The Game Doctor S Advocate 2006
RapReview Of The WeekThe Game::Author:EDITOR'S NOTE: Don't forget to check outour exclusive interview with The Game.' I'm the Doctor's, Advocate, nigga Dre shot yaBrought me back from the deadthat's why they call him the DoctorThe 'Math gon' drop him, and 50 ain't rockin with him no moreIt's okayyyyyy! I get it poppinWhole club rockin like a six-four ImpalaDrink Cris', throw it up, call the shit hydraulicsThen piss in a cup, call the shit HypnotiqI bleed Compton, spit crack and shit chronic'Jayceon Terell Taylor, perhaps more than any rapper to walk on the planetsince the late great Tupac Amaru Shakur, is the epitome of the commonly usedphrase 'Controversy Creates Cash.' In fact Taylor, better known to his fansas The Game, gets involved in so much drama that some people have even suggestedthat it's all just one big marketing ploy.
Sometimes it's obvious that The Gameis just a man who gets in fights a lot because he's arrogant about his skillsand has enough success in the rap world to back up that belief, much like thebeleaguered Terrell Owens of NFL fame. When you walk around like you're the shitsooner or later people take shots at you, and everybody from Joe Budden toYukmouth to Ras Kass has had a chance. Sometimes his intentions are more self-evident,such as releasing sarcastic mixtapes with titles like 'Stop Snitchin, Stop Lyin'to mock former G-Unit labelmate 50 Cent along with his street credibility. Thefeelings of hostility over his very public departure from the crew are genuine, butstirring up the pot with a movement called 'G-Unot' definitely hasn't hurt himin the publicity department.
Whether it's all real or Taylor is just 'working'the public to keep his name in the spotlight, he's certainly gotten his nameinto the mainstream in an almost unprecedented way.Titling this new album 'Doctor's Advocate' seems guaranteed to keep stirring thehip-hop pot even as it threatens to boil over. It's an entirely blatant referenceto producer and label impresario Dr.
Dre, although the reasons why could touch ona dozen different topics. The most obvious would be Dre's ties to his enemy 50,although on the lead single 'It's Okay (One Blood)' quoted above he claims there'sno beef any more with the words 'I ain't got beef with 50/no beef with Jay/What's beefwhen you gettin head in the six-trey?'
Well sure anybody would be happy to getoral from a supermodel in a '63 Impala, but that doesn't change who you're mad at.It could also be that The Game feels Dr. Dre is not loyal to his N.W.A. And Comptonheritage, a lineage The Game tried to directly reference on his debut 'The Document'with the original scrapped title 'Nigga Witta Attitude Volume 1.'
Dre is creditedon a large amount of production for that album including the singles 'Westside Story'and 'How We Do,' but obviously for political reasons it would be hard for Dre toproduce tracks for Game now that he's not under the G-Unit/Aftermath umbrella.Still it seems Game respects Dre as a West coast pioneer despite the wholeG-Unit split, and he does thank Dre in the album's liner notes. It seems likelyin the end that the references throughout and head-scratching title are The Gameagain showing his marketing savvy - he knows how to get people talking.What they should really be talking about though is the lyrics and music of'Doctor's Advocate.'
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Despite the lack of involvement from 'The Doc' this goaround the quality of The Game's beats has not suffered. In fact if anythingproducer Reefa has singlehandedly put his name on the map with the track for'It's Okay (One Blood),' which will go down not only as one of 2006's most memorabletracks but as a certified classic for generations. The pulsating bassline, theechoing Junior Reid samples, the repeating drums like rapid fire machinegunsand subtle melody which blends the breakdowns together are all combined togetherinto an incredibly FIYAH track that's equal parts reggae, West coastgangsta rap and Dirty South. Production jumps off right from the start thoughwith the Ervin 'ER' Pope laced 'Lookin at You,' where The Game sounds eerielylike a clone of Dr.