LAX (Clean) CD

MUSIC

RAP / HIP-HOP

Song Listing

Disc 1

Song Title

1. Intro ~ Game

2. LAX Files ~ Game

3. State Of Emergency - (featuring Ice Cube) ~ Game

4. Bulletproof Diaries - (featuring Raekwon) ~ Game

5. My Life - (featuring Lil Wayne) ~ Game

6. Money ~ Game

7. Cali Sunshine - (featuring Bilal) ~ Game

8. Ya Heard - (featuring Ludacris) ~ Game

9. Hard Liquor (Interlude) ~ Game

10. House Of Pain ~ Game

11. Gentleman's Affair - (featuring Ne-Yo) ~ Game

12. Let Us Live - (featuring Chrisette Michele) ~ Game

13. Touchdown - (featuring Raheem DeVaughn) ~ Game

14. Angel - (featuring Common) ~ Game

15. Never Can Say Goodbye - (featuring LaToiya Williams) ~ Game

16. Dope Boys - (featuring Travis Barker) ~ Game

17. Game's Pain - (featuring Keyshia Cole) ~ Game

18. Letter To The King - (featuring Nas) ~ Game

19. Outro ~ Game

"...The Game's routine is just as entertaining the third time around.  Entertainment Weekly
"Perhaps one of the telling strengths of LAX is that despite all star guest appearances...it is very much The Game's album.  MusicOMH.com
"With the Game's third and best album...we learn more about who the rapper really is: a guy who loves hip-hop, from top to bottom...  Slant Magazine

Album Notes and Credits

Notes & Personnel Info
	Personnel: Betty Wright (vocals); Glenn S. Jeffrey (guitar); Jay Mac (keyboards).
	Audio Mixers: John Frye; J.R. Rotem ; Manny Marroquin; Steve Baughman.
	Recording information: Chalice Recording Studio, Los Angeles, CA; Encore Studios, Burbank, CA; Pacifique Studios, N. Hollywood, CA; Patchwerk Recording Studios; Soundtrap Studios; Stankonia, Atlanta, GA.
	Photographer: Jonathan Mannion.
	Arranger: J.R. Rotem .
	Long hailed as the savior of contemporary West Coast hip-hop, The Game throws an ironic curveball at these expectations with L.A.X. Despite the specific locale of the title, this is a record that actually feels geographically homeless. Production wise, the 19 tracks pull from cross-coastal influences, and guest MCs range from Chicago (Common), New York (Raekwon), Louisiana (Lil Wayne), and, of course, South Central (Ice Cube, who appears on the post-intro banger "State Of Emergency"). All this confusion finds cohesion on two counts: Game's undeniable authority on the mic--emitting double-tracked raspy aggression that covers topics both conscientious and boasting--and the continuous, if uncharacteristic, undercurrent of sonic weirdness. Like Wayne's THE CARTER series, L.A.X. has a certain loose, idiosyncratic vibe that rolls along with a minimalist futuristic funk. Not that this undermines the Game's allure as a menacing presence, still evident on tracks like "Dope Boys," which rely on concrete-rattling beats, hard scratching, and captivating tales of harder times.
Producer: J.R. Rotem; Dahoud; Andrew VanMeter; Kanye West; Scott Storch; Angelo Sanders; Rondey Harris; Jimmy Rosemond; 1500 or Nothin'; DJ Toomp; Dahoud; Hi-Tek; Kanye West; Nottz; The Game; Knobody; Ervin "EP" Pope
Engineer: Greg Ogan; Gary Fly; Derrick Selby
Musical Guests
	Ice Cube
	Raekwon
	Lil Wayne
	Bilal
	Ludacris
	Ne-Yo
	Chrisette Michele
	Raheem DeVaughn
	Common
	Latoiya Williams
	Travis Barker
	Keyshia Cole
	Nas

Compilation Appearances

	Exclusive (forever Edition)(Bonus Tracks)(w/ Bonus DVD)
	Nas (Explicit)
	Capo
	Give The Drummer Some(Explicit Version)
	Fame(Bonus Tracks)(Explicit Version)
	Fame(Bonus Tracks)
	Street King(Explicit Version)
	We The Best Forever(Explicit Version)
	We The Best Forever
	This Time(Explicit Version)
	Napalm(Explicit Version)
	Hotel California (Explicit Version)
	King Of Hearts
	King Of Hearts(Explicit Version)

Associated Artists and Works

	, Nate Dogg
	Cent, 50
	Devil, Nu Jerzey
	DJ Haze
	Haze, Infamous, DJ
	Sheek Louch

Technical Info

	Release Date : 08/26/2008
	Original Release Date : 2008
	Catalog ID : 7452
	Label : Geffen
	Number of Discs : 1
	Studio/Live : Studio
	Mono/Stereo : Stereo
	SPAR Code : n/a
	UPC : 00602517745308

Professional Reviews

XXL (Magazine)
(p.100)
- "The Game is doing what he has done since the beginning: rapping like there's no tomorrow, and assembling quality albums in the process."

Urb 9 of 10
The Game loves hip-hop. The music fills him with joy and it overflows into his lyrics. Sure, it turns into some serious namedropping (almost always), but it's also the reason why he's three-for-three in the category of dope, dope records. And on LAX, even more than on The Documentary or Doctor's Advocate, The Game pairs that unabashed love with swirling ideas and concepts that elevate the record to an easy contender for album of the year. Who else would bookend his album with spoken word from another MC?...The fact that DMX--in full-on prayer mode--is the MC makes this one of the best ideas in recent rap history. No hyperbole. It's no mistake that Dark Man X's character in Belly turned preacher and, on the intro and outro, his passionate pleas for protection, understanding and forgiveness are as genuine as they are powerful...perfectly setting the table for Jayceon Taylor's mission. That mission's climax happens near the end of LAX with "Never Can Say Goodbye." Game breaks down the last 24 hours in the celebrated lives of Tupac Shakur, Notorious B.I.G. and Eazy-E over three verses whose execution lives up to the promise of the premise...The other guest-appearances hear Game adopting to his cameo's style, from the blatantly Wu-Tang title of the Raekwon assisted "Bulletproof Diaries" or the Kanye-produced and Common-blessed "Angel," but even on cuts like these Game is still the Game. There's no hiding a face tattoo that began as tear drop and turned to a butterfly before metamorphosizing into a symbol of hometown pride. The visibility of his quick impulses, from the face tattoos to the near-tears title track of Doctor's Advocate, reveal a vulnerability unlike any other rapper today. Game is willing to let it bleed openly. He's got to...for his love of the game. - Brandon Perkins

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LAX (Clean) (2008)

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