The featured guests include rappers Dr. Dre, Snoop Dogg, Tyler, the Creator, Lil Wayne and Kendrick Lamar, and singers Lloyd, Mario, Chris Brown and Nelly Furtado.

[3][8][9] In November 2009, HipHopDX interviewed Game about the album's current status, saying it had been shelved because he needed help from Dr. Dre, Ice Cube and Snoop Dogg with key elements that were not there when he started the project.

The guest appearances on the album will be Dr. Dre, Kendrick Lamar, Snoop Dogg, Lil Wayne, Tyler, the Creator, Beanie Sigel, E-40, Chris Brown, Big Boi, Wale, Nelly Furtado, Drake, Rick Ross and Young Jeezy, among others.

[3] Game also revealed to MTV; he had been working with record producers J.R. Rotem, Mike Lynn and Cool & Dre and hoped to receive production from Kanye West.

[12] In an interview with XXL, Game confirmed the album's featured guests would include fellow rappers Lil Wayne, Pharrell Williams, Gucci Mane and Kanye West, and also voiced his desire to work with pop singer Lady Gaga, stating he was trying to get Interscope Records co-founder Jimmy Iovine to allow this collaboration to come to fruition.

The picture was taken a day earlier, and it marked the first time Game had worked with Dr. Dre for some years since the beef with former G-Unit labelmate 50 Cent caused him to lose his record deal at Aftermath Entertainment and Interscope, and release his first two albums on Geffen.

In January 2010, Game posted a picture of himself wearing several chains, all with the Aftermath Entertainment logo attached to them, with the caption reading "It's funny how things come Full Circle" to his own Twitter page, suggesting that he had returned to the record label: this was later officially confirmed.

He was later revealed K-Young, Diddy, Young Jeezy, Busta Rhymes, Wiz Khalifa, Big Boi and AZ were all confirmed to be working on the album as well.

He also revealed the album featured a Dr. Dre produced song titled "Dead People" about his father, and described it as a "sort of like a dream, but I wish it would've came true when I was a kid, so I kind of lived it out.

[39] Game spoke about a reflective song he recorded with singer Nelly Furtado titled "Mother Knows", produced by the Neptunes, describing it as a "walk through a time period in my life when I was young and my mom was trying to instill all these values in me and I was just a rebel and going against everything she said".

[49] The album's featured guest appearances from Dr. Dre, Tyler, the Creator, Snoop Dogg, Lil Wayne, Rick Ross, Beanie Sigel, E-40, Kendrick Lamar, Drake, Wale, Big Boi, Mario, Young Jeezy, Chris Brown and Nelly Furtado.

[60] Production was handled by several record producers, including Pharrell Williams, Ryan Leslie, Cool & Dre, Scoop DeVille, Bink!

[61] The tape featured guest appearances from Snoop Dogg, Nas, T.I., Akon, Rick Ross, Waka Flocka Flame, Busta Rhymes, Robin Thicke and Shawty Lo, along with the production handled by several producers, including DJ Toomp, J.R. Rotem, Lex Luger and Rich Skillz, among others.

[63][64] On January 24, 2011, Game released the double disc mixtape Purp & Patron, once again (for the third time in the row) hosted by DJ Skee, alongside by Funkmaster Flex.

[65] The tape featured guest appearances from Pharrell Williams, Snoop Dogg, Lil Wayne, Detail, Tools, Sam Hook, Menace, TD, Mistah F.A.B., the Jacka, Wiz Khalifa, Fabolous, Rev.

Burke, Mysonne, T-Pain, Rick Ross, Ashanti, Kurupt, Lil Boosie, Jim Jones, Clinton Sparks, Mike Epps, Ashley Cole, Swizz Beatz, Travis Barker, Doug E. Fresh, Big Daddy Kane, KRS-One and Dre, and the mixtape's production was handled by several record producers, including Dr. Dre, Ervin 'EP' Pope, the Neptunes, Bink, DJ Shake, Nottz, 1500 or Nothin', Che Vicious, D.A.

[68] The tape features guest appearances from Birdman, Mars of 1500 or Nothin', Timbaland, Kurupt, JoiStaRR, David Banner, Ghostface Killah, Joell Ortiz, Young Chris, Eve, Black Thought, Money Malc, Fat Joe, Fred the Godson, Diggy Simmons, Jermaine Dupri, and Busta Rhymes, and the mixtape's production was handled by several record producers, including 1500 or Nothin', Timbaland, Just Blaze, Amadeus and Sean C & LV, among others.

[71][72] The tape features guest appearances from Dr. Dre, Snoop Dogg, Lil Wayne, Birdman, Gucci Mane, B.o.B, Wiz Khalifa, Sam Cooke, Redman, Joi StaRR, Paypa, Trey Songz and Yelawolf.

The production on the mixtape was handled by several record producers, including Mars, DJ Khalil, Lifted, Che Vicious, Boi-1da, Terrace Martin, Gun Roulet, Point Guard, Rance, Cool & Dre and Jim Jonsin, among others.

[75] The tour began on November 20, 2011 and concluded on December 22, 2011, stopping in Dublin, Glasgow, Paris, Stuttgart, Milan, Zürich, Amsterdam, Copenhagen, Helsinki, Stockholm and Oslo.

[81] However, Game refused to let the snub derail his plans for promotion, and vowed to release the video online so fans can form their own opinions about the controversy for themselves.

While shooting for the single's music video an incident occurred with record producer and one half of the production duo 1500 or Nothin' Mars was held up at gunpoint and got robbed of $12,000 in cash and jewelry by two armed robbers.

[96] In an interview with Complex, the Game revealed that "Krazy", "Big Money", and "It Must Be Me" were all promotional singles for iTunes and digital download and confirmed that none of them would be included on the album.

[100] Additionally, the song "Bottles & Rockin' J's" featuring DJ Khaled, Fabolous, Lil Wayne, Busta Rhymes and Rick Ross, with production by Lex Luger, was being considered as the album's second official single.

"[127] Ken Capobianco of The Boston Globe wrote that, "The Game shows a willingness to reinvent himself with some beats that are as penetrating and resourceful as his engaging rhymes filled with sports and pop-culture references.

"[133] Edna Gundersen of USA Today praised the rapper's "chemistry" and wrote that "Game invigorates West Coast rap with grit, ferocity, vivid rhymes, crushing beats and even a hilarious and vicious sci-fi romp.

"[138] Los Angeles Times writer Mikael Wood commented that "In stark contrast with such charm merchants as Jay-Z and Lil Wayne, Game's low likability is no impediment to his art; indeed, The R.E.D.

[139] Despite that "one shouldn't be surprised," David Amidon of PopMatters wrote "A lot of what initially made Game an intriguing artist is missing from this release, replaced instead by fleeting moments of great music and extended periods of mediocrity or whackness."

"[130] Arwa Haider of Metro viewed it as a "cinematic drama of the rapper's Westside life experience, which could easily have become schmaltzy but is fuelled by his rugged wordplay and guests on sharp form.

"[132] Jayson Greene of The Village Voice gave a mixed review, writing "when there is a firm hand reining him in, Game can still make good rap music.