THE GAME: “Kanye Did More For Me In 2 Weeks Than Dre Did My Whole Career”

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wanksta didn’t chart til it was put on 8 mile ost

street buzz ≠ superstardom

No point talking to a groupie like you, is there? Way before the deal 50 was supposed to be on the J Lo remix:



Thats how much he was bubbling way before Shady because J Lo was super hot then. Irv made her switch it for Nas and that friction is what led him to Shady and the rest is what it is. Why did they go out of their way to get an unknown, unsigned 50 on that track if Shady made him?

Why do you think 50s debut sold like crazy and was so anticipated? Because of Dre or because of all the crazy buzz he had built by himself? Matter of fact, don't answer that. We all know you roll like this crackhead when it comes to Dre as evidenced by your pause worthy comments on the thread:

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No point talking to a groupie like you, is there? Way before the deal 50 was supposed to be on the J Lo remix:



Thats how much he was bubbling way before Shady because J Lo was super hot then. Irv made her switch it for Nas and that friction is what led him to Shady and the rest is what it is. Why did they go out of their way to get an unknown, unsigned 50 on that track if Shady made him?

Why do you think 50s debut sold like crazy and was so anticipated? Because of Dre or because of all the crazy buzz he had built by himself? Matter of fact, don't answer that. We all know you roll like this crackhead when it comes to Dre as evidenced by your pause worthy comments on the thread:

as usual, you tryin way too hard

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I was just responding to the post that contributes Games success with Dre. I'm using the same logic to show how that's simply not true because there are others who Dre has worked with who haven't been successful.

Yeah, that's true, but I think there's more success stories than failiors if we talk about people who actually managed to put out albums. Most people don't remember rappers like Joe Beast.

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50 didn't keep Game from being successful. I think you misspoke. Yes, Game would have been on the shelf due to Dre. Jimmy Ivonne put Game with 50 to get him off the shelf. Eminem signed 50 and he had a hit shortly thereafter with a song that Dre didn't produce. I'm still not sure why Dre gets all of the credit for all of this from you or why you're so offended that these facts are pointed out. Wack100 said it, Game has said it and JT has said it.

Yeah not sure what happened there. Misspoke - edited

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Wrong. Wanksta was released in 02 after he dropped Guess Who's Back? which was popping on the streets due to him going at Jigga with "Be A Gentleman", dry snitching on "Ghetto Quaran", the Nas co-sign, people wondering who Banks was as he was spitting heat for an unknown etc.. and generally coming off a very real/bout it in the lyrics plus he was skilled with the pen and people knew his name from How To Rob which was a smash before he got shot/dropped. The cuts were all over mixtapes back in late 01/early 02 and thats what got him his deal with Em. How else you think he heard about it? Pure street buzz. GWB actually hit the billboard charts. An independent mixtape. Back then. With no advertising budget.

No Mercy, No Fear was up next and that featured Wanksta, Banks Victory, Till I Collapse and various compiled freestyles from the Clue, Doo Wop, Flex etc appearances from between Guess Who's Back dropping and the deal. Because Wanksta smashed it was repurposed onto the soundtrack for 8 Mile as an introduction to Shadys newest artist and the rest is history. No promo dollars spent because it was already a hit.

Fifs buzz pre deal is what got him to Shady, his mixtape grind is what kept it and selling headphones/beefing with everyone including Jimmy is what killed his career because Dre never messed with him anyway, he was Em's artist. Just listen to the horrendous mixing/mastering on his album for proof of that and how he always gave him third rate beats everyone else passed on and didn't cook up in the labs specifically for him like he did with Em.

If anything he gave Aftermath the stimulus in terms of profile, sales etc.. by taking the pressure off Em during that era. Dre had nothing to drop and 50 stayed in the press and was shouting out the label everywhere he went.

As for Game he was Bishop Lamont status till he was added to G Unit and Fif gave him those hits from Massacre, showed him how to make hooks and gave him a huge hike in profile due to being associated with the hottest clique at the time via his mixtapes which are still some of Games best and most focused verses to this day. Without the Fif cosign he wouldn't be worth the shoes he was standing in.

Y'all are too much trying to rewrite history.

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