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DUBCC - Tha Connection => West Coast Classics => Topic started by: Addicted To Cake on August 12, 2005, 01:35:32 AM
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The last time AllHipHop.com caught up with The Game, "300 Bars" was just days away from dropping. I’d say at least 200 of those bars gave the streets something to talk about, and a lot of follow-up questions. It turns out that our man Semtex over in London just caught Chuck Taylor swinging through, and had a banger of an interview. For those that don’t know, Semtex is one of the premier party rockin’ hosts over there in the rainy city check him out at www.DJSemtex.com and on Friday nights on 1Xtra Radio. It is with his gracious donation, that you won’t believe your eyes.
Game holds it down for his European fans, as well addresses the G-Unit opposition, his pokes at the boys of the Roc, a hypothetical answer from Jay-Z, and even… his new Black Wall Street signees, one of which, you won’t believe. We won’t name any names, and neither does Game… but if you don't get it, you need a dummy smack.
AllHipHop.com: How has it been over here, touring in Europe?
Game: It’s been good, man. Europe is always a fun place for me to come. I’m one of the biggest artists, or thee biggest as far as Hip-Hop is concerned. I just be havin’ a ball. The fans over here really appreciate me and my music. It’s been a beautiful thing.
AllHipHop.com: What’s been the best show yet?
Game: Probably Ireland. They love me like I’m straight outta Dublin. Irish cats is wild; Dublin is crazy.
AllHipHop.com: Certainly, we never thought the issues with 50 Cent would’ve gone down the way they day…
Game: Nobody could have. 50 Cent is a very jealous, selfish individual. He only cares about himself. When my sales escalated, and I surpassed Young Buck and Lloyd Banks, everybody got a bit jealous. I think 50 thought he should’ve been my mentor. As I see it, you’ve got Dr. Dre on this level, 50 Cent on [a slightly lower] level, Eminem on [a slightly lower], and then Lloyd Banks and Stat Quo and Young Buck down there. He wanted to keep me down here with them. But I’m definitely a superstar. None of those guys in G-Unit can lyrically f**k with me.
AllHipHop.com: The States might be one thing. But G-Unit’s success in Europe has been in question. Tony Yayo’s recent show in London had a lot of empty seats…
Game: [laughs] It’s garbage, man. I think G-Unit, by this time next year… 50 may still be lingering around. But there will be no Young Buck, no Lloyd Banks, and no Yayo. I’m still a fan of Hip-Hop – I’m critical of the stuff I be doing, as Hip-Hoppers are. But I think that they’re slowly gravitating towards hell on earth.
AllHipHop.com: When the problem with 50 started, did it hurt your business?
Game: Yeah, I lost a lot of money. I lost the shoe deal with Reebok. 50 hated me out of that. He told them that Black Wall Street was a notorious street gang in California, and that we keep assault rifles in my house. They took my deal away. So, I got my own shoe deal – The Hurricanes. I lost our tour insurance. 50 f**ked off a lot of things for me. There’s not nobody that can stop me though. I’m Rap’s MVP, you can’t change that. I’m the people’s champ.
AllHipHop.com: On “300 Bars” why did you come back and address Memphis Bleek after what seemed to be peace?
Game: Like I said, I’m Rap’s MVP. So sometimes, I just like to f**k with people, man. You know how bullies walk by and slap people on the back of the head just ‘cause they can’t do nothing? I like to pick and poke at the artists I think are wack in Hip-Hop, like Memphis Bleek. I like to smack around these weak MC’s. I think [The Young Gunz] are a joke. They sold even less than Memphis Bleek their first week. You can’t take those guys seriously – not when we’re talking Hip-Hop and the Nas’, the Big Daddy Kane’s, the Jay-Z’s, the ‘Pac’s, the Big’s, N.W.A.’s, and Run-DMC’s – and you got the f**kin’ Young Gunz dressin’ up like Jam Master Jay and Reverend Run on the album cover. That’s disrespectful. Then I listen to the music, and the s**t sounds like f**kin’ Sponge Bob [Squarepants’] mixtape.
AllHipHop.com: You’re on Kanye’s Late Registration on “Crack Music,” and of course “Dreams.” Has it been a conflict since you’ve attacked his brethren?
