The Game - är sur på Dr.dre

The Game - är sur på Dr.dre

AllHipHop.com: Dr. Dre receives a lot of praise on your new album, yet he doesn't feature or contribute to production...

The Game: Too bad for him! I don't want anybody to do anything that they don't wanna do. When I found out Dre wasn't gonna be working on the album, I lifted my head up and opened my chest out and I had to get it done.

AllHipHop.com: So you wanted him on there but he refused?

The Game: I didn't really care, it's either you do it or you don't, I don't have time to be worried about other people's feelings; I basically just wanted to complete my album and it was either with or without Dre - I was gonna do that. On this album it was without, so I had to make do with what I had.

AllHipHop.com: Will he be working on any of your future albums?

The Game: If I could tell you that then I should probably quit rapping and start some psychic hotline or something.

AllHipHop.com: What about the title track, "Doctor's Advocate," that's pretty much a tribute to Dre...

The Game: I was drunk on that song, so I don't remember or care what I was talking about that night. That was just that night, and it was documented and it'll forever be remembered ‘cause it's on that album; it's just the way I was feeling that night and not the next morning and not the day before.

AllHipHop.com: So you and Dre are not as tight as some may think?

The Game: I mean, me and Dre didn't grow up together breaking peanut butter and jelly sandwiches in half. I met Dre in 2001/2002 and we've had a great friendship since then, but I haven't known him for 20 years, so I don't expect him to jump off a mountain for me, and I definitely wouldn't do the same for him. But Hip-Hop is every man for himself; we're all independent artists so we gotta make the best of what we've got.