If one were to gauge the depth of the zone The Game is currently in as he completes his alleged final album, Born To Rap, one needs to not look any further than his album preview session in Hollywood Thursday night (January 24).
The time-tested, 39-year-old MC was actually working on a potentially album-making record as guests funneled into a modest yet accommodating Chalice Recording Studio.
The last minute session was on par for the course, seeing his upcoming ninth studio album has endured delays (musically and personally), name changes and a meticulous curation process.
Still, the energy and expectations were high as the blunt fog that permeated the air as the likes of Real 92.3’s Big Boy, Dom Kennedy, Eric Bellinger and a host of industry tastemakers, journalists and entourage members patiently waited for the music to start.

The Game’s (Incomplete) Born To Rap Tracklist
Photo: Trent Clark
An appreciative Game went out of his way to thank everyone for their attendance and openly admitted the album — Born To Rap as it’s now known — wasn’t exactly a completed product. There were a handful of songs like the Ed Sheehan-featured intro, a whispy, atmospheric personification of Los Angeles haze; “Pull Up,” a decidedly dedicated gangbanging anthem; and the instantaneous West Coast classic “Gold Daytonas” (assisted by fellow ambassador Dom Kennedy) that Game appeared married to, yet the gathering served as a test for fan reactions.
Despite the euphoria that accompanies sessions of the ilk (getting to stand next to the artist generally alleviates bias in most scenarios), onlookers appeared to be more than pleased with the smattering of songs blaring through the studio’s monitors.
And of course, it wouldn’t be a Game album without a healthy dose of namedropping and controversy. At the top of one untitled record, Game revisits the past when he “dated” a pre-superstardom Kim Kardashian and got extremely graphic with the details.
“I’m a G.O.A.T. nigga/I held Kim Kardashian by her throat nigga/Made her swallow my kids until she choked nigga/I should apologize…because Ye my folks nigga,” he growls on the record. Aside from the salaciousness of the lyrics, it should prove interesting to see how her husband Kanye West reacts to the news, seeing he recently declared social media war on Drake for simply following his wife on Instagram.
Another record speaks on Travis Scott’s headstrong decision to perform at Super Bowl LIII, despite a supposed Hip Hop boycott.
“No Grammy nod for J. Cole/Get you no Cardi at the Super Bowl/Travis Scott had an incredible year/My only hope is he don’t turn his back on his peers,” Game spits.
As the movement Colin Kaepernick spearheaded increasingly gets muddled, it has been older artists such as Game, T.I. and Jermaine Dupri who have been vocal about not caving into the NFL machine.
With a release date tentatively scheduled for March 2019, it’s a surefire bet that Game’s final album will generate plenty of conversation and social media stir.
Not surefire: If Born To Rap is truly his last album.
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From the two tracks that they played in this article this album sounds like its gonna be fire!!!
Real talk Every Alnum Game put out FIRE…..HE A DICK RIDING TROLL BUT HE GB OT A NICE CATOLOG (PAUSE)
39 years old and still a clown.
Let’s see if Ye goes on a Twitter rant about Game lol
Huh yea right…I smell pussy
Nope, because Game isn’t mainstream hot anymore, which will prove the point of the nonsense he’s been up to shouting Drake’s name. This dude isn’t staying quiet while people say he fucked your wife (even though Drake probably fucked her too). He’s flat out telling you he did just like every other black famous dude. Bruh, your wife allegedly fucked Joe Jackson. Kanye ought to be ashamed of himself unless he gets half when they get divorced. Only way he can live that shit down.
Damn. Joe Jackson?
No. That nigga sound dumb af! First of all, Drake damn sure didn’t smack. Drake a undercover phaggot and his two minions Ak and Budden literally came up with that nonsense fanfic outta thin air just to give Drake legs to stand on after Push bodied him. And Kim never fucked Joe Jackson, her first boyfriend was Tito Jackson’s son (Michael Jackson’s nephew) she’s literally always dated rich & famous dudes her entire life because she was always beautiful and well connected enough to bag them.
The Game is so fat a bloated now. He looks like a goat-fucking Muslim.
You 38 and you still rappin? ugh
Shut up…the best rappers are ALL in their 30s/40s. Game is not one of them. But your comment was stupid.
your comment is stupid, it was a line The Game came out with years ago!
I’m only 26 homie it’s always the dubs
Gotta name drop to stay relevant
Then you should do the same ??♂️
You can hear full snippets on his IG live story now, that I AM track is fire, all the beats are hot..clowns in the comment section hate but this dude been consistent for 15 years, meanwhile they’re leaving angry comments while bumping Lil Yachty, pussies
Damn you right…
Game Time bitches!!!
Game has released a ton of bullshit music, but has released some very good stuff too. Documentary is still one hell of an album. Doctor’s Advocate too. The problem is the amount of fillers, bullshit beats or going too far with mimicking the flow/delivery of his guests.