Game: No. If you think about it, Kanye West didn’t grow up with the Young Gunz or Memphis Bleek. Kanye is from Chicago. It’s not like they grew up and shared peanut-butter and jelly sandwiches together. It’s not like they’re foster brothers. We’re all grown men in the business. That’s the keyword: business. But anybody that feels that they wanna jump behind Bleek and help him out, I accept the challenge. I know that lyrically, I can entertain it and in the streets, I can entertain it.
AllHipHop.com: Let’s be blunt: Would you go at Jay if he came at you?
Game: Uhhh. If anybody came at me, I would accept the challenge. It’s Hip-Hop. Rap beefs go far back. It goes as far back as Busy Bee and KRS-One and guys like that. I got a lot of respect for Jay as an MC, and being a legend, and one of the greatest that ever did it. But it’s Hip-Hop; it’s a blood-sport. Whoever, whenever, whatever.
AllHipHop.com: To quote Rodney King, “Can’t we all just get along,” though?
Game: Beef is Hip-Hop is healthy until it gets violent. I’ve been involved in the violence at some of the early stages of my career, and I stray away from that. If it stays on wax, it’s healthy. That’s where most artists wanna keep it anyway.
AllHipHop.com: What’s going on with the Black Wall Street and the return of the West?
Game: The West Coast is back. I got a group, M.O.B. – Money Over B*tches. It’s a rapper from South Central, and a rapper from Long Beach. Techniec and Eastwood. I got an R&B singer, Dior. She’s from Los Angeles too. We been recording in London the last few days. I’m most excited about her. That’s an R&B princess right there.
AllHipHop.com: Tell us about M.O.B…
Game: People that have heard them they been thinkin’ of ‘em as sorta a modern day Dogg Pound. They from the street. Techniec is a lil’ more lyrical, and Eastwood is of your old-school West Coast style, the Dr. Dre’s and the MC Ren’s and the Ice Cube’s. Techneic is a more modern Nas/Jay-Z/Ice Cube. They on the mixtape [from DJ Skee] that featured “300 Bars,” I got an artist from Philly, Rockstar. He’s just a phenomenal underground artist, and I scooped him up. In Philly on the “How the West Was Won Tour,” he snuck backstage and freestyled for like 15 minutes. Everybody in the building took off their Black Wall Street chains and put them around his next. I told him to take a walk and keep going and put $2,000 in his pocket and told him I’d call him later. One more thing, there’s an artist out there who’s a free agent, I won’t name him, I’m about to sign him. It’s gonna f**k the game up. Once I get him on my team, it’s over.
AllHipHop.com: Where’s he from?
Game: New York.
AllHipHop.com: Is he known?
Game: He’s real known. He ain’t signed. You can guess… just think about it later.
AllHipHop.com: Give us a clue.
Game: A clue? [laughs] Okay… he knows bars first-hand. That’s a good clue. Us two, it’s too gangsta. It’s gonna be a big move. I’m even tryin’ to sign Lil’ Kim when she get outta jail, f**k it. [laughs]
AllHipHop.com: What’s the biggest lesson 2005 taught you?
Game: Stay loyal, man. Stay loyal. All I need is Dr. Dre, and I don’t need nobody.
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Dope interview...I liked what he had to say and that free agent he said he's about to sign is interesting...
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this part was the funniest.
AllHipHop.com: On “300 Bars” why did you come back and address Memphis Bleek after what seemed to be peace?
Game: Like I said, I’m Rap’s MVP. So sometimes, I just like to f**k with people, man. You know how bullies walk by and slap people on the back of the head just ‘cause they can’t do nothing? I like to pick and poke at the artists I think are wack in Hip-Hop, like Memphis Bleek. I like to smack around these weak MC’s. I think [The Young Gunz] are a joke. They sold even less than Memphis Bleek their first week. You can’t take those guys seriously – not when we’re talking Hip-Hop and the Nas’, the Big Daddy Kane’s, the Jay-Z’s, the ‘Pac’s, the Big’s, N.W.A.’s, and Run-DMC’s – and you got the f**kin’ Young Gunz dressin’ up like Jam Master Jay and Reverend Run on the album cover. That’s disrespectful. Then I listen to the music, and the s**t sounds like f**kin’ Sponge Bob [Squarepants’] mixtape.
LMAO!!!
