01/05/07 - The Game strikes out with doctor’s advocate

Tha Boricua Flow · 01-05-2007, 06:14 PM

THE GAME

The hype surrounding Game’s recently released second album Doctor’s Advocate meant it would only be a matter of time before he reached these shores for a show. Game played London about three times while supporting his debut set The Documentary. Much more than the average. Naturally, the Compton rapper always plays in west London. But before the show there was, as usual, business to be taken care of.

On a particularly horrible London morning the usual combination of label reps, press and groupies (both male and female) were in Lilywhites’ Picadilly Circus store to watch Game sign an endorsement deal with sportswear giant Lonsdale. The only time Jayceon Taylor smiled during the proceedings was when the rep from Lonsdale mentioned how much the deal was worth.

“Lonsdale are the biggest sports company in the UK and I’m into big things so we’re doing big business,” Game said an hour or so later at his West End hotel.

DRE
He’s not lying. Doctor’s Advocate has already proved he’s more than capable of achieving success without 50 Cent or West Coast legend Dr Dre, who of course co-signed him when he was a new artist. 50 claimed to have written many of the successful singles from The Documentary like Westside Story and How We Do, meaning he was therefore behind Game’s success. But few believed him. However, many wondered if Game would be the same without those Dr Dre beats. Even though Dre only took care of about four or five tracks on Game’s debut, it seems Game himself wondered what would be. On his new album’s title track he asks: ‘What am I without a Dr Dre track?’ Quite a lot still it would seem.

“I recorded two tracks with Dre but I decided that it was bigger not to put them on rather than have them on my album so I could say that the album was executive produced by me and it didn’t have Dr Dre or 50 Cent or anybody’s bullshit involvement,” he says. “I talked to Dre about the track, and he loved what I did. And not only that but the album. It feels good to succeed on my own man. But basically with me I just go in and record my music, I’m not really concerned or worried about the side antics. It was really a bigger thing for the people and the media than me. I just do what I do.”

Will these songs with Andre Young ever see the light of day?

“I might just give them to you, let you have them and rock with them.”

Okay then. Whether he cares or not, he certainly knows how to work the media and the people for his personal gain. While the hype over first-week sales is undoubtedly hurting hip-hop, Game is one of only a few artists who haven’t suffered because the public just don’t buy records the way they used to. Obviously that success has put him in a position to talk reckless.

“I never really cared about people saying the climate was bad and people not buying records,” Game says with obvious satisfaction. “Nah stop bitching, they’re just not buying your records. Obviously artists like myself, Jay, T.I., Kanye, are doing something right and maybe everyone else needs to fall in line or follow that pattern or get a job elsewhere, this is hip-hop it’s a bloodsport.”

SALES
That said, Game didn’t quite sell a million records during his first week as he predicted. Was he good with 400,000?

“Everybody else was happy so I guess I’m cool. I mean I didn’t do the numbers that I thought I was supposed to do, but I didn’t do the numbers I thought I was supposed to do with the last album either, so you know we’ll keep on working hard and hopefully on the third album we’ll capitalise off everything I’ve been trying to do since the early stages of my career.”

It’s not hard to see why the album is selling. Look no further than the new single Wouldn’t Get Far which has caused some harmless controversy by criticising video girls. Some of those video girls have inevitably caught feelings. “I don’t care about that,” he says of their reaction. “When the video comes out they’ll be in the video, so we’ll see how big their mouths are then.”

But the album gets personal as well. One Night sees Game addressing the situation with his brother Big Fase 100 who very publicly broke ranks with Game during the height of The Documentary’s success.

“Being in the hood and reaching semi-success, it was a situation where half of my homeys rolled with me and then the other half turned their back. It happens to all of us whether it be someone you came up with, or y’all was just tight. As soon as you do something he thought he could do better than you, instead of supporting you he kinda has all this hate and envy inside of him. So then you gotta gracefully bow out of that friendship, that relationship. I just put it on a beat. Everybody goes through that at least once in their life.”

