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RECEPTION[edit]

A paragrah on the album's reception? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Tanv91 (talk • contribs) 15:06, 31 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Track List[edit]

1. Intro
2. Bounce! Produced by Swizz Beatz
3. The Sound Collector (featuring Quan) Produced by 9th Wonder
4. Street Rydaz (featuring Nas & Akon) Produced by Cool & Dre
5. Los Angeles Times Produced by Scott Storch
6. Blood Brothers (featuring Lil' Wayne) Produced by NJD
7. The Terrordome Produced by Just Blaze
8. Wanna Get High (featuring Snoop Dogg & Busta Rhymes) Produced by Hi-Tek
9. You Owe Me (featuring Alicia Keys) Produced by Quincy Jones
10. Big Dreams Produced by Cool & Dre
11. Cruisin' (featuring D'Angelo) Produced by Scott Storch
12. House Of Pain Produced by KanYe West
13. Any Means Necessary Produced by J.R. Rotem
14. People (featuring Mary J. Blige) Produced by Cool & Dre
15. Lights Out! Produced by Just Blaze
16. 911 Is A Joke (Cop Killa) Feat. Clyde Carson & CMC Produced by: 1500 17. Game's Pain Feat. Keyshia Cole Produced by: Knobody 18. Good Old Days Produced by: FOC 19. Make the World Go 'Round Produced by: Cool & Dre 20. Red Magic Feat. Lil' Wayne Produced by: Cool & Dre 21. Outro (Game Over)

Bonus Tracks:
22. Hustlers Dream (featuring Anthony Hamilton) Produced by Dre & Vidal
23. Gangsta Music (featuring Juice, Clyde Carson, Ya Boy & Jay Rock) Produced by NJD
—Preceding unsigned comment added by Mista56cent (talk • contribs) 18:15, 22 March 2008 (UTC) OFFICIAL TRACKLIST AS CONFIRMED BY GEFFEN A&R[reply]
THE GAME- L.A.X.

1) Rebirth (prod by Tre Beats)
2) Steady Bangin' (prod by Ervin Pope)
3) Red Magic feat Lil' Wayne (prod by Cool & Dre)
4) That Formula feat Robin Thicke (prod by Just Blaze)
5) Don't Stop feat Common (prod by Kanye West)
6) Game's Pain feat Keyshia Cole (prod by Knobody) 7) Whatcha Gonna Do (prod by Timbaland)
8) Upside Down feat Chris Brown (prod by Scott Storch)
9) Worldwide feat Ludacris & Busta Rhymes (prod by Swizz Beatz)
10) Cruisin' (prod by Scott Storch)
11) My Block feat Nas (prod by Cool & Dre)
12) Los Angeles Times (L.A.X.) (prod by Jonathan J.R. Rotem)
13) Stay True feat Marsha Ambrosious (prod by Hi-Tek)
14) Sunrise to Sunset (prod by Nottz)
15) Hell's Angels feat Ice Cube (prod by Tre Beats)
16) Blast For Me (prod by Jellyroll)
17) Make the World Go 'Round feat Ne-yo (prod by Cool & Dre)
18) 'Til the Death feat Raekwon (prod by DJ Khalil)
19) Salute (prod by Cool & Dre)
—Preceding unsigned comment added by Thug4ever1 (talk • contribs) 05:02, 23 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]

ITS NOW ON JULY 8TH 2008 CONFIRMED BY INTERSCOPE. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Micahkanchan (talk • contribs) 00:57, 24 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

This is 50% fictional, only half the songs on here are realistically going to end up on the L.A.X. that will come out on 6-24-08. Blood Brothers was on a mix tape, scratch that off that track list right away. Street Ryders would be there and would be dope, also the "You Owe Me" track feat. Alicia Keys and produced by Quincy Jones is something that sounds historical. Game could change hip-hop/west-coast/gangsta rap for the better with this one. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Armen323 (talk • contribs) 05:25, 24 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]

You know thats probably Quincy Jones III right? Not Quincy Jones the legendary producer who worked with Michael Jackson. So it wouldn't be historical. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Siwhat (talk • contribs) 19:57, 4 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

a Leaked Track called Nigga Wit A Attitude and it was labeld as L.A.X. track, please needs confirmation Silver mask cube (talk) 11:57, 17 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Dr. Dre Confirmed?[edit]

