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| '''''Jesus Piece''''' is the fifth ] by American ] recording artist ], released on December 11, 2012 and his last release on ]. Within a three-year gap between Game’s third album, '']'' (2008), and his follow-up, '']'' (2011), before the latter finally dropped last August. The latter album was a fall from his previous three released album sales, but became Game's third number one album on the US ] chart. Shortly after the release of the long delayed album, Game announced he had begun work on his fifth studio album. | '''''Jesus Piece''''' is the fifth ] by American ] recording artist ], released on December 11, 2012 and his last release on ]. Within a three-year gap between Game’s third album, '']'' (2008), and his follow-up, '']'' (2011), before the latter finally dropped last August. The latter album was a fall from his previous three released album sales, but became Game's third number one album on the US ] chart. Shortly after the release of the long delayed album, Game announced he had begun work on his fifth studio album. | ||
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{{Infobox album
| Name = Jesus Piece
| Type = Studio
| Artist = The Game
| Cover = Jesus-piece-game-albumcover.jpg
| Border = yes
| Released = December 11, 2012 (2012-12-11)
| Recorded = 2011–12
| Genre = West Coast hip hop, gangsta rap
| Length = 56:30
| Label = DGC, Interscope
| Producer = Cool & Dre (also exec.), The Game (exec.), Stat Quo (exec.), Antwan "Amadeus" Thompson, Black Metaphor, Boi-1da, Dawaun Parker, Dr. Dre, Jake One, K. Roosevelt, Matthew Burnett, The Maven Boys, S1, SAP, Stephen "Koz" Kozmeniuk, Yung Ladd
| Last album = The R.E.D. Album
(2011)
| This album = Jesus Piece
(2012)
| Next album =
| Misc = Alternative cover Singles from Jesus Piece
- "Celebration"
Released: September 2, 2012 (2012-09-02) - "All That (Lady)"
Released: February 19, 2013 (2013-02-19) - "Ali Bomaye"
Released: June 25, 2013 (2013-06-25)
Jesus Piece is the fifth studio album by American West Coast hip hop recording artist The Game, released on December 11, 2012 and his last release on Interscope Records. Within a three-year gap between Game’s third album, LAX (2008), and his follow-up, The R.E.D. Album (2011), before the latter finally dropped last August. The latter album was a fall from his previous three released album sales, but became Game's third number one album on the US Billboard 200 chart. Shortly after the release of the long delayed album, Game announced he had begun work on his fifth studio album. The album was originally titled Soundtrack to Chaos, then was changed to F.I.V.E. (Fear is Victory's Evolution) and finally Jesus Piece becoming Game's first concept album.
"Celebration" was released as the album's lead single. The song features additional vocals from fellow rappers Lil Wayne, Chris Brown, Tyga and Wiz Khalifa. "Celebration" managed to attain chart success, debuting at number 82 on the Billboard Hot 100. Other featured artists on the album were; Meek Mill, 2 Chainz, Rick Ross, Kanye West, Common, J. Cole, JMSN, King Chip, Trey Songz, Big Sean, Fabolous, Jeremih, Pusha T, Kendrick Lamar, Tank, K. Roosevelt, Jamie Foxx, Elijah Blake, Future & Young Jeezy.
Game explained the concept of Jesus Piece does not have a spiritual theme, but it would have a "Gangster" theme of enjoying life while also having faith in God. The controversial cover for the deluxe edition of the album portrays an African-American Jesus. On the standard edition cover, Game pays homage to his older brother, Jevon Danell Taylor, who was shot and killed at the age of 21. Jesus Piece became Game's first album since the multi-platinum selling and critically acclaimed The Documentary, to feature production from Dr. Dre. Game announced on social media that every Sunday leading up to the album that he would be dropping new music, which failed to make the album's final cut. Game compared the album's quality of production and high number of guests to his mentor Dr. Dre's The Chronic 2001. Upon release the album received generally positive reviews by most publications. Most reviewers have praised the production and guests and the album.
