After pleading no contest to a felony weapons charge on February 11, The Game was sentenced to 60 days in jail, 150 hours of community service, and three years of probation.
On January 9, 2008, a Los Angeles judge scheduled February 4, as the beginning date for The Game's trial on assault and weapons charges. The Game was released early the next day after posting $50,000 bail. The arrest took place after his home was searched for three hours. He was alleged to threatened a person with a gun. On May 11, 2007, The Game was arrested at his home reportedly in connection with an incident that happened at a basketball game in South Los Angeles back in February 2007. On May 16, 2008, The Game appeared on 106 & Park to announce that his upcoming third album LAX would be his final album with Aftermath, while promoting his record label called The Black Wall Street. On December 31, 2007, at the Nas' New Year's Eve party, The Game announced the title and release date for the album. The Game's third effort would be his most important and successful release. After two albums he was involved in feuds with fellow rappers 50 Cent and the G-Unit crew. Only a year later he released his follow-up album Doctor's Advocate, which sounded entirely different than his previous album. In 2005 The Game released his debut album The Documentary. Dre's Aftermath Entertainment vanity label, Interscope Records' head COO Jimmy Iovine convinced 50 Cent to take Game under his wing in his effort to guarantee record sales. Īfter signing a deal to Interscope Records and Dr. As of September 2011, the album had sold 765,000 copies. Upon its release, LAX received generally favorable reviews from most music critics, with music critics praising the album's production. The recount placed LAX at #2, with final 1st week sales of 238,382 copies in the United States, and awarded Slipknot's All Hope Is Gone the top spot, with first week sales of 239,516 copies, a margin of 1,134 copies in the United States of America. However, Slipknot's record labels Warner Music Group and Roadrunner Records requested Nielsen SoundScan to recount the album sale totals for the week. Initially, Billboard magazine published an article stating that The Game had secured the top spot by a margin of 13 copies, in what was described as the 'closest race for number one since SoundScan began tracking data in 1991'.
LAX debuted at #2 on the United States Billboard 200, selling 238,000 copies in its first week, behind metal band Slipknot's All Hope Is Gone. The album was released with two different cases such as one cover art for the deluxe version with Game looking at the camera with his bandanna in his hand, and the cover art for another was with him sitting on a couch smoking a blunt. The album was supported by four singles: 'Game's Pain' featuring Keyshia Cole, 'Dope Boys' featuring Travis Barker, 'My Life (The Game song)' featuring Lil Wayne, and 'Camera Phone (song)' featuring Ne-Yo. Rotem and JellyRoll as well as guest appearances from Chrisette Michele, Common, Ice Cube, Keyshia Cole, Ludacris, Nas, Ne-Yo, Raekwon, Raheem DeVaughn, Travis Barker, Bilal and Lil Wayne. Recording sessions took place from 2007 to 2008, with the production that were contributed by Cool & Dre, Kanye West, Scott Storch, Nottz, Hi-Tek, J.R. It was released on August 26, 2008, by Geffen Records. LAX is the third studio album by American rapperThe Game. Discover more music, concerts, videos, and pictures with the largest catalogue online at Last.fm.
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