Game Calls “Jesus Piece” A 2012 Version Of “The Chronic”

    Little over a week ago, rapper Game revealed that he’s enlisted Young Jeezy and Future for the second single off his upcoming fifth album Jesus Piece. Now, in a recent interview with MTV, the Compton emcee adds to the list of features for his impending release.

    Game explained that he views Jesus Piece, which is scheduled for a December 11 release, as an updated version of Dr. Dre’s The Chronic with regards to the features. He said that the LP will boast a good number of features, including 2 Chainz, Rick Ross and Meek Mill. Game also added that the album will not be an overly religious affair, as some may have assumed from the title.

    “The thing about the Jesus Piece is, it’s kinda like a 2012 Chronic album, if you will – I’m on it, and I’m on it a hell of a lot, but I got a lot of features,” he said. “I wanted to get all of the dope Hip Hop artists that are dope now that are friends of mines — from 2 Chainz to Ross to Meek Mill — and I wanted everybody to co-exist on this dope Hip Hop album under this concept, which is Jesus Piece, ’cause we all be rockin’ Jesus pieces.”

    He continued, “It’s not a Christian album, it’s not an album that’s strictly about church or nothin’. It’s just a constant battle with religion and street life and Hip Hop and lyricism and bitches and your wife and your kids and just the struggle.”

    Check out the full interview below.

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    147 thoughts on “Game Calls “Jesus Piece” A 2012 Version Of “The Chronic”

    1. Yup. Another “collaboration” album from Game. Nobody can carry an entire album by themselves anymore. Or carry an entire track solo, at that. Who gives a shit if ur friends with 95% of the rap game. Do you. Be a feature for other artists, but when it comes to you, showcase your own talent. That’s exactly what Kendrick did, and I think that’s what separates him from a lot of others and helped his album do as well as it did. Dude tryna show off that he can get dope features, so fucking what. I’m pretty sure his fans wanted a GAME album, not a DR. DRE CHRONIC type album. He did this with RED, and this album won’t be any more successful.

    2. I’ve listened to 70% of this and I would say its better then the chronic. This gonna go down as a classic maybe best ever. Game is untouchable lyrically and swagger everyone copy his style and flow. He a g and a gent. Dude got it all. I’m might come off as a groupie or a gay but this is all love no homo shit here just stating facts. Game nicest on the mic ill probably buy 10 copies of this cd just because its gonna be a collectors item.

      1. yeh i heard this cd gonna be a classic . my homie told me to reserve a copy because they might not have any left. im gonna buy at least 10 and sell some online when these fools dont pre order theres

    3. this guy is so delusional, the updated features? the features on the chronic were all from California it was a gang banger, this is just a stupid use Jesus as a cover to sell records

    4. Game is capable of pulling a classic (Documentary)
      but he is fking things up with his bipolarity and biting flows of featured rappers
      even this album seems bipolar..Kanye, Common…but on the other hand 2chainz

      Its a hit or miss
      if he fails for the third time in a row its game over

    5. LOL this nigga didnt even make it as big as 50 cent, and he still continues to take a page out of 50’s book, “this album will be as good as my first” no it wont get real, neither will 50’s. only difference 50’s rich and game needs this to sell records. its a shame actually the documentary and get rich were classics

    6. I could swear the original idea behind this album was no features and no name drops. For real, I thought he said that.

    7. game is a joke now.. “i got nothin to rap about since everyone clowns me for doin nothin but name droppin so now i got 36 features on every song to help me carry the album” like someone else said sounds like a bullshit dj khaled album

    8. man! what is it with these fuckin guys like K dot and Game with all the Jesus shit?? CORNY!!!
      what a dumb name for an album.
      he should of called it : IM DOWN WITH DR. DRE (the COMPTON album)
      first single is: closet bi-sexual in red.

      name dropping fool.

    9. Why does every Game album have to have a million big name features and name drops??? Dude needs to focus on himself…Cause right now he has no real style or identity.

    10. The Celebration single was awful. He’s lost his identity and is trying to jump on bandwagons. What he needs to do is go back to his roots. I honestly believe an album that features good production and some help on hooks, with a west coast vibe would sell better than a compilation featuring a silly amount of guests.

      Doctors Advocate was great and I feel Games need to remember that vibe.

    11. he just gonna get all the big name producers and features and its going to sound like everything else on the radio

    12. BANDWAGON ASS NIGGA! chronic 2012 yeah rite. the red album shoulda been called the pink n pop album. i need money so imma dick ride dre n jimmy.

