just need to shut up and do yo numbers.. he is not a competition. lil wayne will kill that nigga with 2 verses...buck chill nigga you not hard... talking about the crips and bloods nigga thats the LA shit homie eat a dick... yo game i got the album homie --fav track --scream on em -prod by swizzz...its fire homie

rEd20

..............dis is some funny shit...
dis is one nigga dat think its coo to be on change of heart and kissin otha niggas...dats y hiphop is fucked up now.....we got niggas lvin fake niggas.....weezy aint fake but da nigga shoulnt be kissin otha niggas......fo any nigga to say game is real is fake and dont know shit period....

RealTalkNY

Video of the Game on 106 and Park, fool says Biggie dropped Reasonable Doubt.

xSUPERMAN15x

HAHAHA IS THIS NIGGA STUPID?? CUZ.. I'LL PUT YO MOMS ON THE LINE THAT YOU COULDNT TELL ME WHAT RAP IS.. YOU HOE ASS NIGGA..

NEWSKULL

Game suck balls end of the story

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FRISCOKID

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Originally Posted by xSUPERMAN15x HAHAHA IS THIS NIGGA STUPID?? CUZ.. I'LL PUT YO MOMS ON THE LINE THAT YOU COULDNT TELL ME WHAT RAP IS.. YOU HOE ASS NIGGA..

hahah bitch nigga i will put your mom on the line and ask her how much she felt my dick last night...she keep callin too... hahah homie fall back... hip hop homie you saying rap hahah bitch you don't know about rap if you listen to young buck ..that nigga can't rap period and please do me a favor get off my dick cuzz your mouth to greezy.. fo all the lil niggaz throwing shouts at frisco you just get 1/2 half bar fuck you niggaz.... cali stand up

RussianBanger

what is games first week numberS???

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FRISCOKID

nigga aint taking about that baby and wayne kissin i'm talking about spittin fire homie.. nobody in g-unit can fuck with wayne on freestyle homie... so get tha fuck out here homie with that greezy talk... NEW SKULL your momma reject you fo being ugly no homo

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R.o.B

iight propzzzzzzzzzz

240KA

nothin but haters. Gay unit dickriders fuckin groupies

xSUPERMAN15x

HAHA THIS NIGGA ON SOME HOE SHIT.. BITCH ASS NIGGA YOU SAYIN RAP NOW YOU GON SWITCH IT 2 HIP HOP?? HIP HOP IS DEAD YOU BITCHIN ASS NIGGA.. FUCK CALI!! NIGGA YOU AINT HARD.. GET THE FUCK OUTTA HERE WIT YO BULLSHIT & DO SOMETHIN NIGGA.. TIL THEN KEEP MY DICK OUT YO MOUTH.. OH YEA.. KEPP MY MOM... I RAPED THAT BITCH ALREADY... & I'LL HAVE NIGGAZ DO THE SAME 2 YOU.. BITCH ASS CUPCAKE NIGGA.. HAHAHA!!

Dangermouf

Games a Ho! Faggot Lame, His albums garbage when yall gonnaa admitt its crap

LAKERS_520

Good read shit was long as hell though

Smithilberry

woooooord up! he dont knwo when to shut up... he should just make music and fuck all these publicity stunts... but it aint only him... everyone does shit... hip hop turned into a soap opera...

