The Taydoe TV cameras were rolling as the uncle Snoop Dogg stopped by the Black Wallstreet studios to work on The R.E.D. Album with Game and listen to a few tracks. Game and Snoop vibed out to “Trading Places”, which can be found on the “Brake Lights” mixtape released earlier this month.
Rapper Big Fase 100 has dropped a new diss record titled “No Help,” aimed at his younger brother, Compton rapper Game.
The pair have been publicly feuding since at least 2005, after Game cut ties with Big Fase and numerous Black Wall Street associates in a financial dispute.
Earlier this month, their beef flared up again, shortly after Game dropped his mixtape Brakelights with DJ Skee.
In recent weeks, Big Fase has surfaced in videos on the Internet, claiming that Game stole the title for Brakelights from a song he did with a local Compton artist named Big Chief, in an attempt to taunt him.
Big Fase and Game also criticized each other on Twitter last week as well.
Big Fase accused his little brother of leaving his family behind and in need, while Game claimed none of the family visited after he was shot in 2001.
On the record “No Help,” Big Fase 100 raps:
“Your word is in the wind/It’s hard to believe that we any kind of kin/one of the world’s first sins/is brother against brother/and I chose to keep but you’d rather see me sleep/you a shadow of a man/and that man’s right here.”
In 2005, Big Fase revealed details about the falling out in an exclusive interview with AllHipHop.com.
“I quit my hustle when The Documentary dropped. The way it was put to me, this is what we were doing and “our” life was about to change. Basically, what I’ve done is I’ve set the stage and I created the backdrop for The Game. I mean, his n***as that have been visible for the past year, those have been my n***as. Basically, what I did, I provided the background story for Game. I got so much love where I am, and you know me and you never heard of my brother – you love him too. We don’t share the same mother, we share the same father. For lack of a better word, I certified his gangster. A year later, me and everybody that loves me, we’re left out here with nothing.”
In addition to diss tracks and public insults, Game’s feud with his family turned physical.
The rapper was sued by his cousin, Robert “Kirky” Kirkwood in 2009, over a physical altercation that took place the previous year at a funeral for Game’s sister.
The pair fought during an argument during a funeral for Kirkwood’s sister, who had been ill for at least six years. Kirkwood accused the Game of failing to pay half of a $14,000 funeral bill.
Game allegedly showed up at the funeral unexpectedly and Kirkwood confronted him outside of the church over the money.
The rapper claimed he offered to pay for the casket and the flowers, but Kirkwood and the rest of the family allegedly sought full payment.
Game, born Jayceon Taylor, was eventually charged with criminal battery for the assault and sentenced to 36 anger management courses over a five-month period.
In a blog titled, “More Important Than My Album Release Date,” new dad Game talks about the importance of fatherhood.
“I want all to know that children are a gift, they are the future. I love my children and dedicate my entire career to them. I have two sons and a new daughter, Cali Dream Taylor, born on August 21st.
There are so many men that don’t take care of their children. So I work everyday at not only being an artist, but a great father to my kids – not just a daddy. There is a big difference.
I love what I do and my album R.E.D is coming, I’m still working with Pharrell and Dr. Dre, but right now I’m enjoying being a father again and getting my kids ready for school. I just released my mixtape with DJ Skee “BrakeLights” thats doing very well to hold everyone over while the album is being completed.”
Congratulations to Game, whose first daughter, Cali Dream Taylor, was born today, August 21, 2010!
Check out Game’s video for “Cherry Kool Aid” featuring AR, Cold Bloodz and Maad Maxxx from his “Brake Lights” mixtape.
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Heralded as one of the best hip-hop releases of 2009, Raekwon’s ‘Only Built 4 Cuban Linx 2′ is getting a golden facelift. The Chef is preparing a rerelease of the sequel to his seminal debut, grabbing guest verses from Game, Bun B, GZA and Inspectah Deck for six new tracks to be included on an iTunes-only package that also features bonus music videos for ‘Catalina,’ ‘Canal Street,’ ‘Surgical Gloves,’ ‘New Wu,’ ‘House of Flying Daggers’ and ‘Have Mercy.’
The album, which features a gold cover instead of its original purple one, also features a remix to the track ‘Penitentiary’ from Travis Barker, as well as remixes to ‘Broken Safety’ and ‘New Wu.’
The project will be released on August 17th through iTunes; with bonus music videos for Catalina, Canal Street, Have Mercy, House of Flying Daggers, New Wu and Surgical Gloves.
