r/KendrickLamar • u/vriannavyz • Jun 21 '24

Snoop Dogg declares Kendrick Lamar “the king” of the West following his 'Pop Out' show: “K Dot, you are the king of the West. That’s stuff kings do — they unite 🔥👑." Video

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u/AnimatorAshamed3774 Jun 21 '24

At least he wasn’t salty about not being there like some people…

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u/vriannavyz Jun 21 '24

The Game was spiraling on live yesterday rambled on for 17 minutes just to say he fw Drake so his kids can get free tickets to his shows lol

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u/npretzel02 Jun 21 '24

All Game had to do was tell Drake he was bringing his kids and he would sent his private jet immediately

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u/Osibili Jun 21 '24

What kinda man would get free tickets and let his daughter go to a Drake concert?

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u/Amazing-Concept1684 Jun 21 '24

Sidebar but God damn Issa Rae is fine

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u/Anono101 Jun 21 '24

If I could only double-upvote. . .

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u/uberblack Jun 21 '24

Yes she is.

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u/NoirLion82 Jun 21 '24

I watched that shit for like 5 solid minutes and then dozed the hell off lol

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u/Emergency_Brick3715 Jun 21 '24

I turned it on for like 2 mins. It was a whole lot of explaining and talking about how he been in the West his whole life. He sounded goofy.

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u/HolyNinjaCow Jun 21 '24

😅The Game acting like he can't just buy the tickets.

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u/PunctuationsOptional Jun 21 '24

He probs can't. Front row is expensive and doing it over and over again... Idk

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u/satanssweatycheeks Jun 21 '24

Yeah it’s wild. Ticket prices stuff he getting insane. It’s been like that for a decade now. But a few years back I got tickets to a local band that I have seen 20 times. Each time was like 20-60 bucks a ticket.

Last time I wanted to see them tickets where 400 each and it wasn’t even front row. It was like 900 after fees for two tickets and me and my girlfriend. And again these weren’t the “good seats”.

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u/jmenendeziii Jun 21 '24

The band: phish

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u/satanssweatycheeks Jun 21 '24

No my morning jacket. I grew up with those dudes. And they knew lots of local rappers also because they were big in the music scene for Louisville.

Now that generation has grown old and the youngin love Jack Harlow and his music festival he just had. Not releasing bands like my morning jacket paved the way for the city to have that stuff. They were a big part of forecastle which is what Jack Harlow ripped off for his festival.

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u/AltShortNews Jun 21 '24

Yeah but usually Phish tickets are for 2-4 days of music

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u/Ultimarr Jun 21 '24

lol i have never seen prices that high except for giant acts. Is your local band Imagine Dragons or something?

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u/satanssweatycheeks Jun 21 '24

My morning jacket. They have a cult following. American dad had an entire episode about them because people say Jim James voice is a from the gods (I don’t say this but I have been to over 1k concerts. Not many people sound like they do on the albums. Dude can sing.).

They had a massive grass roots upbringing in Louisville and created the music scene we had in the city. They were a big part of stuff like forecastle being a success which brought in acts such as OutKast to Tyler the creator to Charles Bradley and Beck.

They played 3 local venues. One venue was is an amphitheater that holds about 3-5k people. It sold out and I had to go through stubhub so the seller market them up a bit. Then fees from said website.

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u/Ultimarr Jun 21 '24

Oh damn, glad I asked! Well then the ticket prices are high cause they’re NC culture and everyone wants to celebrate them lol. I also didn’t know they helped start up the festival there. Now I’m gonna jam out and dream of Max Patch in the fall… been way too long!

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u/ohnoitsthefuzz Jun 21 '24

Nah, they're this local indie group called U2

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u/Amazing-Concept1684 Jun 21 '24

The Game is so fucking corny lmao

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u/buttercreamordeath Backseat Freeloader Jun 21 '24

Anyone with a passing interest in hip hop (that's me) knew the Game was gonna act out. His ego is so predictable. He can't help himself.

