Loyal to the Game

Loyal to the Game is the ninth studio album and fifth posthumous studio album by Tupac Shakur. It contains remixes of previously unreleased music recorded by Shakur before his death in 1996. Released in the United States on December 14, 2004 (December 12 in the United Kingdom), Loyal to the Game was produced by Eminem.

Background

According to an interview with MTV, Eminem was so moved by Tupac's life and work that he wrote a letter to Tupac's mother, Afeni Shakur, asking her to consider letting him produce the album. Shakur agreed, giving Eminem the go ahead. The album featured two singles- "Thugs Get Lonely Too" featuring Nate Dogg and "Ghetto Gospel" featuring Elton John.

Production

Eminem used various unusual production techniques during the creation of this album, namely modifying the pace and pitch of Tupac's voice to better suit the beats produced. There were also various uses of the cutting and pasting of vocals to produce new words synonymous with current rap culture, such as saying "G-Unit", "Obie Trice" and "Em" instead of "LG", the original producer of "Out On Bail".

The Game (rapper)

Jayceon Terrell Taylor (born November 29, 1979), better known by his stage name The Game (or simply Game), is an American rapper and actor. Game is best known as a rapper in the West Coast hip hop scene, and for being one of Dr. Dre's most notable protégés. Born in Los Angeles, California, he released his first mixtape You Know What It Is Vol. 1 in 2002, and landed a record deal with the independent label Get Low Recordz owned by JT the Bigga Figga. The Game's mixtape reached the hands of Sean Combs, founder of Bad Boy Records, who originally was on the verge of signing him to his label. Five months later, he was discovered by Dr. Dre who listened to the mixtape and signed him to his Aftermath Entertainment label in 2003. He rose to fame in 2005 with the success of his debut album The Documentary (2005) and Doctor's Advocate (2006). The Recording Industry Association of America certified his album The Documentary double platinum in March 2005 and it has sold over five million copies worldwide.

21 (disambiguation)

Twenty-one or 21 may refer to:

  • 21 (number)
  • 21 BC, 21 AD, 1921, 2021, etc., common years of the Julian/Gregorian Calendars
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  • 21 (1923 film), starring Richard Barthelmess and Dorothy Mackaill
  • Twenty-One (1991 film), a 1991 film starring Patsy Kensit
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  • Music

    Albums

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  • Songs

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  • "Twenty One", a song by The Shirelles
  • "Twenty-One", a song by The Eagles from Desperado
  • "Twenty One", a song by The Cranberries from No Need to Argue
  • "Twenty One," a song by Corey Smith
  • "21", a song by Corey Hart released as a bonus track on Young Man Running
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    24: The Game makes extensive use of actors' voices and likenesses from the TV series, as well as using a script and music score from the same production team. Casting and voice production for 24: The Game were organized and handled by Blindlight. The events contained in the game are set in Los Angeles between the second and third seasons of the show. The story features three plotlines that overlap around a character from Jack Bauer's past named Peter Madsen. Although the game received a mixed reception from critics, it received a BAFTA award nomination for its screenplay elements.

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    Loyal To The Game

    by: 2Pac

    f/ Treach, Riddler
    [2Pac]
    Now I've got to ask, on a nigga's ass, tell me will they blast me?
    I think of an alias in case these crooked bitches ask me
    Now, it's gettin crazy after dark, these narcs
    be like tryin to shut me down but I'm too smart
    Now picture me scared of the penitentiary
    I've been movin these things since the days of elementary
    Now tell me what you need when you see me
    I'm stackin G's, buyin all the things on TV, believe me
    I got some killas on my payroll, and they know
    When it's time to handle business, nigga lay low
    Although I'm young, I'm still comin up
    I'm gettin paid, pullin raises on niggas when they runnin up
    The first to pull a strap when there's drama
    Busta, you ain't heard?
    I've been slicin motherfuckerss since I lost my momma
    There ain't a cop that can stop me
    My posse is cocked, G, and they don't quit until they drop me
    I'm loyal to the game
    *Chorus*
    [Treach]
    Without no doubt I ain't no slouch and it ain't time to back down
    So I jumps in and try to stop-a and watch-a
    Slap you cock-eyed like Popeye fucks spinach
    Forgotten more shit than most crews ever know, or ever knew
    Was born with 7 flows and only heaven knew
    For beat the boot sex, the news breaks, the you shakes
    Worse, they heard we got more nerve than a 2-fake
    Yoo-hoo to you crew and you too so you knew
    I'm from Jersey and I'm a teen so your block more than you do
    Whose the new crew?
    Show me your neck brotha, and here's another
    Smack your mother's mamma's mother
    In the first mob of all those other crack lovers
    Back was bitch-ass, trick ass, cluk-clow-cluk-clow
    How ya like me then, how ya like me, hey-ho, how ya like me now?
    Ow, pow, hurt, don't it? Bow, bow, don't run up on it
    The same thing minus "P" hangin possies like an exponent
    Oh yes, rock in slums, ya gots to run it
    It makes no sense to smell like shit
    If old ass George could be Washing-tons
    *Chorus*
    [Riddler]
    Now I be loyal to my niggas on the blocks, just buckin the shots
    And packin the glocks
    and dodgin the cops, and takin over niggas spots
    Poppin after poppin the fools be droppin, the hoes be hoppin
    On my thing cause it hangs like the nets from Above the Rim
    You lookin grim, is it me or him or him
    Or be with me, we be together
    So what's up? We can do whatever
    Cause real niggas stick together
    Till they make it up to heaven
    Through the stress, through the hell, through the 1-8-7
    The shorter the nigga, the bigga the trigga
    The deeper they dig the ditch-a
    The Naughty the Treach
    then through to the Pac I brings the glock I wets up
    You fuckin body, I’m like, Oh my Gody
    Did I really shoot him? Yo I shot him
    So got him, now I puts the crime behind me
    And finds me, a place to lays my head low
    I lives doin my rap, but I dies for my hood row
    So all you fuckin fools better recognize, and know my fuckin name
    I be Riddler to my niggas and I’m loyal to the game
    [Chorus]




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