Why does track 5 have an apostrophe?
His gossiping and name dropping, or as we used to call it, dick-riding, has kept his career afloat, but it has done a disservice for him as an MC. He’s got decent lyrics but he’s more interested in being a fake gangster/celebrity than an actual artist. Nobody really sees him as an MC.
Let the haters hate but u can’t argue with greatness…
Game Time!!!
The dude is awesome. I’m gonna still grabbthe album. But damn man he hates hard dude. And slick diss too much. So just sayin.
Sounds like its gonna be clone Jay-Z’s 4:44!!!
CORNY AS HELL! You speaking on ” your guys wife” Regardless of her past this is corny! Guess you need this kind of “tmz drama” to sell records! Im a fan of Games previous works but this is some shit you expect from a newbie…. not an “o.g”
Yep Cosign homie, Game is hella disrespectful for that. It’s actually a slick diss if you ask me. He and 50 are tit for tat in grimyness shit that’s why 50 had to bow in
The infamous 50 vs Game battle
Yeahhh bro Real talk? That is a cowards move he made-because nobody cares about him-Then he trow a wack shot like that?♂️ Drop dead like your carrere GAYME
Nicklas Pedersen – you say nobody cares yet you have left three comments on the same article -seems like you care a little too much.
Every other black dude in the room were like word, you fucked her too dog? Kanye ought to be ashamed of himself unless he can get a half that money when they get divorced.
How do you figure? Those clowns in that room are even less relevant and broker than Game, you think they ever had chance with Kim? Kim dated Game back in 2006, back before anyone could’ve known he was this much of a cornball b*tch n*gga, back when he was the biggest rapper in LA. Just because she dated prominent men doesn’t mean she’s dated every man. Game is like the only rapper she’s been with (unless you consider Nick Cannon) This whole narrative about her being the biggest ho is simply because of the type of dudes she dated rather than how many
A J.Cole feature would be fireeeeee
I am gay.
The Song of the Night The Game ( I Need That Love )
#Lame. You need attention, because nobody listen too your trash ass fake gangbanging. And now you talk about you fucked a marry Mans wife??♂️ Ho and how give a fuck, only cowards speak about other family? And oh yeah, buy the Way 40glooc fucked your babymama while your kids was there!! IDIOT
You have double standards, laughing about what 40 Glocc did yet slating The Game for the same thing.
The game was referring to a long time back, before marriage. The Game also knocked 40 Glocc out while recording it.
We must’ve been watching two different videos because he def didn’t knock 40 out. That whole altercation is overhyped af in Game’s favor.
50 was right, you are a fucking snake!
Wrong
should of said had her swallo, he just copped to r a p e lol
Last album???
What About That game & ed sheeran joint album. Where they talked About in 2014
While the pairing might seem unlikely, Sheeran and The Game have been friendly for several years and in 2014 announced that they had recorded an entire album together, although just one song, 2015’s “Freakshow,” ultimately emerged.
“I’m working on a joint album with Ed Sheeran that we trying to drop probably end of the year, beginning of 2015,” Game told MTV News in April of 2014. The pair initially connected over Twitter. “He tweeted something about [Game’s 2012 album] ‘Jesus Piece,’ I responded, we exchanged numbers on the DM, and then we got in the studio. We were just planning to record one song; we ended up doing like seven,” although Sheeran later said it was 11 songs.
“Ed came up with the idea to start working on a joint album, and we started doing it,” Game said in 2014. “That was like in five hours. We was just going. He was on that guitar. Acoustically, he’s a genius, man, so when he does that, what comes out of me is songs like ‘Dreams’ and ‘Hate It or Love It’ and ‘My Life.’ The songs that we got, they’re real songs. And I can’t wait for people to hear ’em.”
rhymin the dame word with the sane word isnt rapping
Disrespectful and pathetic as fuck, so exactly what you’d expect from The Game. Dudes a fucking clown. Ye is supposed to be his fucking friend.
It’s “and so is the dubs” like the rims on his car
This isnt a move an honorable man would make. Weak and lame.
This man seriously needs to calm down with the name dropping.
GAME STR8 BEASTIN ON THESE NICCAS
Game doing what he did best back in the day. Snitch why he likes running his mouth like a girl is beyond me
I don’t like that Kim line, why even bring it up? Ever since Kanye been envole with her she been in Game’s month ever since.
Game is a simp for that line, but Kanye is a bigger simp for turning a cum dumpster like Kim into his wife. That girl wiped her ass with every club floor in L.A before she was even 21.
There must be more than a dozen of people who had sex with Kim. But those who brag about it aren’t really man
The Game should be ashamed of himself…what trash….I hope Kim and Kanye keep ignoring him. he is not worth the effort.
Kim may have sucked him off but hes still on Kanyes Dick!
The game once again pretending to smoke weed. why does he do that? You can clearly see him bum puffing on the J in the video once again.