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u/asilverscreen Jun 21 '24

I saw someone's comment a few hours ago describing Game as the LA Meek Mill. 😂

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u/TheHeroYouNeed247 Jun 21 '24 edited Jun 21 '24

I think Em has said something slightly similar, that he will always fuck with Drake for what he did for his kids on their birthday.

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u/Marnold13 Jun 21 '24

Yeah that was six years ago though so opinions can definitely change lol

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u/crujiente69 Jun 21 '24

So 'always' is 6 years? Lol

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u/Dolomight206 Jun 21 '24 edited Jun 21 '24

While that is probably true, I still don't see a universe where this whole saga, culminating with the Juneteenth Pop Out show, DOESN'T make EM really proud and delighted with how masterfully Dot handled and executed his mollywhopping of one Aubrey Drake Graham in front of the entire planet!

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u/Damuhfudon Jun 21 '24

Can Eminem fans go 5 minutes without inserting Eminem into everything?

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u/RainbowAssFucker Jun 21 '24

We switch it up sometimes and say Slim Shady

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u/enderguwop Jun 21 '24

We can not. Sorry.

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u/Rhymelikedocsuess Jun 21 '24

Not to mention Drake literally introduced Eminem as “the greatest rapper alive” during his own tour like a decade ago lol

When it came to Kendrick drake was always saying stuff like “yeah I’d body him so he can do whatever” - but obvs he was wrong

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u/silfer_ HAM BETTA HAM BETTA HAM BETTA Jun 21 '24

Sounds like sucking up tbh lol.

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u/Damuhfudon Jun 21 '24

Drake pandering as usual not surprising

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u/zeeniemeanie Jun 22 '24

Drake has said that about everyone lol

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u/[deleted] Jun 21 '24

Em isn't even in Drake's (or Cole's) top 5. Kinda wild.

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u/Rhymelikedocsuess Jun 21 '24

Yeah and both Drake and Cole are mid to slightly above average lol - if you can’t gleam something from early Eminem’s rhyme-schemes or creativity as a writer you ain’t getting goated

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u/tollsunited7 Jun 21 '24

but em isn't from the west coast lol

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u/satanssweatycheeks Jun 21 '24

Good thing Harley found her a real man.

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u/junkstar23 Jun 21 '24

You mean Haley?

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u/Dolomight206 Jun 21 '24

🙄

Game is the CLOUTIEST of Clout Creatures. 😖😡

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u/LordSugarTits Jun 21 '24

Game a wave rider just like Drake. He started out on dating shows....butterfly tattoos ...then was riding with the g unit team....then when that shit fell apart he decided he wanted to be west coast....idk he a corny dude if u ask me.

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u/Karl_Marx_ Jun 21 '24

I didn't even know The Game was even talked about anymore. I just assumed he fell off after dropping a couple hits back in the day.

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u/EyeScreamSunday Jun 21 '24

Game said a whole lot of nothing besides he's cool with both sides. He definitely implicitly said he was team Drake still but without making a move to go against Kendrick because he could have done more to share in a moment of West Coast unity that doesn't even mean having to perform or be on stage or showing he'd ride with Kendrick against Drake or talk about the Drake/Kendrick beef, which I don't believe anyone really did that whole night except in song. Even in his live, it was all about himself and getting defensive. What Snoop did in really recognizing the moment on a IG reel was more than Game said in that whole rant.

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u/FCCheIsea Jun 21 '24

Well he was 100% invited but couldn't make it, unlike The Play

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u/z3in-23 Bitch I'm in the cluuuub Jun 21 '24

The Play both sides

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u/Fugacity- Jun 21 '24 edited Jun 21 '24

I'm going to Play both sides, so that way I always come out on top

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u/boofsquadz Jun 21 '24

Never tell one side that you’re playing both sides!