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Game mentions Dr. Dre 46 times and he mentions himself only 35 times. Odd isn’t it? The album is about the Dr.’s Advocate, which is the Game, yet he speaks more about Dr. Dre than himself. He mentions both Dre and himself in 14 of his songs. Dre must hang heavy on his mind and he must need to reassure us that, in fact, we are listening to The Game. He even reaches back in time (11 mentions) to remind us of how great the Documentary, his old, 5 times platinum album, was. He displays his reverence of Snoop Dogg by mentioning him 11 times in 10 songs. That tells me one thing: Game feels obligated to mention Snoop because of his “high” status in the rap game. The anticipation, the Dr.’s Advocate, is here (we’re listening to it), so why do we hear this anticipation (16 times on 8 songs) on the actual album rather than the subject being left to a mixtape? The Messiah (Game) is talked about, in the third person, 25 times in 10 songs. Repeat phrases of how The Game is going to bring Hip-Hop back are prevalent throughout DA’s entirety. He boasts that he’ll be the one to bring the true form back on the West Coast; he IS the uniting spirit that we need. Speaking of his former and current beefs, Game, surprisingly, does not pay much mind. Beefs are used as a general term – no particulars (Yukmouth, Spider Loc or Ras Kass). He mentions label dealing quite a lot, as Aftermath (16 times, 8 songs), coupled with Dre, of course, goes hand in hand with the DA’s predictable trajectory of lyrical content. 50 cent is mentioned only 6 times and mostly in one song. I must say Game, nice with holding it in your frustration. And no mentions of G-Unit or G-Unot or any of its members (Yayo, er, Yoyo once). Cold turkey? Impressive. I ain’t done – no Blackwall Street either, touché.
Now the ridiculous occurs: 80 total names fill the gaps on the rest of the album. And mind you I did not count the total number of articles… You can look at all of the random drops but I’ll point out the most absurd. Wonder Woman? Game into comics too besides stripping? Kelis? C’mon, just cuz Nas is on a joint don’t mean Kelis comes with him! Rambo? Rakim? Don’t go there, you aren’t close. Godzilla? Jeezy? Will .i.am., 4 times on his beat? Excessive to say the least. Ken Griffey Jr.? What’s he done lately? Suck. I spoke too soon.
Name drops don’t just muddle Game’s lyrics; it’s his ardent affinity for the West Coast and its customs that grapple his tongue. I realize many artists whether on the East, West or the South will usually talk about the same topics and material was well – a great example is Houston rap, but The Game explains his daily routines on a song to song basis, is it this necessary? Can you talk about something else? The West Coast, California or L.A. is said the most of anything on the album: 53 times on 13 songs. That’s an average of 3 times a song, or once each verse. He refers to chronic in some form 37 times, which really doesn’t seem like much, but some of the choruses repeat such lyrical content multiple times, of which I did not count. West Coast g apparel, khakis and Chuck Taylor’s are mentioned in half of the songs combined. Game gives us notice of his car, specifically a “Six four” or a “Six tre”, 36 times on 10 of the songs. Chrome Dayton’s are said verbatim 10 times in 6 songs! And gang warfare is very detail oriented as in, “red rag hanging out the jeans”. 37 displays of bloods and crips isn’t exactly a uniting factor, Game. I thought you were trying to bring e’erbody together, holmes! In retrospect, as much as The Game talks about his regularities, artists of other “hoods” relay their eccentricities more often than The Game. I guess it just seems like overkill though; The Game like everyone else has nothing to rap about and thus has to rely on his hood attributes.
The main culprits are the singles and certain songs that are singled out, which are titled appropriately (Dr.’s Advocate, One Blood or Why they hate the Game). One Blood, the lead single, has 52 mentions alone, yet only 24 of those are different. On a track dedicated to groupies “Wouldn’t Get Far” has 24 mentions and 20 of them are single mentions. What does this tell me? Well, The Game creates songs based on certain lyrical content. Take One Blood for this example. He focuses on a few particular names/topics yet beats a dead horse with some of the topics, mentioning a few topics throughout the song’s entirety. It’s as if he cannot get away from what’s eating at him. Conversely, “Wouldn’t Get Far” was a track created explicitly for name dropping. All the verses ride over a soul beat from Kanye (he luckily he gets a verse from him too, and consist of merely the dropping of females names. We know the song is about groupies, but can you say anything elaborate on groupies and not just give us a vague list that includes Wonder Woman? Isn’t that why you’re a rapper and I am not?
I left out mentions of his son, guns and drugs partly because the latter two are so rampant throughout any rap song that it wasn’t imperative to track. I also left out mentions of the following because I didn’t think he’d name drop for products as much: Cristal, Nike, Puma, Chevy, Cadillac, Hummer, Bentleys and Hennessy.
What’s in a name? Nothing. No, nothing. Maybe insecurity, marketing (attaching yourself to the famous for familiarity) or is it that it fills space? For The Game, it may be all three. Because of his insecurity as a person and a rapper, he fills his rhymes with non-substantive, nonsensical and name dropping garbage. His weak lyrics are used for the marketing of an untalented, West Coast “protégé”.

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