Featuring: Lil' Wayne, Kanye West, Common, Ne-Yo, Ludacris, Ice Cube
SANTA MONICA, Calif., June 16 -- Platinum-selling rapper
and West Coast champion The Game is set to release his third major-label
album LAX on July 22nd on Geffen Records. The first single "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.
The Game returns to the cracked pavement, the album's street single,
"Dope Boys," with Blink-182 drummer Travis Barker showing off his own trap
work on the track. The song is produced by rising L.A. stars 1500 or
Nothin'. An accompanying video is in the works.
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.
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.
Quite a mouthful. But that's the Game's specialty: giving the audience
more than it can possibly handle. Come July 22, LAX is set to raise the
bar. Again. The Game is most definitely on.
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