Rumored to be the rappers last album, LAX features the likes of Lil' Wayne, Kanye West, Common, Ne-Yo, Ludacris, and Ice Cube. When asked about the retirement from hip hop, Game responded with, "I'm a father, and my kids need me to be there for them." The rapper also added, "The game requires me to be away from home too long, and I just don't have that type of time anymore."
The first single off the album, "Game's Pain" featuring Keyshia Cole has already stormed the charts; the video directed by Rage reached #1 on BET's 106 & Park countdown. "Game's Pain" is the artist at his observant, insightful best: surveying hip-hop's landscape from his lyrical peak. Keyshia Cole's uplifting vocals soar over production fire from Knobody and Dahoud.
Elsewhere, LAX shows off The Game's best talents. Lil' Wayne checks in on "My Life," produced by Cool & Dre. Chicago stands up on "Angel" with Kanye West at the helm and Common on the mic. Meanwhile, Ne-Yo blesses a pair of songs: "Camera Phone" also from Cool & Dre, as well as J.R. Rotem's "A Thug and a Gentleman." Scott Storch cooks up two summer sizzlers: "Let Us Live" featuring Chrissette Michelle and "Put Ya Hands Up" with Busta Rhymes.
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Hip-hop greats Ice Cube -- "State of Emergency" by J.R.Rotem -- and Raekwon -- Jellyroll's "Bulletproof Diaries" -- likewise weigh in. R&B is equally well represented: Bilal on "Cali Sunshine," produced by Nottz, and Raheem DeVaughn on "Touchdown." Nottz also lays the licks for loudmouth Ludacris on the appropriately titled "Ya Heard." Other songs of note include "Nice" by Irv Gotti, "House of Pain" by anthemic Atlantan DJ Toomp, and "Letter to the King" produced by Hi-Tek.
COMMENTS
The Game is a Great Rapper! he needs to RELEASE A VIDEO FOR "DREAM" THAT SONG IS SICK!
"Game's Pain" is the artist at his observant, insightful best: surveying hip-hop's landscape from his lyrical peak. Keyshia Cole's uplifting vocals soar over production fire from Knobody and Dahoud.
Wow, whoever wrote this press release went a little overboard on the adjectives. LAX is gonne be a decent album, but there is a little too much R&B for my taste.
gonna be better then T.O.S i think it may even sell more because the unit's buzz ain't as strong anymore if not only coz there are too many 50 cent fans.
Aiight I Can Fuccs Wit It Just Kinda Gettin Tired Of All These Albums Gettin Pushed Bacc. Shyts Gettin Old Bruh.. Anyway Though I'ma Still Hold It Down And Cop It Just Hate When Muhfuccaz Tell U This And Then It's That.. He Got A Shyt Load Of Featured Too Like Tha Homie "Byrdz" Said Earlier.. It Kinda Takes Away From Tha Album A Lil Cuz It's His Shyt Wouldn't U Want More Of Wut U Bought?? At Tha Same Tyme Though It's Like A Variety Pacc Lmao...Scream At Me,1..
But I can't lie Game is a good rapper, and I will be looking forward to hearing this album.
dream should have a vid 4sure, I've been waitin for this all year, if it gets pushed back again I'll probly get it for a B-day present, now ya boy and crooked I just need to get major released cd's and the west is revived, besides snoops lazy ass not even writin his own shit
Game is ill.
His album is sure to be a banger
im definitly buyin that...its gonna be hot...by that time ill be tired of bumpin the g-unit so thats the perfect time to drop lol
:)
lil wayne failed to go plat the first week :)
cheezus, please don't disrespect snoop, he's a fuckin LEGEND...
Snoop got OG status..He fuckin UNTOUCHABLE...
I am certainly waiting to hear Game on that track with my nigga Raekwon!! I was very surprised to see that. "Bulletproof Diaries" may be the best track on there. listening to "Hotta Dis Year" by Foxy Brown PEACE
big dream is gonna be on my defsound page soon keep in contact
The Game is a nice rapper i mean hes fuckin bomb(not that any of you would care...I hope)and his tracks are almost always pretty smooth...why's he retiring though?he gon pull another Jay Z??well at least his cd seems good since its his last.Oh and uhh Lil Wayne did reach plat in his first week,duh thats a no brainer..dude is a problem some people just need to get familiar
dude lax will never outsell tos get a life brah!!!
LAX should be good with all the guests artist atleast
ever since he murked 50 on 300 bars hes been getting better
That would be funny if it sells more than Curtis, but I don't really think Game gives a fuck if he DOES sell more than fifty.
