The Game told HipHopDX he was coming out of rap retirement in March 2021 and now, he’s finally announced the release date. On Sunday (May 29), the “Hate It Or Love It” rapper announced Drillmatic – Mind Vs. Heart is arriving on June 17 with executive production from Hit-Boy.
“DRILLMATIC – Mind vs. Heart,” he wrote in a since-deleted post. “June 17th 2022. Executive Produced by: @hitboy.”
During The Game’s conversation with DX, he lamented the lack of substance in the majority of commercialized rap but was optimistic things were going to change, especially with his return.
“It fucking sucks there’s no real substance in music anymore, but we have to go through it until it’s fruitful again,” he said at the time. “Logic is working with Madlib. And of course, Kendrick and Cole, and then I’m coming back again. Shit’s coming.
“Kendrick and J. Cole can only sit quiet for so long, so you’ll get some good shit. And again, I like the fucking Polo Gs, the Pooh Shiestys, and of course Lil Baby, I love it. I’m in my car, I throw on Lil Baby, but everybody’s not Lil Baby. So again, we got to pick and choose what has substance.”
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The 42-year-old MC has seen a resurgence of sorts in recent months, which included his “Eazy” collaboration with Kanye West. His confidence level is also sky high, and he’s ignited plenty of spirited debates over the last several weeks after declaring he’s a better rapper than Eminem. He initially made the claim in March while speaking to Drink Champs co-hosts N.O.R.E. and DJ EFN and has continued pushing for a Verzuz with Slim Shady ever since.
Most recently, he told SHOWTIME Basketball, “When have you ever heard Eminem in a club? When have you ever heard it in the locker room? And I’m not taking away from that, I don’t hear Eminem in the streets. I just don’t. It’s not saying he can’t rap. The skillset is there. I’m just the better rapper. I just haven’t been given the light he’s been giving.” Watch the clip below.
GAME STR8 BEASTIN ON THESE NICCAS!
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Vince Staples and Tyler, The Creator are doing way better than Game is and that’s sad.
yea but not with music but with namedroppings ahahah
Games latest material is still consistently good while Eminem is trash now. He might have a point that he’s a better rapper just wasn’t on aftermath his whole career and not the same exposure. This is coming from a huge Eminem fan but his last 4-5 albums I listened to once and never listened again. I’ve been bumping Born 2 Rap since the day it was released. Just saying. It’s all opinion. Pumped for Drillmatic.
It’s weird. It sounds like such a wild statement. But when I think about it, if I could only listen to one of them moving forward it’s probably Game. Em music sucks. Games legacy has been hurt by his emotions and big mouth.
jorge dude – born 2 rap is his weakest album so far, i only bump 3 – 4 songs from that ish. and dude c’mon Em still making hella albums yo, the fukk u sayin..
Seriously? That just shows how bad you are on Eminem’s nut sac if you think his latest shit is good and born 2 rap weakest album? You just saying that it’s his weakest album is just making my statement more credible. Lay off the crack.
Game should just come out with a diss track for Em already. I feel like that’s the only way Em will respond. Em still has it, both his MTBMB albums were really good. And Game is a beast himself so it’ll badass if they went head to head to see who wins.
Slim Shady isn’t thinking about game lol he’d hurt him more by just not responding
It’ll be a compilation album just like the last one was. He seems to not be able t make an album by himself anymore that doesn’t like garbage. He hasn’t had a good album where he did most the rapping and the album was actually good since Jesus Piece.
Bet he won’t sell more than 10,000 first week. He’s about as annoying as 6ix9ine now.
Who gives a fuck about sales? You only listen to what’s popular because you don’t have a mind of your own and only listen to what everyone else listens to.
The game is still ???????? he’ll go head to head with the whiteboy anyday of the week. Facts stop playin……
Yeah, MGK or Jack Harlow maybe.
yeah if u like 12 or sumn
i meant to reply to this foo -> you’re half right lol not baldhead with whom i agree
The hate is clearly coming from 50 and Em stans. Forget about Games antics for a minute, you can’t deny the man is a lyrically gifted rapper and if the production is Hit-Boy you know it’s finna have some bangers on there. I also believe Game is more than capable of giving Em a run for his money
Shyne was a gifted rapper too and we saw what happened to him. Constantly beefing just to be beefing gets old quick. Even Em lost the majority of his fan base cuz of the recent one especially since he’s 50 years old. He’s Too old for this shit seriously, Game should be too, he’s 42 and he’s acting like a spoiled brat that’s mad that he can’t get his way so he’s throwing a temper tantrum and throwing toys at whoever he can to get a reaction in order to get what he wants. I wish he would just stop the drama and focus on the bars, not the publicity.