No one said it was easy being a gangster. Just ask Jayceon “Game” Taylor. Ever since his debut, it seems like the California rapper has constantly been involved in some kind of beef, controversy, or general fuckery. As of late, though, it’s been quite the opposite. Game swears he won’t dis anyone on his upcoming, oft-delayed The R.E.D. Album. He’s made amends with his old label, Aftermath, as well as his old mentor, Dr. Dre. He’s even made some new friends by entering a partnership with Pharrell. And although he still gets pulled into the gutter on occasion (like when someone recently threw beer at him and his kids) he’s been level-headed enough to steer clear. The new and improved Game might actually be older, wiser, and more mature…but there’s a problem. His music isn’t connecting.
A slew of new material has been released or leaked this year, but whether it be the Justin Timberlake-assisted “Ain’t No Doubt About It” or the Robin Thicke collaboration “Pushin’ It,” none of the songs have managed to chart. With his new mixtape, Brake Lights, currently lighting up the Internet and The R.E.D. Album still without a firm release date, we got on the horn with Game to talk about when his album will actually come out, what it’ll take for him to kill you, and why he’s still just one hit away.
Complex: Brake Lights came out this week. All the songs are produced by Cool & Dre. How did you get them to give you such a big batch of beats for free?
Basically Cool & Dre, those are like my brothers. We been getting down since The Documentary. For some reason, they always come through with the good joints that put my album where it needs to be right at the end, like “My Life,” “Hate It or Love It,” and “Big Dreams.” So when it came to the mixtape, we were working on a song for my album that I did with Drake. And then they were like, “You should do a mixtape and let us do all the beats.” They was like, “We’ll give you as many as we can. We’re gonna make ’em all fresh and give ’em to you. You kill ’em and let Skee host it.” And I think it would happen, you know what I’m saying? I’ve never dropped a tape that’s all original beats.
You have a lot of features on the record from a lot of big artists; Akon, Nas, and Rick Ross are all on there. How did you secure that many dope features on a mixtape?
I just sort of reached out and asked for mixtape verses and hooks, and people got back to me quick. I’m not a new cat, so you know I’m well-respected. And I have a lot of camaraderie with a lot of these artists, at least a lot of the good ones and some of the fresh ones. It’s like when I reached out for the “One Blood” remix, you know everybody was getting back to me.
And as far as the songs themselves, are there songs that you recorded for The R.E.D. Album and then decided, “Oh, I’ll just put this on a mixtape”?
Nah, all of these songs are fresh. Everything that you hear me saying is like brand-new. I didn’t take anything old, or anything that was for anything else and put it on this tape. I just went in for about a week straight and recorded a bunch of new stuff. There might be two songs that I had, that I never put out that. I think I went in and finished them and sort of put them on the tape as bonuses.
So as far as The R.E.D. Album, you’ve had a lot of pushbacks. Is the August 24th release date definitely going to happen?
I think I should stop saying when the album is gonna be released and just say “when it’s released, just pick it up,” man. And I think that no matter how long people wait, we’re not gonna get into a Detox situation and wait over 10 years for that. Whenever my album drops, people gonna appreciate it being pushed back as far as it’s been pushed back. Interscope be having different agendas and they want you to do the shit right. And I think people just need to understand that it’s not the artist, it has a lot to do with shipping, packaging, and getting artists the greatest look that they can get.
August 24th was real realistic to me until I started touring. Before I get really locked into it, when I get home on the 8th man…you know, it might still be the 24th once I talk to Jimmy Iovine. He’s overseas and he gets back when I get back so I’ma sit down with him and have a meeting and we’ll play everything I got. I think I’m missing my huge single like “My Life,” or “Hate It or Love It,” or “One Blood.” And I think I really need to find that.
If you’ve been following Game’s new Twitter page, you’ll see that his fans have given resounding kudos to his new mixtape, Brake Lights. The project was produced by Cool & Dre and hosted by DJ Skee and was released at midnight Tuesday online.
“Reason we named it Brake Lights is because it’s something you don’t see if you’re following us often — we don’t stop,” Skee said from his SkeeTV headquarters. “We just had to talk about it. Plus we just did The R.E.D. Album with Game. The biggest difference between this and The Red Room [mixtape] is, I think, the quality of records. This time around, it’s a lot higher. We got some crazy features, more original stuff. It’s not really any freestyles over other people’s beats. It’s all original music. So it’s really like a real album. We’re going back to those classic Game/DJ Skee street-album days. It’s gonna be pretty crazy.”
