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LAX
Studio album by The Game
Released August 22, 2008 (2008-08-22)
Recorded 2008
Length 76:28
Label Geffen, Interscope
Producer The Game (exec.), Jimmy Rosemond (exec.), Rodney "Kinji" Harris (exec.), Angelo Sanders (co-exec.), Ervin "EP" Pope, (co-exec.), 1500 or Nothin', Cool & Dre, Dahoud Darien, Hi-Tek, Irv Gotti, Jelly Roll, J. R. Rotem, Kanye West, Knobody, Nottz, DJ Quik, Scott Storch, DJ Toomp, Trackmasters, Tre Beatz
Professional reviews
About.com 2008
Allmusic 2008
Billboard (favorable) 2008
The Boston Globe (mixed) 2008
IGN (8.2/10) 2008
Los Angeles Times 2008
The New York Times (mixed) 2008
Pitchfork Media (6.4/10) 2008
URB 2008
USA Today 2008
The Game chronology
Doctor's Advocate
(2006) LAX
(2008)
Singles from LAX
"Game's Pain"
Released: April 21, 2008
"Dope Boys"
Released: June 24, 2008
"My Life"
Released: July 22, 2008
"Camera Phone"
Released: December 05, 2008
Alternate covers
Alternate cover
Deluxe Edition cover
LAX[1] is the third and final[2][3] studio album by rapper The Game, released on August 22, 2008.
Contents [hide]
1 Background
2 Music
2.1 Production
2.2 Guests
3 Sales
4 Track listing
4.1 Deluxe Edition Bonus CD
5 Chart positions
5.1 Album
6 References
[edit] Background
On December 31, 2007, The Game announced at Nas' New Year's Eve party the title and release date of the album.[4] The album's title was originally "The D.O.C.", but was changed to "LAX". It was reported near mid-March that The Game had been released from jail. His manager later stated that he had not yet been but was expected to be released in time to promote the album.[5] He was released after serving eight days, and went back to work with Cool & Dre.[6] Dre (of Cool & Dre), stated The Game was like 'Pac, and that lyrically, he was "[somewhere] else right now".[6]
The album was pushed back to June 24, which would have had the album in competition with G-Unit's second album,[7] but was later changed to July 8, as Interscope moved both albums. On June 8, it was announced that LAX would be pushed back a week later to July 15, the same release date as Nas' Untitled.[8] LAX had then been pushed back another week to July 22, and finally to August 26.[9]
On May 1, The Game told Power 106 that "Big Dreams" might not be on the album.[10]
The Game appeared on 106 & Park on May 16, where he confirmed LAX may be the last studio album he records, as he intends to promote his record label, Black Wall Street.[citation needed]
However in a later interview, The Game said that he may release a fourth album titled "D.O.C." or "Diary of Compton" but only if he can get the production help of Dr. Dre, MC Ren, King Tee, DJ Yella, Ice Cube and DJ Quik.[11] However, he recently said that "D.O.C." will not be coming out and that LAX is definitely his last album.[2]
On July 28, 2008, The Game told J Hyphen and J. Moore of Sunday Night Sound Sessions that the album was finished and the official release date was August 26. He said the album was going to be 16 tracks long and he would leak the clean version two weeks before the official release.[12] The Game mentioned that he recorded over 220 tracks for the album.[citation needed]
On August 6, 2008 iTunes revealed some information on the album via the iTunes Store. They confirmed the DJ Toomp produced track "House of Pain" would be the fourth single. They had also revealed that the standard edition would have fourteen tracks with one bonus track and the "deluxe edition" would have 18 tracks and one additional bonus track.[citation needed]
On August 10, 2008 The Game told Friday Night Flavas that he would be dropping two mixtapes; "Superman", featuring all original tracks, which didn't appear on the album, in a week and a half and "You Know What It Is Vol. 5" after the album. He also blamed DJ Haze for the leak of the Just Blaze produced track "Superman".[13]
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