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this part was the funniest.
AllHipHop.com: On “300 Bars” why did you come back and address Memphis Bleek after what seemed to be peace?
Game: Like I said, I’m Rap’s MVP. So sometimes, I just like to f**k with people, man. You know how bullies walk by and slap people on the back of the head just ‘cause they can’t do nothing? I like to pick and poke at the artists I think are wack in Hip-Hop, like Memphis Bleek. I like to smack around these weak MC’s. I think [The Young Gunz] are a joke. They sold even less than Memphis Bleek their first week. You can’t take those guys seriously – not when we’re talking Hip-Hop and the Nas’, the Big Daddy Kane’s, the Jay-Z’s, the ‘Pac’s, the Big’s, N.W.A.’s, and Run-DMC’s – and you got the f**kin’ Young Gunz dressin’ up like Jam Master Jay and Reverend Run on the album cover. That’s disrespectful. Then I listen to the music, and the s**t sounds like f**kin’ Sponge Bob [Squarepants’] mixtape.
LMAO!!!
^LMAO...
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who do yall think he signed?
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who do yall think he signed?
From what he was sayin', I was thinking Shyne...
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Dope interview...I liked what he had to say and that free agent he said he's about to sign is interesting...
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who do yall think he signed?
From what he was sayin', I was thinking Shyne...
Yeah it sounds like Shyne but that dude is coming out in like 2009 I think,so I doubt its him.
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he has one album out & dude thinks he's a legend ::)
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funny dude
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My guess is SHYNE
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he has one album out & dude thinks he's a legend ::)
thats cuz he is.
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lol game probably signed ja rule. i remember a couple months ago ja was sayin he's a free agent
man i like game but he sound way to cocky. i hope this interview is fake.
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wouldn´t surprise me if it´s Shyne or Little Shawn(Shawn Pen).
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I think it's Shyne coz of that Lil' Kim statement :)
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damn that must be Shyne
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man i like game but he sound way to cocky.
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I think it's Shyne coz of that Lil' Kim statement :)
Yeah, looks like it. He gave it away by mentioning Lil Kim
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i´d rather see Game signing a guy like Kool G Rap or something instead of wack ass Shyne.
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i'd love to see shyne fucc wit game. his style is dope as fucc.
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Why sign Shyne while he's locked up? Oh well...
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Think its shyne but aint he got a deal with def jam ?
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I think it's Shyne coz of that Lil' Kim statement :)
Yeah, looks like it. He gave it away by mentioning Lil Kim
Fuck Yeah That Would Be So Dope "He Knows Bars First Hand" thats Got be Shyne he's behind bars ;D
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I don't listen to Game at all, and it seems he has a big head, but he is kinda funny and he reps the West and I am curious to see if 50 Cent goes down in the future before him, let's hope so 8)
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Man, I really like Game and want to see him succeed, but for real, he sounds real cocky and arrogant for someone whos only had one album. And to even mention Eminem and Stat Quo in conversation (putting Em UNDER 50?) just seems like he's kinda just lookin' for enemies that he can't afford to have right now. Just stop giving interviews and keep making music.
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Dope interview...I liked what he had to say and that free agent he said he's about to sign is interesting...
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I don't think its shyne..I HOPE NOT
Game: Stay loyal, man. Stay loyal. All I need is Dr. Dre, and I don’t need nobody.
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he has one album out & dude thinks he's a legend ::)
lol,I feel you homie. I think his head is gettin a lil too big. But on the other hand I give it to him for saying what he really feels and fuck what people think. As long as he keeps it West and stays respectful to the game I'mma ride with him.
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dope interview, game's coming off kind of cocky though... instead of just bringing all the evidence and exposing 50 and them, he's just like "i'm a superstar" the way he was ranking them and shit, he was kinda proving them right -- that's the kind of shit that got him in trouble in the first place.
i'm not sure if its shyne... i hope its not shyne, seeing as he's not getting out forever and didn't he get sued for trying to release an album?
that being said, intervie was real dope... i'm real interested to see what happens with game and black wall street.
