Game Speaks On Making “Uncle Otis,” Says He’s Prepared If Jay-Z Strikes Back

    Just over an hour ago, Compton, California’s Game released “Uncle Otis” , a diss track aimed at Jay-Z, who with Kanye West, released “Otis” to the radio and Internet Wednesday (July 20) evening. Moments later, Game spoke with HipHopDX, explaining the song’s role within a five-plus-year back-and-forth relationship between the Black Wall Street founder and the head of Roc Nation.

    “The same thing that happens every time I drop a diss record is what’s happening with ‘Uncle Otis’, which is nothing but love. You’ve got those people who are totally biased towards loving Jay-Z, and I don’t have no problem with that, ’cause that’s cool. I expected that,” admitted Game. “Then you’ve got Game fans who love me and are gonna side with me. Then you’ve also got people who are just gonna say the real. The real is that the track is fuckin’ dope and the shit is funny.”

    As the emcee was in a jovial mood today, he was asked if antics like this are intended to make Hip Hop fun for the fans. “Every now and then, shit needs to be shaken up. Hip Hop is cool in the club, but in the daytime, we’re fuckin’ bored. We need substance. That’s really no shot at nobody, that’s really just my sentiments. During the day, we’re goin’ through our life and we don’t have anything real to bump except our classics, which is [Notorious B.I.G.], 2Pac, [Dr.] Dre, Snoop [Dogg], the list goes on. Then at night, you can get your fix if you go to the club or you’ve got your radio on,” noted Game. “Every now and again, you’ve got to shake it up, and I’ve always been that dude. I think I’m gonna continue to be that dude throughout the duration of my career.”

    Game Explains When He First Heard Jay-Z & Kanye West’s “Otis”

    Having been overseas earlier in the week, Game admitted that it had been less than 24 hours since he heard the album cut from Watch The Throne. “I never heard the original ‘Otis’ until I drove up to the studio [last night]. I heard everybody bigging it up.” Game acknowledged the song’s appeal in saying, “On XM, I heard ‘Otis’ and was like, ‘This shit is pretty cool. I wanna rap on it for the mixtape.’ DJ Skee couldn’t find the instrumental ’cause it had only been out for a day. So we called Mars, who [remade] the beat, and I just snapped on it.”

     

    In making “Uncle Otis,” Game recognizes that he’s falling back on his word to stop dropping verbal barbs at Marcy Projects’ native son. “I contemplated, ‘Damn, I went at Jay; I said I was off of that.’ Fuck it. I’m me. I’m Game. I do what I do.” He continued, “I just had fun, man. Anybody that want a problem, or wants to say somethin’ on a record, you know it’s gonna get a response, so watch yaself.” Game previously worked with Kanye West on his own hit “Dreams,” as well as on ‘Ye’s “Crack Music.”

    Game Weighs In On If Jay-Z Will Respond To His Diss

    Before even being asked about it, Game spoke on the prospects of Jay-Z replying, something that’s been interpreted through subliminal lines and songs since 2005’s “Dear Summer.” “With Jay, I’ve been tryin’ to coax him into sayin’ somethin’ or doin’ somethin’. But he’s smart, and I don’t think he’ll jump out the window like that. Plus, I’m prepared for it.” Game added with a laugh, “With his age and where he’s at with his career, he might be too reserved to entertain [a challenge], and I respect that.”

    Noting that he pushed the envelope forward, Game declared, “I just did a single to a mixtape to promote my album. It’s business; it ain’t personal.”

    Game’s R.E.D. album is planned for August 23 release, with a promotional mixtape in the next two weeks.

    94 thoughts on “Game Speaks On Making “Uncle Otis,” Says He’s Prepared If Jay-Z Strikes Back

    1. It was funny the first time but now it’s just boring. Whatever Game you relaesed 4 mixtapes and plenty singles and you still don’t have enough buzz for your album.

    2. “It’s business, not personal”

      This clown doesn’t even know why he’s making diss records LOL, just trying to get a buzz around his name since that shit is dead. Please retire Gayme like you said you were gonna do a few years ago, “Hip Hop” wouldn’t miss you….

    3. When he said “Every now and then, shit needs to be shaken up” i thought of that scene in Paid in full, when Rico was tellin em niggas how he picked up the cake and smashed the cake in bra face

      “i walked up to the table, picked up the cake, mushed it in his face said happpy birthday”

    4. oh great, more hating on jay! and kanye, and who’z it from? gayme. diz faggot neva keepz jay-z!’z name outta hiz mouth. he knowz dat hiz G.A.Y. album will flop dat’z been delayed 4 2 yrz now. da people want watch da throne, not gayme’z album. i hope diz dude retirez afta he flopz. get da fuck outta here gayme!

      RNGMB BITCH!