I know the source says he is confirmed, but since neither he nor Aftermath have confirmed it, should it say he's confirmed? Or possibly have it say something like "Game has expressed interest in Dr. Dre, but no word has come back"? Just a thought. (I'm probably wrong.) --J p G r B 01:29, 8 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

The wording's fine. Game's only claiming Dre will produce (with no word from Aftermath yet). It's doubtful whether it's true because he said the same thing for his last album. Spellcast (talk) 11:19, 8 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

the articcle needs to be changed apparently is being called the d.o.c. the diary of compton again: [1] —Preceding unsigned comment added by Tanv91 (talk • contribs) 11:09, 10 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

in an allhiphop.com article posted on april 17th it says that dr.dre has not worked with the Game on the album...so its doubtful that he will be on the album. Scoffer3 (talk) 01:31, 19 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

If you listen to the interview between Game and Funk Flex on Hot 97 (its on hip hop dx audio section), Game gives the impression that Dr. Dre will not be on LAX. Or maybe its a surprise. I don't know ...i doubt it though Duder999 (talk) 21:39, 21 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]

D.O.C.[edit]

Just adding correct link to info on bws Europe.[2]--Rebel Without a Pause (talk) 04:01, 11 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

lol I didn't know there was such thing as a "reliable rumor". It's probably best to wait til it's properly confirmed. Spellcast (talk) 15:16, 11 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

if anyone watched the wednesday january 23 episode of Rap City on BET, Q45 said that the Games new album is called "The D.O.C." which is short for The Diary Of Compton. Darkneonflame (talk) 00:21, 25 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Nu Jerzy Devil has confirmed in 2 interviews that it will be called L.A.X. —Bruce Wayne of the Rap Game (talk) 20:56, 25 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

What does L.A.X. stand for??? Duder999 (talk) 19:48, 6 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

It's an airport. —Bruce Wayne of the Rap Game (talk) 00:05, 7 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

It means Los Angeles Exit

It means Los Angeles Times (L.A.X) —Preceding unsigned comment added by Armen323 (talk • contribs) 19:29, 19 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Big Dreams[edit]

Cool & Dre announced on their myspace that they are debuting The Games first single at 12 A.M. on March 15th. I think that a page should be created for Big Dreams since it's the first single from the album. Thanks. volumesoxxs 04:21, 15 March 2008 (UTC)

Actually you should remove it because it's not a single...it's actually a street record/from a mixtape believe it or not. I think it's the best rap song of 08 so far and it's only on a mixtape. Game said "Upon my release I went directly to the studio with producers Cool & Dre and recorded several records including my street record 'Big Dreams.' Thank you to all my fans as well for the support." However from all the hype on this record it just might end up on the album. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Armen323 (talk • contribs) 22:35, 15 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Actually it is a single go to http://hiphopdx.com. They've officially confirmed as per game has too. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 76.67.72.55 (talk) 19:06, 17 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Yup it's official Game stated on his myspace, it's the first single from L.A.X. Probably should get a page on this song. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Armen323 (talk • contribs) 01:35, 18 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I'm starting to think that Big Dreams is not a single off LAX... I havent seen anything about it really. Duder999 (talk) 16:03, 3 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Lyrics.[edit]

In the interview stating the two new songs produced by Cool & Dre, it shows some of Game's lyrics. And I know like with the Curtis album, they were added later, but I wasn't sure if we could add them now? --J p G r B 03:21, 20 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Release date.[edit]

Release DAte

GAME Confirmed the albums release date. It is June 24 2008 —Preceding unsigned comment added by Micahkanchan (talk • contribs) 00:37, 21 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Where's the source? --J p G r B 01:02, 21 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]

http://www.hiphopdx.com/index/news/id.6596/title.the-games-l-a-x-releasing-on-june-24th This will not be pushed back like the Dr.'s Advocate went from June to November because he already took out the street single. Expect it to be out and ready on June, 24...I predict 750,000 first week sales. Over all maybe 5 mil worldwide like the Documentary. If the album was released in 1998, this would sell 10 mil but with all the hacking and leaking album sales have suffered. I predict this to be the best selling hip=hop album of 08...over 50's album, Nas' album and even the Detox. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Armen323 (talk • contribs) 18:42, 21 March 2008 (UTC) TO JpGrB|J: i OBVIOUDLY MEANT HIS MYSPACE DUMBASS —Preceding unsigned comment added by Micahkanchan (talk • contribs) 00:13, 22 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Image.[edit]