Included on the tape is “Street Riders,” on which guest MC Nas references Pharrell Williams by name and throws some subliminals at 50 Cent. “I showed n—as their first Bentley/ How the f— I window shop?” he raps.
“We’ve actually had it done forever,” Skee said. “It was actually supposed to be on the Doctor’s Advocate album. It didn’t make it for one reason or another. There’s been a bunch of different reincarnations of the song. … I actually have eight different versions of the song. Game, he went back in. He said, ‘It’s time to do it.’ Cool & Dre did the beat. So we was like, ‘Let’s throw it on the mixtape. It’s probably never going to come out other than that.’ I played a snippet of it on the radio years ago, and fans have been going crazy since then. We threw that on. Game did two new verses. He wanted to make it more relevant for today. You have a crazy Nas verse. Akon kills the hook. It’s one of the craziest, darkest Cool & Dre beats. It’s one of my favorite Game records ever. So it’s finally out, Brake Lights, it’s official.”
The Compton star brings in another West Coast giant on “Trading Places.”
“It’s the second song on the mixtape,” Skee described. “The beat, when I heard it, it just sounded like something different. Game and Snoop Dogg on a record. West Coast — what more could you want?”
As of this week Game’s show, originally scheduled for the County Coliseum on Friday, August 6, 2010 in El Paso, Texas, has changed to The Reyn Theatre downtown, where The Vault used to be. A Coliseum official said ticket prices will remain the same, ticket sales prior to the venue change will be honored, and new tickets can be bought at Ticketbully.com.
The official declined comment on the reason for the venue change; the new venue’s owners and the Miami-based promoter were unavailable for comment as of press time.
The Reyn Theatre, 209 S. El Paso
Friday, Aug. 6 – 8:30 p.m.
$20 plus fees
Tickets available at Ticketbully.com
XXLMag.com is proud to present Game’s new mixtape, Brake Lights, for free download. [Download here]
Hosted by DJ Skee, Chuck Taylor’s latest offering features guest spots from Snoop Dogg, Nas, T.I., Akon, Rick Ross, Waka Flocka Flame, Busta Rhymes, Robin Thicke and Shawty Lo, among others. DJ Toomp, JR Rotem and Rich Skillz all handled the production duties.
“Brake Lights is like an appetizer to The R.E.D. Album,” Game told XXL. “I know a lot of people been waiting on R.E.D., so I wanted to put out something to hold my them over, while I finish up my album.”
Check out the trailer and tracklisting for DJ Skee and Game’s Brake Lights mixtape, which is dropping tonight at 11:59pm. The mixtape features Snoop Dogg, T.I., Nas, Busta Rhymes, Rick Ross, Robin Thicke and more.
1. Brake Lights (feat. Busta Rhymes)
2. Trading Places (feat. Snoop Dogg)
3. Cold Blood (feat. Busta Rhymes & Dre)
4. M.I.A.
5. Stop (feat. Rick Ross)
6. Street Riders (feat. Akon & Nas)
7. HaHaHaHaHa
8. Pushin’ It (feat. T.I. & Robin Thicke)
9. That’s The Way The Game Goes (feat. Shawty Lo)
10. Ecstasy
11. Phantom Of The Opera
12. Do It B.I.G. (feat. Yung Joc)
13. You Are The Blood
14. Get’em (feat. Waka Flocka Flame)
15. Cherry Koolaid
16. Heels & Dresses (X.O.)
17. Blackout
18. Stadium Music
19. Hustlin’ (Champion’s Anthem)
The rapper Game paid homage to his native West Coast hip hop scene Tuesday at The Knitting Factory in what also served as a showcase for the Reno rap scene.
Having dropped “The” from his stage name, the man from Compton, Calif. whose given name is Jayceon Taylor performed a 45-minute set that got the crowd jumping and included hits from his time with the rap group G-Unit as well as new songs off his forthcoming album “The R.E.D. Album.”
Game opened with “Dope Boys,” the second single off his third studio album “LAX”. If anyone momentarily forgot where he was from, he reminded them with “Westside Story,” off his major label debut album “The Documentary.” This inspired the crowd to throw up the famous “W” hand sign for “West Side.”
Then Game showed respect for his hip hop forefathers by covering songs from legends Dr. Dre and Snoop Dogg, including “The Next Episode,” “Nuthin But a ‘G’ Thang,” “What’s My Name” and “Ain’t No Fun” as well as Tupac Shakur’s “California Love” and a song by The Notorious B.I.G.
