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The Game includes Eminem in his all time top 10 rappers & still claims he’s better than him

The Game joins Brandon Marshall, Pacman Jones, and Nick “Swaggy P” Young in Episode 36 of I Am Athlete. Watch and listen below as the Compton rapper talks about 50 Cent, Eminem, L.A. Lakers, becoming an independent artist and his upcoming new album “Drillmatic”.

“I say Eminem is slightly overrated. He came in with Dre and whenever you get certified by black hand it helps you out and there is a thing called white privilege too. It is what it is. It exists and it helps.”

“I said then years ago that nobody is better than Eminem but, when you was 4 years old, did you help me cross the road? But what about 14? Then years is a long time. How I felt back then, I don’t feel the same. And the reason I felt like that back then was because I was part of the family still.”

“Even before I was signed to Aftermath, they put Eminem on the pedestal. Interscope put the bag behind them, media, which is predominantly run by white people, they paid to do it. They still do it. It’s called promotion. They put money behind the biggest artists. If you are Adele, you are getting the bag behind you but the singer that sings just as good as Adele who is on the same or different label, might not get the bag behind them. It really breaks down to the politics inside the building. So, they made sure Eminem was going to be Eminem. I was a fan of that too. I was fan of Dr. Dre and Hi My Name Is. I’m not saying Eminem can’t rap or he is not an amazing rapper. All I ever said was he’s not just better than me.”

“Money, power and media can make you believe anybody is great. So again, Em is an outstanding rapper but I’m just better… Even when I was Jimmy Iovine and Dr. Dre back in the days, in the rooms where 50 Cent and Eminem were allowed to walk in, I never got the invite. Like the Super Bowl. You never say I’m better than Eminem because they never put me in the places where my talents can be magnified.”

“I’m definitely Top 20. I got too many rappers that I love that are in the Top 10 to put myself in the Top 10. I can just run them down just for you to understand why. And this is no particular order. I like Biggie, Pac, Jay, Nas, Andre 3000, Eminem will be in my top 10 just because what he has done and it does not matter who put what behind him, he did, he did rap to get there so there is Em, Ice Cube, Snoop, I like Kendrick in my Top 10 cause I watched it happen.” said The Game.

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The Game admits it hurt him when Dr. Dre invited Eminem & 50 Cent to Super Bowl but not him

The Game joins Brandon Marshall, Pacman Jones and Nick ” Swaggy P” Young in Episode 36 of I Am Athlete podcast.

The LA rapper explains his thoughts surrounding not being selected to perform in the Super Bowl LVI Halftime show with Dr. Dre, Snoop Dogg, Eminem, Mary J. Blige, Kendrick Lamar featuring 50 Cent and Anderson .Paak.

“The reason I was not on Super Bowl is that I’m not ‘safe artist’. You don’t know what Game gonna do when you get up there. The Super Bowl was in LA. It’s Dr. Dre’s Super Bowl but it is Jay-Z! Jay-Z understands the dynamic of west coast hip-hop very well and I don’t think Jay-Z would have a problem if Dre would have said ‘we bring The Game to Super Bowl.'”

“Outside of myself, I think YG should have been on Super Bowl. If it was New York Super Bowl, you might have saw Jay-Z, you might have saw NAS, Mary J. Blige and Fivio Foreign and Alicia Keys. You might have saw anybody cause we on the west coast are only motherf**kers that have this crab in the barrel mentality where we wanna keep down or don’t do things based on what somebody else might think it looks like.”

“Snoop Dogg was there because Snoop Dogg is safe, and he’s a legend. My grandmother knows about Snoop and so do my children. Snoop is an icon. Dre is an icon. Eminem is an icon but Em is not from LA. 50 Cent is not from LA. I’m not taking away from the fact that they were on Super Bowl but LA would not be on Detroit Super Bowl, or New York Super Bowl. It’s was LA Super Bowl and I didn’t get the call. I was hurt by that.”

“I feel like Dre should have called and said why. I would understand that. Because I talk to Dre. I talk to Dre often. I just know that if I was Dre and he was Game, he would have been up there. That’s it. It’s LA and I’m LA. I AM LA. I am in the streets. So it hurt. Am I bothered by it? Ain’t nobody bothered by it today. I feel that it was amazing Super Bowl and it was a win for our culture as a whole.” – said Game.