Is this the confirmed image? To me, it looks fake. --J p G r B 15:55, 3 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Ya whoever put that image up should have a refence for it or it will be removed. Duder999 (talk) 16:02, 3 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Krayzie Bone & Ne-Yo Song[edit]

The Game DID record a song with Krayzie Bone & Ne-Yo for this album. Most likely "Good Old Days" cause Ne-Yo is rumored to be on that track. The source is www.btnhboard.com —Preceding unsigned comment added by 151.197.53.224 (talk) 01:06, 25 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Singles[edit]

So i've looked around a little bit and its pretty obvious Big Dreams is not a single off of LAX. But can someone find out if the single with keisha cole is called "Pain" or "Game's Pain" —Preceding unsigned comment added by Duder999 (talk • contribs) 16:29, 3 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Well, according to "DuBCNN", it's called "Pain", as that's where I downloaded it from. Yet in the picture given, it says "Game's Pain", and, if I'm not mistaken, I was told that it's the official CD release. I would go with the CD release, but I'm not 100% sure. --J p G r B 17:06, 3 May 2008 (UTC)And 911 Is A Joke (Cop Killa) is already released.[reply]

Cover[edit]

That cover that is up right now is fake. It won't be the offical L.A.X. cover. SE KinG (talk) 21:07, 15 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]

You're right and you're wrong. the background & tittle card that you see is real but the photo of game is false, it came from xxl magizine. more than likely it will be him and his son sitting on tires like his previous covers. the record label is keeping it secret —Preceding unsigned comment added by 84.254.189.64 (talk) 08:20, 20 May 2008 (UTC) When Game released his second album he said the covers would progress, at first he had 1 gold dayton and tire, then the 2nd had all four in platinum. he said the last album-since his work would be complete-he would have the full car. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 85.18.136.104 (talk) 12:21, 26 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]

OFFICIAL TRACKLIST AS CONFIRMED BY GEFFEN A&RTHE GAME- L.A.X.

1) Rebirth (prod by Tre Beats) 2) Steady Bangin' (prod by Ervin Pope) 3) Red Magic feat Lil' Wayne (prod by Cool & Dre) 4) That Formula feat Robin Thicke (prod by Just Blaze) 5) Don't Stop feat Common (prod by Kanye West) 6) Game's Pain feat Keyshia Cole (prod by Knobody) 7) Whatcha Gonna Do (prod by Timbaland) 8) Upside Down feat Chris Brown (prod by Scott Storch) 9) Worldwide feat Ludacris & Busta Rhymes (prod by Swizz Beatz) 10) Cruisin' (prod by Scott Storch) 11) My Block feat Nas (prod by Cool & Dre) 12) Los Angeles Times (L.A.X.) (prod by Jonathan J.R. Rotem) 13) Stay True feat Marsha Ambrosious (prod by Hi-Tek) 14) Sunrise to Sunset (prod by Nottz) 15) Hell's Angels feat Ice Cube (prod by Tre Beats) 16) Blast For Me (prod by Jellyroll) 17) Make the World Go 'Round feat Ne-yo (prod by Cool & Dre) 18) 'Til the Death feat Raekwon (prod by DJ Khalil) 19) Salute (prod by Cool & Dre) —Preceding unsigned comment added by Thug4ever1 (talk • contribs) 04:58, 23 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]

--I doubt this is the real tracklist....What is your source? Duder999 (talk) 15:37, 1 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Real cover in the bottom left corner http://i29.tinypic.com/sgu0wo.jpg —Preceding unsigned comment added by 74.237.203.79 (talk) 22:04, 10 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I agree with this Ferrumoff (talk) 22:46, 11 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Ain't final[edit]

So someone who is good at writing, please add some words to the first paragrapgh stating that L.A.X. was supposed to be The Game's final album, but later The Game changed his plans. Source: HipHopDX.com Daniil Maslyuk (talk) 09:13, 14 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I've already updated the artist page. SE KinG (talk) 17:29, 14 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Shouldn't this article's first sentence be updated as well? Daniil Maslyuk (talk) 07:20, 15 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Done. SE KinG (talk) 19:21, 15 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Track-List Cleanup?[edit]

