The Game [The R.E.D. Album]

Game & 'Purp & Patron': 12 Months, Three Mixtapes, One Album

Compton, California rapper Game has the Internet world a buzz with his latest mixtape Purp & Patron, his third mixtape in the past 12 months. Purp & Patron, which is a double mixtape hosted by DJ Skee and Funkmaster Flex, features 29 songs.

Purp & Patron features artists like Snoop Dogg, KRS-One, Big Daddy Kane, Doug E. Fresh, Wiz Khalifa, Fabolous, Rick Ross, Bun B., Jim Jones, Mistah Fab, Lil Wayne and others, following Game’s trend of dropping epic mixtapes.

Purp & Patron is Game’s third mixtape in the past 12 months, following the releases of The R.E.D. Room and Brake Lights. According to Game, his fans are snapping up the mixtape an incredible pace, with claims of over 1.1 million downloads since it’s release on January 24th.

As if that weren’t enough, today (January 28th), Game is supposed to drop The Hangover, 12 more songs from his vaults.

Game chopped it up with AllHipHop.com’s Founder Grouchy Greg and went into detail about how the massive mixtape came together, the possibilities of a collaboration with 50 Cent, his thoughts on Bloods in Hip-Hop and how a monumental track with KRS-One, Doug E. Fresh and Big Daddy Kane came to fruition.

All of this is to hold fans over until his fourth official LP The R.E.D. Album gets a release date. According to Game, the mixtape is a throwaway until the real thing comes along. Check out Part 1 of this 2 Part interview.

AllHipHop.com: Congratulations on the success of the Purp and Patron mixtape. Your reps told me it has done about 200,000 downloads since you dropped it.

Game: Ni**as is congratulating me on the mixtape all day, like a Ni**a just won the NAACP Award or some s**t. (Laughs). I got three albums, all of them are platinum. I can understand it. They aint gravitating to some nobody in s**t. But I have to be honest, I didn't think it was going to do all this s**t. I can't even begin to understand it.

AllHipHop.com: How do you think the people at Interscope are feeling since the official album has been delayed?

Game: The label, they talking about putting The R.E.D. Album out tomorrow (laughs). We had a conversation, I'm going to go play them the album next week. The label is already on board, that's why I put the mixtape out.

AllHipHop.com: So Interscope had no problems with you dropping this double mixtape with all of those cameos? They gave you permission?

Game: Gave me permission? Grouchy, Ni**as don't give me no f**king permission. I met with Jimmy Iovine himself, I told him what my ideas were as far as my project. Then he put the whole building at my disposal.

AllHipHop.com: So there's like 30 some odd new songs out and that doesn't include this Hangover bonus you said you are going to drop. Didn't these songs take a lot of money to make, with the amount of guest appearances on this mixtape?


Game: I'm from one of the most notorious cities in America. Over the years, throughout the early phases of my career, all the way up until now, I've developed friendships, so I can pretty much get anybody on a song as far as reaching out. Fab, Wayne, those are my dudes, along with Snoop. Me and Wiz [Khalifa] got tight in the last four or five months. It wasn't hard to put together the project, but the studio time, that was on me. I probably spent about $20, $30,000 working on this mixtape. But I just came off tour, I'm caked up, so we made it happen.

AllHipHop.com: With all these guest appearances, what in the world can be left for your official album?

Game: The album is nothing to be played with. It's killing the mixtape. The mixtape I threw that s**t out and Skee helped sequence in the right way.

AllHipHop.com: Is there any conceptual theme to this album? I noticed the song you gave AllHipHop.com "The Kill," it seems like you are speaking to your fans a little bit different. To be honest it sounds more mature.

Game: The album sounds like The Documentary on steroids. The only thing missing from this album is 50 Cent. As much as he don't like me and I don't like him - or we say that we don't like each other - it's the only thing missing. I worked with Dre again, Just Blaze is back on it, I worked with Swizz Beatz again, I worked with 'Ye (Kanye West) again, I got DJ Premier on the album, Pharrell is executive producing it. Snoop, Drake, Trey Songz, Chris Brown, E40, Big Boi, it's crazy.

AllHipHop.com: You think 50 will ever go back and work with you?