Game is right. No respected hiphopclub plays eminem’s trash. They prefer drake these days
That’s cuz half the population is gay
Game sucks
Gotta pay those lawsuits
Should’ve changed his name to, “NameDropaveli” and his album title to : “Game Is Gay Theory: Clothes Strippemalotti” since he likes biting everyone else’s style so much.
Eagerly anticipating this.
Said nobody ever
That’s what I’m talking aboot, buddy.
It’s all opinions and preferences. If I go to the club I don’t want to hear em. But if I want to hear rap and lyrics and wordplay, I’ll listen to em. Game is nice too especially when he’s rapping nonstop like 100, 120, 240, and 300 bars, but I rather listen to em if I had first choice
only 20 comments when you dont mention em. you mention em brrrraaaattt 70 plus
game paying 1k to that lawsuit with his album sales.
Game needs to stop with this fake Em beef. Nobody cares. We know its fake cos you said you love him before you clown lol.
But Game always has to have some beef to push his sales. Which says it all really.
People only cared about Eazy for the Kanye dissing Pete verse.
True
Got a feeling this album will send him back into retirement, dude was finished long ago.
Eminem never made music for the clubs you thong life sandwich fix your fvkin lisp
Free Thugga and Gunna slatt
Silence, h0m0. They’re finally where they belong, surrounded by men.
My nga… ain’t noone checkin 4 u… ain’t nobody fina buy that shit… U the past brah…
Lmaooo, now game is name dropping NWA in his album covers. Can the dude ever do anything without name dropping NWA?
Nope
kid looking like he smelled a fart in that pic
Okay, let me give Game some help
Uh, here, “Drillmatic, Drillmatic!”
Now your album shouldn’t have so much trouble to sell
Aw, fuck it, I’ll even buy a couple myself
???????nice!!????
I meant nice as in very true (and the laughing and clapping emojis turned into question)
I bump Eminem in the streets clubs and gyms. Game a stripper.
See this is why rappers like the game are small minded. Oh they don’t play his stuff in the streets and clubs. (Even though they do even debaby bumps em) no they actually bump em shot at the superbowl, Around world, movies, other artists do his songs on their stages. Whose bumping the Game in this day and age? If they are it was because he was a feature and no one knew.
According to RIAA, Eminem has sold 220 Million records worldwide including 154 million certified albums and singles in the United States alone.
Next closest rapper is Drake. Drake has sold 170 million records sold worldwide. But note: much of Drake’s “record sales” are actually unit equivalents of streaming numbers. In other words, the RIAA counting a certain number of streams as record “sales.”
Jay-Z is third among rappers with over 50 million albums and 75 million singles sold worldwide.
Fourth is Tupac who has sold over 75 million records worldwide…
Fifth is Kanye West. RIAA says he’s sold 100 million digital downloads and 21 million albums worldwide.
Fact is, like it or not Eminem is the biggest selling rapper of all-time, If you combined Drake and Kanye’s sales they wouldn’t tie Em’s.
The game is not even at all a thought about when u think about ur top ten! He made his career off the backs of everyone else. All he did was reference people that really put it down and are legends and most that past on. Bar for bar he has NONE! Had the nerve to say he could of stopped Pac from getting killed. The only one who on drink champs ever that I seen that couldn’t hold his liquor…and started running his mouth and more so because he has his cheerleader. Blind furry could beat game bar for bar and wouldn’t even have to go a whole round. So hard but had a butterfly tattoo on his eye and was yelling G-unit. PAC IS WESTCOAST. ICE CUBE IS WC!! DJ QUICK IS WESTCOAST…game is just mad because he will never be in the history books or played even a month from now..shit he ain’t even on any station now✌. Opinions and facts from a Real LA South Centroller
Drillmatic going to top anything Em ever done in his career. Game stay on point.
I LOL…just like Born 2 crap was? fvck outta here. Game been wack for the last 15 years.