At this point, Game invited some ladies in the crowd onto the stage and later some young men joined them to the point where they filled the stage and Game joked they were about to break it.
Game then launched into his popular hits from “The Documentary,” including “Higher,” “Dreams” and “Hate It or Love It” and “How We Do,” where he rapped in place of his former labelmate 50 Cent, who Game would later go on to have a famous feud with.
Game picked a fan on stage who said his name was Tony to rap along with the crowd to a repeat of “How We Do.” Game closed his show with the energetic “One Blood.”
Before Game, rappers from Reno-based Intense Entertainment took over the stage for more than two hours.
Local rappers The Kid Bre, Gutta Men, Velle Kayda and Dialect HD were joined by labelmate Ritch Music of Hollister, Calif. in successfully warming up the hometown crowd.
Game’s concert began without incident. The rapper — whose real name is Jayceon Taylor — started the show strong with a relentless barrage of his hits, including “The Westside Story,” a single from his 2004 debut album, and “Wouldn’t Get Far,” the third single from “Doctor’s Advocate,” his sophomore set.
He also performed a killer freestyle of “Big Dreams” that left the enthusiastic crowd nearly silent as they listened to him spit out the last bars of the song.
The show got progressively out of control once Game invited people to join him on stage, which was already packed with his Black Wall Street posse. While girls tried to stand next to the rapper, audience member Alvares first climbed up some speakers, then onto the faux balcony to the right of the stage.
After security finally convinced Alvares to climb down, Game ramped up his onstage antics as he proceeded to ingest a full bottle of Grey Goose while the song “Wasted” — by rappers Gucci Mane and Plies — blared out of the speakers.
“Damn, I’m gonna throw up,” Game said after his Grey Goose big gulp. He took a swig of some Hennessy next and the crowd cheered his shenanigans.
Although he probably had enough alcohol and marijuana in his system to send a novice to the emergency room, Game managed to belt out “Hate It or Love It,” his 2004 hit with former G-Unit group member 50 Cent. There was definitely no love lost for his former crew member as Game emphatically yelled “G-U-NOT” during the song.
Now in what appeared to be a drunken haze, Game somehow managed rousing performances of “One Blood” and “My Life,” the latter a tune he originally performed with rapper Lil Wayne.
And then it went downhill form there. Game dismissed several of his songs as his DJ played the deep-bass intros. Instead, Game asked for Sir-Mix-A-Lot’s “Baby Got Back,” and proceeded to implore the ladies on stage to dance.
The night ended with a handicapped audience member in a wheelchair receiving free puffs of weed and a lap dance from a scantily clad woman who was more than accommodating.
And with that, Game and his Black Wall Street crew walked off stage. The audience members still hanging out on the stage began mugging for the crowd below.
For those who showed up Sunday hoping to get an up-close look at gangsta rap personified, Game didn’t disappoint.
After finishing his encore, that consisted mainly of the L.A. classic, “One Blood,” Game brought his two sons, Harlem (Age 7) and King (Age 3) out on stage to meet the audience. Game gave a warm thank-you to all his fans, and made his kids thank the audience for ‘paying for their private school.’ King bashfully and adorably told every one ‘thanks’ amidst applause, as his father held him proudly. Out of nowhere, a full cup of beer flew across the club, and landed right in King’s face. Someone in the audience thought it would be funny to throw a beer at Game while he was holding his child; which in actuality was not at all humorous.
“Aw, hell no!” Game hollered, “Whoever threw a beer at me while I’m holding my child, you about to get fucked up, and I’m about to get sued!”
Five members of Game’s entourage lept over the photo barricade and proceeded to beat the living shit out of the man that had purportedly hurled the beer. Security rushed over to stop the scuffle, as Game and his entourage calmly walked off stage.
Before all the melee, the night had started off with a bang (no pun intended). Game was a one-man-army, opting to perform without a slew of guest stars (the only one of the night being Xzibit), and without the aid of a hype-man (a rarity at a rap show). Much like Snoop Dogg, Game is basically a rock star playing a rapper in real life. Game took the stage amidst cheers, and ran right into the title track off of L.A.X. Xzibit rushed the stage, and the two MC’s performed “California Vacation” as a duet. Xzibit ripped in “X” as Game went off stage to change clothes (something he did numerous times throughout the night). A table with crack-cooking supplies was carted out, complete with Pyrex pots and Bunsen burners, and Game ran back on stage. He gave a speech about drug-dealing before ripping into “Dope Boys,” which was followed by “Let’s Ride.”