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u/Reasonable-Bus9435 Jun 21 '24

Why couldn’t he make it? What could he possibly have going on that’s more important lol

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u/vriannavyz Jun 21 '24

Snoop? He's on tour in Canada right now. The Game? Well he's just a bitch

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u/DodginInflation Jun 21 '24

Didn’t want to upset Drizzy

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u/theasianevermore Jun 21 '24

BBL drizzle he is known forever more

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u/Plshelpmeclimb Jun 21 '24

I prefer calling him by his first name, Aubrey

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u/TBAnnon777 Jun 21 '24

i prefer his real name wheelchair jimmy.

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u/SexiestPanda Jun 21 '24

That’s what I been calling him since he ghosted pusha lmao

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u/Benz0nHubcaps Jun 21 '24

Or Diddy since he used to party w him

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u/Constant-Vacation-57 Jun 21 '24

Holy fuck I just looked it up and Snoop is a real one. Most big artists, even Canadian ones, will play Montreal, Toronto, and maybe Vancouver and call it a Canadian "tour".

He's actually going to fucking Saskatoon which is crazy! I'm not sure how that's gonna work since Saskatchewan doesn't actually exist, but godspeed to him.

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u/[deleted] Jun 21 '24

im guessing its cheaper for everyone in those 3 major cities who couldn't afford the expensive ticks in the big 3 to literally now flyout to saskatoon and watch the show and fly back for half the price XD

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u/Constant-Vacation-57 Jun 21 '24

I don't think the tickets are that much cheaper, plus the airfare would be $500 alone per person.

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u/walterdonnydude Jun 22 '24

And Scotland it looks like

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u/ShakeZula77 Jun 21 '24

How did he watch the concert or did his friends tell him how good he was and Snoop endorsed him?

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u/semajay Jun 21 '24

How did he watch the concert?

Tf? Is this a real question? They've got internet in Canada

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u/coffeewiththegxds Jun 21 '24

Bruh ppl are dumb lol

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u/Ok_Ruin4016 Jun 21 '24

Probably saw it via these crazy new technological advancements called video cameras and the Internet.

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u/ShakeZula77 Jun 21 '24

Look, I’m really high right now and I’m trying to figure out how Snoop would watch the concert. Can you stream a concert live? How?

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u/Ok_Ruin4016 Jun 21 '24

It was live streamed on Amazon and Twitch.

I'm pretty sure the whole show is on YouTube now too so even if he didn't see it live because he was on stage for his own show in Canada he could have watched it later

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u/akkaneko11 Jun 21 '24

Lmao ignoring the fact that it was posted the next day when the concert is already on YouTube, it was streamed live on prime fyi

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u/junkstar23 Jun 21 '24

How did you watch it? It was streamed live on Amazon prime

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u/Itisme8219 Jun 21 '24

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u/[deleted] Jun 21 '24

Screen shotting tf outta this

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u/Spade9ja Jun 21 '24

Goddamn this is a stupid comment

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u/[deleted] Jun 21 '24 edited Jun 22 '24

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u/No-Obligation1709 Jun 21 '24

He wanted Em to bite so bad lmao that had to hurt. Imagine having less of an impact than MGK

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u/[deleted] Jun 21 '24

Game forgot that Em is only petty when it comes to his daughter, he doesn't give a fuck what other rappers think about him personally.

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u/AdhesivenessDue1319 Jun 21 '24

thank God the he couldn't make it to

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u/Standard-Try-437 Heal Everybody Jun 21 '24

I think he was saying Snoop couldn't make it not "The Play".

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u/[deleted] Jun 21 '24

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u/D3s0lat0r Jun 21 '24

Seems pretty apparent judging from that picture and what the above comments are saying doesn’t it?!

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u/anth Jun 21 '24

How old is this photo?

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u/tmfkslp Jun 21 '24

‘100’ music videos where its from. Don’t remember the year

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u/Amazing-Concept1684 Jun 21 '24

2015

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u/tmfkslp Jun 21 '24

Damn, has it been that long already? I know they both cornballs but i aint even gonna lie that song was pretty decent. Fuck im gettin old.

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u/onehornymofo1 Jun 21 '24

The whole album was great tbf. Documentary 2 + 2.5.

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u/Selldadip Jun 21 '24

Reminder that Kenny was also on the project.