      Lil dick soft runnin his mouf again!……

    13. Game’s music can be dope. ‘Celebration’ is in no way a track i would compare to anything on the chronic. Game has a solid album from what i am hearing, but this is just not a good comparison. The Chronic is one of the greatest hip hop albums of all time!!! Game needs to fall back with these comparisons and let the music speak for itself.

    14. the chronic was composed of dozens and dozens of samples …i doubt games album will have that. i bet 2 songs off the chronic will be have more samples then this entire album. sorry game but i dont think you even understand what makes a classic a classic

    15. Yeah, Game is a dick rider for havin sooo many features on his albums, he name drops, he’s bipolar, yada, yada, yada…do any of you realize MOST albums are like compilations these days??? The average albums has about 13-20 songs on it..90% of hip hop albums have a feature rate of over 50%…which means ur favorite rapper probably has half his album flooded with guests…nd the ones that dont have the features cant afford to pay for the guest appearances, so they pretend to stand on their own two…and as far as the name drops, im sorry to tell yall, if yall listen close enough, you would hear so many rappers spit someone else’s names out of their mouth multiple times on one song…Listen to Jay Electronica’s Exhibit A, or Rick Ross BMF…and its not just these songs…this is just an example of how many rappers do this and it goes over ppl’s heads because we’re so focused on the one that does it the most…but i guess its okay for them right??? Finnicky fans, smh…Not a game stan, just trying to give an unbiased opinion, which I know is not normal for this site…

      1. my point exactly…niggas hate cuzz he name drops the most…that’s like hatin on Jay cuzz he talks wealth nd riches more than any other rapper, or hatin on ross or yo gotti cuzz they talk drugs the most…point bein is, no one out there is re-inventing the wheel…they all use the same formula – features nd other ppl’s names comin out their mouths…he just does it the most…

    16. The only thing Jesus Piece and The Chronic will have in common is a lot of features. I feel this might be another letdown from Game just off that Celebration single alone.

    17. Done with Game, i thought LAX was cool, but disappoined with RED album. Instead of embracing his west coast roots and working with dudes like Cube, Snoop,and Xzibit and getting west coast beat makers, Game is trend hopping. Dude easily has talent, but takes easy way out. If you ain’t respected at home, you won’t be respected anywhere.

    18. Damn game is ma nigga, but this album aint soundin too good at this point. I mean he gon have rozay & mill on there? And he prob gon have some young money cats too of course. I aint feelin that at all.

      If he was gonna compare it to the chronic he should focus heavily on the production and get some up and comin west coast artist on there. Fucka a rozay…

      Game need to stop hangin with these fuckin weenies

    19. Game could make great albums, but he wants to put 25 songs on the tracklist. If he had cut down the Red Album to 12/13 songs, removing all the RnB bullshit tracks, it would have been a damn great record.

    20. dr dre jimmy puto n the game are at interscope listening to AL B. shore, mouf fucking eachother n the game takes two at the same time….!

    21. My nigga 50 finna outsell the fuck out of this dude. Shady 2.0 Taking OVAR. SKI Jan 2013 500k first week.
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      YahBish
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    22. “The Chronic”, tho? Dre is a producer/rapper who at that time featured artists from his label. Game’s features are simply the “hot” names that are relevant now.

      I fucks wit’ Game but these cats must be runnin’ out of “16’s” or something. Why can’t artists hold their own on albums anymore, like the O.C. & Apollo project?? A talented MC that holds his own over ridiculous beats, with NO guest appearances and the album is GREAT!!

      Guest appearances are strictly for record sales purposes which I don’t knock.. .but dam, “The Chronic” comparison?

    23. Dis nigga sold tha fuck out. Left my nigga 50 for YMCMB. Sorry all other rappers not Shady 2.0 or Aftermath that are dropping album in 2013. 50 & EMINEM taking OVAR.
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      YahBish
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    24. All ya’ll rappers releasing album’s in 2013 better be ready to have your first week sales reduced by 80%, because Eminem got his album coming out that year.
      Example:
      2008: No Eminem Album – Tha Carter III: barley 1m. first week

      2010: Recovery – Rebirth & I am not a human being combined: 301k
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      YahBish
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    25. The Documentary – 6 solo songs, 6 other artists hooks only = 12 songs solo rapping.