Game: I think 50 might. I think we might work together again one day. But I tell you what, it will be on his project first, not mine (laughs).

AllHipHop.com: Has there been any dialogue between you guys or your camps in terms of figuring out a way to end the beef?

Game: There aint nobody to middleman the situation. It's going to have to be me and him. People would think it was a hoax or one of us was messing around with the other. We would really have to sit down, or it's going to be nothing.

AllHipHop.com: It's obvious the fans are waiting for The R.E.D. Album. XXL Magazine did a poll among the fans to see what album they were waiting for the most in 2011. You won by a landslide, over a lot of rappers.

Game: Of course. When it comes to albums, I don't disappoint. Like people can diss, bring up the "Change of Heart" s**t, say that I'm a fake blood. Like the "Change of Heart" s**t. OK, I went on there. That was me, I loved it, I had a ball. I was 17, that s**t was fun and I'd do it again today at 30. That was then. Ni**as say I'm a fake blood. But the Ni**as that think they are real bloods got their affiliation from me. I can dip in and out of any hood. Ni**as f**k with me man. I done paid my dues in the street. I don't have to try and be a "real" blood. I'm not out doing drive-bys, I'm at home with my kids. But as I elevate my life, my career, my family, I'm still the same person on the inside. If you push my button, I will break your s**t in half. Anybody will. If someone is testing your manhood, a f**king nerd will fight you. This album is me, I want it to see the light of day, not for me, but for my fans. They've been waiting on it.

AllHipHop.com: You touched on you being a blood. And you dropped that cut "Soo Woo" with Lil Wayne, who also reps the bloods in his music. Do y'all ever worry about law enforcement messing with y'all since everyone is claiming one affiliation?

Game: I'll flip that question on you. Do you think the gang banging problem is realistically worse now than it was, when Ni**as like Snoop and N.W.A. was out? Why would anyone try to stop me or any of them Ni**as around the world who "think" they are bloods? Being a blood has become more a fad or a fashion for some people. Ni**as say blood and never seen it. ****, I got Kim Kardashian and them on the mixtape yelling
"Soo Woo." It aint nothing.

AllHipHop.com: How do you feel about that, seeing as though you come from the era and area when it was real?

Game: I'm glad that being gang affiliated has become less violent.

AllHipHop.com: You have Lil Boosie on a track titled "187." Man of all the song titles, "187"? Wow. He's in jail facing the death penalty over a murder. What was it like working with Boosie?

Game: When he was going through trial, he did that for me and he was like "you can hold that. You are going to have the only Boosie verse and you might have the last Boosie verse for a long time." He looked out and I want everyone to know I am doing it for him too. I remembered I had it and I was like let me give the dude some light. I know that where ever he is, he got wind of it and he knows what's up.

AllHipHop.com: Well it's pretty dope how much balance this mixtape has artist wise, with cats from The Bay, West and the East. Why is this always so important for you to have this amount of unity?

Game: When have I not been a universal artist? When have I not named dropped my favorite artists? It's just who I am. When have I not paid homage? I got KRS, Doug E. Fresh and Big Daddy Kane on this album, on one track! A lot of the younger rappers aren't grass-rooted in Hip-Hop. They don't even know who Digable Planets is. They would think that was a special on A&E about the stars or some s**t. Ni**as don't go back to EPMD, Strictly Business or The Geto Boys, Tela, they don't know about the first Blueprint. Ni**as think Jay-Z had the first Blueprint.

AllHipHop.com: So on the "History" track with KRS, Doug E. Fresh and Big Daddy Kane, you actually worked in the studio with them?

Game: We was all in the studio at the same time. I got it on camera. Outside of meeting Dr. Dre, that was the best night of my f**king life. I will never forget it, and I am forever in debt, first to KRS-One, cause he put it together. Doug E. for being a good friend of mine and coming to the studio and my other homie Dougie D. who was like 'You got them in the studio? Let me call my man Kane!' Even KRS said 'Us three never been in the studio at one time, never."