      1. ohhhh shit he called him “Gayme” that was really clever. I’m sure his feelings are mad hurt right now.

      2. I will buy R.E.D and i will download Watch the throne ! now this dude about to have a heart attack! I’m sorry!

    5. As much as I hate this overrated nigga. I hope Jay does respond. I’ve misssed real hip-hop beef. And not that Lil Kim – Nicki Minaj bullshit. Hopefully Jay kills this clown.

    6. so basically it was a pointless diss that had no real fire behind it-and serves to promote the chinese democracy that watch the throne is about to be-and proves that game can’t write a rap without name dropping…..sheesh

    7. This nigga WISHES Jay would respond.. he’s been stalking Jigga for years for cheap publicity. I’m no Jay-Z fan but from his “Change of Heart” days to now, Game has always been a bitch..

    8. Why doesn’t this ni99a just get into wrestling and get it over with. At least there, manufactured beef is welcomed. WITH THE 24 INCH PYTHONS, BROTHERRRRRR! WHATCHA GONNA DO WHEN GAME-A-MANIA RUNS WILD ON YOUUUUUUUUU!!!!

    9. DX is so kyked out. Game never even mentioned [Notorious B.I.G.] name as he mentioned Classics, but DX, for some reason, had to mention it with the brackets. GO FUCK YOURSELF DX! You kyked out faggots

    10. funny how game talks like he isn’t going to be old (I think he already is)

      don’t know how people support rappers like game and ross.. just shows how rap is kinda fucked up

    11. Just the other week game was sitting chris brown and frank ocean down and caringly advising them against beef on some mature man to man shit. I’ve lost any respect i had for game both as a rapper and a man. Definitely not supporting R.E.D. the man is a flake. He has no regard for the value of a man’s word.

    12. the diss sucked , auto tune bullshit , how you can compare that to takeover or ether or no vasseline , fuck that , fuck game , he fell off , tryin to make a buz , fuck this bitch ass striper

    13. The game is a lame. This dude is immature as hell. He just does stuff just to do it. And when has Jay ever respond to Game. Only time he might of said something slick about game was when he responded to that button up shirt and drive maybachs line. It may be to increase the buzz for his album but I think he’s just a clown ass nigga. Watch this idiot pay tribute to Jay and call him a legend in a week or two.

      1. Lol……this isn’t a beef record. People are so crazy sometimes. Beef was 300 Bars, Ether, The Takeover, Super Ugly and Hit Em Up.

    14. You’re all a bunch of pansies! Disses bring out the best in rappers, I guess you don’t want to see your favorites try any more? You’re satisfied with their mediocrity. Hip-Hop used to be competitive, but now you can’t even diss wack rappers like wacka flocka because you’ll be labeled “hater” and people defend the wack with “oh, he’s making money, don’t hate”. It’s retarded.

      1. i agree whole heartedly, rap is getting boring, if game wants to go at people to get a rise and/or a publicity stunt then do it, its getting too mediocre now besides i remember when hiphop was about LYRICS not dancin in the club now its all bullshit

    15. Game needs to move over and let Blu rep the west now. Why doesn’t the media ever cover Blu? He dropped a classic in 07 and nothing….

      1. Exactly, he dropped a classic in 07 and nothing else that’s worth of mentioning. He accomplished that with the help of Exile, who makes any average rapper sound good.

    16. I’m a huge Jay-Z fan I even got the homie book he wrote but with that said Jay-Z isnt a battle rapper.That’s not a part of him as a rapper.Jay-Z will diss T-Pain but not talented rappers like Joe Buddens and Game cuz he know for a fact they would rap him in a blanket.And this is coming from someone that support Jay-Z and have supported him for years.

      1. You can’t be that big a fan because you clearly didn’t hear “The Takeover” which in my eyes is one of the greatest diss tracks ever made. And I don’t even like Jay that much.

    17. I actually respect Game for doing this. He does have a point.

      Besides… the Otis cut was boring and damn near wack anyway.

    18. Talk about trying to sell records. Pretty sure Game first dissed 50 just to boost his sales. Talk about “bitch nigga”

    19. Maybe Jay don’t go at Game because he’s corny… Yo game your brother called he wants his life story back… Clown!!!

    20. Game has probably been writing a diss to jay for 6 years. now he’s trying to bait jay into battling him with some shit he’s been preparing for 6 years…. trying to take shortcuts to the top. smh predictable, loser. You are not on jay’s level, stop trying to find shortcuts.

