The Game – LAX tour Luna Park Sydney 2009

The Game – LAX tour Luna Park Sydney 2009

Firstly I got to give a shout out to the promoters for actually get the Game here after a number of false starts. It’s a shame it’s gotten to a point where hip hop fans (such as myself) are in doubt up until the last minute that artists are gonna actually make the trip out. On to the show.

It’s kind of funny walking into Luna Park (the scene of much innocent family entertainment) to be greeted by drunken wannabe gangsters being escorted from the grounds by the police. Probably not the best idea to have the fun park open when these shows are on. Anyways, it was awesome to get to the ticket office to see the sold out signs up (shot Sydney) and even better to walk into the venue to a screaming crowd rapping along in unison to the West Coast classics the DJ was spinning. One gripe – Why didn’t they have the outside bar serving alcohol? The line to buy a beer was a good 20 minute wait!

It wasn’t long before Black Wall Street came out to do a few tracks. Don’t ask me who it was ‘cos I don’t know but the beats definitely got the crowd amped for the main course which was only moments away.

The Game hit the stage with a minimal of hype starting the night off with his latest publicity stunt ¬– beef with Jay-Z. Yawn. Leave the veterans alone son. Thankfully this didn’t go for too long and after the sheep amongst the crowd had shouted a few ‘fuck Jay-Z’s’ Game got the show started by kicking into ‘Dope Boys’. Mean! What followed was a solid hour of West Coast Gangsta rap at its finest, Game spitting fire thru his back catalogue that included classics like ‘Westside Story’, ‘California Sunshine’,’ How We Do’, Hate it or Love it’ and ‘State of Emergency’ taking us back to the Gangsta Rap heyday when rocking Raiders caps, khakis and chucks was the thing to do (For some it still is). It was quite noticeable that Games voice wasn’t at his best and he himself admitted he wasn’t up to his best but he put on a dope show regardless. There wasn’t much floss to it but he made up for it with straight rawness. There were a couple of hip hop show clichés that included getting all the chicks up on stage to dance to ‘Wouldn’t Get Far’ his dedication to video ho’s worldwide and him sculling a full bottle of Vodka on stage while the DJ played ‘Blame it on the Alcohol’. Nice one bruv. Other clichés included the now obligatory Biggie and 2pac dedication where he strangely did a medley of ‘Hit’em Up’ and ‘Juicy’. The highlight of the night was definitely ‘One Blood’ due mainly to the frenzy it whipped up amongst the crowd when the Junior Reid vocals started up. That beat is a killer.

My only regret is I didn’t wear enough red (jokes) and its rather refreshing to see some of the new school gangsta rap cats coming thru as the Snoop Dogg show has become tired and cheesy. Bring on Jeezy and Ricky Ross please.

- Jason Jaram

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