There was a time when The Game vowed to retire from rap. But the Compton native evidently had a change of heart and has been hard at work on his 10th studio album, Drillmatic.
According to a recent Instagram post, it will be not only his best work but also this year’s most incredible Hip Hop album. The 42-year-old rapper made sure to acknowledge Pusha T’s It’s Almost Dry album as well as Kendrick Lamar’s Mr. Morale & the Big Steppers, while praising projects from Vince Staples, Benny The Butcher, Denzel Curry and Conway The Machine as well.
“I know my album gone be the best album of 2022 cause the energy feels like I just signed my deal,” he wrote in the caption. “You’ve never heard me rap like this, I promise you. So far on the level of great projects this year in my genre, I loved @kingpush’s project & @kendricklamar’s art is always more than appreciated and is still in the process of being broken down this very minute. Both @denzelcurryph & @vincestaples had albums I never knew I needed…. @getbenny & @whoisconway’s solo projects made me feel like REAL RAP will always be supreme.”
Despite Game’s appreciation for Kendrick, Vince Staples, King Push, Conway The Machine, Benny The Butcher and Denzel Curry, he’s confident his project will transcend all of theirs.
“#Drillmatic though…. I can honestly say nothing rap related will be able to stand next to this in 2022,” he continued. “When it drops, I promise you that if you put your ear to it you will then understand why I’m the best rapper alive. My controversy has always stepped on my greatness, but that’s all about to change. This album has a strong hold on being the best album of my career.
“It’s just different… the last time I pulled over & wrote in my car was ‘I don’t need your love’ on The Documentary. Only thing is, back then it was a U-Haul. Today I pulled over the G-Wagon on Labrea because I couldn’t believe how dope the shit in my head was…. I’m parked & I’m not moving until this last song is written & completed. Follow your dreams…. If I could, you can. #Drillmatic is yours in less than 30 days #Numinati.”
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Drillmatic will serve as the follow-up to 2019’s Born 2 Rap, which came with a monster list of features: Dom Kennedy, Ed Sheeran, 21 Savage, Anderson .Paak, Bryson Tiller, Chris Brown, D Smoke, J. Stone, Just Liv, Masego, Marsha Ambrosius, Miguel, Mozzy, Nipsey Hussle, Osbe Chill, Red Café, Sly Pyper, ToBi, Travis Barker and Trey Songz. The project peaked at No. 19 on the Billboard 200 and No. 10 on the Top R&B/Hip Hop Albums chart.
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GAME STR8 BEASTIN ON THESE NICCAS
Naw, you mean only on Twitter.
Pretty sure EVERY rapper that’s ever existed has claimed their newest project ‘was their best’ – id bet anything he said the same thing before each of his last 9 albums smdh
He did lol. And most of them were mid.
Looking forward to it!!
It seems The Phantom Of The West Coast is haunting us once again. Quick somebody call Priscilla Rainey’s attorneys. “We need a Paychecksercism.” It’s the only way to get ride of this Spector.
Game is gonna beef with his shadow next. Say it was throw shade at him. Make a diss song about it ,name-drop some other names, and still nobody will care.
I know one thing, I heard a leaked track of Lupe fiasco’s project that’s about to drop, that shit is Fuego!!!!
Good news, thanks for the sunlight
Did you hear it? Thoughts?
Heard it, yes, right my alley, Lupe is a dangerous spitter, I will have to listen carefully, his lyrics are witty as hell. I already pre-ordered it boss
Game albums been trash since the documentary and are always full of features haha they more like a compilation of artists that are “hot” at the time lol
Change of heart lol
I like the Game. LAX is my favourite, then the RED album, and then the first two. I hope (t)his album will live up to his own expectations. Just trash that song with Ye it was awful. AI with the braids with Weezy was way better.
You tripping. the Ye song was a banger and he has at least 5 albums better than LAX
Looks like someone desperatly needs money and thats not a good reason to make an album, if your last albums were shitty af
Ramblings of a delusional lunatic.
go head and release that sh!t on stem player and you need an eminem diss as a crutch to sell your album, ConYe’s b!tch boi
18 tracks, 26 features, jacking 15 different rappers styles. Can’t wait!