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The Game: “Eminem has only two or three solid albums”

The Game pulled up to chat with Speedy Morman in the hills of Los Angeles this week. There, they spoke on whether or not rap lyrics should be used in court, the topic of white privilege and how it has played a role for rappers like Eminem and Jack Harlow.

“I am better than Eminem. I’m a fan of Em just like everybody else but he is not my favorite rapper and I feel like if Em is honest he thinks he has two and half three albums out of eleven that are really sold projects, so do I. So what constitutes Em being better rapper than me if I got classic albums too?”

“Eminem came at a time when he was a white rapper and we all know about white privilege, it exists in hip-hop as well. Especially at the time when Em came in. He was the best white rapper in the world. I’m not saying Eminem is not one of great rappers but so am I and he’s not better than me.” said The Game.

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CeeLo Green details how collaboration with Eminem on “Elvis” movie soundtrack came about

Grammy-award winning singer CeeLo Green was recently given an honorary doctorate degree in humanitarianism from Global Alliance International University.

In a new interview with KTLA, Green credited his music and overall positive vibe for the major honor. “I think what I have been able to accomplish over my 30-year career is a lot of love and generosity and being an all-around good person.”

Green also talked about highly-anticipated “Elvis” movie where him and Eminem have a song titled “The King & I”

“Me and Eminem have been friends for years, I have longed for an opportunity to work with him. He said ‘hey man can you do this for me? I need it really quickly, I need it tonight.’ So when Eminem says he needs something tonight, you deliver.”

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Westside Boogie talks “More Black Superheroes” album, his top 5 rappers, Kendrick Lamar, Eminem & more

Westside Boogie has recently sat down with Bootleg Kev to promote his upcoming “More Black Superheroes” album, the follow-up of his 2019 Shady Records debut album, “Everythings For Sale.”

When the interviewer wanted the Compton rapper to share the details about the album, like – if Eminem is on the album or any other features – Boogie refused to reveal any, but he did share some little details:

“There are twelve to fifteen songs on the album. Everything is a part of rollout. You know, you gotta surprise people. I wanted to be thirteen but I’m still trying to figure out. Probably take something out or add something in the last minute.” said Boogie.

Later in the interview, Boogie talked about Eminem: “He’s nice guy. Sometimes I feel bad for how big he is because he can’t do some of the stuff that regular people do. So I do see him as trapped in celebrity sometimes but I’ll take that.”

When asked to name his top 5 rappers dead or alive, Boogie replied: “My top five is always rotating so I’m gonna say with no order, its Lil Wayne, Kendrick Lamar, Jay-Z, Tupac and Eminem. Was Eminem political choice? Nah. He might be number one when we talk about the ability to rap.”

Boogie then gives some other details from his upcoming album: “As of now, I have four rapper features and the album is coming out in the next 40 days.

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The Game claims no one plays Eminem’s music in clubs, streets & locker rooms

The Game has recently sat down with SHOWTIME Basketball on episode 137 of ALL THE SMOKE. During the interview, The Game opens up to Matt & Stak about his music career, fatherhood, his love of basketball, and his upcoming album “Drillmatic”. Plus, he discusses his relationships with Dr. Dre, Eminem, Kayne West, Kobe Bryant and more.

“Eminem is an outstanding lyricist. Now you put him with Dr. Dre who is from N.W.A. You put him under the machine, Interscope, the biggest label in the world and they tell you this white guy is next. So we were told that Eminem was the greatest and by the way he’s white and that played huge part in his success because you could get white America so you are super solid as far as album sales and he was with Dr. Dre so he got ni**as too.”

“So when I’m saying that I want a battle with Eminem or Eminem is not the greatest rapper and I’m better than him, it is not like when I see Eminem I’mma drown this ni**a or I’mma beat this ni**a. I’m supposed to think that I’m better than every single rapper, else why would I do this s**t at all?”