    21. The game is smart he was aware of all the buzz around watch the thrown and wanted too draw some of that attention too himself and his upcoming mixtape and albumn by dissing yeezy and Jay z. He intentionally used the same beat and similar song tittle to create that link. What the fuck though, I like Game but I lost respect for him by doing this, the highlights of his songs are no longer punchlines or his aggressive delivery it’s about I wonder who the game is gonna namedrop on this track,

    22. yo you know jay z probably is in a bath tub smoking a Cuban reading this article on his custom iPad laughing at the game honestly it’s kind of pathetic you have to start beefs To improve your record sales

      1. Your sad, you must dream about Jay-z everynight and bust a nut. Hip Hop has always had beefs – 50 cent used the tactic on rick ross – cause ross was getting huge hype and now jay-z is getting hype of the new single and he used that single to spit on and attack him. its being smart not being pathetic – if people are catching feelings your sad – remember KRS-one and LL Cool J they kept it on wax – Game made the single for a laugh to hype you up and he has done what he has done hype up his album so people notice him…. its good business plan!

    23. Hiphop newsflash:

      The Game says im sorry Jay-Z i didn’t wanted to diss you. Can we be friends? I will clean also your toilet if you do a record with me? Please you that im a bitch!

    24. Wudd up ya’ll butt-hurt gay z fans?? Game is just making fun thats all.. Adding some shake in boring Hip Hop these days. Smfh at ppl saying they lost respect for Game and not gona support RED. C’mon just because he made you laugh on a record ?!!

    25. I thought Game once said “I don’t take shots at legends, that’s just something I don’t do” just saying

    26. LMAO isnt game the same one that told frank ocean and chris brown not to beef???cause beef gets you nowhere…..this nigga lost it….

    27. These n-gga’s want me to go, don’t they know that i’m gone
      They know i’m space shuttle level they need oxyg-g-g-gen
      Don’t they know that they born?
      Don’t they know that i yawn,
      Only time they excited is when they mentioning Shawn

    28. But really the fact is, we not in the same bracket
      Not in the same league, don’t shoot at the same baskets
      Don’t pay the same taxes, hang with the same b-tches
      So how am i in the way, what is it i’m missing?
      N-gga i been missing, n-gga i been gone

    29. game is a fucking bi polar pussy

      he didnt give not one good reason for any of this fuckery

      i dont fucks with game anymore for a reason

      fuck game, you just mad 50 came out on top and that he ignoring the fuck outta you lately, so you have to go after someone like jay z just cause your ‘bored’

      if your bored push MUSIC

      not FUCKERY

      -____-

    30. This niggga game will do & say anything for a buzz he’s so lame & I highly doubt his album will even do 100k when it drops.

      Why would Gay Z respond to give him the buzz he so clearly wants.

      BOSS!!!

    31. im a big Game fan, but this is fuckin stupid.

      the most stupid part is that u think Jay is gonna respond. There is no chance in hell he’s gonna respond. Jay is a smart dude, he knows when people are tryin to use him to get a buzz. So with that being the case, the most savage blow he can deliver is to just ignore it, which is exactly what he’ll do.

    32. Isn’t this the same dude that was begging 50 cent to talk to him so he could get back in the light. The music industry is about to do the same thing 50 did….leave his slob ass for DEAD. BET banned his video, so that’s like a nicca losing a stash house….he’s desperate…like a cockroach with the light on.

    33. Best part of this whole diss is the Kreayshawn diss. That was beautiful how he called out that Trashy Vnasty girl about saying nigga. Ha!

    34. Nothing worse than a nigga crying for attention… Lame shit… I used t be a fan of Game, but the more he calls out other rappers names the cornier he gets… How many times did that nigga say Dr Dre’s name on Doctor’s Advocate… talk about shooting yourself in the foot. Stop bullshittin and go da fuck in on somebody maybe then you will get a response, if not shut da fuck up and put out a album already!

    35. biggest fraud in rap!! so so fake this nigga he should start singing n wear tight pants n suck dick

    36. I’ve stuck up for The Game in every battle, but this is just stupid. The Game needs to focus on music, doesn’t he realize he’s everything he hates (50 Cent). He isn’t loyal to anyone, just whoever’s big in the rap game at the time. Hope you read this Game, quit jumping on bandwagons and learn how to be the bandwagon.

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    38. Name one mainstream rapper not trying to make a radio hit. you cant there all making that bumble gum He’s just sick of it, when i need something of substance i dont listen to anything mainstream or music in the last year.

      GAME do you! everyone thinking it no ones saying it

    39. Game is a bipolar faggot. Sucking Jay’s cock ever since he started rapping on Aftermath. I don’t understand how he can go to sleep at night knowing the fact that he sucks cock in rap.

    40. just another loud mouth rapper with loud opinions that did some name dropping to get people’s attention to sell some records i really think its as simple as that

    41. ya’ll can say wateva fact is hip hop lately sounds like a repeated track, everybody saying the same ish, game is ryt hip hop is boring and we cn do with some fun, yall gay z fans commenting just shut the f up, watch game go platinum again wit his red albm.how cn jayz nt respond to da king of the west coast??? nigga is afraid period and too old for this shit

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