AllHipHop.com: Who is going to be on this one?
The Game: On this album, I was in the room with these
people, [it wasn’t like] MP3’s go out and hooks come back. I did all the joints
[with the artists]. Like the joint with Keyshia Cole I got coming, I got a
joint with Ludacris, I got it in with Lil Wayne, it’s all Hip-Hop stuff. I ain’t never
told nobody about who my features was or gave nobody insight on the album
[except AllHipHop 
], but everybody I got in with was in the room man.
AllHipHop.com : Okay, that’s what’s up. Lyrically
are you going to be talking about different things? A lot of people want to
know what he’s going to bring lyrically.
The Game: You know I wanna set the record straight on
something that Grouchy [Greg] already knows, you already know like everybody
always says “Game he’s always name dropping” and they be listening to me name drop so much that they don’t
listen to other artists for [their name drops]. Everybody be name dropping. But me I kind of started that with The Documentary but I
always figured myself to be like a Hip-Hop analyst, a reporter if so, so I’m
always goin’ to name drop like that’s my style. I do it on purpose, I do it for
a reason. It helps me accent what I’m trying to say.
When I name drop it’s a reason for that and I’m never goin’ to stop. So, if you
don’t like me [name dropping], I can save you some gas, 20 dollars and I can
save your speakers. Don’t buy my record, man, if you ain’t looking for that.
That’s a part of who I am.
AllHipHop.com: Will you be working with Dre on this one?
The Game: Man, I was supposed to go see Dre this week man,
but then I was supposed to see Dre last week, I was supposed to see Dre the
week before last man, so I can’t let Dre or anybody let me break my
concentration. I’m working on L.A.X, I can finish it without Dre. I mean, me and Dre
might get back together again on the fourth album or we might not never get
back together but that’s still my homie, I still got a lot of respect for him.
He’s the sole reason why I’m a marquee artist or an A-list rap star in this
industry and in the world so I’m always gonna give Dre props. When we work
together, is when we work together, but as of today we ain’t worked together.
"Dre can’t finish Detox without me man, I’m the West coast man. Dre reached out and
expressed that he wanted me to be a part of Detox and I also let Dre know that when it’s time for Detox just holla at me, I’m there whether you do my record
or not..."
AllHipHop.com : I always felt like you would be one of the
key reasons Detox would be a good album.
He’s always has an anchor like Snoop or Eminem.
The Game: Dre can’t finish Detox without me man, I’m the West coast man. I’m the West
coast man, Snoop he was the West coast when he was the West coast Snoop’s the
King of the Coast, but he’s like iconic, he’s a legend already. But West coast
now, that’s me. You can’t do it now without me. You can’t do nothing without me
man I’m it and Dre made me it, so why would you want to do it without me?
AllHipHop.com: So y’all gonna make that happen?
The Game: We got to make it happen. Dre reached out and
expressed that he wanted me to be a part of Detox and I also let Dre know that when it’s time for Detox just holla at me, I’m there whether you do my record
or not just on the strength of what I owe you for helping me feed my sons and
take care of my family and taking me from Compton when I walk inside my
million dollar home or when I’m driving my Lamborghini or Range Rover. I used to
be an Impala with no hydraulics n***a
you know what I’m sayin’ and now you know a n***a movin Phantoms through
the city and still 28 years old man. I’m doing it my way out here thanks to Dre so when he needs me for Detox just holla at me.
AllHipHop.com: You just mentioned a fourth album. You were
retiring a year ago or something like that. You announced that this was going
to be your last album.
The Game: It still might be my last album, man I don’t know
man because just the appreciation level of good music has depreciated. I don’t
like how if people knew what it took, like somebody need [to create a] reality
show on creating an album from scratch ‘til when it’s done so people can
see actually what the f**k is going on. People don’t really appreciate music
like they used to and it’s only because they don’t know. I just say that Hip-Hop always changes faces and it was down
all last year—record sales weren’t how they were supposed to be but I
think it’s gonna lift. I’ll be around for that, but if not, then why do it man
when I got scripts coming in every other day? And people want me
to read scripts for these movies and, you know, it’s bigger money out there man.
AllHipHop.com: You mentioned albums like it’s not a whole
lot of focus on albums right now, mostly like ringtones and singles and stuff
like that.
"Somebody need [to create a] reality
show on like creating an album from scratch ‘til when it’s done so people can
see actually what the f**k is going on. People don’t really appreciate music
like they used to..."
The Game: Look at that s**t.
AllHipHop.com: What do you think of that?
The Game: We Hip-Hop and we’re focused on ringtones and
singles, man. I don’t know I just think that that’s bad, man. I think it's
trouble. I think that ringtones are great everybody want their phone to jingy
jingiling, I keep mine’s on silent
so my silent ringtone cost zero dollars and it ring all day so I mean ringtones
is cool. Kids love’em and it’s all good, it’s made me some money it makes all
these young Souljah Boys and all these other cats a little cheese so I’m not
mad.