“When have you ever heard Eminem song playing in the club? When have you ever heard his s**t in a locker room? I don’t hear Eminem in the streets. It’s not like he can’t rap. The skillset is there but I’m just a better rapper. I just have not been given the light that he has been given. They didn’t put money behind me. I could not pushed to Eminem heights, 50 Cent got pushed to those heights because he played nice. Eminem and him are very close. Ni**as didn’t even know Eminem was not going to do Super Bowl if 50 would not be on it.” said The Game.

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Westside Boogie talks how he landed credit on Kendrick Lamar’s new album, his favorite song from the album, Eminem & more

After visiting Power 106 for L.A. Leakers freestyle, Westside Boogie spoke with Variety magazine at The Bakerie in downtown Los Angeles about what it meant to contribute to Kendrick Lamar’s new album “Mr. Morale & the Big Steppers,” his experience in the music business, his forthcoming album, “More Black Superheroes,” how Eminem discovered him and more.

Let’s start with “Purple Hearts.” How does it feel to get a track on Kendrick’s album?

It feels amazing. One, because everybody knows that’s one of my favorite rappers of all time. Also, it’s a big leap for me — writing for somebody. I never co-wrote. … My boy Justice blessed me with the opportunity and trusted me. It also helps having LVRN as your management, because, you know, they’re plugged. [Laughs]

What was the creative process like?

It was hard at first … tapping into being a girl. I was doing my little parts at home and I didn’t tell my homies what I was doing. … It’s a little more free when you’re doing it for somebody else. Because as artists, we get trapped in the mind of the artist we’re supposed to be, or how people already see us as. So we do them same type of records because it’s safe. But when it’s for somebody else, you can do whatever.

Do you have a favorite track off Kendrick’s album besides “Purple Hearts”?

“Count Me Out” is my favorite. He was just gassing on there, the way he was rapping. It felt super vulnerable saying how he shared too much and cared too much. I felt that bar, that was heavy for me.

How do you view Kendrick’s place in hip-hop?

He’s Mount Rushmore — one of my GOATs and he has to be one of the rap GOATs. It’s amazing. It’s Compton. Compton is the best music city in the world. No matter what my manager Justice has to say about Atlanta, Compton runs the world.

Eminem said to Dr.Dre that the Kendrick album left him speechless?

Yeah he tweeted Dr. Dre. Eminem’s hilarious on social media. He chooses to tweet Dr.Dre about the Kendrick album, that is so funny to me. I love him.

How has your experience been at Shady?

It’s amazing, that’s my boy. Obviously he’s one of the biggest rappers ever, so there’s that benefit. He opened my career to a whole other fanbase so I’m forever grateful for that. You can always take so much in from him because he’s one of the GOATs.

How were you first discovered by Eminem?

I was signed in 2015. I had a manager named Clayton, who I had reached my ceiling with. Him and my label had a disconnect a little bit. I guess the term would be, I was shelved for two years. My A&R Tim [Glover, EVP at Interscope Records], he loved me. He was the first person to sign me. He got me the opportunity to meet with LVRN… I was on the shelf. I was living in this apartment in Torrance. I got a call from Tim, who said, “Yo, somehow, Eminem heard your music from Paul, He wants to fly you out.” So I flew out the next day, then I was signed. Around that time, I met LVRN. My life started changing, so I could say it was a consistent belief in myself.

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Michael Williams reveals he almost made an Eminem, Jay-Z, Snoop Dogg & Outkast tour in 2005

In a recent installment of REVLOT magazine’s “Tour Tales,” Michael “Blue” Williams discusses starting on the road with Jodeci in the ‘90s, why Outkast had to leave Eminem’s 2001 European tour early, and more.

Interviewer: On Eminem’s All Access Europe DVD, he was hanging out with Outkast. What were those shows like?

Michael Williams: We were supposed to do the entire European run with Em. Big Boi’s wife went into labor, and we had to leave because he wanted to get back for the birth of his son. We still missed it, and he was mad at me about that. Those seven dates we did with Em were still crazy. The venues Em was doing were huge, and the crowds were also Outkast fans. Germany and these other countries knew all the words. It was an amazing run. It actually led to the greatest tour that never happened. The greatest tour I ever tried to pull together was going to be called ‘The Greatest Show On Turf,’ and it’d have Outkast, Snoop Dogg, Eminem, and JAY-Z. We were going to do stadiums.