      Doctor’s Advocate – 5 solo + 6 with other artists hook only = 11 songs solo rapping

      LAX – 2 solo + 7 other artists hooks only = 9 solo rapping

      R.E.D.- 5 solo + 3 other artists hooks only = 8 songs solo rapping

      **So, he did 40 songs as the only rapper and just used other artists for the hook**

    26. fuck the gayme man
      his shit is weak man
      wouldnt listen to his song if it featured big pun, pac, and red man
      listen to wht i said man
      by next year, nigga gon be dead man
      or in jail tryin to make bail gettin caught with by the feds man

      sorry but i dont listen to a nigga wit no skill
      better chance of fndin me sober off of 4 pills
      the gaymes music, thats that shit i dont like
      always talkin shit but when it come down to it, the nigga wont fight
      if he hears a dope line ill bet all my dope that he gon bite
      gettin his dick sucked by some nappy headed hoe
      prolly came in 2 minutes an said its time to go
      his hair look like the end of a mop
      listened to his song and asked “whens this shit gonna stop”

    27. I’ve listened to 70% of this and I would say its better then the chronic. This gonna go down as a classic maybe best ever. Game is untouchable lyrically and swagger everyone copy his style and flow. He a g and a gent. Dude got it all. I’m might come off as a groupie or a gay but this is all love no homo shit here just stating facts. Game nicest on the mic ill probably buy 10 copies of this cd just because its gonna be a collectors item.

    28. Game got a gift you all know it. I just hope he using that jesus piece as a rosary and praying to get his life and brain together. What happened to this guy??? Its easy the whole world loves you many many years ago when you seemed like a stand up individual and then your fighting to prove your still the guy your not. When you eventually turn into a piece of $hit, guess what its like smoking, its takes years and years to get your normal self back. He needs to wake up, smell the real chronic and stop feeding this BS he knows he is constantly giving us. We fans can read the BS METER. GAME STOP BEING A POSER and be a role model man. DAMN!!! but you guys do have to admit the boy got talent!!!

    29. This guy should still just make an album on his own seeing as tho his best album to date (Doctors Advocate) was all by himself.. not checking for this album until i hear something impressive come from it

      1. Co-sign!! If you’re gonna have a shit load of features maybe have some West Coast artists. I’m a Game fan but this will be the first album that i do not buy from him. Sorry.

    30. fuckin bullshit albuum concept dont trust these mainstream rappers there fucking up the craft

      devil controls the media

      1. every one is ignorint and ignored all the celebrity proof

        hand signs
        movies
        music
        natural disasters

        the reasons psychics get shuned

        aliens have been sighted for hundreds of years and are hiddin

        the illuminati is behind it all

      2. the way eminem talk to devil on relapse

        devil trying to bring eminem back to the media and make rap music but he doesnt want to but has no choice

      3. The illuminati died out in the 1700’s. Actually look into things before claiming its ruining the world… maybe musics just getting a lot worse?

      4. illuminati my ass, and all mainstream artists…? come on thats so weak to say, there are enough major label sigend rappers wich are good ….

      5. call me weak but i feel gangsta rap sublimily disses the listener subliminally

        when listen to music that degrades your self when you can find rap with a positive message

        or do u follow the trend and pretend your thug

    31. now onto a more important issue,im stressed because alot of wrestlers kept trying to pull my tights down an almost exposed the HBP (Heart Break Package)

    32. This guy is delusional for calling his album the chronic of 2012. Judging off is first single this album already has failed to live up to the Chronic.

      1. LOL, reading through the comments, and your’s looks really similar to mine. We must be long-lost twins or something.

    33. so game is gonna produce the whole shit himself and it gon introduce the next top artist in hip-hop and it gon start a new sub-genre in hip-hop?

      didn’t think so

    34. Game feats:

      Rick Ross / why?
      2 Chains / why?
      Lil Wayne / why?
      Chris Brown / why?

      This album gonna sound like a wack mixtape 4 sure
      A few good songs and a lot of SKIP SKIP SKIP material

      Damn, I used to be a big Game fan (now I may sound like a hater)
      But after the bad criticism of LAX (almost a classic IMO) the Game lost it

      1. ikr lax wasnt bad at all !! the red album wasnt bad neither but it was way below games potential. and i thought he was gonna drop the non features no name dropping album as last 1 with jimmy, weird that hes changing his concept in this huge kinda way but at the end game is still a good rapper but he cant make good projects anymore

      2. Why ask why? These are all top shelf artists right now, so naturally any rapper worth anything will have these dudes on his album. There’s nothing shocking about it.

