Oh, gee. Goodie. Yay. Another Game/DJ Skee mixtape. We’re not worthy. How blessed are we lowly paupers of the earth to receive such a treasure??? And it features…(gasp!) everybody Jayceon didn’t diss the other day, including Sam Cooke! Sam Mutha$#!@ Cooke! The enemy linked up with Otis Redding and you counterattack with Sam Cooke! You genius, you Game. Let’s hope #deceaseddissrecords starts to trend on Twitter within the hour. Read the rest of this entry »

Juice hooked up with Port Arthur’s finest for the street single to his debut, The Anticipated. At first, I neglected it for the same reason I miss material from Ya Boy. IMO, their Black Wall Street affiliation rubs off on their style too much. But, good promo helps and I digress.

Once I was passed the tired punchlines (“cooler than a fan…”), the banger status of “Can’t Crush My Cool” was Read the rest of this entry »

*Ahem*

Hosted by DJ Don Cannon.

Regardless if DC mucks this one up, it seems the Arizona Juice is finally stepping out on his own to be in that Position of Power. With appearances from Rich Boy, Crooked I, Jay Rock, Drumma Boy and no Hurricane Game, it’s a safe assumption to say he’s ready to man the BWS offices.

Back cover with tracklisting & link after the jump. Read the rest of this entry »

Black Wall Street’s Juice teams up with Bun B. for the first single off Juice’s upcoming Position of Power mixtape dropping February 17th, when the NBA’s All-Star weekend Read the rest of this entry »

“I’m here today because Dr. Dre gave me a chance to be somebody,” said The Game when he took the mic at his listening party in Santa Monica. “Who’s Game? It’s me… I’m here, I’m naked, I’m real as shit, I’m rich, I got my album.”

An hour earlier, Game had pulled up to The Thom Thom Club for the first industry listening of his forthcoming L.A.X. album in a midnight Bentley with a crimson logo and matching rims. Through the grandeur of an uber-exclusive list at a door surrounded by secret-service-like security, Game’s entrance was lined with a touch of welcome humility from behind the wheel of his whip. He wasn’t just some Hollywood goods being carted around, Maybach-style.

The air in the club was kinetic with artists and industry stiffs milling about with drinks, and pressing each other, “So, where are you going after this?” With BET Award weekend in full swing, the early portion of the night was a palpable networking web.

Then Game took the stage, and the room fell silent.

“I’m here today because Dr. Dre gave me a chance to be somebody,” he addressed the crowd. “And 50… I appreciate homie. We had our beef, but we both alive. We ain’t no Biggie and Pac.”

Game talked about his early days in the studio with Dre and what it felt like to earn his first $1-million, adding he wished that euphoria was lasting. Now, with two wildly successful albums under his belt in The Documentary and Doctor’s Advocate, Game is preparing for a summer release of L.A.X.

“I don’t care if you don’t like [the album,]” he said. “I spent every day in 2008 working on it. Super Bowl, Finals… I was in the studio.”

With that warning, the DJ launched the record with a rough DMX intro entwined with mournful keys and heavy bass – a throwback heater indicative of what was to come. The next cut, “State Of Emergency,” was tempered-steel synth, featuring Ice Cube on a reminiscent hook “Fuck the 5-0/ They wanna see you D-O-A/ in L.A.” and Game spitting on swap meets, white tees, palm trees, crack heads, Tec-9s and jheri curls. With further tracks titled ” California Sunshine” and “Red Magic” and production from the likes of Read the rest of this entry »

Reportedly the new single off L.A.X. with Travis Barker joining into the fray. LC went to the listening session last night so we should have an update on that sooner than later. Read the rest of this entry »

Written by Drew Ricketts

The Game is one of the most polarizing figures in Hip-Hop.

Much like his arch nemesis, he’s one of those artists who fans either cheer loudly for or root against at an equal level. Prior to and since the release of his debut album The Documentary, The Game has spent the past few years in the public eye, where his every move & his music have been chronicled, criticized or lauded.

And fans find it difficult to know which version of Jayceon Taylor will appear on the screen or through the speakers. Just recently, he was on BET saying his past was behind him, but turned right around to rejoin himself with that same past. Depending on which side of the bleachers you’re seated, The Game can be perceived as a timebomb, ready to detonate at any time, provoked or unprovoked. Or one might consider him to be one of the most earnest artists out. He’s neither afraid to wear his heart on his sleeve nor to offend, nor is he seeking to endear. He wants only to be true to himself at any given moment in time.

With L.A.X. soon to arrive, TSS Crew’s Drew Ricketts had a chance to speak with the complex emcee to spend a few minutes looking at the pieces of a man.

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TSS: What’s up? I don’t have much time so I’ll get straight to it: You were recently quoted in a Village Voice article about the Hip-Hop cops talking about their unfairness to you and you made the song and video “911 Is A Joke (Cop Killa).” Are you mounting a campaign against police brutality among black youths?

The Game: Well, the song is called “911 Is A Joke” not “Cop Killa” but I think since it says that in the hook, and in the video people on the internet and blogs thought that was the name. Did you see the [video] for that?

TSS: Yea, I did see it.

The Game: It’s called “911 Is A Joke.” That was just me voicing my opinion and my rage about the acquittal of those officers. And just doing my thing for Sean Bell. It wasn’t, like, no act against nothing. I ain’t trying to make nobody kill cops or do nothing disrespectful or stupid. That was just my voice. I have a voice that needed to be heard about that situation, and I did that song the same day as [they] got the verdict and, um, that’s just what I did. I went in.

TSS: I wanted to also ask you, with someone like Crooked I doing a year’s worth of freestyles, and you coming from the tradition of doing mixtapes (“300 Bars” etc.) do you feel like these last couple of years have put pressure on the artist to put out more music at a faster rate?

The Game: Uh, I never even thought about that until you said it. I probably need some time to analyze that and get back to you. I believe that people put out music at their own pace. Some people need to put out more. Some people need to put out less ’cause they’re more potent. I think that artists that put out a lot of music are probably people that’s stressing to be heard and the other ones — you can look at the flipside — the other people putting out music all the time are ones the people love to hear like Lil’ Wayne. You hear a lot of Lil’ Wayne these days and people love it. Then you hear a lot of artists that are stretching their careers out, trying to find something that works for the people. It kind of goes both ways, you know?

TSS: Yeah, and as far as coming from that background, what do you feel is your line? How do you strike that balance between putting out too much and not being known enough by the public?

The Game: Me, I don’t never get into that. I just do what I feel like doing. If I feel like putting a song out, or putting a mixtape out I just do it. I never get into all that. When you start getting into all the specifics about how much music to put out or how much not to put out you take away from your talents and what you’re really here to do, which is to just do music freely man.

Just create music. Have fun. Be about substance and real lyricism, if you’re a Hip-Hop artist. If you a rapper, then make the songs about the club, the bitches and the jewelry. Just do your thing. It doesn’t take that much with me. I just make music because I love doing it. I don’t really put that much thought into how much music I’m unloading or how much not or did I do enough on the mixtapes this year…I don’t get into all that. That takes away from the creativity. Read the rest of this entry »