Other big tunes on the album include Ol’ English, Compton, Why You Hate The Game featuring Nas and Marsha from Floetry. Of course One Blood was one of the biggest songs of last year. In addition to all that, before too long Game will be known as a producer as well as a rapper. After watching Dr Dre for nearly five years he feels like he’s learnt the ropes and is ready to add another string to his bow.

“I’ma let some beats go as early as this spring,” he informs. “I’m recording with some of hip-hop’s biggest artists and its kinda dope to step out of the booth and into the production side. I got beats man.”

So who is he working with?

“ I aint gonna say. You gonna see when you hear that beat.”

• Doctor’s Advocate is out now

oxx]:::::> · 01-05-2007, 06:28 PM

bullshit...that bitch is overestimating himself, muthapfuka...

denilson · 01-05-2007, 06:29 PM

props man.

zakho3rd · 01-05-2007, 06:29 PM

propz..

LET THE HATE start

Speak · 01-05-2007, 06:36 PM

W.e .......................

azian · 01-05-2007, 06:38 PM

lonsdale da biggest sportswear make in england dats sum str8 bullshitt, only fukin white little councli estate on goverment benefits rok da shit haha

i love 50 cent · 01-05-2007, 06:46 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by azian

lonsdale da biggest sportswear make in england dats sum str8 bullshitt, only fukin white little councli estate on goverment benefits rok da shit haha

haha lol i agree wit all that shyte part 4rm tha white shit part lol proooopzzzzzzzzzz

ns_diplomat · 01-05-2007, 06:47 PM

props.........

chitown-unit · 01-05-2007, 06:48 PM

borinnngggg

Hip-Hop.Aint.Dead · 01-05-2007, 06:57 PM

props, i believed 50 wrote them hooks though, u can see the diffrence on his nu album hooks wise

truxxxuk · 01-05-2007, 06:57 PM

props good read......

DaDizzle · 01-05-2007, 06:59 PM

blat...........

Ima emcee 2 · 01-05-2007, 07:24 PM

Fuck game...hes hated in London

Evreyone knows him as a fake

P$C 4 LIFE · 01-05-2007, 07:27 PM

Props......

Street Don · 01-05-2007, 07:28 PM

Everybody hatin..

Dont know why.

Im a G Unit fan, but also a Game fan.

DemonicSinn · 01-05-2007, 07:53 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by oxx]:::::>

bullshit...that bitch is overestimating himself, muthapfuka...

Learn how to spell if you gon hate.

Quote:

Originally Posted by azian

lonsdale da biggest sportswear make in england dats sum str8 bullshitt, only fukin white little councli estate on goverment benefits rok da shit haha

Yeah but if 50 got the endorsement deal you woulda been on hiz dick.

Quote:

Originally Posted by i love 50 cent

haha lol i agree wit all that shyte part 4rm tha white shit part lol proooopzzzzzzzzzz

And you woulda been standin behind azian wit yo pants down

Quote:

Originally Posted by chitown-unit

borinnngggg

Then post up somethin EXCITING then

Quote:

Originally Posted by Ima emcee 2

Fuck game...hes hated in London

Evreyone knows him as a fake

Naw just you and 5 more London muhfukkaz hate him.

Y'all niggaz need some girlfriends or just maybe some pussy or somethin. Because y'all waste entirely too much time hatin on rappers. Any time any rapper outside of G-Unit get any kinda praise y'all lil bitch made ass niggaz IMMEDIATELY start talkin shit. Answer me this question Dickriders: If y'all hate Game so much then why do y'all post on his threads? Why can't y'all just keep it movin on over to whoever y'all favorite rapper is? Katt Williams was right...it'z only 2 types of niggaz...REAL niggaz and BITCH niggaz. Stop spammin the boards with tha hatin for once.

Props On the read

Red Bandana · 01-05-2007, 07:59 PM

you need to lose some weight before you talk shit^^ fat ass

rajvirhundal · 01-05-2007, 08:21 PM

propz fuck gayme

shervin004 · 01-05-2007, 08:23 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Mothugz2k6

Learn how to spell if you gon hate.