It's not even about sales my dude, it's about quality. I can almost guarantee that LAX is gonna be better than Curtis. Just judging by the first single alone (Pain) it's already better than anything off of Curtis. Unless Game is singing on every other track except Pain, LAX will be better than Curtis.
Honestly Curtis is one of the worst albums to come out of the east coast area in the last 5 years. Real fucking talk, it was that bad.
^^^ LMFAO
It was worse than a ja-rule record.
yeah game did murder g-unot on 300 bars. he spit straight fire for 15 minutes. one of the best diss tracks ever.
anything with game and cool and dre is usually classic so im lookin forward 2 this 4sure.bet this isnt games last album he jus talkin shit so people will buy his album like jay did with black album and that shit sold like a ma' fucka.
green - I'm pretty sure he means he's quitting for real, that could be his state of mind and how he really feels but ppl's state of mind change like the weather, we won't hear anything from him for a couple years which is good b/c now he'll possibly work on his fuckin record label that he didn't feature artist on his album AGAIN which is really dissapointing, I still can't believe he let cyssero and ya boy leave
Byrd-
Even though the album is stacked with features, on paper, it looks good as fuck. Even though it's an ablum that may not show his best as an individual, he keeps it real for all demographics to "get hip" to. I bet that collabo with Travis Barker is gonna be sick as fuck. Game and Raekwon? Buck hopefully gets on that song with Weezy. Can I forget the one with Luda? Then Kanye and Common. Production from DJ Toomp (gotta go hard) and Cool and Dre.
He gon' have so many people ridin' on it, he can't afford not to sell.
well, 50 hopes its good, seeing how he's getting 25% of all that success, but he cant retire with that 5 album contract so what the hell is he talking about, lol, this guy, funny character, anything for sales these days, like a fucking soap opera.
Sorry but unless TOS turns into a mixtape LAX will be better
We all heard the G-Unit album sampler, it's not good.
Im so fuckin tired of rappers always pushing their shit back just release the shit already.
"The Game recently stopped by 'LIVE with Kendra G and DJ Touchtone' on 100.3 The Beat in Philly and dispelled all the rumors around his album getting pushed back. First he said he has nothing to do with the date! It's the record label that keeps pushing back the album and they tend to do so in order to promote the album more on radio and through music videos. So was there any truth to the fact that he wanted the album to be pushed back in order to avoid coming out the same day as G-Unit? Of course not!"
http://allhiphop.com/stories/rumors/archive/2008/06/17/20133872.aspx
i know thats why i said FUCK LAX im still buying it though but i hate how its pushed the fisrt was 24 then the next day 8 then the next i hope its this date its right near Nas album.
i think its feelin to be a classic with a line up like that i like albums with alotta features especially if there legends like he got
am copin dis album no time
finally just drop it
we all need LAX
Probably gonna be one of the hottest of the Summer. Can guarantee its better than Carter III. Can't wait to hear that joint with Ice Cube....probably straight nasty.
hey okay the game is ill his cd should be too but thats no reason to downplay the carter III, which is fire too so quit.
he should quit
TOS Terminate On Sight
7/1/2008
@livin proof-That is one of the main reason's the rap game is fucked up! Downloading CD's cop that joint cheap ass MF!
If you were an Artist! How would you like all your albums getting downloaded, which will take money out of your pockets... Fucking Lame
Awesome Collaborations: Game and Common.... crazy. Game and Cube.... Wessssss yay YAYeeee. Game and Busta.... Geffenmath. Game and Luda... Boost Mobile. Game and Wayne... BlooDomination.
Some of the best producers on their too.... I don't know about you... but this is exactly what I wanted from The Game.
NO PROPZ to Dre for keepin it $$$$ and not West Coast.
the game is alright but dont add to the hype man shit
i bet u that the game will murder everyone on da tracks he is the sickest rapper now and this gona be album of the year L.A.X gona be nasty he been puttin out str8 fire and he been killin on da tracks that came out ya digggggggggggggggg
game aint retiring, nigga have contractual obligations and not enough flow in the bank!! just a gimmick to sell more albums!!
yeah he would be about the 15th rapper to retire, only to come out of retirement. these nigga's that retire need to stay retired. i'm just as retired of that gimmick as i am with the beefin gimmick. these nigga's create beef, sit back and watch nigga's debate about whose winni the beef, then laugh all the way to the bank.
The Game is sick & with all the good guest and production this album will be top 3 of the year for sure.