Background and recording
Within a three-year gap between Game’s third album, LAX (2008), and his follow-up, The R.E.D. Album (2011), before the latter finally dropped last August. The album sold 98,000 copies in its first week, a major fall from his previous three released album sales, but managed to debut at number one on the US Billboard 200 chart, in the process becoming Game's third number one album on the chart. The first glimpse seen of Game's fifth studio album was through Twitter a couple of days before The R.E.D. Album was released. Game posted a video of him in a studio session with 1500 or Nothin'. In the session, he titled the fifth LP Soundtrack to Chaos. The session showed them recording a song that was later released, called "Everywhere" which featured J. Black. To build hype, Game released a mixtape called California Republic. The mixtape was released on April 5, 2012.
In early 2012, Game changed the album's title to F.I.V.E.: Fear is Victory's Evolution. He also announced that Cool & Dre would be executive producing, while DJ Khaled was a co-executive producer. Game changed the title of the album for the second time due to similarities with Trey Songz Chapter V and 50 Cent's digital album. He told in an interview with DJ Skee that the album borrows its name from the title track featuring Kanye West, and it has a concept on enjoying life to the fullest while still believing in God. Jesus Piece stands as Game's only concept record to date. He scrapped the years worth of material from the album sessions except for the song "Jesus Piece" and entended to change the whole album behind that one song. After this Game had 60 days to re-record the entire album which included calling rappers that already recorded verses for the project (Lil Wayne and Rick Ross) having to come back in and re-record their verses to fit the album concept.
On August 22, Game went to Power 106 and debuted his first official single from his fifth LP, called "Celebration". The song featured Chris Brown, Lil' Wayne, Tyga, and Wiz Khalifa and was produced by SAP. To also build hype, Game will release a street single titled "I Remember" (featuring Young Jeezy and Future). A music video was shot in Atlanta for the street single. The song was also used on Tyga's Well Done 3 mixtape, but was altered with a Tyga verse and Young Jeezy's verse was taken off.
Game describing the concept of the album"You want to believe in God, but you don't want to be criticized and ridiculed by people who think that they're better than you," "I don't want to feel like I can't love God or appreciate Jesus and have to put down that blunt. I want to smoke, maybe shower up, then go to church. Get the word, walk out of church, maybe smoke again, maybe hit up a strip club or two and do me, but I don't want to be ridiculed."
He said about the album; "It's not a Christian album, it's not an album that's strictly about church or nothin'. It's just a constant battle with religion and street life and Hip Hop and lyricism and bitches and your wife and your kids and just the struggle."
In an interview with DJ Skee (released on August 29), Game confirmed that Jesus Piece is slated for a 4th quarter 2012 release. He also hinted at a mixtape before the album drops and that he has more than 5,000 records on his computer that hasn't been released to the public.
Guests
On October 31, 2012, Game stated that Common, J. Cole, Rick Ross, Lil Wayne, Future and Young Jeezy would be guests on the album. He also confirmed on his official Twitter account that he had recorded a song with Rihanna. DJ Premier confirmed that he will be working on the album. Game told RapupTv that long time collaborator Lil Wayne will be featuring on the album on more than one record. On September 29, 2012, Game confirmed longstanding collaborator Lil Wayne will feature on the album in two songs and that Maroon 5 lead singer Adam Levine would appear on his album. Game said in a Rolling stone interview, "When everybody hears the Adam Levine record, I think they gonna go crazy". However the song did not make the final track list. On October 18, 2012, Game confirmed, he has worked with Jamie Foxx on the album. In early November 2 Chainz and Meek Mill were also confirmed as featured artists and Game also called the album his 2012 version of Dr. Dre's The Chronic 2001 as related to the amount of features on the project. Dr. Dre and Dawaun Parker were also confirmed to have production while Kendrick Lamar confirmed to be featured on it.