Interviewer: Wait, what?

Michael Williams: This had to be around 2005/2006. It was going to be each of them representing their blocks, so to speak. The stage was going to be each person’s neighborhood or block. We were going to do two stages that rotated. One stage would be the south, and then it’d flip around to New York. The other stage would be Detroit with Em, and Snoop with the west coast. Everybody would’ve brought out people from their crews. We couldn’t pull it off.

Interviewer: Was everyone on board besides Andre 3000?

Michael Williams: Yeah.

For the full interview, visit REVOLT here.

Wendy Day recalls how Rhymefest introduced Eminem to her & talks how industry rejected him because he was white

Legendary mentor and consultant for hip-hop artists, Wendy Day, has recently sat down with Andrew Moffatt on Hip Hop XXIV where the two talked about her meeting Eminem for the first time and how Eminem handled people who where pointing out his skin color.

“Eminem was rapping outside of the hotel, I was there and I had a rapper with me called Rhymefest. Rhymefest is a rapper who wrote ‘Jesus Walks’ for Kanye West. When we got to the hotel, Rhymefest stayed outside to rap, I went inside. And by the time I got out, an hour had passed and we were starving. I hopped in a car, Rhymefest left the cypher and hopped in a car, he handed me Eminem’s demo and said: ‘You should listen to this, he can really rap.'”

“I was not focused on music, I really just wanted to get something to eat. And then Rhymefest did a full turn to look at me, I felt his eyes burning through my head and I was like ‘WHAT?’ and he said, ‘that’s really messed up, you know how hard it is being a white in a rap music industry and you are not even listening to his demo, that’s really f**ked up.’ And I agreed, I popped it in and it was really amazing.”

“I made an U-turn, when back to the hotel told Em to get in. We all drove together to eat. I sat there for hours just talking to him and Rhymefest to explain what publishing is and how to get a record deal. Just sharing as much knowledge as I had at that time.”

“Once I got back to New York, I had just done the deal for Twista at Atlantic records and I had just helped Do Or Die to put out their music independently, so I had the attention of all of the record labels at that point in time, so I shopped Eminem’s demo but nobody wanted to sign a white rapper, they admitted that he was talented but there was a fear that white rapper would not sell, this is ’96 or ’97. There was still a fear that white rapper would not do well so I ended up doing an event called ‘Rap Olympics’ and Eminem was part of my team. Although my team didn’t win, Jay Smooth’s team won, my team was able to go to the Wake Up show which is Sway and Tech and Dr. Dre heard him rapping at Wake Up show and went up to the station to see who this amazing lyricist was and it was Eminem.”

“His lyrical ability…He had ability to rap and rhyme three and four syllables and that was just amazing. You know, most rappers could do one or two but he was rhyming three or four syllables at that time and lyrics made sense!” – said Wendy.

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Royce 5’9″ says he’s going to see Eminem soon & he’s open for another Bad Meets Evil album

Royce Da 5’9 has recently sat down with Smoothvega from Nothing Beats Experience podcast, where the Detroit legend talked about recent Slaughterhouse fallout caused by the release of Joell Ortiz and KXNG Crooked joint project called “Rise & Fall of Slaughterhouse.” Smoothvega also asked him about another PRhyme album with DJ Premier, and a long awaited sequel to Bad Meets Evil project with Eminem.

“I can not say that, I can speak for Preemo, I do not speak for Marshall Mathers, but I am open to another Bad Meets Evil album. I have not seen him the whole pandemic. I just talked to him, we have not seen each other for a while. I am due to see him soon, I will probably see him within the next couple weeks. I just wanna see him, I want to hug him. And then I think… he is always working on s**t, So I wanna hear whatever it is he is working on. If he is doing the album like whatever I do not know what the f**k he is doing. I wanna hear whatever that is.”

“He means everything to me [Laughs]. I am just kidding. I mean he put me in the business and he played an integral role in my sobriety. He is just an important person in my life man, he is just a dope a** dude. I value his friendship. I kind of feels like that about all my friend to be honest.” said Royce.

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