Coming from the city that founded gangsta rap, Compton, and having legendary producer and Compton native Dr. Dre co-sign for his skills, there must be something unique about The Game that no one is aware of.
The Game is already believed to be the next best thing to come out of the West Coast since Snoop Dogg. The Game is fueled with the aggressive ‘hood influences of hometown legend N.W.A, backed with support from the most powerful group in rap, G-Unit, and also mixing in his own personal life experience and gangsta roots to his flow.
The Game has a lot of pressure on his debut, like many great legends before him. Being the last hope for the West Coast, “The Documentary” (Aftermath/G-Unit), the debut album from The Game, gives listeners a chance to finally experience what the fuss has been about over the past year. Is it possible for a man to come into the rap game after a few years of being involved, play with the big boys and get high scores?
With an explosive gang-related introduction track with “West Side Story,” featuring G-Unit General 50 Cent on the chorus, The Game comes out making his presence known early.
He will have listeners turning into human bobble-head dolls with Game’s refreshing West Coast gangsta customized lyrics and Dr. Dre’s masterpiece piano performance on the track.
A switch-hitter, The Game does a 180 from a gang-banging menace to a new generation Malcolm X with the intensely deep thoughts.The album also includes a contribution track with the song “Dreams,” produced by fellow new sensation Kanye West.
Listeners get to experience The Game’s life of pain and love throughout “The Documentary,” with soulful tracks like “Hate it or Love it,” featuring yet again 50 Cent, is an inspirational track for underdogs; “Don’t Need Your Love,” surprisingly produced by Mobb Deep’s Havoc featuring Mary J. Blige; and the touchy “Like Father, Like Son,” featuring Busta Rhymes.
The Game delivers a powerful story over the Buckwild boards about the greatest gift he has ever received: his son. Listeners will be surprised by the newcomer’s lyrical superiority, where no one has painted a picture on a track so well since Biggie and 2Pac.
Snoop can officially pass the torch and let another emcee represent the West, or take some of the work load.
The Game delivers a lyrically classic performance on “The Documentary” that gives him the requirements to place him as one of the greatest of all-time. ?”The Documentary” can be embraced by everyone from gangsters to people in the high society.
The Game, having just begun his career, has plenty of time to make rap history, with people in the future possibly discussing the next Game instead of the next Jay-Z, Nas, Biggie or Pac.