That was a publicity stunt.
the game is better in my opinion and fiddy has a new name over here.
50% but he is still good and i am going to see his film when its out on friday.
looks good and i wonder if its better than ludas.
The Game
Main article:
G-Unit vs. The Game feud
50 Cent began a feud with
The Game, with whom he was close before The Game released his debut album
The Documentary. After its release, 50 Cent felt The Game was disloyal for saying he did not want to participate in G-Unit's feuds with other rappers and even wanting to work with artists they were feuding with. He also claimed that he wrote six songs on the album and was not receiving proper credit for his work, which The Game denied.
[84]
"Not Rich, Still Lyin'"
A track in which he takes aim at
The Game.
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50 Cent later dismissed The Game from G-Unit on Hot 97 radio. After the announcement, The Game, who was a guest earlier in the evening, attempted to enter the building with his entourage. After being denied entry, one of his associates was shot in the leg during a confrontation with a group of men leaving the building.
[85][86] When the situation escalated, both rappers held a press conference to announce their reconciliation.
[87] Fans had mixed feelings as to whether the rappers created a publicity stunt to boost the sales of the albums they had just released.
[88] Nevertheless, even after the situation deflated,
[89] G-Unit criticized The Game's
street credibility. The group denounced The Game and announced that they will not be featured on his albums. During a
Summer Jam performance, The Game launched a
boycott of G-Unit called "G-Unot".
[90]
After the Summer Jam performance, The Game released a track, "
300 Bars and Runnin'", which addresses 50 Cent and G-Unit.
[91] He continued his attacks in a
Stop Snitchin, Stop Lyin' DVD. After numerous songs aimed at G-Unit, 50 Cent responded to The Game's rebuttals on mixtapes. One track, "Not Rich, Still Lyin'", imitates The Game, attacks his credibility, and mentions his feud with his brother, Big Fase 100.
[92]
The Game also released mixtape covers parodying the group. After he displayed pictures of G-Unit dressed up as the
Village People, 50 Cent posted a cover of The Game's head on the body of a male
stripper for "Hate It or Love It (G-Unit Radio Part 21)" mixtape.
[93] Although he was signed to Aftermath Entertainment, The Game left the label and signed with
Geffen Records to terminate his contractual obligations with G-Unit.
[94] G-Unit artist
Spider Loc and The Game had also began taking shots at each other. In February 2007, The Game and Young Buck got into a non-physical altercation at a club, during the
NBA All-Star Weekend in
Las Vegas.
In July 2009, The Game stated the beef was squashed with help from
Michael Jackson and
Diddy.
[95], and he apologized for his actions during the beef.
[96] Tony Yayo said that neither 50 Cent or G-Unit would accept his apology.
[97] Since then, The Game continued his old "G-Unot" ways at live concerts. It is speculated that 50 Cent will release a diss song on
Before I Self Destruct targeting The Game and
Young Buck.
[98]
THE GAME
Major label debut
The Game was originally signed as an artist on Aftermath Entertainment, but
Interscope Records CEO
Jimmy Iovine and Dr. Dre decided to have The Game also work with
50 Cent and
G-Unit. The arrangement was to help build a growing buzz around The Game which would also fuel interest in G-Unit. Since then, he made numerous cameo appearances in music videos by 50 Cent,
Lloyd Banks,
Young Buck, and
Fabolous, first appearing on the music video of "
In da Club", dancing with a girl. His first single "
Westside Story" was released in 2004.
At the 2007 Hip Hop Jam festival in the
Czech Republic
The original title of the album was
Nigga Wit' An Attitude Volume 1 (as heard in the lyrics to "
Dreams"), but an
injunction filed at the request of
Eazy-E's widow prevented him from using
N.W.A.'s name in the album title. Dr. Dre and 50 Cent were
executive producers on The Game's
major label debut album,
The Documentary, which spawned the hit
singles "
How We Do" and "
Hate It or Love It" (the latter receiving two Grammy nominations).
[23] The album debuted at number one on the
Billboard 200 and was the tenth best selling album of 2005 in the United States.
[24] It also debuted at number seven in the United Kingdom and sold over five million copies worldwide.
[25]
Lil Eazy-E, a young rapper and son of rapper
Eazy-E, entered a feud with The Game. The two used to be close associates and even recorded music together. Lil' Eazy-E has since directed numerous diss songs targeting the rapper and expressed his anger over what he felt was The Game misusing his father's name. The Game responded by claiming that Lil' Eazy-E was trying to establish himself off the success he had made since releasing
The Documentary.
[26] The Game responded on "120 Bars" where he claimed that Lil' Eazy-E does not write his own lyrics.
[27] However, The Game states on the same track that he would rather not feud with Lil' Eazy-E due to the deep respect he feels for his father. Lil' Eazy-E later responded with "They Know Me". On October 30, 2006, The Game went on
KDAY and said that he and Lil' Eazy-E have ended their feud.