The album features in total 23 guest appearances including skits performed by comedian Kevin Hart and rapper Stat Quo sprinkled through the album on tracks such as "Church" and "Freedom." Besides the prior names other guests on the album include Big Sean, Fabolous, King Chip, Trey Songz, Pusha T, Tank and Jeremih. According to the original track listing released by The Game features also included Wale, Slim Thug, Paul Wall, Z-Ro and Scarface. However, the tracks these artists, "Stripper", "Rollin'" and "Murder" were cut from the final album due to sample clearance issues and were instead released as a part of Game' SundayService free music giveaway.
Release and promotion
On December 7, 2012, The Game "leaked" snippets of the album on Big Boi's Neighborhood on Power 106. The weekend before the album release The Game held an album listening session in front of approximately 100 tastemakers, artists, bloggers and writers. In attendance were Stat Quo, Nu Jerzey Devil, Ty$, Clyde Carson, King Chip, Dre of Cool & Dre, Elliott Wilson among others. On December 10, 2012 The Game went onto Howard Stern's radio show to promote the album. The next day he would appear on DJ Skee's radio show to promote the album.
Cover art
The Game released a controversial artwork of the album via Instagram on October 21, 2012 and also announced the release date will be December 11. The cover portrays a dark-skinned Jesus in a stained glass window with a teardrop tattoo, a red bandanna around his mouth, and he is wearing a Jesus piece. In the artwork beside Jesus, are symbols of cannabis sativa leaves. The stained glass-inspired image shows Jesus sitting on a throne adorned with gang-related symbols. In the artwork, Jesus is holding a gold "Jesus Piece" chain and pointing to a symbol on his breast plate. The red bandana over his mouth is a reference to the Cedar Block Piru Bloods gang, to which Game is allegedly a member. The coconut tree symbolises the Tropics and leisure life. The artwork has a slightly altered logo on the top, which features on all of the previous Game's studio albums. The album's title Jesus Piece is stylized as Je5us Piece, depicting that it is Game's fifth studio album. Je5us Piece logo is styled after the iconic Louis Vuitton. The cover was designed by Vlad Sepetov. The religious imagery of the art has gained mixed reviews and the ire of some fans who deem the work as blasphemous. Several celebrities praised the artwork including, rap veteran Busta Rhymes, Mac Miller and Kevin Hart. Game decided to make this cover only the deluxe edition after the Roman Catholic Church called Interscope Records and "it got real crazy." Complex Magazine named the album cover the fifteenth best cover of 2012.
On November 12, an alternative cover for the standard edition of the album was released. The cover pays homage to Game's older brother, Jevon Danell Taylor, who was shot and killed at the age of 21.
#SundayService
Game announced on Twitter that every Sunday leading up to the album that he would drop something new to hold the fans over. All the songs are from the recording sessions for Jesus Piece. On October 28, 2012 he released the highly anticipated remix to "Celebration" featuring Bone Thugs-N-Harmony. On November 4, Game released a leftover track from the album, entitled "Holy Water". On November 11, Game released a track titled, "I Remember" featuring Young Jeezy and Future. The song was released directly as a video and was leaked onto Tyga's mixtape, Well Done 3, but with Tyga's verse replacing Young Jeezy's verse. For the fourth edition on November 18, he released a song entitled "Black Jesus" produced by SAP. The same day he also released "HVN4AGNGSTA" featuring Master P, which was originally supposed to be on Jesus Piece. On November 25, Game released the fifth edition of the series, a song entitled "Stripper" featuring Wale, which did not make the album due to an uncleared sample. In celebration of his birthday, Game released the song, "Judas Closet" on November 30. The song features rapper Nipsey Hussle and production from Timbaland. On December 2, Game released another cut record originally recorded for Jesus Piece, "Rollin'", featuring Kanye West, Trae Tha Truth, Z-Ro, Paul Wall and Slim Thug. On the seventh and final edition of Sunday Service The Game leaked the song "Murder" which features Scarface and Kendrick Lamar. The song was originally to be featured on Jesus Piece however it was cut due to sample clearing problems.