Double CDs may be a thing of the past, but last Wednesday (Jan. 26th), Compton rapper Game took us back in hip-hop time when he dropped the 29-track, double disc mixtape, Purp & Patron. With guest appearances from Lil Wayne, Wiz Khalifa, Fabolous, KRS-One and more, the LA menace once again turned the blogs red. Game has provided more than enough music to help fans remain patient until he releases his oft-delayed fourth album, The R.E.D. Album. Twenty-four hours after the mixtape’s release, VIBE wrestled the rapper onto a mobile phone to talk recording with Wiz Khalifa and Weezy, The R.E.D. Album’s delay, the Laker’s lackluster season, and face tattoos.—Mikey Fresh



VIBE: Purp & Patron is getting a lot of love online, but did you have any second thoughts about releasing a double mixtape?

Game: I had no idea that it was going to kick off with the reception that it’s gotten—the same way I had no idea that The Documentary would be a classic or that hip-hop would even take me this far. But I had no doubts, even though mutha****as don’t even want to hear a person on three songs in a row anymore, let alone a double mixtape. I got a lot of hip-hop friendships, so I knew I could keep the people’s attention. Purp & Patron was just an idea that me and Skee came up with, and when we posted the picture online, Flex called me up and said he had to be a part of the tape. We didn’t have any real promotion or help from the label.

This also feels like one of your first releases without a major beef.

It feels good to put out a tape and not have one beef song on it. I can’t even call it rare because it never happens. That’s just not Game-like, so I think it lets everybody know where my mind state is right now. I’m just chillen’. The only thing I’m concerned with is finishing the The R.E.D. Album, which is going to be nothing less than ****in’ incredible.

You have a big record with hip-hop’s current MVP, Wiz Khalifa, how did you guys connect?

I was just a fan, man. Me and Wiz smoked for probably four hours straight before we recorded anything. He resembles a young Snoop, and I never got to record with a young Snoop [Laughs]. I only got to record with legendary Snoop, that’s the big homie, so it was a no-brainer. Hip-hop always comes 360 degrees. The new generation will always remind you of the pioneers, and it’s a love thing. Just like B.o.B. is to Outkast. We actually did 2 others songs in our session. He’s got another track for his album, and I got one for mine.

Technically, you’re the originator of Taylor Gang [laughs].

I was yelling out Taylor Gang way before the young homie. [Laughs] So people expected me to try and come at him, based off my history and my nature, but it ain’t even about that. I respect Wiz and his artistry. That’s dude’s brand name. It just so happens my last name is Taylor and one of my dead brother’s name is Charles, so I put it together like that before.

Was Wiz in the studio with you when you recorded “I’m The King”, it definitely has his musical feel to it.

Nah, I was in there with my boy Mars from 1500 and the beat was just so bouncy—that’s how my vibe came out. It really sounds LA to me.

When did you record “Su Woo” with Weezy?

We did that right before he went in. Wayne always looks out for me on anything. I’ve been talking to him damn near everyday, he’s actually in LA right now. You’ll see him on the The R.E.D. Album, and you better believe anybody that ****s with Wayne got major problems with me.

Was there anybody that you wanted on the mixtape but couldn’t get?

I really wanted J. Cole on the mixtape. As an artist I can say that I really respect his craft. The music that he makes is stuff that I can get into. In my opinion, he’s one of the next rappers to look out for. We’d have to call it “Cole Game” [Laughs].

I noticed you referenced that you would talk with 50 again, but I can never tell if you’re truly serious about it.

It’s possible for me. I’m an opportunist, and I got a family. I ain’t the one to hold grudges, but 50’s got an ego…I ain’t mad at nobody right now, so maybe one day we’ll be able to put it to bed or maybe we won’t. One thing for sure is that he’s rich as **** and will do fine without me—and I’m paper-ed up so it never happens—I’ll be cool. The door’s cracked open, it’s not a closed door.

As your mixtape was dropping 50 was all over New York radio saying he shut down Worldstarhiphop.com, did you catch wind of this?

I caught it, man. But I ain’t really got no comment on that. I was just like ‘where the **** did WSHH go?’ Then it went back up, but 50 is like that. He definitely got enough power to shut some **** down, even if it’s only for a half a day.

Moving back to music, by now we’re all familiar with Nipsey Hussle, Jay Rock, Kendrick, etc, but there’s an even younger and newer movement of rappers emerging from the West. Have you heard of Lil B and Odd Future?