Dr. Dre's nemesis
Suge Knight had an ongoing feud with The Game stemming from when Yukmouth claimed that The Game had been slapped by Suge Knight. The Game responded on his website, saying that if Suge Knight had ever touched him, he would be "six feet under".[
citation needed] After the 2005
BET Awards, associates of Death Row had their invitations to a party hosted by
Ciara rescinded. Supposedly, a member of Death Row tried to steal The Game's chain. The Game stated on his Black Wall Street website that he dislikes Suge Knight because of "the lives he has endangered". In
Miami for the 2005
MTV Video Music Awards, Suge Knight was shot and wounded at
Kanye West's party by an unknown gunman.
[28] The Game vigorously denied involvement in the shooting, but the incident renewed efforts to pacify hip hop feuds and The Game has consequently been discouraged from attending certain events in hopes of averting retaliation.
[29] Later, The Game and various representatives of
California's rap cliques formed a West Coast "peace treaty" to end many rivalries between West Coast rappers.
[30] Although Suge Knight did not attend, he and The Game declared their feud over.[
citation needed]
Feud with G-Unit
Main article:
G-Unit vs. The Game feud
In early 2005, The Game began a
feud (or "beef") with G-Unit. Even before The Game's first album was released and their feud became public, there was tension between The Game and 50 Cent.
[31] Soon after
The Documentary's release, 50 Cent felt that the rapper's actions in the strip club and not partnering with
50 Cent to make diss songs to
Fat Joe and
Jadakiss after the
New York song written by
Ja Rule were wrong and then booted
The Game out of
G-unit.
50 Cent also claimed that he was not getting his proper credit for the creation of the album and he claimed that he wrote six of the songs, which The Game denied. During that dispute, a member of The Game's entourage was shot after a confrontation at the
Hot 97 studio in
New York City.
[32] After the situation between them escalated, 50 Cent and The Game held a press conference to announce their reconciliation.
[33] Fans had mixed feelings as to whether the rappers created a publicity stunt to boost the sales of the two albums the pair had just released.
[32] Nevertheless, even after the situation had apparently deflated,
[34] G-Unit continued to feud with The Game, denouncing his street credibility in the media and claimed that without their support, he will not score a hit from his second album. The Game responded during a performance at
Summer Jam and launched a
boycott of G-Unit called "
G-Unot".
[35]
After the performance at Summer Jam, The Game responded with "
300 Bars and Runnin'", an extended "diss" aimed at G-Unit as well as members of Roc-A-Fella Records on the mixtape
You Know What It Is Vol. 3. 50 Cent responded through his "
Piggy Bank" music video, which features The Game as a
Mr. Potato Head doll and also parodies other rivals.
[36] Since then both groups continued to attack each other. The Game released two more mixtapes,
Ghost Unit and a mixtape/DVD called
Stop Snitchin, Stop Lyin.
50 Cent's rebuttal was "Not Rich, Still Lyin'" where he mocks The Game.
[37] In addition, G-Unit started to respond on numerous mixtapes and new G-Unit member
Spider Loc began dissing The Game. The Game responded with "240 Bars (Spider Joke)",
[37] a song mainly aimed at Spider Loc, but also addressing
Tony Yayo and rap group
M.O.P.,
[37] and on the song "The Funeral 100 Bars".
In October 2006, The Game extended a peace treaty to 50 Cent, which was not immediately replied to.
[38] However, a couple days later on
Power 106, he stated that the treaty was only offered for one day.
[39] On The Game's album
Doctor's Advocate, he says the feud is over on a few of the songs. The feud seemed to have gained steam after Tony Yayo allegedly slapped the fourteen year old son of
Czar Entertainment CEO Jimmy Rosemond. The Game responded with "
Body Bags" on
You Know What It Is Vol. 4.
[40] Since Young Buck was dismissed from G-Unit by 50 Cent, there has been interviews from both The Game and Young Buck stating they never had a problem with each other. In an interview Young Buck said he was aware of The Game's support and that Lloyd Banks and Tony Yayo did not reach out to him.
[41]
In the song
Better on the Other Side, The Game says
Michael Jackson and
Diddy helped squash the beef.
Label change
Due to his disputes with 50 Cent, The Game left Aftermath Entertainment and signed with
Geffen Records (another label under
Universal Music Group's
Interscope-Geffen-A&M division) to terminate his contractual obligations with G-Unit in the summer of 2006. The rapper's second album
Doctor's Advocate was released on November 14, 2006. This album was set out by The Game to prove that he is able to make good music and be a successful artist without the help of Dr. Dre or 50 Cent. He is also working on getting his own label, The Black Wall Street Records, signed to a distribution label. While The Game originally claimed Dr. Dre would still do production on the album in the November issue of
XXL magazine,
[42] he admitted in September (after the
XXL interview was conducted) during an interview on radio station
Power 105 that Dr. Dre would not be producing any tracks
[43] (although four previously unreleased tracks produced by Dr. Dre were released on the internet, but no reason was given as to why they were not included on the album). The album debuted at number one in the U.S., selling over 358,000 copies its first week.