Singles
"Celebration" is the album's lead single. It was produced by SAP and Cool and Dre. The song features additional vocals from fellow rappers Lil Wayne, Chris Brown, Tyga and Wiz Khalifa. "Celebration" received its first radio play on Los Angeles' Power 106 on August 22, 2012. The song samples Bone Thugs-n-Harmony's hit single "1st of tha Month". The music video, which was shot in Northridge, CA was released on September 18, 2012. The music video premiered on BET's 106 & Park on September 20, 2012. "Celebration" managed to attain chart success, debuting at number 82 on the Billboard Hot 100, number 19 on US Rap chart and number 29 on Hiphop and R&B tracks. Game, Chris Brown, Tyga, Lil Wayne & Wiz Khalifa all appear in the video performing their part of the song. Game told MTV news that the video was inspired by mentor Dr. Dre's hit single "Nuthin' but a 'G' Thang" featuring Snoop Dogg. Lil Wayne's contribution earned him his 109th chart entry, surpassing Elvis Presley’s record for the most chart entries. Game posted a picture on his Twitter showing the word bone structured with cannabis. Game later confirmed that he is working in the studio with Bone Thugs-n-Harmony on a remix for "Celebration". On October 28, an official remix, featuring all five members of Bone Thugs-N-Harmony was released by Game. It was positively received by the critics.
The week of the albums release the song "All That (Lady)" which features Lil Wayne, Big Sean, Fabolous and Jeremiah debuted at #48 on the Billboard R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart. It had been rumored to be the second single. Then on February 19, 2013 the song was sent to radio as the second official single.
Other songs
On October 26, Game announced the first promotional single from the album, entitled "I Remember". Game revealed that he's enlisted Young Jeezy and Future for guest features on the second single. He explained that the song was originally leaked on Tyga's recent Well Done 3 mixtape, but he plans to release it with a new verse from Young Jeezy attached. Game confirmed that "I Remember", is a street record. Game confirmed that the single will be directly released as a video, and the audio version will be released later. The video was released on November 11, 2012 as the third release in the Sunday Service series.
Recently The Game shot a music video for the song "Ali Bomaye" which features 2 Chainz and Rick Ross.The video was released on July 2, 2013.
Reception
Critical response
| Review scores | |
|---|---|
| Source | Rating |
| AllHipHop | 8/10 |
| Allmusic |    |
| Los Angeles Times | |
| Pitchfork Media | 6/10 |
| Rolling Stone | |
| San Francisco Chronicle | (favorable) |
| Spin | |
| USA Today | |
| Washington Post | (favorable) |
| XXL | (XL) |
Upon release Jesus Piece received generally favorable reviews from contemporary music critics. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album received an average score of 66, which indicates "generally favorable reviews", based on 13 reviews. Artistdirect editor, Rick Florino awarded Jesus Piece with a perfect 5 mics rating, describing it as "Like any classic gangster flick where the protagonist contemplates faith—Mean Streets comes to mind—Jesus Piece relies on dichotomies. There's some vicious rhyming, illuminating how tight of an MC he truly is, but there are also some incredibly soulful hooks too, meant to stay stuck in your head. Ultimately, tempering bullet-ridden tales and redemptive prayers, Game unleashes his best work to date and a landmark for hip hop." The Michigan Daily gave the album an "A" saying "its a concept album, Jesus Piece is connected through a theme of religion, specifically Christianity, though it’s far from being quoted by your neighborhood pastor in his next sermon." Jackson Howard went on to praise the production and guest features. Steve Jones of USA Today gave the album 3 and a half stars out of four saying "The Compton rapper wraps his street tales in spiritual themes to deliver one the year's most intriguing albums." XXL gave the album a "XL" rating which constitutes 4 out of 5 stars. They stated The Game framed a praiseworthy album blessed with sterling features and production with the only disappointing point being the underwhelming title track with little input from Kanye West. Sarah Godfrey of the Washington Post said pf the album "A few songs stray from the main concept, but for the most part, Game’s latest effort sticks to its compelling theme and is an interesting look at the religious gray area that lies between wearing a diamond-studded gold Jesus piece around one’s neck with little thought to its significance and sitting in church every Sunday." AllHipHop gave the album a 8 out of 10 and commended The Game delivering the type of music his fans clamor for, but shifting gears at the appropriate time to stretch his content and show diversity. Also saying Game manages to sneak in more substance and reflective lyrics in this album than he has in the past and the production and each of the (many) cameos in this instance add to the replay value of the LP. SeattlePi reviewers remarked that while the album has a heavy dose of gust features, "...like his last album, 'The R.E.D. Album,' he isn't outshined by any of the features on 'Jesus Piece.' With his hoarse delivery, Game's words are full of bravado, his topics are concise and his rhymes are easy to digest on these well-produced tracks."