Tracklist just looks too chunky in a table, why don't we just list it and drop the table as none of the tracks are actually confirmed. When the album actually does come out it would be best to put it in a table but for some reason the table being used right now just looks kinda f*cked up since there is no track no (obviously) or length (obviously), but anyway what do u think ppl??

all these tracks have been confirmed and it should stay this way until we have an official track listing (Ba11innnn (talk) 02:00, 17 June 2008 (UTC)).[reply]

We need to link all the same sources so there isn't 100 of the same source in the reflist. SE KinG (talk) 04:25, 17 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Agreed. Do u want to do that? (Ba11innnn (talk) 05:07, 17 June 2008 (UTC)).[reply]

~~Umm I guess so, got nothing better to do.~~ Done. SE KinG (talk) 05:10, 17 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

great job SE KinG. thanks man. Some people are saying that we should change the format of it but obviously there are more tracks than this. The Game says he is going to fill up his CD fully. So expect to see 20-23. We do not have the names of the Timbo track, Tre Beats tracks, Polow da Don track, Swizz Beatz, Just blaze. Also Chris Brown, Snoop Dogg, Nas, Fabolous, Robin Thicke. [ (Ba11innnn (talk) 05:20, 17 June 2008 (UTC)).[reply]

Well Nas is on "Street Ryders" so wouldn't that name the Nas track? SE KinG (talk) 05:51, 17 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Oh yeah my bad.(Ba11innnn (talk) 16:11, 17 June 2008 (UTC)).[reply]

I have a feeling Street Ryders is not going to be on L.A.X. Here is why...Nas is going to be featured on Letter to the King. Akon has not been confirmed. The Game said there is going to be 5 Cool & Dre productions. We are still missing many confirmed guess artists and producers (ex. Tre Beats, Timbo). Ba11innnn (talk) 03:19, 19 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Superman[edit]

Superman appears to be a cartoon video. http://i28.tinypic.com/2crleop.gif http://i30.tinypic.com/15rcydk.jpg http://img116.imageshack.us/img116/3377/leakscreenfo0.jpg It also is directed by C-Le —Preceding unsigned comment added by 74.237.203.79 (talk) 08:19, 23 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Yes you are right. According to C-Le, it is going to be either a bonus track on L.A.X. or an unreleased track (well not really unreleased...) and the video is supposed to come out tomorrow. The video is 90% cartoon and 10% Game and the song is produced by Just Blaze.

Sorry to annouce but the trailer was released today. Apparently the link above that said June 24 ment when L.A.X was originally being released. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 74.237.203.79 (talk) 07:57, 25 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Live performance with Lil Wayne[edit]

Add news about this new live performance with Lil Wayne? Game states that it will be on the new album.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uMM4lOGb_0w&eurl —Preceding unsigned comment added by Tuckerpb (talk • contribs) 04:09, 24 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

That song is Red Magic and it's already on the tracklist —Preceding unsigned comment added by 74.237.203.79 (talk) 05:58, 24 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Dope Boyz[edit]

I think the sample for this track is "Imagine" by John Lennon. I can't get confirmation from a source yet.. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Treyb4ever (talk • contribs) 04:13, 26 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Ok well i'm not sure why the Dope Boys article was deleted but now it just redirects back to the LAX page. I'm not sure how to change this but now that the song has charted i think that a page should be made again. Duder999 (talk) 14:11, 9 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Bonus/Unreleased Tracks[edit]

If there are any confirmed Unreleased Tracks/Bonus Tracks, you can add them in the section below the confirmed tracks. this will stay at least until L.A.X. comes out. Ba11innnn (talk) 13:31, 25 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Most of whats there is bullshit man. 911 is a Joke is just a random song that some BWS guys did. It had nothing to do with LAX. And most of those others are the same, some meant to be on the upcoming YKWII5. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 65.93.216.250 (talk) 04:59, 2 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

4/5th time ALBUM PUSHED BACK[edit]

this is about the 4/5th time the album have been pushed back, It was pushed back to AUGUST 26 from July 22 by Geffen Records because they didn`t feel like Game`s Pain charted well to promote the album to a satisfactory extend. I need a citation "for the above mentioned push back reason" —Preceding unsigned comment added by LarryTheGreat (talk • contribs) 05:50, 9 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

My Life[edit]

okay it says that this song is an interpolation of Stan by Eminem....wasn't sure what that meant so i looked it up....i dont think i agree with that. I'm going to remove it for now. Duder999 (talk) 00:14, 27 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

The beat samples it.

