The Game recently stopped by the HipHopDX offices in Hollywood for a nearly hour-long conversation about his 15-year career in Hip Hop. The Compton-bred rapper talked about waking up from a coma, listening to classic Hip Hop albums to help find his own style and why his debut album was changed from N.W.A. Volume 1 to The Documentary.
“I said I wanted to film a documentary for the album… and Jimmy Iovine and Dre, they weren’t really in tune with shooting a documentary,” he said. “Nobody was doing that shit. But I kept asking about ‘the documentary.’ And I asked about that shit so many times, they just thought I was talking about the album.”
Eventually the album name transformed into the title that we received.
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“So they just started calling it The Documentary,” he said. “When are you going to finish The Documentary? Fuck it, I guess everybody wants it to be called The Documentary.”
Although he seemed happy with the title change, he added, “If it was called N.W.A Volume 1, I think it would have even been more classic than The Documentary.”
Game also talked about how he almost signed with Diddy prior to officially inking a deal with Dr. Dre.
“It was Diddy’s idea that I go make sure that Dre hear it (his mixtape)” he said.
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Over the course of the interview, Game also told stories about his career that involves everyone from Xzibit to Michael Jackson.
Watch DX’s full interview with The Game above.