AllHipHop.com: You worked with Kanye. Since
Kanye dropped it’s like a whole new crop of sort of hip/artsy rappers. They
call them the ‘hipsters’ what’s your opinion on those type of rappers?
The Game: Them n***as need a new name first. The hipsters
that sound like a f***in group at the convalescence home or some s**t — the hipsters. That n***a better not be
like, “Yo I’m a hipster.” That ain’t cool. But yeah man like I said about the
ringtones man to each his own man. No matter what people say, like I said,
Hip-Hop has difference faces and when it’s on, whatever it’s on, you just
appreciate it and it changes again and the way that you appreciate.
AllHipHop.com: You might work with some of them at some
point?
The Game: I’ll just take the leader of them,
Kanye. I work with Kanye, you know,
the leader of the hipsters and that’s my man. I leave the little
mini-hipsters to everybody else man.
AllHipHop.com: You’re in the new movie Street Kings. Where are you trying to take the acting?
The Game: I get a lot of scripts man and I’m just reading
’em and try to take it serious. I been in my acting classes, I got a coach.
It’s something I want to take
serious because I’m already getting big checks just off of who I am in
music, but once I get one of those key roles and kill it and get that Grammy
nomination up. I don’t care if I ever win a Grammy ever, just get that
nominated man.
AllHipHop.com: You haven’t been nominated for a Grammy yet?
The Game: I’ve been nominated on the music side but I’m
talking about on the…
AllHipHop.com: Oscar….
The Game: Yeah an Oscar, see I got it mixed up. I don’t know
s**t about acting but I’ma get it done. If I can end being an
actor then it’s dope because that never ends for you. Look at Samuel L. Jackson
and Morgan Freeman, them is old cats still puttin’ it down and been puttin’ it
down.
"I’m going for Obama man, that n***a could say 'I’m going to kill every
n***a in the hood when I get in [the White House]' – I’m going for Obama man. That’s
it. Gotta see a Black man [win], man I’m biased man. I’m biased."
AllHipHop.com: Who you got in the election? Who you going
for?
The Game: Man, I’m goin’ for the n***a man. Obama. Man I
don’t give a f**k what he talkin’ bout I ain’t heard Obama say nothin’. I just
know that n***a black and he about to win this s**t. Hillary need to fall
back man. I’m going for Obama man, that n***a could say I’m going to kill every
n***a in the hood when I get in there – I’m going for Obama man. That’s
it. Gotta see a Black man, man I’m biased man. I’m biased.
AllHipHop.com: So you have no other reason than that?
The Game: No, I’m following the n****s. Goin’ in.
AllHipHop.com: Alright, but you know you got kids now you
–
The Game: N***er. N***ers, following the n***ers, man, to the
underground railroad ‘til we find the light we goin’ all the way to the White
House man, gotta see that. If you Black and you don’t vote for Obama you just
need to find a revolver spin that b***h and pop ‘til your noodles’ on the
f***in side of the bed man. That’s just a no brainer man. That’s so big man! A Black dude running [for president] – where the f**k did Obama come from
man? You sure he ain’t Osama’s nephew or son? Like Obama just out of nowhere -
just Obama. We’ve been knowing about Colin Powell, Condoleeza Rice, Jesse
Jackson and Al Sharpton all of a sudden, n***a, like a year ago [a] light skinned n***a lookin’ like Tiger
Woods’ brother just runnin’ for president and I don’t know man it’s a
conspiracy. [Laughs]
"If you Black and you don’t vote for Obama you just
need to find a revolver spin that b***h and pop ‘til your noodles’ on the
f***in side of the bed man. That’s just a no brainer man."
AllHipHop.com: He’s not really from the Civil Rights
Movement which is part of why we
didn’t know about him – he’s not like a Jesse or Al from seeing them from back in the day.
The Game: So you’re sayin’ he ain’t like a real n***a?
Because I don’t think Obama would like you sayin’ he ain’t a real n***a.
AllHipHop.com: No, he did his thing back in the Democratic
Convention a couple of years ago that’s when everybody heard of him nationally.
The Game: I want to see his high school pictures and s**t if
they exist you see that n***a playin’ with some little n****s when he was
little.
AllHipHop.com: He was nice on the basketball court.
The Game: You seen like a picture of him doing a lay-up?
AllHipHop.com: I’ve seen it on YouTube.
The Game: But today though, these day and times?
AllHipHop.com: Not recently.
The Game: You ain’t seen no back in the day he was in high
school hoopin’.
AllHipHop.com: I’ve seen him play ball back
in the day, not recently.
The Game: Ohh, alright so he is an official n***a. So he
ain’t just come from Iraq, thinkin’ they tryin’ to sneak a terrorist up in the
White House man, but yeah he look Black to me so I’m votin’ for him, man.