Lil B is on my radar and Odd Future is managed by my dude Chris, who I just made a part of my management team as well. Dom Kennedy is putting in work out here, too. My favorite might be a kid named Famous Fresh. He might have the most crafty style out of all the new cats.

So when are we finally going to get The R.E.D. Album?

Before the world ends [laughs], that’s supposed to be 2012. Nah, man nothing is changing, Pharrell is still executive producing the album. There’s a lot more people on The R.E.D. Album that weren’t on the tape, my fans is going to go nuts. It’s not to be confused with a street album or mixtape, everybody from Dr. Dre, Drake, Wiz, DJ Premier, Just Blaze, Kanye, Swizz, Cool & Dre, and the list goes on.

As long as it doesn’t turn into a Detox situation I think we can wait a little while longer.

If I made mutha****as wait ten years for The R.E.D. Album, that **** would probably sell one copy, I ain’t going to lie. I don’t think I got that long. Everybody can’t be Dre. He going to do his numbers, and I ain’t taking a page out of his book. He might be the only one that could pull that off. There’s timing and label politics involved, it aint like you just press CDs and put them out, but my fans will be happy with the end product.

I have to ask, who are you rooting for in the Super Bowl?

Green Bay all the way. Green and Yellow, Green and Yellow [laughs], they can't lose.

You seem pretty confident, but what’s up with the Lakers?

I think that the Lakers should just stop playing regular season games and just wait until the playoffs to beat the **** out of whoever is there. It doesn’t matter what happens in the regular season. All we got to do is make the top 8 and we’ll blow away whoever comes to the championship. They always want to **** on Kobe, but we always take the trophy home.

I don’t know man, Amare and the Knicks are looking tough this year.

Yea, it took yall forty years to finally get right. The Knicks ain’t been **** since Patrick Ewing knees went bad [laughs].

We'll see during playoffs, man. One last thing, you’re no stranger to getting ink on your face. I was wondering if you had a chance to check out Gucci Mane’s new ice cream cone face tatoo.

I seen Gucci’s new face tat and as soon I did, I thought ‘finally they can get off me about his butterfly/star/LA ****.’ That’s what I thought. But you know what man, I don’t give a **** about what they say about anybody, a mutha****a could tattoo a butterfly, ice cream cone, apple pie on their cheek. Bottom-line, if you know Gucci, you know he’s real. He been on trial for his life and all of that. He bodied people. So he could tattoo a ****in’ tampon on his face for all I care. You can’t say he’s buster or whatever. And me I done been shot, stole ****, robbed people, everyth-****in’-thing you can think of. Tattoos don’t mean ****, they ain’t nothing but good art.

1. Introduction f. Kendrick Lamar (Prod by Dr. Dre)
2. Infra-RED (Prod. by Cool & Dre)
3. Born In Tha Trap (Prod. by DJ Premier)
4. Good Girl Gone Bad f. Drake (Prod. by Cool & Dre)
5. Ricky (Prod. by DJ Khalil & ?uestlove)
6. Good Bad Ugly (prod. by Hit-boy)
7. Heavy Artillery f. Beanie Sigel & Rick Ross (prod. by Street Runner)
8. It Must Be Tough f. Pharrell (prod. by The Neptunes)
9. Mama Knows f. Nelly Furtado (prod. by The Neptunes)
10. When My N**** Come Home f. Snoop Dogg (prod. by The Neptunes)
11. Dead People (prod. by Dr. Dre)
12. Roll My S*** f. Snoop Dogg (prod. by The Neptunes)
13. The Town f. Big Boi (prod. by Mars)
14. Dope f. Dr. Dre (prod. by Dr. Dre)
15. L.O.V.E. f. Chris Brown (prod. by Timbaland)
16. RED Nation f. Lil Wayne, B.O.B. & Wiz Khalifa (prod. by Cool & Dre)
17. Never Gone f. Lupe Fiasco (prod. by Dr. Dre)
18. REDemption f. E-40 (prod. by Mars)
19. Cali Dream f. Trey Songz (prod. by Mars)

• Introduction

  the intro is just one verse, Kendrick. Game just talks in the beginning, Kendrick does a nice job, and BOOM Infrared