At least we know there will be an Em diss, which when he responds, will sort of make the stripper relevant again, for five minutes or so.
Game shit be a nice at times but if he is sticking with HitBoy this shit will be mediocre at best. HitBoy and Nas are making some noise but Game need some DJ Premier beats.
Drillmatic. Another old loser hopping on the drill bullshit. Someone needs to DRIll a nail into this idiots head, all he does is talk shit, I used to think game was decent but he acts like a 19 year old instead of a 40 something year old. Smh
He learned from the best, 50 Cent
This dude has no originality left? “Drillmatic”? are you kidding? Next album “Spit Was Written”?
“I Was Strippin'”
Hip Hop Is Red
“Life is Hood”
“It Was Bitten”
“Game Is Good”
“Nipsey’s Disciple”
“Jayceon’s Disease”
“Namedropstadamus”
“God’s Stepson”
Gamestradamus
I’m DEAD LMFAOOO
lmao yeah okay
And I promise it will not be.
No one bitches about Dr dress albums being compilations
At least Dre produces them shits.
Even when trying to promote YOUR album, you still can’t help but name drop. You want us to believe your paying homage? Pay homage when you don’t have an album coming out. You ain’t fooling nobody.
I mean really it just is, what it is at this point………He says other peoples names…Ya’ll still on that? And surprisingly that’s the ONLY rap criticism people have ever had for the game…That says alot to be honest…
In what false sheltered reality do you live in where the only criticism of Game is his name dropping lmao? Cmon man, that’s just a stupid claim to make
Yes, we’re still on that. And that’s not the only criticism Game has faced.
All I’m hearing is desperation
I’ve taken the last few game albums off…..I think I’m going to cop this one. I’m due……I STILL play The Documentary, The Doctor’s Advocate, and LAX……
Documentary >>>> Documentary 2 > Dr Advocate > 1992 >>>>>>> LAX. Everything else trash IMO
“I’m a better rapper than Eminem, I have a better qlbum than Kendrick and Push, Dr Dre didn’t help me in my career!” 😀 This effin’ guy 😀
where’s the lie?
Do you think having a debut album featuring 50 Cent, Mary J. Blidge, Eminem, Nate Dogg and Busta Rhymes doesn’t mean Dre helped his career?
The concept for Kendricks Heart Part 5 video really fits Game because he is the Shang Tsung of Hip Hop
Looking forward to this.
It may be a better rap album than Kendrick or Pushas, as Kendrick didn’t really make a rap album. (I wish Kendrick still rapped like 2009-2013). But it won’t be better than Nas – Magic. That’s what a hiphop album should be. Raw beats with great rhymes. Seems most of TDE lost that flow and went into the newschool wave, when sounding like golden age hiphop with a twist was what made us such big fans in the day.
As long as he ease up on the features. It should be solid album
I would prefer no features just Game
Game can’t write a whole album himself, thats why every song he has released the past 12-13 years has a feature
Game really got so inspired from Nas he took his same producer and copied Nas album title. “drillmatic” makes no damn sense for the Game whatsoever.
Ahhh, the west coast R.Kelly needs some more lawsuit money so he is dropping an album
Nah
Damn i can’t wait to hear game sound exactly like he has the last 10 years, bad hooks and the same lyrics all over again!! Its a shame i used to be such a big game fan but its clear that he really fell off after the 50 cent shit, maybe 50 really wrote all those hits for him? Idk..
I respect your opinion but mine is Game rapping makes 50 look like loose change
Born to rap was good, the only 2 in 1 albums I enjoyed this past decade is Documentry 2 and 2.5 and eminem MTOMB… Game is good maybe too gang related to that’s “Culture” right??
I have to give it a listen first because I think Kendrick Lamar has the best hip hop album so far this year ?.
I hope game comes through, but I don’t know been bumping this Kendrick Lamar all week. The game hopefully switch things up, and it not the same old, same old.
YOU 42 AND YOU STILL RAPPING? UGH!