The Game

The walls are closing in. Friends are disloyal, allies become enemies and things get violent very quickly. The Game loves his son, reveres hip-hop and places his faith in the Glock. But outside that, the Compton emcee was "born by myself" and doesn't "owe you sh*t" That sense of abandonment and solitude engenders self-loathing. On "Doctors Advocate," he admits he betrayed former mentor Dr. Dre and apologizes to him. The album bangs from front to back. It's dark and bloody, and one of the better hip-hop releases of 2006.

Even before The Game became rap's biggest success story of 2005, his rise felt inevitable.
He had a personal tale full of white powder and bullet holes, he had a strong mix-tape
background, and he had 50 Cent and Dr. Dre, who helped outfit the rapper's debut, The
Documentary, with a bucketload of hooks. He also had a straightforward style and
shout-along rhymes, which gave the album an anthemic quality. He repeated his... More >