If hip hop were baseball, The Game would be batting 1000. The scorecard now reads: 3 stellar albums in 3 tries over a span of just 3 years. “LAX,” his latest effort, earns the title of 3 peat, a boast made by Lil’ Wayne, but only befitting The Game.
In a span of three short years, he has managed to resurrect a floundering West Coast hip hop scene while in the process, alienating himself from nearly everyone responsible for the success of his debut rap classic, “The Documentary.”
What’s so endearing about The Game is that he reps the West Coast like a badge of honor. A self- proclaimed Piru blood from the rugged streets of Compton, CA, The Game rhymes with a bravado unequaled in hip hop while maintaining a reverence for the legends that came before him.
He wears the pride of his hood in the form of his several tattoos and in the gangsta ethos displayed in his rhymes. He’s the most talented West Coast rapper to come along in years and everyone, it seems, wants to collaborate with him. Fourteen artists make guest appearances on “LAX” alone. Fourteen!
Highlights on “LAX” are his collaboration with Ice Cube (his favorite rapper of all time), State of Emergency, which happens to be one of the best songs on the album. Other strong tracks include Bulletproof Diaries, My Life, and Game’s Pain. He may never deliver another album as raw and consistent as “The Documentary,” but if “LAX” is any indication, The Game will be ruling the hip hop game (no pun intended) for years to come.
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