--Piazzajordan2 (Talk.) 01:04, 27 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

"My Life" interpolates "Stan". So to put it in simpler terms, an "interpolation is an abrupt change of elements, with (almost immediate) continuation of the first idea." It's painfully obvious you can hear the bass of "Stan" in "My Life" as the piano.

See: Interpolation (music)

Sampling directly takes a previously made material without altering the elements. Interpolating, however, takes a previously made material and alters the elements (in this case the instruments).

--DJ_critikaL (Talk.) 01:04, 27 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Tracks after release date[edit]

Since The Game says he recorded a lot of tracks (220) and only 16 are going to be on the album (and there are like 30 confirmed tracks on this page), i think we should create a section for all confirmed tracks that did not make the album. I think it would be good especially considering he will probably release these tracks through mixtapes and people could see if these were originally for the album. What do you all think? Ba11innnn (talk) 20:02, 31 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Adding a table with 220 songs would take a lot of work, and would be very big. SE KinG (talk) 19:54, 31 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

not 220 songs, just the songs that are confirmed on this page that do not end up on the album or possibly any other songs that are released that did not make the cut (aka like the 6 songs released by game after the DA) Ba11innnn (talk) 20:02, 31 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Official tracklist?[edit]

01. State of Emergency (Feat. Ice Cube) (Produced By Jonathan “J.R.” Rothem)

02. Bulletproof Diaries (Feat. Raekwon) (Produced By Jelly Roll)

03. Cali Sunshine (Feat. Bilal) (Produced By Nottz)

04. Game’s Pain (Feat. Keysha Cole) (Produced By Knobody)

05. My Life (Feat. Lil’ Wayne) (Produced By Cool & Dre)

06. Angel (Feat. Common) (Produced By Kanye West)

07. Camera Phone (Feat. Ne-Yo) (Produced By Cool & Dre)

08. A Thug And A Gentleman (Feat. Ne-Yo) (Produced By Jonathan “J.R.” Rothem)

09. Us Live (Feat. Chrisette Michelle) (Produced By Scott Storch)

10. Put Ya Hands Up (Feat. Busta Rhymes) (Produced By Scott Storch)

11. Dope Boys (Feat. Travis Barker) (Produced By 1500 or Nothin’)

12. Touchdown (Feat. Raheem DeVaughn) (Produced By Nottz)

13. Ya Heard (Feat. Ludacris) (Produced By Nottz)

14. Nice (Produced By Irv Gotti)

15. House Of Pain (Produced By DJ Toomp)

16. Letter To The King (Produced By Hi-Tek)

http://content.onsmash.com/archives/2004 SE KinG (talk) 19:52, 31 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

not official b/c the game confirmed timbaland, scott storch, just blaze, at least 3 cool & dre tracks and other things in his interview 2 days ago and said that he has not given the official tracklist to his label yet Ba11innnn (talk) 20:04, 31 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

DubCNN tracklist.[edit]

This was on the main page of DuBCNN.com today. --J p G r B 22:38, 31 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

What are you going to source once it is off the main page? Because as anyone who is familiar with DubCNN knows that the stories only stay on the main page for so long. --J p G r B 19:39, 3 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Definitely not the tracklist advise you to take it down in an interview released literally 2 weeks ago Game said even interscope don't have the tracklist yet! —Preceding unsigned comment added by 93.152.19.36 (talk) 00:12, 5 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Well, that was two weeks ago, this was just a few days ago. --J p G r B 00:14, 5 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

http://traffickingmedia.com/index.php?id=925. i didn mean 2 weeks meant 2 days sorry thats the link where game confirms it that he hasnt even given interscope the tracklist! i guarantee this is not the tracklist due to songs that were played at the listening party not being there unless Game or a PROPER source state the track list then take it down. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 89.240.29.86 (talk) 13:10, 5 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Again please stop misinfroming everyone of the tracklist Game has said himself yesterday that this is a fake tracklist please take it down!!!! —Preceding unsigned comment added by 89.240.29.86 (talk) 14:12, 11 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Special Edition cover[edit]

here is the special edition cover: http://www.rap-up.com/2008/07/31/album-cover-the-game-lax-special-edition/ someone add it, i dont know how. also special edition comes with 2 extra tracks (prob. red magic & camera phone or Heaven) + bonus footage —Preceding unsigned comment added by Ba11innnn (talk • contribs)

Red Magic will probably be a bonus track.