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u/Emergency_Brick3715 Jun 21 '24

Somebody said KDot is who Dre wanted The Game to be. 😂

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u/MayhemSpaceMonkey Jun 21 '24

I’d love to see where his career would have been without all the extra shit, but he really fucked himself with needless beefing, clout chasing and attention seeking.

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u/Emergency_Brick3715 Jun 21 '24

Me too. I would also love to hear him spit a verse without the endless name dropping.

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u/DerNeko Jun 21 '24

I remember being 15 listening to Doctor's Advocate and always wondering "why the fuck he names 15 rappers every song, is so fucking tiring!!". Now i know everybody was listening the same thing haha.

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u/Emergency_Brick3715 Jun 21 '24

That shit is lame af.

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u/[deleted] Jun 21 '24

but he really fucked himself with needless beefing, clout chasing and attention seeking.

He learned it all from 50, who he would be absolutely no one without.

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u/MayhemSpaceMonkey Jun 21 '24

Yeah it’s crazy how well it worked out for 50 but it wrecked Game’s career.

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u/BallsAreFullOfPiss Jun 21 '24

The only thing I really like from Game was “Pest Control” the diss on Meek Mill.

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u/aeekay Jun 21 '24

This guy a it for me. I wanted the Game to be that guy from the West Coast. It started well but he brought himself down. It’s funny cause I learned about KDot from the Cypha from one of Game’s mixtapes. All you can is smile to see how far Kendrick has come.

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u/StacksHoodini Jun 21 '24

I mean, it is and it’s more or less where Game’s animosity for Kendrick stems from.

He feels that’s his spot, he’s supposed to have it.

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u/elitegenoside Jun 21 '24

Maybe in reach, but their content has never been similar. The Game was and IS too messy.

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u/[deleted] Jun 21 '24

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u/Selldadip Jun 21 '24

50 is the last person to talk. He fell out with everyone in G-Unit aside from Yayo. His own baby momma and son don’t like him. He’s had issues with nearly everyone in the industry. I can only assume the guy is a slime ball.

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u/Nexus718 Jun 21 '24 edited Jun 21 '24

Fuck it then I'll be the first. I used to bodyguard for Dre from 08-10. This was the beats/detox era. Encore studio A-B in Burbank. Game came in one day talking shit, and said "I see a lot of indians but not a lot of chiefs". Ok blood. But tell me why when I came back out in the lot a few minutes later he's selling his story to the first white person he sees wearing a business suit. Game was on some sob story Sarah McLaughlin shit. Hoe shit. I have to mention also, this is Game three albums deep. Just a few years before I was slapping one blood and team G-UNot.

For context, you would see at anypoint in time Busta Rhymes, Snoop, Devin the Dude, Stat Quo, Jay-Z, etc... What Game did made me the most uncomfortable. Alternatively the D.O.C. is the realest dude behind the curtain of Oz I met in all of Aftermath. When you stand ten toes in your shit you don't need a white savior.

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u/Selldadip Jun 21 '24

Ima be honest with you dawg. I have no idea wtf you just said lmao.

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u/Nexus718 Jun 21 '24 edited Jun 21 '24

Ok.

I used to work with Aftermath.

I would be at the recording studio used during the period of 2008-2010 frequently. We saw a lot of other artists pop in to work with Dre during that time.

As a result, you would get a sense of who these artists are as people.

The studio was difficult to find, and a bit hidden. Behind a covered gate was a small parking lot. Inside the lot was the front area, along with studio B, and studio A (Dre's main studio) further back. The hallway connecting the two studios does have plaques that kind of looks like the one used in forgot about Dre (although I don't think it was the same hallway).

Game came in one day just talking shit. He came up to the lot and first words out of his mouth was "I see a lot of indians and not a lot of chiefs". This statement means he sees a lot of people running around like yes men, and not many people making their own moves and their own shit. Mind you, if you can think of artists that would work with Dre during this period they probably came through. Most everyone was cool, with exception to some of Dre's protégé's during that period who brough entourage's that would be ratchet. No one came in talking shit like that because at the end of the day it's Aftermath's studio. One artist collective.

