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Wednesday, June 23, 2010

Game On Political Raps, "I Think Nas Just Took A Break & It Sort Of Disappeared" + "R.E.D. Album" In Hot Water, Lawsuit Seeks To Prevent Release


West Coast rapper Game recently talked about the rap game's lack of politically charged rhymes.

Game believes Nas is the most well-known political emcee.

"I think Nas just took a break and it sort of disappears for a minute," Game said in an interview. "Nas is the most political A-List artist and I think that whenever he takes breaks we're gonna lose that aspect for a little while...[Politics on my new album?] I'm pretty sure there's always something. A line or two. Or half a song or a verse that you can describe or say it's political. But I don't get too much into politics. I just like making my music." (All Hip Hop)

Last month, Game said he wanted to do a collaboration album with Nas.

"N*gga, I'm ready. Like Nas is my n*gga," Game said in an interview. "If he's ready, then I'm ready. If we stayed in the studios for 7 days, didn't go home, and it had like a shower, and a kitchen in that motherf*cker, seven days we would have an album. And that might see the light of day, because I talked to Nas about it before. I mean maybe. Maybe that will happen." (Hip Hop Game)

Nas recently released his political-themed Damian Marley collaboration album, Distant Relatives.

"Reggae and hip-hop are cousins,'' he said in an interview. "Go back before the '90s and think about the music that was playing on the ghetto blasters and you'll hear it...The whole world is like family, split up all over the place. It's overdue, and I want to help build whatever we can [in Africa]. I've worked with a lot of reggae artists, like Sizzla and Supercat, but not until [2005's] Jamrock did I get a chance to work with Damian. I love his music and I'm a big fan of Bob Marley and the whole family. We haven't worked out any tour dates yet. But I'm sure Damian and I will do something soon." (Miami Herald)

Earlier this year, Nas discussed being a rap veteran.

"Where do I see myself, I'm waiting for the rap game to catch up," Nas said during a press conference. "Not to sound arrogant, that's just a generational thing. When the young guys come out, they hit me on the BlackBerry, real rap and it's love because they can tell I love them. And it's just like, we're speaking from different perspectives so that's why they appreciate the older stuff and kinda like it, or the guys that's older than them because they can see where their future might be. But meanwhile, they're reinventing the game from the early stage from a young stage." (Rap Radar)

Check out a recent Nas interview down below:



West Coast rapper Game's R.E.D. Album may possibly be delayed yet again with reports of a lawsuit being filed against Interscope/Aftermath Records over unpaid royalties.

According to reports, Desperado Entertainment wants to be compensated for helping Game's rap career.

According to The Hollywood Reporter, the suit, which was filed in Los Angeles Superior Court, alleges that Universal Music Group broke a previous agreement with Desperado Entertainment and has been collecting publishing and royalties from the West Coast rapper's sales, when they were only entitled to advances from record sales. The company claims that it had a large hand in turning the Compton-native into the platinum selling artist that he is today, and wants to be properly compensated. Desperado Entertainment states that it is owed royalties from the sales of previous Game albums. He has sold over five million records in his career. In addition, the law suit seeks to prevent the release of Game's upcoming The R.E.D. Album.

Game recently pushed his album back to August.

"I pushed my album back so it would land on Kobe's #'s .... 8 & 24 n it's year 10' n that was his Olympic #. R.E.D. In stores 8-24-10 ! #KOBE."

It had also been delayed back from an early July release date.

The R.E.D. Album was originally due in stores on June 15th, but that date was changed to June 29th. The next release date given for the rapper's fourth studio album was listed as July 6th, but that date has been pushed back as well. While an exact release date has yet-to-be confirmed, the album should land in stores this Summer. According to sources close to Game, he canceled a series of listening sessions slated to take place this week, so that he could focus on recording new material for the R.E.D. Album.

Prior to his pushbacks, Game addressed dropping on the same date as Drake's Thank Me Later debut.

"Nah man, it's just a package deal, you should go and support hip-hop, go get Thank Me Later and go grab R.E.D. and you good," Game said in an interview. "You know you're good, then the next week you come back and buy Eminem, great. June is gonna be a big month. So no, it's no competition. Everything don't gotta be a competition and we're not even the same type of [artist,] we're not in the same lane. I respect what he does and I talked to him before, he's a fan of mine so we'll just keep it like that and put it out, people will go and buy them and who cares who's number one, number two, it don't make no sense to me because I've been around and sold millions of records already. I have nothing else to prove."

Check out a recent Game interview down below:

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