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Not really, because Game was never respected to begin with...
"Game put me on a 52 date tour back in 09...I was fresh out the county...Kendrick and J.rock was there too" - Nipsey Hussle
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It’s funny seeing Drake fans try to rewrite history about the C Tour. It wasn’t a Game concert. Kendrick Lamar and Jay Rock were there as performers. Nipsey Hussle was the only one who appeared as a featured artist during Game’s actual set 
Thats exactly what it was. I even attended, it was more of a festival than a concert lol. Jay Rock and Kendrick Lamar were both brought in through Tech N9ne and Strange Music.
Nipsey Hussle was the only one who came out as a guest artist during Game’s show, that’s an important distinction Spliz and his friends conveniently ignore. What Nip is saying is that Game brought him on stage at the same show where Jay Rock and Kendrick Lamar were also performing. Spliz getting exposed left and right when it comes to Game, Kendrick and Drake
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When I think about it, its crazy all the things Kendrick did to help and support Game...
Appeared on several songs for his albums...ghostwrote a bunch of songs, helped him prod. exec his albums, helped frame Game as part of the Black Hippy movement, made Game seem more connected to the new generation rather than isolated as an older rapper, never discredited or clowned him (even when Game was involved in frequent rap beefs), treated Game as a legitimate West Coast elder rather than a liability,...all that despite Game being a talentless corny ass nikka being the laughing stock of the LA scene.
Appeared on several songs for his albums...ghostwrote a bunch of songs, helped him prod. exec his albums, helped frame Game as part of the Black Hippy movement, made Game seem more connected to the new generation rather than isolated as an older rapper, never discredited or clowned him (even when Game was involved in frequent rap beefs), treated Game as a legitimate West Coast elder rather than a liability,...all that despite Game being a talentless corny ass nikka being the laughing stock of the LA scene.
RennisDeynolds
I am untethered and my rage knows no bounds!
Expand on this. I know Jay Rock had the deal with Strange Music and they had him touring even jointly put out the album Follow Me Home.
I also remember Nipsey was having that war of words publicly saying "fukk Dr Dre bc he not putting on anybody from the new west and they dont need him anyway"
verhonggen
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Tech N9ne is the one that deserves all the credits, thats true
"“Man, after years of putting in work, I started doing shows, setting up shows in L.A. Came on this side, started setting up shows. It just finally caught the attention,” he said. “I was with Top Dawg Entertainment, independent company, for years. Just the grind and putting out tapes, he saw one of my YouTube videos, ‘Ignorance is Bliss.’ I was on the road with Tech N9ne at the time, with Jay Rock. He called the phone, called my engineer’s phone, said he was looking for us. We thought it was fake and whatnot.”"
Kendrick Lamar Talks About His Beginnings With Tech N9ne and Jay Rock [Interview]
In a recent interview with HipHopDX, Kendrick Lamar revealed how his tour with Tech N9ne would eventually lead to the signing with Dr. Dre’s Aftermath record label.
www.strangemusicinc.com
Tech tried to stay very humble, acting like Dre discovered Kendrick while he was performing with Rock during a Strange Music show, but Kendrick later said Tech N9ne was actually very proactive and was sending his music to Dre. Thats how he noticed the IGNORANCE IS BLISS vid.
Everybody was trying to sign Kendrick, but Tech understood he was destined for a big name like Dre.
Tech N9ne is the one that deserves all the credits, thats true
"“Man, after years of putting in work, I started doing shows, setting up shows in L.A. Came on this side, started setting up shows. It just finally caught the attention,” he said. “I was with Top Dawg Entertainment, independent company, for years. Just the grind and putting out tapes, he saw one of my YouTube videos, ‘Ignorance is Bliss.’ I was on the road with Tech N9ne at the time, with Jay Rock. He called the phone, called my engineer’s phone, said he was looking for us. We thought it was fake and whatnot.”"
Kendrick Lamar Talks About His Beginnings With Tech N9ne and Jay Rock [Interview]
In a recent interview with HipHopDX, Kendrick Lamar revealed how his tour with Tech N9ne would eventually lead to the signing with Dr. Dre’s Aftermath record label.
Tech tried to stay very humble, acting like Dre discovered Kendrick while he was performing with Rock during a Strange Music show, but Kendrick later said Tech N9ne was actually very proactive and was sending his music to Dre. Thats how he noticed the IGNORANCE IS BLISS vid.
Everybody was trying to sign Kendrick, but Tech understood he was destined for a big name like Dre.
Exactly. And everyone else tried to ride the wave of Dr. Dre’s next big star either to keep their own name relevant or to ensure they would be part of the Kendrick phenomenon if he blew up
Tech N9ne played the biggest role in Kendrick’s discovery and never really bragged about it...he even tried to get him signed to a big label instead of making him one of his artists...and you can tell Kendrick respects him cuz he literally gave him a feature for free...something he never did for non-TDE artists
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Game had a Dr. Dre and 50 Cent co-sign, he had white boys who listen to Eminem check his music too because of Dre and 50 affiliation. All he had to do was stay professional and keep making those gangsta tracks that casuals and kids from suburb areas love so much and he would be very rich by now.
Instead he's been doing weird shyt for almost two decades now. Nobody cares about what if scenarios if he signed one or another artist.
When you are a sellout, don't burn bridges and stay professional. Underground ain't welcoming you and real Hip-Hop heads can see you're full of shyt.
Instead he's been doing weird shyt for almost two decades now. Nobody cares about what if scenarios if he signed one or another artist.
When you are a sellout, don't burn bridges and stay professional. Underground ain't welcoming you and real Hip-Hop heads can see you're full of shyt.
The way it was explained by both Tech and Dot was that Tech took both on tour in 2010, Tech had a feeling Dot would be a superstar and wanted to sign him but felt like his label wasn't big enough to give Dot a proper mainstream push so he sent Dre some of his music and introduced them.
RennisDeynolds
I am untethered and my rage knows no bounds!
Exactly. And everyone else tried to ride the wave of Dr. Dre’s next big star either to keep their own name relevant or to ensure they would be part of the Kendrick phenomenon if he blew up
Tech N9ne played the biggest role in Kendrick’s discovery and never really bragged about it...and Kendrick literally gave him a feature for free...something he never did for non-TDE artists
Tech and Strange Music has had a lot of quiet success. I watched a facility tour of his on YouTube recently and he had plaques with a bunch of artists
He had some shyt with Jellyroll from back in the day. Even one of his new bigger hits they had a hand in somehow
BK The Great
Veteran
Game was a major fixture in the west even in 2008 onward, Nipsey said it out his own mouth that’s what got him noticed. I think
These kids who only listen to Kendrick only think he was the one who put the west on the map when they had nobody.
These kids who only listen to Kendrick only think he was the one who put the west on the map when they had nobody.
AlbertPullhoez
The Takeover
Can we send these Kendrick nut huggers to Dap City?
bourgeoisie tall freak
Superstar
What fake rap stans don't get is that it's all support. To even take someone out on the road to soak up the experience, or invite them sidestage at a show.....mfers could just been in the hood doing nothing or worse got shot.
Stans sound like birds that only appreciate fine dining on a date type ish
That’s how the culture is. Hell, society as a whole. Troll culture. dikkride culture. Unless you hot right this second, people don’t believe you could have ever had any motion
In this case it’s downright criminal bc Game was the ONLY rapper from the west coast anyone outside of the west coast gave af about
And ironically that ties into Jim Jones another rapper people mock meanwhile Jim featured Game for his first major look.