Yeah but if 50 got the endorsement deal you woulda been on hiz dick.

And you woulda been standin behind azian wit yo pants down

Then post up somethin EXCITING then

Naw just you and 5 more London muhfukkaz hate him.

Y'all niggaz need some girlfriends or just maybe some pussy or somethin. Because y'all waste entirely too much time hatin on rappers. Any time any rapper outside of G-Unit get any kinda praise y'all lil bitch made ass niggaz IMMEDIATELY start talkin shit. Answer me this question Dickriders: If y'all hate Game so much then why do y'all post on his threads? Why can't y'all just keep it movin on over to whoever y'all favorite rapper is? Katt Williams was right...it'z only 2 types of niggaz...REAL niggaz and BITCH niggaz. Stop spammin the boards with tha hatin for once.

Props On the read

PROPS ON THE READ ^^^ I AGREE WIT THIS NIGGA REAL TALK

.

Bad News · 01-05-2007, 08:31 PM

dont no1 give a fuck about this corny ass nigga..every interview is just more lies and shit

Fabuless · 01-05-2007, 08:42 PM

propss man good read...games album didnt live up to the hype...but it was an ok album

KingKap1983 · 01-05-2007, 08:45 PM

Y Yall Bitchez Hatin On Tha Game

BoSox2004 · 01-05-2007, 08:47 PM

props 4 this...............................

L3G3ND · 01-05-2007, 08:52 PM

Props for the info on thissssssss

G Bird · 01-05-2007, 09:05 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Benson[G-unit/Bws]UK

props, i believed 50 wrote them hooks though, u can see the diffrence on his nu album hooks wise

Its obvious 50 wrote them, Game is just too embarresed to admit he can't write hooks even if his life depended on it! I wanna hear his beats, I aint expectin much though. Young Buck been producing a bit and the 2 I heard from him so far are crazy, 50 even said at least 1 beat from Buck will be on his (50's) next album!