--Piazzajordan2 (Talk.) 22:54, 7 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Superman was leaked today, I believe the song was originally supposed to be a bonus track. SE KinG (talk) 00:21, 8 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

LEAK[edit]

WHEN IS THIS GONNA LEAK?????? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 99.11.250.4 (talk) 20:46, 14 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Six new tracks leaked a couple of hours ago. DuckieMcGoose (talk) 21:28, 14 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

It leaked earlier tonight. If you don't believe me, I can post screenshots and pictures of the covers.—Preceding unsigned comment added by Kmanning2008 (talk • contribs) 05:06, 15 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

The clean version was leaked, just like Game said he would leak. SE KinG (talk) 05:20, 15 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I was so tired of waiting. He was two days late...but I'm listening to it now. It's very good so far...and VERY worth the wait. I'm not condoning stealing music or anything but *cough*dow*cough*nlo*cough*ad*cough*this*cough*Kmanning2008

This is all well and good, but leaks are rarely notable, and I also believe the times should be withheld until the uncensored version is released. That is how albums on Wiki usually go. --H E L LØ ŦH E R E 06:08, 15 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

New article.[edit]

Here is a new article where he even says to figure out the official tracklist is to go to the stores on the 26th. And even if you don't use it for that, it's just another article, use it or not. Just thought I'd pass it along. --H E L LØ ŦH E R E 14:03, 15 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Well here's the reason I think this is a legit leak. First off, Game said himself that he would leak the Clean version of the album two weeks before the actual release. Also, the album would not be in a clean format if it was not the version going to stores. Two weeks also doesn't seem like enough time to have millions of copies of the CD thrown out, pressed again with the changes, and sent to distributors worldwide. The tracklist of the leaked version matches the list that was confirmed a few weeks ago (which is the version on the page for this album). kmanning2008 —Preceding unsigned comment added by 98.16.8.74 (talk) 03:50, 16 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Credits.[edit]

I also have found this on DubCNN.com which shows the credits for the tracklisting. Just thought I'd share it with you all. --H E L LØ ŦH E R E 07:37, 16 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

The Game L.A.X Leaked[edit]

The Games New Highly Anticipated Album L.A.X Was leaked at Approximatley 11:00 on 17/08/2008 on certain promotional music websites The Album Was Avilable For Download —Preceding unsigned comment added by Marcsmith10 (talk • contribs) 10:04, 19 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

L.A.X. vs. LAX[edit]

As far as I can tell, the name of the album is actually LAX, and not L.A.X. His official site, as well as several online stores refers to it as LAX. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 217.210.129.142 (talk) 12:30, 20 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I actually agree as the 3 covers we have don't show periods. --H E L LØ ŦH E R E 12:36, 20 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Yeah it's "LAX" not "L.A.X."

I know this is also kind of old, but it's now stated that it stands for "Life and Times", but we also had an earlier reference located here, that said it was "Los Angeles Times", should this be mentioned? --H E L LØ ŦH E R E 10:07, 25 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

lmao.. Even on itunes the album is called "LAX" and not "L.A.X.".. Someone better change that. Azazaz6 (talk) 13:59, 26 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Special Edition[edit]

Dose anyone know if the bonus tracks will be on the Special Edition too?

--Piazzajordan2 (Talk.) 21:59, 23 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Final.[edit]

What happened to the mention of it being his final album? --H E L LØ ŦH E R E 22:29, 24 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

It is'nt his final album he is releasing D.O.C. (Diary of Compton) in 09. Game Says "L.A.X." Won't Be Last Album

--Piazzajordan2 (Talk.) 00:12, 25 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Not entirely true.

"If I get Dr. Dre, MC Ren, King Tee, DJ Yella, Ice Cube and DJ Quik to help me, not necessarily to rap on it, but to produce and be in my corner, then the D.O.C. will hit stores!"

So it's not 100% confirmed it will be being released. But its not 100% confirmed it's his last album. SE KinG (talk) 02:49, 25 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Well since L.A.X. has no recent mentions that it will be his last album, keep the article the way it is, agreed?

