Game Controls Time, “I Won’t Give ‘R.E.D. Album’ A [Release] Date”

Written By S. Samuel

West Coast rapper Game has updated fans on the status of his forthcoming R.E.D. Album and explained why he isn't rushing to release the long-delayed solo LP.

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According to Game, he is in control of when the project drops.

The R.E.D. Album is pretty much 95 percent done,” Game explained in an interview. “Until I find a record that is just so amazing to me, and it’s next level and doesn’t sound like anything that’s out, makes me feel comfortable with it being played on the radio… I won’t give R.E.D. Album a date. At this point, it’s pretty much in my hands. I had a meeting with Jimmy Iovine and the label heads about a week ago, and they gave me the green light to pick a date when I want. The album is so classy, that I can’t sell it short with any single man. I wanna come with the right song, and make sure it’s a song that’s classic and iconic, and then we’ll know.” (Complex)

He also said producers DJ Premier and Pharrell are involved with the LP.

“I’m recording every day for no reason,” Game added. “Pharrell is executive producer and it ain’t gone change. I got Dre producing on the album, I got Premier. Like all the people I’ve wanted on one album, are on this album. I knocked out like two, three joints with Premier before I left on tour, so maybe sh*t, the end of like October, but, I’m probably gonna use one on the album. Premier sent me the joints he did. Something he don’t never do. Premier don’t send you sh*t through e-mail, but we’ve been meaning to catch up to each other and work, and he was doing some stuff with Christina Aguilera and some other things so he be everywhere. So he ended up saying, ‘I’ll just send you these joints. I made this for you.'” (Complex)

Last fall, DJ Premier spoke to SOHH about working on Game’s new album.

“Me and Game just did a banger called ‘Born In The Trap,'” Premier revealed to SOHH. “He was like, ‘Can I get another one?’ I said, ‘What, you didn’t like that one?’ He said, ‘No, no, I want to buy another one!’ I was like, ‘Sh*t yeah.’ [laughs] He said mine is the second song on the album, so, I’m about to do another one for him but the one that we already did, he said it’s going to be the second song. I’m excited about that. I know he’s been leaking out a lot of stuff but he said a lot of the stuff he’s leaking isn’t going to be on the album. I haven’t even heard anything. He knocked that sh*t out with me in one day and I mixed it the same day.” (SOHH)

In October, Game tweeted about featuring AZ on his Premier-produced record.

“gettin AZ on the R.E.D. album. on a premiere beat. now sit back n WATCH me get it done !!! #hipHOPSfinestN*GGA.”

“THE FIRM- Nas Foxy Brown Cormega & AZ. #nuffsaidSON.” (Game’s Twitter)

An album release date has not yet been announced.

Check out some recent Game footage down below:

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Written by S. Samuel

Steven Samuel is the co-founder of SOHH.com.

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