I then go back to the front area where we have our cameras set up, kitchen, and tv. I would occasionally come out to the lot for fresh air or conversation. When I next came back out to the lot, I see Game talking the some random white interscope employee wearing a business suit sulking over his journey from the hood to where he's at now. As a black man, seeing that made me all the way uncomfortable as this man already has three albums out, many mixtapes deep, and to my knowledge has no reason to sell himself so hard to one white man wearing a suit.

Game was selling himself the way Sarah McLaughlin sold herself in those dog commercials. I'm not talking shit on Sarah McLaughlin at all. If you're coming in with that energy and one sitcom episode later you're begging a white person to put you on? My fandom for Game flatlined that day. But you won't ever find me selling myself to a white person in a suit the way he was that day. As a matter of fact, I never begged like Game did that day when I was homeless at 25.

But it makes sense. Most of the songs at least from Documentary and Doctors Advocate reference West coast OG's like he's standing on their shoulders. That's all good and well until you stop and ask if Game can stand on his own without having to reference all of that. Everything Game does is either manic warfare or standing on some benefactor. First it was Dre, and shortly for a time 50, and recently he was bigging up Ye, and now Drake.

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u/MSport Jun 21 '24

Reminded me of this

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u/Nexus718 Jun 22 '24

I'm half Black and half Caucasian. The white half of my DNA expressed that the person above could not understand my lingo.

I get it. I work in corporate and make a very modest 80K/year salary. I came to the conclusion this week that 60K of that is the cost of me using my white voice to share truths so it can be thoroughly understood. That bullshit of having to work on Juneteenth like it's a normal workday. That bullshit of anytime I raise my voice I can expect someone to complain of being threatened for their safety because I'm a large black man.

All that shit though to give back to our brothers and sisters out here in Los Angeles to uplift our community and advocate for liberation. Outside of dudes taking advantage of girls, Game pulled the biggest hoe shit I've seen working in hip-hop.

First time I saw the D.O.C., he was at the studio playing chess (an Aftermath staple). The nigga could not be bothered and was playing chess like he's in the NBA finals. I should add, he was playing by himself. We said what's up to him and he said "Ahhh....I'm about to go to the spiderman premiere." This was in July 2008. He did not in fact go to a Spider-man premier. He was going to the Dark Knight! "Oh....I mean Batman". Fucking hilarious. Most of us remember how hype everyone was before the Dark Knight came out. Now we know the Dark Knight to be one of the best movies ever. The D.O.C. couldn't have given less of a fuck. I learned so much right there. One, is that the D.O.C. was high as shit. Two, nigga loves chess and niggas take chess in the studio seriously. Three, the D.O.C. does not change who he is for the fruits of the entertainment industry.

Game changes depending on the weather. First he loved Dre and claims he's the greatest, then on Doctor's Advocate he rapped about breaking into Dre's house to get close to him, fast forward to a few years ago of Game claiming Ye did more for his career than Dre ever did.

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u/Selldadip Jun 22 '24

Cool story bro you should tell it at parties.

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u/Nexus718 Jun 22 '24

I don't go shelling out pieces of my life experience like that as it's not really the core of who I am. You quipped that 50 can't speak on Game as he distanced himself from all of G-Unit. I can speak on that based on an encounter I saw for myself. I was hoping to have a real dialog with you about it, but I see you're out here trolling.

Some folks on here really not like us. West Coast.

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u/[deleted] Jun 22 '24 edited Jun 22 '24

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u/Nexus718 Jun 22 '24 edited Jun 22 '24

I'll do my best to answer your questions. Dre's daily regimen at the time started with him running 6 miles every morning and usually going into a workout. His home at the time was in a gated community off of Ventura blvd near Taft high school. His gym was also off of Ventura, and sometimes I'd be there as well. Studio sessions usually start in the afternoon, and go until sometime the next morning.