--Piazzajordan2 (Talk.) 03:08, 25 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

To tell you the truth, at this exact moment, I cannot find it, but in an interview I heard someone ask Game about this being "the end", and he said that it wasn't the end stating that he would be working on the label and producing, but that's he's not releasing albums anymore. I will try to find the interview once again, but he didn't seem to mention "D.O.C. (Diary of Compton)" at all. --H E L LØ ŦH E R E 08:50, 25 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I just heard that interview. He said DOC was just a rumor. And that L.A.X. is 100% his last. I was wrong. (I'll get the interview and add that it's his last album to the article.) SE KinG (talk) 08:56, 25 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I don't know if this, or this could be reliable sources? I could be wrong, but I tried. --H E L LØ ŦH E R E 08:57, 25 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Album Covers[edit]

That second cover on there isn't a special edition cover, it's just an alternate cover for the normal retail version. How do I know? Because I have it right next to me. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Azazaz6 (talk • contribs) 11:08, 25 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Oh yeah that's reliable. --H E L LØ ŦH E R E 11:11, 25 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Go hit up Amazon and sites like that and you'll see. Azazaz6 (talk) 16:05, 25 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

August 26[edit]

It was released on August 26th. Noble12345 (talk) 00:11, 28 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

In the U.S., but that was not the first release date. --H E L LØ ŦH E R E 00:21, 28 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Release History[edit]

Does anybody know the release history (i.e. dates in countries) of this album? I want to add a release history section to the article. Noble12345 (talk) 20:41, 29 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

The Game Album review .[edit]

http://www.newsday.com/services/newspaper/printedition/tuesday/partii/ny-etdrops5816109aug26a,0,540271.story

I just wanted to drop by a LAX album review, the link is above and it was graded B. I was just wondering if you could put it up. Thanks for your time. 24.83.1.26 (talk) 05:03, 31 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Another LAX Album review .[edit]

http://rap.about.com/od/reviews/fr/TheGameLAX_2.htm

Here is another one, 4/5 stars.24.83.1.26 (talk) 05:14, 31 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Another LAX album Review .[edit]

http://www.411mania.com/music/album_reviews/83849/The-Game---L.A.X.-Review.htm

here is another on 9/10 —Preceding unsigned comment added by 72.89.104.213 (talk) 14:17, 31 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Another LAX album Review .[edit]

here is another review on LAX, 4.5/5

http://www.dubcnn.com/features/reviews/lax/ —Preceding unsigned comment added by 141.155.162.11 (talk) 23:05, 31 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Album Sales[edit]

L.A.X sold 223,000 copies in the U.S in its first week, making it No.1 on the album charts.

http://www.hitsdailydouble.com/news/newsPage.cgi?news07236 —Preceding unsigned comment added by Allday87 (talk • contribs) 00:05, 3 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]

That recount seems crooked...Duder999 (talk) 20:49, 3 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Album Review request.[edit]

can someone put the reviews from these websites up please???

www.dubcnn.com- 4.5/5 www.411mania.com- 9/10 www.newsday.com- B —Preceding unsigned comment added by 70.23.87.127 (talk) 22:31, 3 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]

!!!!!!LAX-REVIEWS!!!!!!![edit]

I would like to second the request for the new LAX album reviews to be put up, there is no point in keeping up decent reviews when you could have almost flawless ones up instead24.83.1.26 (talk) 07:15, 6 September 2008 (UTC).[reply]

I would like to recommend this one as well: www.hiphopdx.com/index/reviews/id.998 3.5/5 —Preceding unsigned comment added by Kool J Rap (talk • contribs) 3:44, 21 November 2008 (UTC)

Another LAX[edit]

I've had an album by him called LAX for ages. Big Dreams, Ghost Rider and Recognize A Boss Featuring Eastwood are the first three songs. Weird.. I'll get what seems to be the official versio now thanks. --86.164.160.155 (talk) 15:51, 8 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]

You had the "Before LAX" mixtape. SE KinG (talk) 06:59, 22 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]

The Game Not Retiring[edit]

He's releasing a new album in the summer entirely produced by Cool & Dre. Its going to be called Global Warming. So therefore, LAX is not his final album.

http://www.streethop.com/rapnews/162353-game-not-retiring-new-album-produced-cool-dre.html —Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.98.70.74 (talk) 04:00, 6 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

I do not believe this is confirmed by The Game. SE KinG. User page. Talk. 22:56, 18 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Interscope[edit]

L.A.X was not relased under interscope —Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.151.219.103 (talk) 05:09, 14 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

I'm fairly sure, Geffen doesn't distribute on its own. --H E L LØ ŦH E R E 23:20, 14 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Re-writing.[edit]

The following are two sections are ones that a continuously changing IP user keeps adding but needs to be rewritten and sourced properly.