    35. I was a huge Game fan. Have all his albums and a good amount of mixtapes. But if i wanted to hear a compilation album I would go buy a DJ Khaled album. Game needs to go back to Game, not imitating rappers, no more compilations, just The Game that made me a fan.

    36. HAHAHAHAHA THE CHRONIC WAS THE BEST THING IN HIP HOP THIS ALBUMS GOING TO SUCK ASS WHY EVEN SAY THAT AM SURE DR DRE’S OFFENDED BY THAT SHIT FUCK THIS NIGGA!

    37. Game is the biggest flowjacker in the world. im wondering how he sounds this time? And how many names will he drop?

    38. Game is a fucking joke and a liar he said he wont have any features on his next album. The chronic is like a infamous album its up there in the top 5 for west coast hip hop. how the fuck is this going to match that with wack producers and shitty features like 2 chainz lmao game just trying to make money theres no passion left in it just pure money hungry

    39. THIS NIGGA NEEDS TO DROP A 12 SONG ALBUM WITH NO FEATURE….LETS SEE HOW THAT GOES

      OH WAIT, HE WONT EVER DO IT. HE’S ALWAYS ABOUT “WE ARE THE WORLD” ALBUM

      #GKMC….GO COP REAL HIP HOP. KENDRICK’S THE KING OF THE WEST

      1. fuck that, go get Control System by Ab Soul. That shit is way less hyped up than Kendrick’s new album, but its definitely better.

      2. We need an album with him..cube..snoop..kendrick..xzibit..Quick and the dogg pound.. now that would be classic.. would also help if Dre sprinkle a little magic on there…

    40. I was a fan of The Game back when I was younger. The Documentary, Doctor’s Advocate, L.A.X, and even R.E.D were albums I would (and still) bump in my trunk. But since, the guy has become a joke. Seriously 2 Chaiz??? Lil’ Wayne?? two of the biggest pieces of crap in the rap game? he’s probably going broke because IMO he looks like he is just trying to make money…and that is sad…

    41. People need to chill. The Game has not dropped a whack Album and RED was/ is crack.

      This nig does release a TON of mixtapes. I hate when niggas complain about artist releasing commercial albums…thats how they fking eat nig. You wanna hear classic game download his mixtapes. Its the same ish with a nigga like Fab, fab albums be AIGHT, but his mixtapes is CRACK.

      Not only are they crack they are FREE. So stop complaining. YOU HAVE A CHOICE to listen to underground music or commercial music and you are in control NOT THE RADIO.

      Hes saving you money cause you aint buying his albums but the dumb asses who want commercial buy it and HE GETS PAID. Real rappers release free mixtapes for their REAL FANS

    42. OK Game I swear you said after R.E.D. your next album would have NO features. If I hear one name drop on any of the singles, Im NOT coppin your shit. No name dropiing and No features is what you promised. Lets Go.

    43. Why not do features with ppl from your coast? Cube, Nipsey, Quik, Kendrick and so on would be a different sound. We all know what Weezy, Ross, and Drake have to say. Go get Scarface or T.I, we here those same features on all this nigga shit. Its boring homie aint nobody checkin for them recycled shits. Go get Nas, Lupe, and Fab and make the shit worth ten bucks. Ross cool but we already heard it SEVERAL TIMES, Cmon Son. Weezy??? Nah man.

    44. Game pleazzze in the name of God………………….

      DONT INSULT YOUR FANS WITH A 2 CHAIN FT. I done stayed down thru all the apologizing back n forth, name dropping, not releasing your own BWS members, and even gettin KO’d. This is it. If 2 Chainz on your shit, Im done!

    45. Game sucks. How you gonna say you’re on the album? I hope so jackass, it’s your album. Can rappers do an album without 8 feature artists?

    46. This guy is fucking delusional. Classic case of bipolar.

      I consider The Chronic in my top 5, maybe even top 3, of best hip-hop albums. As a whole, every track is classic; it defined the sound of west-coast hip-hop and commercial hip-hop after its release. Plus, it’s the most influential album with regard to my taste in music to this day.

      Just the fact that ‘Celebration’ is on it devoids it of any chance of being comparable at any level to The Chronic, not to mention the album cover is horrid.

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