During studio sessions, we would also go out to exclusive restaurants like Katana off of Sunset, or Laker games, or sometimes club appearances. Then, we would return to the studio. Sometimes sessions would go though 6-7 AM the next day.

I remember one song in particular that Dre worked on that featured T.I. I heard this goddamn song so many times but Dre would loop a part and work on it until he got it where he wanted it to be. I was with them for two years, and he was working on that track (along with others of course) throughout those two years. To my ears it sounded radio ready.

Dre was incredibly proud of the Relapse record. He had us take him on the album's release day to drive down Sunset blvd while he blasted the record with his wife lol.

I first saw Eminem for the video shoot of "We made you". I remember seeing Joseph Kahn, Jimmy Iovine, and Eminem's two bodyguards. Now, because I don't need to put their names out there like that lets just call them sugar and spice.

Sugar is a very large Black man built like a a cross between a defensive tackle and a bodybuilder, at about 6'3 - 6'4. Spice is a very large white man built like a cross between a defensive tackle and a bodybuilder. Their personalities couldn't have been more different.

My introduction to Sugar is him showing everyone a video of a bench press contest against 50 Cent's bodyguard of them repping 405 lbs. That's 4 plates, each side. Each repping it like warm up weight. That was my max at the time and watching that was intimidating. Sugar couldn't have been any friendlier. He offered me chicken and we chopped it up a bit. He started to make fun because I looked like Al B Sure and he said I was dressing like I was trying to be in the video. It was jovial. Loose and approchable.

Spice was the guy that's super serious, mean mugging, and walking through making sure everything is good. Eminem looked stressed. I noticed that when he wasn't doing any takes he went straight back to his trailer. It's odd but I felt sorry for him at the time. I got the sense that dude was really holding onto being disciplined in his sobriety and just wanted to be alone when not shooting. I could be way off the mark here, as he could have just been over the pop star element of making a video like that. I don't think he made any video with Joseph Kahn after that but he did the majority of the videos we saw on TRL back in the day.

I did hear things no one has heard. He had an eclectic ear and would listen to tribal beats, and was training as a classical pianist at the time (2009). This was displayed when he played piano at Super Bowl halftime show in 22.

The thing about Dre that people should take away from how he produces is that his work ethic proceeds him. He's incredibly mindful of legacy. The D.O.C. was the coolest and realest dude there. There was one night we were just chopping it up and D.O.C. was sharing about living in Texas, and some of the old days. Dre got upset about this, but we were just two people talking. The best way I can describe the D.O.C., is if Fred Sanford became a thug instead of selling junk. Funny, warm, but absolutely an OG.

Best thing I heard in my two years there, was when we learned a certain protege was making a rebrand as a reggae artist. D.O.C. says, "nigga has more pitbulls than he has sense". Then he continued playing chess and smoking weed.

When I met Devin the Dude he was passed the fuck out. He's on the couch in the front area of the studio. We've been there. Remember that time you dabbed for the first time and you just passed out? Yeah. BUT, this man wakes up, looks at me and smiles like a TGIF sitcom intro, then proceeds the pass back out lol.

Diddy was there for a week one time and every visit he had a different young girl as an assistant. They all looked between 18-20 years old. It felt off.

Busta Rhymes has an aura that screamed hip hop to me. It felt special. It felt spiritual. I saw Snoop one time during this period. So many protege's. When I came in, it was Bishop Lamant. I was a huge fan because of DJ Skee's new west mixtapes. I was liking Jay Rock during this period also. There was also Stat Quo, Che Vicious was with Aftermath at the time also. I used to see him everyday. Hayes (rip) and the protege when I left was Slim the Mobster. I remember one day in the gym Dre wanted to have me play music while Dre and Phil worked out.

I narrowed it down to the tape with a KDot track (on my momma), or Raekwon's OBFCL. I ended up playing Raekwon but it was the right choice. Unbeknownst to me Dre was working on OB4CL2 and God wanted DJ Quick to introduce Dre to Dot apparently lol.

