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Rap Is Not The Game
Because the only politics that matter with The Game are the politics of controversy and grudges it seems. Sure, he has made a huge name for himself producing The Game albums and spitting The Game lyrics, but Jayceon Terrell Taylor also gets himself into the hip hop headlines by taking on rivals around the country.
He even started with some of the biggest names in the business, Dr. Dre and 50 Cent. For instance, The Game had to leave Aftermath Entertainment because he had issues with 50 Cent. Then he spent his whole next album trying to prove that he could do well without 50's help, as well as Dr. Dre's production. The beefs don't stop there. He's taken on Jay-Z, Suge Knight, Memphis Bleek, Ja Rule, and Xzibit, just to name a few.
The Game Vs. G Unit
But perhaps the biggest feud of all that The Game has participated in was with 50 Cent and G-Unit. Some of it stems from the fact that Jayceon Terrell Taylor didn't want to participate in feuds that G-Unit had already started with other rappers. 50 Cent took that as a sign of disloyalty, all the while that he was producing The Game album.
The feud went public in a big way, G-Unit seemed to take every opportunity to bash The Game throughout 2005. Then The Game went during a outdoor concert performance and called the G-Unit the "G-Unot." Ouch, right? Then 50 Cent and The Game bashed each other in songs and music videos. For instance, if you listen to The Game in "240 Bars," you can hear him bashing G-Unit members Spider Loc and Tony Yayo. It went all the way to October 2006, when The Game offered a peace treaty, yet some say the feud is still simmering. Who knows?
The Game controversies don't stop with other rappers. He has also had several run-ins with the police, including getting charged with disorderly conduct in 2005, and threatening somebody in a basketball game with a gun back in 2007. Jayceon Terrell Taylor also drew criticism from civil rights and gay rights folks when he publicly made fun of gay people on a British radio station.
Still a Rapper
After all this side stuff, Jayceon Terrell Taylor is still a rapper named The Game, and as such, we should talk about his music, right? Right. He got his start as many rappers do on mixtapes, such as the "You Know What It Is Vol. 1," which made its way into both Puffy and Dr. Dre's hands. The Game would sign with Dr. Dre at Aftermath.
It was with Dr. Dre that he released the first studio The Game record, called "The Documentary," which really put him on the map. He got two Grammy nods for The Game songs like "Hate It or Love It," and sold more than 5 million copies of it.
Enter his problems with Dr. Dre and 50 Cent, and you have the 2006 The Game album called "Doctor's Advocate," which was supposedly done with Dre's help. The 2008 The Game album "LAX" is following that up.
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