The Game - Documentary (Your Opinions)

So Busta's on Aftermath now right?? I hope they get Eve next.... sounds like they might. I heard Shady may sign Pharoah Monch. That'd be sumpin else hah?

(from allhiphop.com)

I'm curious to see what the numbers on this album will turn out to be later this week, if all the hype will be a self-fulfilling prophecy. because a lot of people seem to like the album, but does anyone actually think he's a hot rapper? dude is boring even by G-Unit standards. and unlike Buck and Lloyd, he gets totally outshined by 50 on his single, which isn't that big of a hit (yet) anyway, compared to "In Da Club" or even "On Fire". I'm just gonna take the couple tracks I think are hot ("Hate It Or Love It" and "No More Fun And Games") and walk away.

and yeah, he is totally dullsville as a rapper. no life to his voice, no timbre that separates him from the crowd. but the beats are hot and so are the guest spots, and the album coasts on that. i like the album. i think in a lot of ways it's an amazing distillation of where hip-hop is right now.

#1 album in USA this week.

UNPRECEDENTED

Yeah that's "Dreams". I just heard it, and I think it's wack.
"How We Do" is ok, though.

this album has three good songs (higher, put you on the game, church for thugs), the rest is just this guy listing off shit he likes and how BADLY he wants to make this a classic. how many classic albums have the artists foretelling the album's classicness?

he's also pretty monotonous vocally.

if this rates highly by year-end, i'll be completely confounded.

The great thing about snoop records is that he never says ANYTHING - with that voice he doesn't have to...

it is. but is it a hit on the scale of "In Da Club"? and don't you think the biggest new artist in hip hop shouldn't need a training wheels guest star on his lead single? 50 didn't need Em on a single to sell. Kanye didn't need Jay on a single to sell.

i really love this record. a lot. all of the goofy shit with the game (especially that change of heart pic) just makes me like him more. his bona fides are so transparent, but he makes it anyway. it's charming!

from mtvnews.com

50 Cent Calls Game Disloyal, Kicks Him Out Of G-Unit
02.28.2005 10:22 PM EST

Rapper drops bombshell during Funkmaster Flex's radio show Monday.
Game and 50 Cent The G-Unit just got smaller. 50 Cent announced Monday night (February 28) that the Game has been excommunicated from the crew because he feels the Compton rapper isn't loyal.

On New York radio station Hot 97, 50 told DJ Funkmaster Flex he was
disappointed with comments Game made on the station Saturday night, when the West Coast MC revealed he would not be getting involved in the beefs 50 is stirring up with "Piggy Bank" (see "50 Cent's LP Pushed Up, Harsh 'Facts' Sound Like Disses On Leaked 'Piggy Bank'").

According to Flex, Game even said he was going to do a song with Nas. "He's gone," 50 scoffed. "He might as well make the record."

50 also said Game should stop saying "G-Unit." "He thinks he's doing me a favor when he says that."

During his conversation with Flex, 50 claimed Interscope was going to drop the Game until 50 stepped in and got involved with The Documentary. 50 also insisted that he's making more money off The Documentary than Game is, and that he wrote more choruses than he's credited for.

Believe it or not, Game was on Hot 97 earlier in the evening, talking to host Angie Martinez. When listeners called in to ask about his and 50's problems, Game simply said he was going to continue to make "good music." Two nights prior, Game had said on-air that he and 50 did not have to be friends as long as they worked toward that same common goal: making good music.

For weeks there'd been rumors of friction within the G-Unit camp, but they'd always downplayed or outright dismissed the talk, and they even held it together long enough to shoot a joint video for "Hate It or Love It," which debuted Monday on "TRL."

A rep for Interscope had no comment on the implosion.

50's interview seemed to end abruptly around 10 p.m., and it was later revealed that the reason was a shooting that occurred either at the station or just outside. An NYPD spokesperson said a male in his 20s from Los Angeles was shot at least one time in the left leg, but no further details were given.

According to sources on the scene, 50 and his crew, which included G-Unit members Tony Yayo, Olivia and Lloyd Banks, were not involved and were escorted out another entrance.

In February 2001, Lil' Kim was at the station when a shooting occurred outside, and she was later indicted for perjury and obstruction of justice for allegedly lying to police and failing to cooperate with their investigation (see "Lil' Kim Indicted For Lying About Hot 97 Shootout With Capone"). That case is currently in the jury-selection phase.

For more on 50 Cent, check out the feature "All Eyes On 50 Cent: The Sequel."

— Shaheem Reid

one major problem - TOO MUCH 50! you are not Biggie or Pac or Eminem, you cannot carry an entire album virtually by yourself, out of 22 tracks maybe 6 are decent-to-great, with "Hate It or Love It" being the best of the bunch, of course after it was already on the documentary.

and what's with 50 putting Vivica Fox on blast? I wish she'd go Kill Bill on his dumb ass.

the timing of all this is just way too coincidental. i don't doubt that there's some beef between the two, but the timing of all these interviews and revelations seems pretty convenient.

Haha, I'm probably bumping the wrong thread but Game is killing it lately. Documentary 2 and 2.5 are really well constructed albums and, despite however odious his persona seems, he's become a great album artist. He's somehow worked his fanboy 'watch your toes' name drops into assured style exercises and relaxed collaborations.

The last time I checked for him was Doctor's Advocate (which was great, too) so I think I'll have to check in on the intervening years. I encourage all goons to check his latest 2.