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Post by Grenade on Jul 24, 2008 23:23:56 GMT -5
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Post by I'M ON ONE on Jul 24, 2008 23:26:36 GMT -5
Jul 24 2008 7:56 PM EDT
Game Says He Wasn't Taking A Shot At Eminem In Leaked Track
'The more I looked at it, I realized that people would take it the wrong way,' he says of 'My Life,' which now has updated lyrics.
By Shaheem Reid
No more speculation necessary: The Game says he wasn't taking a shot at Eminem in a recently leaked track.
After a version of the L.A.X. song "My Life" hit the Web on Wednesday night, fans were confused by some lyrics that seemed to be aimed at Slim Shady: "All the pictures of me and Em, I burned them/ So there ain't no proof I walked through 8 Mile/ And so since it ain't no Proof, I'll never walk through 8 Mile."
The Compton rapper explained himself with a statement on Thursday afternoon (July 24). "When I originally wrote the song 'My Life,' I was trying to think back on events that affected my life and how they changed me," Game said. "When I first got signed to Aftermath and G-Unit, I was exposed to so many different people — from Dre to Em to 50 to Proof. I always identified with Proof. We were always cool, and he would reach out to me whenever I was going through something. I remember when Proof died vividly, and now every time I think about going to Detroit, I get depressed. That is what I was trying to say in that verse. And the more I looked at it, I realized that people would take it the wrong way."
Game went on in his statement to say that the references to Em and Proof have been taken out of the song. True to his word, a new version of "My Life" surfaced Thursday with new lyrics: "I ain't no preacher, but here's my Erick Sermon/ So eat this black music and tell me how it taste now/ And f--- Jesse Jackson because it ain't about race now."
"I decided to change it so that this bullsh-- wouldn't happen, and now it's happened anyway," Game continued in his statement. "For the record, this is not the version on my album, this is not the version that radio will get, and this is not the version that I just shot the video to. Furthermore, I apologize to anyone who took this the wrong way as that was never my intention."
Game and Lil Wayne have indeed finished the video for "My Life." Game and Travis Barker also have a video for "Dope Boys" that should be hitting soon. L.A.X. is due August 26.
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Post by Grenade on Jul 28, 2008 8:14:02 GMT -5
This is his new single.
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Post by Grenade on Aug 5, 2008 11:22:47 GMT -5
#74 on iTunes.
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Post by TotallyEnormousExtinctDinosaur on Aug 5, 2008 13:33:38 GMT -5
This is sooooooo hot. Esily The Game's best single.... I think it's going to be huge.
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Post by Be Real on Aug 5, 2008 17:46:51 GMT -5
There are way too many Wayne collaborations out now. This is pretty good but his music is so depressing. All his songs are about pain and sorrow.
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Post by Grenade on Aug 5, 2008 20:35:13 GMT -5
#17 on iTunes.  |
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Post by TotallyEnormousExtinctDinosaur on Aug 5, 2008 21:34:18 GMT -5
50 Cent is gonna be mad! The Game is going to be more relevant than him by a long way after this.
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Post by Grenade on Aug 6, 2008 9:51:18 GMT -5
#10 on iTunes.
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Post by Franck on Aug 6, 2008 14:32:30 GMT -5
Lil Wayne singing annoys me but it actually works for this song, I like it a lot. 50 Cent is gonna be mad! The Game is going to be more relevant than him by a long way after this. ha ha true!  |
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Post by Grenade on Aug 6, 2008 20:26:28 GMT -5
#5 on iTunes.
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Post by I'M ON ONE on Aug 6, 2008 22:04:33 GMT -5
Damn...Lil' Wayne is on fire with iTunes, and well, everything else.
This song is ok...I mean it's good, but....I dont really LOVE these type of songs from rappers.
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Post by Keeps gettin Better on Aug 7, 2008 2:14:58 GMT -5
WTF how is this so high on iTunes...........i know lil wayne is on the track but still.......... |
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Post by backintime on Aug 7, 2008 5:50:05 GMT -5
#4 on iTunes
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Post by backintime on Aug 8, 2008 17:36:14 GMT -5
The video is set to premiere next week.
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Post by I'M ON ONE on Aug 13, 2008 17:28:22 GMT -5
Debuts at #21 on the Hot 100.
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Post by backintime on Aug 31, 2008 7:29:02 GMT -5
Link added.
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Post by I'M ON ONE on Sept 4, 2008 23:14:48 GMT -5
Up 32-26 on the Hot 100 this week.
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