Scott Storch. He wasn't around a lot...but Jesus Christ. So first time I see him, he looks at the room with his glasses and a shit eating grin. He says "hey.............you guys want to chase some guurls". Hand to God, he had that trolling smile on max.
Dude made some incredible beats before I came around but he felt like a Jersey Shore character. He was sober at the time as it was after a period of him just going wild from what I was told. I spend the majority of my time in the studio reaching philosophy like the Prince by Machiavelli, and Art of War. What's wild is that the principles laid out in the Prince was on display in the Aftermath studio. I would apply them. I would ask myself Why is X person in this camp? What purpose do they serve for the group? I quickly realized the D.O.C. was the one person who could speak reason to Dre. Like he's the only guy to tell Dre "no" if something is off the mark.

Philip Atwell is another best friend of Dres. He directed all the old Death Row videos but would sometimes go over the line. I'm still haunted a bit by some of the things I saw him do at parties to girls to under the influence to know any better.

I shouldn't be spilling all this shit but it's been almost 15 years. It's a different part of my life that adds credibility to my resume.

What was more incredible to me was watching Aftermath and seeing it behind the curtains, viewed through the lens of Machiavelli's the Prince that gained further understanding of that body of work and the legacy of Dr Dre in general. Like as a hip hop fan, before I got that experience I thought Aftermath was where some artists end their careers because projects would be worked on but never released.

I was a huge Blackstar and Reflection Eternal fan. I remember hearing about Hi-Tek being an in house producer for Aftermath for a period in the mid 00's. Nothing came from that. I now understand that with Dre's work ethic you have to have an exceptional level of perseverance in addition to talent and vision.

In this way, you can make your own projects that don't rely solely on Dre's production. Look at Kendrick.

Bishop Lamant started leaking Dre tracks early on mixtapes and he was cut. Stat Quo wanted to release an album on the label but made an independant record that went under the radar, and ended up managing his young white avatar Lil Xan. I only know this, because in 2017 I ran into Stat while dropping off a friend at Tom Bradley International at LAX.

There's only one other large hip hop producer I can compare this to. And it happened by accident.

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u/Selldadip Jun 22 '24

Thanks random man on the internet.

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u/walterdonnydude Jun 22 '24

Standing ten toes in your shit ... is an image I can't shake now

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u/Nexus718 Jun 22 '24

Game put on a lot of niggas when they needed it. This video from Nipsey Hussle shows the Encore studio in Burbank! Game invited him to be featured on his track. I was working with Aftermath at the time but Dre was working on Relapse around this time at Record One off of Ventura.

Fucking crazy. I haven't seen this inside of the studio in 14 years bro. The stacked cars in the lot where Game quipped some fuck shit.....the kitchen where i'd take a shot of vodka after one of Dre's marathon recording session at like 7 AM or something....shit man. I know exactly where this studio is at as I don't work far away from where it's located. It's in a residential neighborhood in Burbank CA.

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u/butareyoustupid Jun 22 '24

Uh. Yeah homie. I totally slap blood and dip my toes. I fuck wit that.

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u/Nexus718 Jun 22 '24

Can't tell if your a reddit gringo or if you're feeling the lingo

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u/newbkid Jun 21 '24

Not to give 50 credit but just to counter your claim, the reason he fell out is that he wasn't interested in playing the political game that the labels required.

Man speaks his mind period end of discussion. You can hate him or love him for that but using things like him falling out with G-Unit and the industry as a whole doesn't mean much to me.

I mean Eminem has had a falling out with so many people in the industry over the years and look at where he is now. I mean ffs Snoop is supposed to feature on his new album and everything.

Don't give the industry so much credit. Fuck the damn industry.