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So does that mean that when game and shyne make an album together we won't know the difference between the two? ;D
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putting Em UNDER 50?
hey he was right about that. look how many artist 50 brought out: Lloyd Banks, Young Buck, Game, next up is Olivia, Tony Yayo, Mobb Deep, M.O.P.
who was Eminem brought out? D-12 (garbage), Obie Trice...yeah thats it
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Man, I really like Game and want to see him succeed, but for real, he sounds real cocky and arrogant for someone whos only had one album. And to even mention Eminem and Stat Quo in conversation (putting Em UNDER 50?) just seems like he's kinda just lookin' for enemies that he can't afford to have right now. Just stop giving interviews and keep making music.
i agree, i wanna see him bring the west back but he's steppin on ALOT of toes doin so... i hope this interview is fake cause Em will rip his ass up with one verse...backwards!!!
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Man, I really like Game and want to see him succeed, but for real, he sounds real cocky and arrogant for someone whos only had one album. And to even mention Eminem and Stat Quo in conversation (putting Em UNDER 50?) just seems like he's kinda just lookin' for enemies that he can't afford to have right now. Just stop giving interviews and keep making music.
i agree, i wanna see him bring the west back but he's steppin on ALOT of toes doin so... i hope this interview is fake cause Em will rip his ass up with one verse...backwards!!!
yeah but if he did diss game about it he is pretty much telling 50 ...fuck you im better than you can you belive this guy....so its a iffy situation.....anyway nothing will happen between em and game ......if it did i would be REALLY shocked cause you know em be following anything DRE says...
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as long as he stays with Dre it's all good
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man gfba is one of my favs and soo is shyne he style reminds me of biggie
hope its shyne *fingerscrossed*
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Think its shyne but aint he got a deal with def jam ?
He was dropped because his album didn't sell for shit, despite the jail buzz and the 50 beef, AND Just Blaze, Kanye West & Swizz Beatz on his album. :-\
None the less, Shyne will boost his fanbase with 500.000 Game "fans" if he signs..
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I think he may have wored the rankin system that way coz Em left him off Anger Managment .. we all know at the end of the day that tour is eminems pet project and he would have had the final say regardless of 50s feeling on whether Game was to be on there or not ..
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I think he may have wored the rankin system that way coz Em left him off Anger Managment .. we all know at the end of the day that tour is eminems pet project and he would have had the final say regardless of 50s feeling on whether Game was to be on there or not ..
yeah but if he wouldve put game on the tour then 50 wouldve through another tantrum & refused to do the tour. and at the end of the day, 50 is bigger than game
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Man, I really like Game and want to see him succeed, but for real, he sounds real cocky and arrogant for someone whos only had one album. And to even mention Eminem and Stat Quo in conversation (putting Em UNDER 50?) just seems like he's kinda just lookin' for enemies that he can't afford to have right now. Just stop giving interviews and keep making music.
Yeah, my thoughts exactly.
And I found it pretty stupid of him to say that the Young Gunz album cover is disrespectful because of the Run-DMC style, but at the same time Game's album cover with his son - which reminds everyone of the Biggie cover - should be considered cool. Come on now...
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Actually I thought he was putting Em a level below Dre not 50 but everyone else below 50
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putting Em UNDER 50?
hey he was right about that. look how many artist 50 brought out: Lloyd Banks, Young Buck, Game, next up is Olivia, Tony Yayo, Mobb Deep, M.O.P.
who was Eminem brought out? D-12 (garbage), Obie Trice...yeah thats it
Yeah, but if we're comparing generally: Em >>>> 50. Better MC, and more successful musically (I'm sure Em has sold more records worldwide than 50 Cent had). Plus, doesn't 50 always give it up for Em in interviews? Its clear that 50 Cent has a lot of respect for him and after all, Eminem is still one of 50's 'bosses'.
I like Game's music, but I dislike the way he flip-flops on issues and artists. Yayo was right to clown him in that MTV interview when he pointed out that Game went from referring to G-Unit as ''an East Coast NWA'' to ''G-Unot'', praising Banks for ''killing everything on the streets'' to calling him a bitch, saying he would take a bullet for Young Buck, and now this statement towards Eminem: one minute Game's on Westwood here in the UK calling him one of the greatest MC's alive, now you're going to place him BENEATH your new-found enemy. Seems pretty messed up to me.
Please Game, give the beef a rest for a while. In some ways, I respect 50 a little more for being able to leave it alone - especially since we already know that no good can come from such drama.