Long before he was topping the charts with his G.O.O.D. Music clique, there was a time when Kanye West wasn’t recognized for his ability to rhyme. Now, in a recent interview with Vlad TV, one of Yeezy’s West coast collaborators Game recalled taking a L to the Chicago rapper early in his career.
Game recalled the time Kanye West beat him in a rap battle before either emcee struck it big in the industry. He said that the two met at a party that Nelly threw, and after the event wrapped up, they decided to engage in a friendly battle. Game added that he and ‘Ye went toe-to-toe for much of the battle, until Kanye pulled out all the stops in his final, battle-winning verse.
“Before The Documentary came out, Nelly had a party at Niketown, and everybody was there – Dr. Dre, Swizz [Beatz], Pharrell, a bunch of stars,” he recalled. “Me and Kanye were kinda rookies and what-not; Kanye was still servicing his beats around, I think he just had signed to Roc-a-Fella. So after the party was over, we’re walking to the parking structure, just walking [with] a bunch of chicks…and everybody was like, ‘Yo, Kanye, why don’t you battle Game? Game, why don’t battle Kanye?’ And we were just two hungry artists, so in the parking structure, [we] just took off. ‘Ye rapped first, and he spit and it was that old College Dropout Kanye, and he got off and he really did his thing.”
He continued, “I gave him probably about 40 bars, just rapping fire, and then he came and he spit like 40 bars. I took it up, and I ended up rapping for like three or four minutes…I felt like I won, and then Kanye, just out of nowhere, started going in about how I thought I was the ‘savior and watch my behavior’ – he just really started going in, and the chicks started being like, ‘Oooh, aah,’ and once the chicks start chiming in, it’s pretty much over.”
Check out the full interview below.
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This nigga is being nice…He can rap circles around Ye
Some minor dicsucking from Game, remember his contract runs out and he wants to keep making money so he’s willing to even roll with Cash Money
He sure is being nice… The GAME now will surely rap circles around Kanye but i gotta admit, the college drop out Kanye was fire
wouldnt get far was my jam
we get it, your friends are popular, WE GET IT
This is a pretty good debate here. I think Kanye is slightly underrated for his microphone prowess. We all know Game puts it down. That would be a battle worth the watch.
Why you feel sorry for that nigga? He’s rich, period. He ain’t giving a fuck about you.
What the fuck are you talking about?
oh look at mr.know all about hip hop kanye and game are both punks and fags and so was your dad is hould puke in your moms face
Lmao, I was raised not to fuck with the handicapped so I’ll leave you alone.
Someone’s looking to get that G.O.O.D music hype.
Lamest freestyle battle ever.
this fake ass nigga game name drop all the time and drops west coast or west side every 2nd line. he been dick ridin dre so hard it comin out his mouth and he be full of shit anyways. fake ass rapper. game got NO GAME.
He’s kinda like you.
talkin bout name dropping listen to his last 4 bodies of work albums and mixtapes you dumb shit
Sean Ryon is the worst writer on HipHopDX. Tries way too hard to make certain things sound way more significant than they truly are.
so that why you come in and comment? SMH
Game was easily the G.O.A.T. Then I read this article. Not anymore he ain’t.
game a nice rapper but nigga in what dumb made up fake fictious fairytale fucking land was he easily goat.
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goat of what? the guy cant even put out a solo album
if you got something to say go to this site
http://simcolfm.com/
If kangay fucks you up in a battle your ass needs to stop fuckin with the mic!
yeah keep treatin this like it’s high school, idiot
Oh im sorry is this a site for important discussion. With a bunch of people who know shit about the industry. Fag!
It wasn’t a real battle… He’s talking about the Cypher he had with Kanye and Charles Hamilton… The whole thing is on YouTube
no hes not dipshit
HE SAID THERE WAS BITCHES AROUND…THE ONLY BITCH I SEEN ON THAT “CYPHER” WAS CHARLES HAMILTON…CANT BELIEVE THEM NIGGAZ ACTUALLY WENT AND KICKED IT WITH MUTHAFUCKIN CHARLES HAMILTON…
lol kanye beat game …hilarious
kanye sucks rapping his beats are his savior
that means game sucks as twice as kanye
Or they were just having fun with some women rapping, something your little punk ass can’t decipher.
Game > Kanye
I’d be embarrassed if kanye beat me in a rap battle.
Kanye would destroy u
ahahahaha this nigga got beat by kanye when kanye wasn’t a real rapper. this was back when the nigga made beats, this bitch groupy game can’t rap for shit.
nigga go listen to college dropout and say that again
i really dislike game n only like kanye attitude towards the world. but the old morning show shit kanye can freestyle with a good flow bitches love that shit
hi haters
kanye one of the worst rapper’s alive beat your ass ,so you can kill yourself
kanye is nice wtf you talking about
nut 2 be compared 2 GAME
of course he did game has no bars
wtf? ive seen a video where mos and kanye go at it in a freestyle..i think it was some kind of penthouse party or somethin..anyway, mos def killed it oc, but kanye didnt spit for shit, choked like 3-4 times and whatnot! it was terrible! so i dont really believe this story.. no hate though, kanye delivers on the albums..
your mom delivers a deformed jackass every six months
more bullshit
Seeing a lot of hate for game here, dunno how the dudes a good rapper one of the better ones alive these days, they all saying hahah kanye beat you you suck, kanyes got nice bars and lets not forget game singlehandedly beat the whole of g unit dissing so clearly don’t suck that much, haters go top yourself bet half of yall are weezy fans and we all know how good he is lyrically -_- hahahaha
We always know you are a loser Game. You steel songs and flows from:
– dr dre
– eminem
– shyne
– outkast
– tyler the craoter
– kanye west
etc.
“Steel”? It’s STEAL, you fucking idiot. Go back to school
and the award of the biggest idiot goes to you :D!
please tell me you did not just say that you absoloute fucking retard
Game is dickriding Kanye a lot these days.
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA this is just sad
When chicks start chiming in it is over, but chicks also wouldn’t let the one they wanna f*ck lose either…so it looks like Game lost twice that night.
so many losers comment on these things
The Documentary Game vs. College Dropout Kanye… Would have been interesting to witness this battle
that was 50 Eminem and Lloyd banks not game
unless Game stays true with his own flow and voice he will keep losing!
hes making himself sound weak
kanye was never a good at rapping to begin with.
#weakhomo
why re all y’all shallow minds hating on game>>>FOLLZ!
lol @ “parking structure”
Game probably just dropped a bunch of names.. Thats how Yeezy won
– What we talkin bout
Don’t think people are reading this right, it said when they both were at the START of their careers
To this date I think Game would destroy Kanye now, he’s really developed now
It’s easy why he lost, you can’t name drop on a freestyle!
It’s easy why he lost, you can’t name drop in a battle!