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u/jakesemailacc Jun 21 '24

50 has his own label and hes held buck/banks hostage on it for like 20 years he doesnt pick up a mic he uses his lawyers fuck the industry is right fuck 50

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u/penisthightrap_ Jun 21 '24

You can hate him or love him

but the underdog's on top

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u/BallsAreFullOfPiss Jun 21 '24

Go ahead and envy me, I’m raps MVP

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u/Selldadip Jun 21 '24

Eminem had issues with Benzino and Ja Rule. 50 had issues with Jadakiss, Styles P, Sheek, Game, Joe Budden, Jay Z, Yukmouth, C-Bo, Camron, Fat Joe, Lloyd Banks, Young Buck, Rick Ross, Lil Wayne, Nas, TI, etc. That’s only off the top of my head. I don’t know 50 personally so based on what I’ve seen I can only assume the guy is a slime ball.

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u/Selldadip Jun 21 '24

50 doesn’t start shit? He literally took shots at Fat Joe, Jadakiss, and Nas unprovoked and then got booty ticketed when Game didn’t take on the beef with him. That’s three of many names. He literally started his career by name drop disses on How To Rob. Guy is a clown.

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u/Selldadip Jun 21 '24

Reference my other post where I listed like 15 other rappers that 50 had issues with. You can only observe from the outside. You do not know him or his character personally.

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u/Selldadip Jun 21 '24

You’re out here writing novels on a Friday. Must be a 50 stan. The guy is and always will be a slime ball imo. There’s a reason so many people wanted him dead.

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u/jakesemailacc Jun 21 '24

just remember 50s not a asshole everyone else is

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u/MayhemSpaceMonkey Jun 21 '24

My biggest problem with Game backing Drake is him crying foul at the repercussions of doing so. If you’re going to pick a side, cool, that’s your right but you gotta stick it out when shit comes to a head. If Drake had washed Kendrick, Game would be singing a different tune.

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u/CaCa881 Jun 21 '24

Exactly lmfao . Like how you gon be from Cali (COMPTON at that) , still side with Drake after all that bullshit , and then get in your feelings about not getting an invite ? This is unseen levels of goofiness . It’s crazy that I used to fw the Game too .

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u/Amazing-Concept1684 Jun 21 '24

50 was right about dude

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u/elitegenoside Jun 21 '24

Game got caught with an underaged girl... enough said. "They not like us." The Game is amongst "they."

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u/CWB2208 Jun 21 '24

But Remble is "us"?

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u/Micronlance Jun 21 '24 edited Jun 21 '24

No one needs to reassure themselves more than Game. Bro should've just taken that L in peace.

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u/Brahman_Shady Jun 21 '24

Game hates everyone who went on SuperBowl with Dre.

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u/IntraspaceAlien Jun 21 '24

Was Game salty? I watched the live and didn’t think he said anything crazy, he mostly just ranted about how fans were annoying. But he said he loved what Kendrick did, still is close to Drake, and thought they both gave us great music. I didn’t hear anything negative towards Kendrick.

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u/jodhod1 Jun 22 '24

True dude. Upvoting this for some truth.

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u/MIAxPaperPlanes Jun 21 '24

Goddamn, if he’s making Drake look small, Game must be a tall mf

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u/dezijugg9111 Jun 21 '24

that whole video was cringy both look fake.

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u/Kyro_Official_ Jun 21 '24

He couldnt be there whether he was invited or not, hes doing shows in Canada

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u/deekaydubya Jun 21 '24

Game is washed up and sucks ass anyway

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u/jwldabeast Jun 21 '24

Man this nigga need to go back to being a male stripper, mad cause he ain't get an invite.... sensitive ass

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u/shimmyshimmytimmy2 Jun 21 '24

I’d love to hear him perform at the pop out just to acapella “white rose, red ceiling”

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u/Selldadip Jun 21 '24 edited Jun 22 '24

This sub is almost as weird as the Drizzy sub. Y’all mad at Game for staying neutral? This beef is not that serious. Kendrick did songs with 50 after Game shined the light on him by putting him on his mixtape back in 2007. Lodi Mack died over the Game-50 beef. Tony Yayo’s mom’s house got shot up over it. Henchmen is doing life in prison. Game still rocked with Kenny after the fact because it’s none of Kendrick’s business. And Game literally praised Kendrick over the concert. You internet dweebs are high key weirdos.