• InfraRED

  he namedrops everyone on InfraRED but its still sick. InfraRED, ricky, and good bad ugly dont have hooks

• Good, Bad, Ugly

  will haunt you

• It Must Be Tough

  If he is looking for a Chart-topper, It Must Be Tough is the way to go

• Dead People

  one of the most fucked up joints. It wasn't the traditional 16 bars verse 16 bars, he was all over and he was talking about Killing people! nonetheless, the song's sick. it sounds like Im Supposed to Die Tonight. He jacks 50's style on this

• RED Nation

  its pretty long as you might have guessed. the title is misleading, the track is about how bloods have taken over america and you get different perspectives. Its more of a street single then a chart topper.

• Never Gone

  that Lupe track is heat, its about their Legacy's

• L.O.V.E.

  the people who are hardcore Game fans will really love.... L.O.V.E.! he wrote that **** from the heart, and it was really focused. Chris' vocals were dope

• Cali Dream

  About his daughter, ending the album in similar way to The Doc with Like Father Like Son

Pharrell has the best tracks, and the one's where Game is solo are incredible.

if i had to pick singles LOVE, it must be tough, and the drake track

i was also played a track called "Lost", which was a bonus cut because it was too sad or something. but then it was on the hangover, but it was different lol. the beat had similar structure, but the one i heard was better

it sounds like The documentary, DA, and Black Album blended in one

i cant say much but i fuck with all 20 tracks, though some are better then others

1. Intro f. Kendrick Lamar (Prod by Dr. Dre) 4/5
2. Infra-RED (Prod. by Cool & Dre) 5/5
3. Born In Tha Trap (Prod. by DJ Premier) 5/5
4. Good Girl Gone Bad f. Drake (Prod. by Cool & Dre) 4.5/5
5. Ricky (Prod. by DJ Khalil & ?uestlove) 5/5
6. Good Bad Ugly (prod. by Hit-boy) 5/5
7. Heavy Artillery f. Beanie Sigel & Rick Ross (prod. by Street Runner) 5/5
8. It Must Be Tough f. Pharrell (prod. by The Neptunes) 5/5
9. Mama Knows f. Nelly Furtado (prod. by The Neptunes) 5/5
10. When My N**** Come Home f. Snoop Dogg (prod. by The Neptunes) 4.5/5
11. Dead People (prod. by Dr. Dre) 5/5
12. Roll My S*** f. Snoop Dogg (prod. by The Neptunes) 5/5
13. The Town f. Big Boi (prod. by Mars) 4/5
14. Dope f. Dr. Dre (prod. by Dr. Dre) 4/5
15. L.O.V.E. f. Chris Brown (prod. by Timbaland) 5/5
16. RED Nation f. Lil Wayne, B.O.B. & Wiz Khalifa (prod. by Cool & Dre) 4.5/5
17. Never Gone f. Lupe Fiasco (prod. by Dr. Dre) 5/5
18. REDemption f. E-40(prod. by Mars) 3/5
19. Cali Dream f. Trey Songz (prod. by Mars) 5/5


it sounds like im stanning but it was really that good. By comparison, there were 3 other writers with me, two of them thought perfect 10/10, and the other 8/10

im like around a 9.3-9.5

• The album has 19 tracks.
• 5 of the tracks have Game on his own, without any features.
• 14 of the tracks feature a guest verse/hook.
• Dr. Dre produced 4 tracks and has a guest verse/hook on 1 of them.
• The Neptunes produced 4 tracks and Pharrell has a guest verse/hook on 1 of them.
• Cool and Dre produced 3 tracks.
• Mars (of 1500 or Nothin') produced 3 tracks.
• DJ Premier produced 1 track.
• Snoop Dogg appears twice.

mufcboy1999 wrote: »

im not starting an argument prettyboy im just making a point.

you slate me for using thisizgame.com as a link to where i heard a rumor yet you use thisis50.com as a link to a rumor you heard

it looks the supposedly grammy award winning song with justin timberlake "aint no doubt about it" has been dropped if the tracklist is true.

im hoping to hear dre rap on a track considering detox is hopefully just around the corner.

Makaveli wrote: »

Man do you two ever let each other away with anything?