LAX (album)

LAX
The Game's studio album
Publication (s)	2008
Label (s)	Geffen Records
Format (s)	CD
Genre (s)	Hip hop
Title (number)	19th
running time	76:28 min
chronology Doctor's Advocate (2006) LAX The RED Album (2011)

LAX is the third studio album by the American rapper The Game . It was released on August 26, 2008 on the Geffen Records label .

Track list

1. Intro (from DMX) - 1:20
2. LAX Files - 3:59
3. State of Emergency (feat.Ice Cube) - 3:38
4. Bulletproof Diaries (feat.Raekwon) - 4:52
5. My Life (feat.Lil Wayne) - 5:20
6. Money - 5:13
7. Cali Sunshine (feat.Bilal) - 4:33
8. Ya Heard (feat.Ludacris) - 4:04
9. Hard Liquor (Interlude) - 1:50
10. House of Pain - 4:32
11. Gentleman's Affair (feat.Ne-Yo) - 3:39
12. Let Us Live (feat.Chrisette Michele) - 4:39
13. Touchdown (feat.Raheem DeVaughn) - 3:59
14. Angel (feat. Common) - 4:28
15. Never Can Say Goodbye (feat.Latoya Williams) - 4:40
16. Dope Boys (feat.Travis Barker) - 4:00
17. Game's Pain (feat. Keyshia Cole) - 4:21
18. Letter To The King (feat. Nas) - 5:45
19. Outro (from DMX) - 1:28

reception

Charts

LAX reached number 2 on the US Billboard 200 . In total, the release stayed in the United States' album charts for 28 weeks. In Canada, the album was also number 2 in the charts. At position 33, LAX was also represented in the German album charts.

criticism

The Laut.de e-zine rated LAX with four out of a possible five points. According to the editor Simon Müller, “ the self-proclaimed Dr. Dre successor seamlessly continues its west coast revival and wakes up pleasant memories of more than just one classic. "While the pieces My Life , LAX Files and Let Us Live " the dark side of Thug-Life with darkest Gangbanger melancholy "to describe, get The Game with Ice Cube and reakwon" for neat Hood Representing [...] two veterans of gangsta Rap [to compensate] in the boat. “In addition to the numerous well-known guest rappers, the“ producer line-up [...] consists only of heavyweights from the scene. “Ex- Blink-182 -drummer Travis Barker turns out to be “ an extremely good 808 replacement ” on Dope Boys , who makes “ the track one of the highlights of the album ”. Even Money belongs " thanks to the really well-produced electric guitar beat and the Betty Wright vocal sample " one of the " best songs of the album. “Furthermore, the song Letter To The King , an“ Ode to Martin Luther King ”,“ is completely out of the ordinary. "

Individual evidence

1. ^ Billboard.com: Billboard 200 - Game. Retrieved December 27, 2016 . 
2. ^ Billboard.com: Billboard Canadian Albums - Game. Retrieved December 27, 2016 . 
3. ^ Officialcharts.de: The Game - LAX. Retrieved December 27, 2016 . 
4. ↑ Laut.de: Classic West Coast rap in a modern guise. Retrieved December 27, 2016 .