[1] Recording sessions took place from 2007 to 2008, with the production that were contributed by The Runners, Kane Beatz, Cool & Dre, Kanye West, Tha Bizness, Scott Storch, Polow da Don, Nottz, J.U.S.T.I.C.E.

League, Hi-Tek, J.R. Rotem and JellyRoll; as well as guest appearances from DMX, Chrisette Michele, Common, Ice Cube, Keyshia Cole, Ludacris, Nas, Ne-Yo, Raekwon, Raheem DeVaughn, Travis Barker, Bilal and Lil Wayne.

Initially, Billboard magazine published an article stating that the Game had secured the top spot by a margin of 13 copies, in what was described as the "closest race for number one since SoundScan began tracking data in 1991".

[4] After pleading no contest to a felony weapons charge on February 11, the Game was sentenced to 60 days in jail, 150 hours of community service, and three years of probation.

[7] On July 28, 2008, the Game told J. Hyphen and J. Moore of Sunday Night Sound Sessions, that the album has been finished, and that the official release date was August 26, 2008.

[citation needed] In these recording sessions, artists that were been reported would participated for LAX, at first Nu Jerzey Devil stated that Lil Wayne[8] would be making his guest appearance on the album.

It was later confirmed that Akon, André 3000, Busta Rhymes,[9] Chris Brown,[10] Chrisette Michele, Common,[9] Ice Cube, Keyshia Cole,[8] DMX,[11] Ludacris, Snoop Dogg, Marsha Ambrosius, Mary J. Blige, Nas,[12] Ne-Yo, Raekwon, Raheem DeVaughn, Fabolous, and Robin Thicke[9] would be making appearances, however, all of them did not make the final cut on the album.

[13] Although Travis Barker, Bilal, Keyshia Cole, Common, Raheem DeVaughn, DMX, Ice Cube, Lil Wayne, Ludacris, Chrisette Michele, Nas, Ne-Yo, Raekwon, and LaToiya Williams were in the final album track listing.

All of these record producers that have been participating at this album's recording sessions with the Game were JellyRoll, Nottz, DJ Toomp, J.R. Rotem, Scott Storch, Kanye West, 1500 or Nothin', Travis Barker, DJ Quik, Knobody, Dahoud Darien, Hi-Tek, Ervin Pope, Cool & Dre, Irv Gotti, Tre Beatz, and Trackmasters.

[8][14] On May 1, 2008, the Game told Power 106 that he had worked with Just Blaze, Kanye West, Cool & Dre, Scott Storch, Timbaland, Knobody, Ervin Pope, JellyRoll and Tre Beatz, among others.

On June 8, 2008, it was announced that LAX has been pushed back for week to July 15, which happens to be the same release date as Nas' Untitled album.

[citation needed] On August 10, 2008, the Game told Friday Night Flavas, that he would be dropping two mixtapes; "Superman", featuring all original tracks, which did not appear on the album, in a week and a half and "You Know What It Is Vol.

"[24] The second single was "Dope Boys" featuring Blink-182 drummer Travis Barker, the video released was deemed to be too edgy to be aired on TV by BET, but it has been lauded critically as "not only one of the best collaborations on L.A.X.

[28] The tour Begin on February 18, 2009 and concluding March 29, 2009 stops included Los Angeles, California, Phoenix, Arizona, Sacramento, California, Portland, Oregon, Seattle, Washington, Boise, Idaho, Denver, Colorado, Tulsa, Oklahoma, Dallas, Texas, Houston, Texas, New Orleans, Louisiana, New Haven, Connecticut, Providence, Rhode Island, Norfolk, Virginia, New York City, New York and more.

[30] The album received favorable reviews from critics, debuted at #2 on the US Billboard 200, with approximately 239,000 copies sold, just behind metal band Slipknot's All Hope Is Gone.

At first it looked like LAX had debuted ahead of All Hope Is Gone by 13 copies, with such a close difference, Slipknot's labels Warner Music Group and Roadrunner Records asked for a SoundScan recount, a historic first.

Initially, Billboard published an article stating that the Game had secured the top spot with a margin of 13 units, in what was described as the "closest race for number one since SoundScan began tracking Data in 1991".

"[43] Allmusic writer David Jeffries noted "the cuts that truly matter on LAX aren't the ones where the rapper's hardcore, unswayable definition of loyalty comes into play but the ones that go outside the usual topics and explore both the profound (the African-American struggle) and, more surprisingly, the profane (rump shaking)" and that "this scattershot album is easy to recommend despite its flaws".

He attacks the beats — provided by the likes of J.R. Rotem, Kanye West, Cool & Dre, Scott Storch, Hi-Tek and DJ Toomp — with lyrical ferocity.

"[44] The New York Times, which previously said Doctor's Advocate was the best hip-hop album of 2006,[45] gave a mixed review saying that "Worse, the Game, never a fluid rapper, sounds positively lumpy, as if he were delivering verses while running up a steep flight of stairs, or as if the last few years of pugnacity have finally left him winded.

"[34] The Guardian's Angus Batey stated "LAX is an intense and remarkably focused record - almost every syllable concerns Compton, gangsta rap and (as one song title has it).

"[46] Slant Magazine's Wilson McBee viewed it as the Game's best album stating "With the Game's third and best album, LAX, which drops without the baggage of a high-profile beef, we learn more about who the rapper really is: a guy who loves hip-hop, from top to bottom, and is as comfortable giving shout-outs to Will Smith and Uncle Luke as he is to Wu-Tang and N.W.A" and "Listening to LAX is like witnessing the creation of a mural of hip-hop's history in which the artist paints himself hiding among the famous faces.

In the first song on Game’s highly anticipated fourth studio album, R.E.D., The City, he said: "Came with LAX, since critics said it was average/ I was stressed the fuck out, torn between Aftermath and Geffen, Interscope".