[44]
San Francisco Bay Area rapper
Yukmouth, who was also engaged in a feud with G-Unit, first met The Game at a nightclub. The Game released a diss track aimed at Yukmouth over the beat of "
I Got 5 on It", a song which Yukmouth recorded when he was a part of
Luniz.
[45] Yukmouth responded with a track that mocked The Game's appearance on
Change of Heart. The two later tried to bury the hatchet due to a personal friend and even recorded a song together named "Peace". However, the beef continued afterward, since The Game dissed Yukmouth on "Peace" (they recorded their verses separately).
[46]
In May 2007, The Game said while filming
Beef IV that his third album,
LAX, would be his last, explaining that three albums will be enough to have allowed him to "[get his] point across".
[47] "
Game's Pain" was the album's first single.
[48]
The feud between The Game and
Roc-A-Fella Records grew out of an earlier rivalry with
Memphis Bleek over the name of his label (
Get Low Records), which was similar to the one The Game was previously signed to (
Get Low Recordz). On the single "
Westside Story", The Game raps that "I don't do button-up shirts or drive
maybachs", which was perceived as being directed towards
Jay-Z, though The Game stated it was directed toward
Ja Rule. Later Jay-Z performed a freestyle on
Funkmaster Flex's radio show on Hot 97 and in it, he repeatedly used the word "game", which some hip-hop fans believed was directed towards The Game. The Game responded with 'My Bitch" in which the first verse is directed at
G-Unit, the second verse is directed at
Jay-Z and the third verse at
Suge Knight.
[49]
LAX
LAX was released on August 22, 2008; The Game confirmed that it was his final album. Singles from
LAX included "
Game's Pain" featuring
Keyshia Cole, "
My Life" featuring
Lil Wayne, "
Dope Boys featuring
Travis Barker, and "
Camera Phone" featuring
Ne-Yo. The album debuted at number two on the
Billboard 200.
[50]
Former labelmate
Bishop Lamont went on the offensive about Game on Hoodhype's satellite radion show in November 2008. For most of the interview, Lamont referred to The Game as "Baby Girl," "Sweetheart," and "Star Face." He also said Game was "bipolar" and a "phony ass dude." He went on to say that 50 Cent had saved his career, as The Game was going to get dropped until 50 Cent started writing his hooks.
[51] Bishop further explained to
HipHopDX.com "it's been that way for years," but he did not say anything because of a Dr. Dre-instituted gag order. Things changed when The Game allegedly disrespected Lamont and Glasses Malone at a Houston club. After challenging him to a fight in the parking lot, Lamont says The Game backed down and later invited him and Malone onto the stage. The following day, The Game appeared on the radio and dissed the two West Coast rappers.
[52]
On February 5, 2009, The Game, who 50 Cent has a long-standing "beef" with, called up Seattle's KUBE 93 Radio Station. When asked about the beef between 50 Cent and Rick Ross, The Game sided with 50 Cent and said that things are not looking good for Rick Ross. However, he offered to help Rick Ross get out of this situation.
[53]
Move from Geffen to Interscope
Although The Game had previously stated
LAX would be his last album sometime after releasing LAX he stated "Interscope dont want me to retire; they want me to come back in February with another album, which is so far off my radar its ridiculous. Now, if you give me like five, Ten million dollars or something to do it
Im the biggest thing in that building now, with the recent demise of G-Unit, and thats just it, man."
[54].
Before starting work on
The R.E.D. Album The Game signed directly to
Interscope Records. His contract with
Geffen ended after
LAX had been released.[
citation needed]
It was confirmed in May 2009 that The Game began working on a new album,
The R.E.D. Album, with
Timbaland and
Drumma Boy on the album.
[55][56] The Game released "
Better on the Other Side", a Michael Jackson tribute on
June 26,
2009, the day after Jackson's death. It features
Diddy,
Mario Winans,
Chris Brown,
Usher &
Boys II Men. A couple days later, he apologizes to 50 Cent and Interscope Records and officially ends his beef with 50 Cent and G-Unit.
[57]
In July 2009 Jimmy Rosemond stated that the game will definitely be directly on
Interscope for his next album
[58]
Shortly after ending his beef with 50 Cent and G-Unit, The Game began to refuel his beef with
Jay-Z, taking shots at Jay-Z repetitively. Game also took shots at Jay-Z's wife,
Beyonce Knowles and he recorded a diss track to Jay-Z with
Jaz-O, the man who mentored Jay-Z throughout the beginning stages of Jay-Z's career.
[59]
On 3rd of October 2009
Snoop Dogg Posted a Picture on Twitter of Himself,
Dr. Dre and The Game in the studio together,
[60][61] The picture was made a day earlier and marks the first time The Game has worked with Dr. Dre for three years.
[62] Dr. Dre's record label
Aftermath Entertainment is one of the labels that operates under
Interscope.