The Game is setting the bar high for his forthcoming Drillmatic album, and not just because it derives its name from Nas’ 1994 masterpiece.
Since beginning work on it at start of the year, the Compton rapper has been continually hyping up his next project while locking in with an array of A-list artists including Kanye West, A$AP Rocky, Pusha T, Diddy and Quavo.
However, there’s one name who lies at the heart of the project, a Grammy-winning producer looking to leverage his recent hot streak to help give The Game’s career a new lease of life. That, of course, is Hit-Boy.
According to The Game, Drillmatic will solidify him and Hit-Boy as rap’s next great rapper-producer pairing, on par with legendary tag-teams such as Nas and DJ Premier, JAY-Z and Just Blaze, and DMX and Swizz Beatz.
“Nas & Premo, Swizz & X, Hov & Just Blaze, Game & Hit…….. after this album. #DRILLMATIC,” he declared on Instagram on Saturday (January 29) while sharing photos of him and the HS87 hitmaker hard at work in the studio.
Of course, The Game isn’t the only rapper who can lay claim to forming a formidable duo with Hit-Boy. In the last two years, Nas has released three collaborative projects with the West Coast beat wizard: King’s Disease, King’s Disease II and MAGIC.
2020’s King’s Disease earned the Queensbridge rap legend his first ever Grammy Award when it won Best Rap Album last year, while the sequel, which arrived in August 2021, is nominated in the same category at this year’s Grammy Awards.
The DJ Premier and A$AP Rocky-assisted MAGIC arrived by surprise in December, serving as a precursor to an upcoming third King’s Disease installment from the bicoastal duo.
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The Game isn’t the only one ramping up expectations for Drillmatic. Chicago native G Herbo hailed it as the “hardest album” of 2022 after being treated to an early listen, while Jay Electronica called the album’s first single — the Kanye West-featuring “EAZY” — “one of the greatest records of all time.”
Drillmatic is already shaping up to be The Game’s biggest record in years, with “EAZY” earning him his highest-charting single in almost 15 years. The Eazy-E-sampling track debuted at No. 49 on the Billboard Hot 100 last week, marking the former G-Unit rapper’s best effort since 2008’s “My Life” collaboration with Lil Wayne.
Whether the album delivers on The Game’s bold claim, however, remains to be seen. There’s currently no word on a release date.
Going to be difficult to top Nas+Hit.
The f**k this dude wanna be Nas?
Everybody wanna be Nas cuz he the true GOAT.
5 name drops in that clip, below average for him. He’s lost a clout chasing step
The next “Nas & Premo” is Nas & Hit Boy. Nas is irreplaceable.
looking forward to it i’ve never been disappointed in a Game album
Lame album name, tryna appeal to the new kids on the cock
Game is a d rider though. He’s only doing this cause Nas linked with HB for full albums. Nas and Premo level? It won’t even be Nas and Hitboy level and he got Hitboy making it
Facts my guy! ????
THe undisputed lineal KING of the dickriders. Who’s he gonna try to sound like this time? Nas? Wayne? Jay? Drake? This guy has been in an identity crisis for 20 years. “I AM a gangster! Please believe me, please!!”
He got songs where he sounded like Wiz Khalifa and Tyga too to name a few. A lot of his albums aged horribly because of his flavor of the month features . Was a bad look then and it fucked up his legacy.
For real. That L to King Tekashi marked the end of his career.
Game dk rides so much that every time he steps in the booth even the mic, the booth, and the engineer get pregnant. (And the engineer are dudes by the way so pause)
Keyword..”dickrider”..even jay called him that..
I mean “drill”..matic..lmao
Dude tries too hard to stay relevant. Now he’s going to compare his album to Nas and Hitboy. Are you out your rabbit ass mind bro??? He’s making us Los Angeles dudes look bad. Just make a decent album without all the name dropping. That’s all!!!
gotta do whatever he can to pay back prisilla. this dude is a walkin L.
Tired of theses grown ass men in need of acceptance. Stop sayin start showin . over hyping vibing in the studio just drop the fucking album already geeze
Show me dawg
Game always need to flex who hes working with but, its not the producers or the beats or anything else, its just Game, never says anything new or different in his music. Hes exploited gang culture and beef with other artists to get where he is.. Hes not lyrical so comparisons to Nas or Jay are laughable and hasnt had a hit since a song that was only big because it featured arguably the most popular artist at that time. Hes even named his album what he has to attract a younger audience… Basically Game either has self esteem issues or he really need that money
Lmao…yeah..keyword “drill”…even jay called him a dickrider..cause that’s what he does..lol
“even Jay called him a dickrider”…. Okay so since Jay said it that makes it valid to you? You just name-dropped him. By your logic, Doesn’t that mean that you are dick riding him? making YOU The dickrider in this situation…
He actually is lyrical. But he’s just so goofy and fake that it overshadowed his lyricism. The weird ass publicity stunts turned people off, but actually go back and listen to more recent Game music. Listen to The Documentary 2 and say he’s not lyrical. You can’t do it. Too bad he’s a goofball.
Nas already said him and Hit Boy are the new Gang Starr.
Facts ??
It’s Nas & Premo and Nas & Hit-Boy
Damnnn Nas was never the problem. If he should have got himself some great producers he should now have many hits
Nah, sad to say but The Game fell off, needs to retire. This will be another album about how he has a pool full of stripers and their ass cheeks clapping each other for every song on the album. He needs to get back with Dr.Dre in the studio, or better yet have Eminem product his next album.
Are there any real hip-hop/rappers still out there?
Oddisee, Rapper Big Pooh, eLZhi, Sa-Roc, REKS, Torae, Planet Asia Etc….
RJ Payne Beautiful Payne 3…fire???
And the Game is trippin’, he must be smoking that sherm. Comparing himself to Nas and his producer to Premier, what in the actual fk? Game has his followers/believers/fans but he’s done nothing, absolutely compared to what Nas done, that producer Hot Boy, Hit Boy, whatever his name is could never do what Premier has done for hip-hop. Even if he produced for 50 years.
Man you got it wrong
This comparison just means he admire these duos and just wanna be this generation’s next.
Sorry but na Game album won’t be all that and it won’t be on Nas Hit boy level
He dyin 2 b lyk King Tekashi n Murder Beatz but he don’t wanna admit it.
Game should’ve walked away after The Doc 2/2.5
It’s a shame how because of how he played himself nobody heard those joints. I’ve never been a Game fan. Like a lot of people, he turned me off with the weird antics and fake over the top WWE character he played when he came out. So I ended up listening to The Doc 2 and 2.5 on a whim just giving him a shot. That was the best shit of that year to me. I was blown away at how tight he came. But nobody takes his career seriously now and it’s his own fault.
The one thing you “youngsters fail to realize is that y’all all stealing from where we from and this is coming from a real Compton ni**@ I’m 44 y’all all saying stuff already been said! Ask LL about 1985 and getting knocked out on stage by a Crip I was there and 9 at the time in 44 now so y’all youngsters so watered down these days that why I stay on my son’s heads and teach them the roots!
Its cringe how much people hate in these comment threads…maybe wait till the album comes out atleast??
My best rapper anytime…The Game…. F y’all opinion