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When gangsta rapper The Game released his debut album, “The Documentary,” in early 2005, he was flying high—and not just because of all the chronic he was smoking. With the legendary Dr. Dre as executive producer and 50 Cent and Eminem as featured guests, The Game knew “The Documentary” would go platinum. It sold five million copies worldwide...
...years, two Grammy nominations and one much publicized beef later, The Game (born Jayceon Taylor) finds himself in the unfamiliar position of trying to sell an album that includes no Dre instrumentals or Fiddy hooks and, therefore, is not guaranteed platinum status. The cards are stacked against him, but that’s exactly how this former drug dealer from Compton, Calif. likes...
...title of The Game’s sophomore effort, “Doctor’s Advocate,” is an homage to Dre, a fellow Compton native who discovered The Game in 2002 and gave him his first recording contract. Following a bitter feud between The Game and 50, The Game left Dre’s Aftermath label for Geffen because, as he said, he didn’t want 50 (who records for Aftermath) to make any money on his latest...
...What’s clear after listening to “Doctor’s Advocate” is that The Game didn’t need 50—he can write compelling songs on his own—but he really did need Dre. Although The Game tries hard to compensate for the Doc’s absence by recruiting some of today’s best beat makers, including Scott Storch, Just Blaze, Kanye West, Swizz Beatz, and Hi Tek, Dre would have executive produced a much more polished and cohesive album...
...Game seems to know this. In the title track, he sounds truly dejected when he reminisces about working with Dre on a record for the first album: “Remember when we got drunk to do ‘Start from Scratch’/ I told you you was like a father to me, I meant that/ Sitting here looking at my platinum plaques/ thinking what the fuck am I without a Dr. Dre track.” The truth is that he’s an exciting West Coast talent, but one with serious identity issues...