The Game's 'LAX' brims with rapper's life and times

The Game, LAX

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Twenty years after N.W.A's Straight Outta Compton, their musical godchild celebrates the hood life on his third -- and reportedly last -- album. In between bookend prayers by DMX, the controversial Compton native exalts West Coast thug culture, and Ice Cube shows up early on to give his nod of approval on State of Emergency.

Throughout, The Game flays rivals and trumpets his own skills and success. He attacks the beats -- provided by the likes of

J.R. Rotem, Kanye West, Cool & Dre, Scott Storch, Hi-Tek ...