Reception[edit]

The album received favorable reviews from critics. [[USA Today]] gave the album a perfect score saying "throughout, The Game flays rivals and trumpets his own skills and success. He attacks the beats with lyrical ferocity."<ref>http://blogs.usatoday.com/listenup/2008/08/this-weeks-re-3.html</ref> ''Rapreviews'' wrote a more negative review saying that "that there aren't any moments on here as shockingly memorable as "It's Okay (One Blood)" or as genuinely intriguing as the Busta-featuring "Doctor's Advocate" and Lord knows there aren't any massive hits on here circa "The Documentary" era of his career."<ref>http://www.rapreviews.com/archive/2008_08F_LAX.html</ref> [[The New York Times]], which previously said Doctor's Advocate was the best hip-hop album of [[2006]]<ref>http://www.nytimes.com/2006/11/09/arts/music/09sann.html</ref>, gave a mixed review saying that "The Game, never a fluid rapper, sounds positively lumpy, as if he were delivering verses while running up a steep flight of stairs, or as if the last few years of pugnacity have finally left him winded." <ref>http://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/25/arts/music/25choice.html?_r=1</ref>

Singles[edit]

The first street single was released on March 18th 2008 [[Big Dreams]] which is produced by [[Cool & Dre]]. The first official single [[Game's Pain]] feautring [[Keyshia Cole]] was released in April 21st 2008. It charted moderately in the US but was met with critical acclaim "''Game’s Pain'', Keyshia Cole sums up in one sentence what Game has been trying to say the whole album; "I just wanna let you know/ I’m paying homage 'cause you’ve paved the way for me." Game underscores the central themes of hip-hop’s history and his deserved place in it, meditating on the struggles he's faced." <ref>http://rap.about.com/od/reviews/fr/TheGameLAX_2.htm</ref> The second single was [[Dope Boys]] featuring [[Blink-182]] drummer [[Travis Barker]], the video released was deemed to be too edgy to be aired on TV by [[BET]], but it has been lauded critically as "not only one of the best collaborations on L.A.X. but also one of the best songs of Game’s career." <ref>http://rap.about.com/od/reviews/fr/TheGameLAX_2.htm</ref> The third single released was [[My Life (The Game song)|My Life]] featuring [[Lil Wayne]], when the song first leaked, many believed The Game was "dissing" [[Eminem]]. However, later on his website, Game denied this, and apologized to anyone who might have misunderstood what he had intended to say.<ref>[http://hurricane-game.net/2008/07/24/the-game-clears-up-eminem-diss/ The Game Clears Up Eminem “Diss”]</ref> It charted well in the US reaching a peak of 21 in [[Billboard Hot 100|''Billboard'' Hot 100]]<ref>http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/retrieve_chart_history.do?model.vnuArtistId=635871&model.vnuAlbumId=1152200 Billboard.com - Artist Chart History - The Game</ref> and it peaked at 4 for [[Hot Rap Tracks]]. The second street single was released called [[House of Pain (song)|House Of Pain]] and fianlly the fourth single was released featuring [[Ne-Yo]] called [[Camera Phone (song)|Camera Phone]] in December 5th 2008, it was only released in the UK.

These are the sections as the user keeps adding them. --H E L LØ ŦH E R E 22:41, 21 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]

covers[edit]

you dont have to put this in, im just pointing out that there is an alternate cover and a deluxe version cover

alternate - http://vibesource.files.wordpress.com/2008/08/thegamespecialcoverlax.png deluxe version - http://content.onsmash.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/08/the-game-deluxe.jpgtio —Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.228.8.227 (talk) 14:34, 6 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Orphaned references in LAX (album)[edit]

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Reference named "Sales":

From Dr. Dre: "Eminem Bounces Britney From Top Spot". Rolling Stone. May 31, 2000. Archived from the original on May 3, 2008.
From Snoop Dogg: "Billboard Magazine Match 1, 2008 - pág 25". Prometheus Global Media. Billboard. Retrieved July 28, 2015.
From Kanye West: Montgomery, James (November 10, 2008). "New Albums From Kanye West, Ludacris, Killers To Get Rare Monday Release On November 24". MTV. Retrieved August 12, 2008.

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