01-05-2007, 06:14 PM	#1
Tha Boricua Flow Free At Last Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: New York Posts: 3,575 Repped: 893 Repped 3,554 Times in 388 Posts Neg Reps: 0 Neg Repped at 2 Times in 2 Posts	01/05/07 - The Game strikes out with doctor’s advocate 01/05/07 - The Game strikes out with doctor’s advocate THE GAME The hype surrounding Game’s recently released second album Doctor’s Advocate meant it would only be a matter of time before he reached these shores for a show. Game played London about three times while supporting his debut set The Documentary. Much more than the average. Naturally, the Compton rapper always plays in west London. But before the show there was, as usual, business to be taken care of. On a particularly horrible London morning the usual combination of label reps, press and groupies (both male and female) were in Lilywhites’ Picadilly Circus store to watch Game sign an endorsement deal with sportswear giant Lonsdale. The only time Jayceon Taylor smiled during the proceedings was when the rep from Lonsdale mentioned how much the deal was worth. “Lonsdale are the biggest sports company in the UK and I’m into big things so we’re doing big business,” Game said an hour or so later at his West End hotel. DRE He’s not lying. Doctor’s Advocate has already proved he’s more than capable of achieving success without 50 Cent or West Coast legend Dr Dre, who of course co-signed him when he was a new artist. 50 claimed to have written many of the successful singles from The Documentary like Westside Story and How We Do, meaning he was therefore behind Game’s success. But few believed him. However, many wondered if Game would be the same without those Dr Dre beats. Even though Dre only took care of about four or five tracks on Game’s debut, it seems Game himself wondered what would be. On his new album’s title track he asks: ‘What am I without a Dr Dre track?’ Quite a lot still it would seem. “I recorded two tracks with Dre but I decided that it was bigger not to put them on rather than have them on my album so I could say that the album was executive produced by me and it didn’t have Dr Dre or 50 Cent or anybody’s bullshit involvement,” he says. “I talked to Dre about the track, and he loved what I did. And not only that but the album. It feels good to succeed on my own man. But basically with me I just go in and record my music, I’m not really concerned or worried about the side antics. It was really a bigger thing for the people and the media than me. I just do what I do.” Will these songs with Andre Young ever see the light of day? “I might just give them to you, let you have them and rock with them.” Okay then. Whether he cares or not, he certainly knows how to work the media and the people for his personal gain. While the hype over first-week sales is undoubtedly hurting hip-hop, Game is one of only a few artists who haven’t suffered because the public just don’t buy records the way they used to. Obviously that success has put him in a position to talk reckless. “I never really cared about people saying the climate was bad and people not buying records,” Game says with obvious satisfaction. “Nah stop bitching, they’re just not buying your records. Obviously artists like myself, Jay, T.I., Kanye, are doing something right and maybe everyone else needs to fall in line or follow that pattern or get a job elsewhere, this is hip-hop it’s a bloodsport.” SALES That said, Game didn’t quite sell a million records during his first week as he predicted. Was he good with 400,000? “Everybody else was happy so I guess I’m cool. I mean I didn’t do the numbers that I thought I was supposed to do, but I didn’t do the numbers I thought I was supposed to do with the last album either, so you know we’ll keep on working hard and hopefully on the third album we’ll capitalise off everything I’ve been trying to do since the early stages of my career.” It’s not hard to see why the album is selling. Look no further than the new single Wouldn’t Get Far which has caused some harmless controversy by criticising video girls. Some of those video girls have inevitably caught feelings. “I don’t care about that,” he says of their reaction. “When the video comes out they’ll be in the video, so we’ll see how big their mouths are then.” But the album gets personal as well. One Night sees Game addressing the situation with his brother Big Fase 100 who very publicly broke ranks with Game during the height of The Documentary’s success. “Being in the hood and reaching semi-success, it was a situation where half of my homeys rolled with me and then the other half turned their back. It happens to all of us whether it be someone you came up with, or y’all was just tight. As soon as you do something he thought he could do better than you, instead of supporting you he kinda has all this hate and envy inside of him. So then you gotta gracefully bow out of that friendship, that relationship. I just put it on a beat. Everybody goes through that at least once in their life.” Other big tunes on the album include Ol’ English, Compton, Why You Hate The Game featuring Nas and Marsha from Floetry. Of course One Blood was one of the biggest songs of last year. In addition to all that, before too long Game will be known as a producer as well as a rapper. After watching Dr Dre for nearly five years he feels like he’s learnt the ropes and is ready to add another string to his bow. “I’ma let some beats go as early as this spring,” he informs. “I’m recording with some of hip-hop’s biggest artists and its kinda dope to step out of the booth and into the production side. I got beats man.” So who is he working with? “ I aint gonna say. You gonna see when you hear that beat.” • Doctor’s Advocate is out now __________________

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oxx]:::::> $BL Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Afganistan, near bin Laden Posts: 144 Repped: 27 Repped 0 Times in 0 Posts Neg Reps: 0 Neg Repped at 0 Times in 0 Posts	bullshit...that bitch is overestimating himself, muthapfuka...

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azian Member Join Date: Feb 2006 Posts: 75 Repped: 0 Repped 2 Times in 2 Posts Neg Reps: 0 Neg Repped at 0 Times in 0 Posts	lonsdale da biggest sportswear make in england dats sum str8 bullshitt, only fukin white little councli estate on goverment benefits rok da shit haha

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Bad News Veteran Join Date: Sep 2006 Posts: 2,154 Repped: 852 Repped 391 Times in 42 Posts Neg Reps: 233 Neg Repped at 25 Times in 14 Posts	dont no1 give a fuck about this corny ass nigga..every interview is just more lies and shit

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Fabuless Producer Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Toronto Posts: 5,285 Repped: 2,380 Repped 204 Times in 59 Posts Neg Reps: 0 Neg Repped at 0 Times in 0 Posts	propss man good read...games album didnt live up to the hype...but it was an ok album __________________ 20 G's for this watch, Are you sick G? A dot com on my arm, ThisIs50 - Chamillionaire

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