IM COPPIN TOS,LAX,UNTITLED.PAPER TRAIL,RAW FOOTAGE..THIS ALBUM SOUND HOT HOPEFULLY ITLL B BETTR THN DOCTORS ADVOCATE BUT THE QUESTION IS WILL IT B BETTER THAN NE OF THE ALBUMS I NAMED AT DA BEGINNING CUZ THAT IS SOM ESERIOUS N I MEAN SERIOUS COPMETITION..N NO IM NOT TLKIN ALBUM SALES WISE WHO GIVES A FUCK BOUT THT I JUS CAR BOUT DA DAMN ALBUM.1
stop jerking off on your keyboard
what happened to the street ryders single?
im not a big fan of da game but im feelin his new music
Well aren't you just hard, you fucking faggot.
Oh and Nas and Game work together you fucking tool.
I'm liking the formual Game is following here with the extraordinary features...
I'm not saying he's on Pac's level, but his situation is similar. Dude was against all odds, left by Dre, and not only did he still come out on top, but 10 times better...This album by features and production alone screams classic, BUT let's wait for it before proclaiming it that.
sounds like a killer album. hot artitsts lil wayne,ice cube,ludacris,common ect. plus beats from cool & dre. face it anything they touch is a hit. kanye a dope beat maker just look at c3. plus scott storch dj toomp should be a fuckin bangin album. take us back to the documentry when that came out. hope he does it big.
cant fucking wait. why does he not have juice or any other members of blackwall street on the album. Fuck WYANE
Game aint retirin no time soon!
please dont beleive the hype
idk but it sounds like a classic album to me...i aint sayin it is a classic but lets b honest he improve his lyrics and he has not gud but great production
niggas b like im gonna buy dis and dat but real nigga shit...im buyin dis album...like defsounds2450 said...L.A.X mite come out as a classic...the song "pain" already provin wat type of songs is gonna b in the album
I no Game and Nas did a track together. I'm jus sayin just take this music shit for what it iz "Entertainment"
this album is a definite cop for me, from what im reading it sounds pretty solid, but at the same time i wanna see the track listing and everything for myself.. the game is definitely nice so i do expect a 3rd banger from him
So many niggaz on here act like they smoke, drink and chill with these niggas. They don't give a fuck about you so why give a fuck about them. Personally I'll bootleg it before I even buy it.
it mite b his last mainstream promoted album for a while but its not his last album...he's comin out wit an album called "The D.O.C(Diary Of Compton)...the tracklistings r goin to be like, Chapter 1, chapter 2 and etc...not actuall titles but chapters and numbers....its goin to b a story tellin album
I will buy this album whenever it drops. His previous works were both solid, and made me a fan.
da whole shit bang
i wonder how many mc's he mention on this album...lol.
I like the game but what gets on my nerves is that he always mentions other rappers names in every song..lol..
Who cares if he mentions other MC's on his songs. I think it's creative he pays homage to legends like Ice Cube & Nas in 'Games Pain'.
This gonna be a high quality album along with the new Nas album
i heard his shit.. he cool.. i bump him in the car from time to time, i am fucking bun b right now though, the nigga still trill...
I sense a classic album. Game has been consistent with or w/o G-Unit
yeah that shits gonna be dope, i cant wait
http://peanutbuttertoes.blogspot.com/ for hot new singles, got the new episode of weeds, that 50 n buck convo
oh yeah i got that game i dare you joint
if it's anything like the documentary it should be good
This album gon be a good one, you can feel that niggas.
He delivered last two times, and this one his last, so he gotta deliver his best. and im sure Game gon do his thang and deliver.
Anybody know if he got Dr. Dre on there? Heard rumors a track with him and Game might be added or something.
game lets surprise me with L.A.X. im gonna buy it
i hope ludacris killed him on his own track i cant wait for this album im gonna buy it lol.
its amazing how much better he done got since his first album (which was a banger)....those are gonna b a good 2 weeks 4 hip hop with nas album droppin july 15th and this one a week after...yall think its gone b back 2 back classics?
The Game had a good show in The A last weekend...
A kid ripped Games Pain on stage...
Cant Wait 2 Buy This.. He Be Spittin It So Dope & iAlways Been A Fan!
Stop Bootleggin! Start Showin Respect 2 Real Rappers!
LOl this joke of a rapper has 3000000 featured artists and only 2 songs where hes by himself?
looks like somebody knows he cant carry an album this ol DJ Khaled wanna be
L.A.X. is gonna be fire..Cant wait till it drops. Game is definately one of the truest lyricists left in rap right now.