Jayson Greene of Pitchfork Media gave the album a less stellar review putting down the album as nothing new from Game and only praising the production and guest list. However saying "Jesus Piece is less all-over-the-place than The R.E.D. Album." He gave the album a 6 out of 10. Phillip Mlynar of Spin commented negatively of the guest features and claimed Game strays from his own concept too much going on to give the album a 5/10.
David Jeffries of Allmusic rated the album 3.5 stars out of 5,saying "this feature-filled, somewhat messy effort is a welcome surprise, focusing in on its topic and then freeing it with the greatest of ease and making the previously maverick Game sound like a natural born ringleader."
On December 7, 2012, Game uploaded a screenshot of text messages between him and Dr. Dre on Twitter, where Dr. Dre congratulated and commended Game for the album and praised the song "All That (Lady)."
It received a near perfect review of 4.5 mics from The Source magazine.
Commercial performance
In the USA, the album debuted at number five on the Billboard 200 with first-week sales of 86,000 copies. As of March 20, 2013, it has sold 213,000 copies.
Accolades
Jesus Piece was also ranked third by The Source's annual list of rap albums for 2012 behind only Nas and Kendrick Lamar It was also named the 45th best album of 2012 by Complex Magazine.
Track listing
The track listing was confirmed on November 18, 2012.
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Producer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Scared Now" (featuring Meek Mill) | J. Taylor, B. Forest, R. Williams, M. Jordan | Black Metaphor | 4:59 |
| 2. | "Ali Bomaye" (featuring 2 Chainz & Rick Ross) | J. Taylor, B. Forest, T. Epps, W. Roberts, M. Jordan, F. Welch, P. Epworth | Black Metaphor | 6:12 |
| 3. | "Jesus Piece" (featuring Kanye West & Common) | J. Taylor, M. Samuels, S. Kozmeniuk, B. Ryan, K. West, L. Lynn | Stephen "Koz" Kozmeniuk, The Maven Boys | 3:53 |
| 4. | "Pray" (featuring J. Cole & JMSN) | J. Taylor, A. Lyon, J. Cole, C. Berishaj, M. Valenzano | Cool & Dre | 4:58 |
| 5. | "Church " (featuring King Chip & Trey Songz) | J. Taylor, K.R. Moore, C. Worth, S. Benton, T. Neverson | K. Roosevelt | 6:07 |
| 6. | "All That (Lady)" (featuring Lil Wayne, Big Sean, Fabolous & Jeremih) | J. Taylor, D. Carter, J. Jackson, S. Anderson, J. Felton, A. Lyon, M. Valenzano | Cool & Dre | 3:34 |
| 7. | "Heaven’s Arms" | J. Taylor, A. Lyon, M. Valenzano, S. Benton | Cool & Dre | 4:05 |
| 8. | "Name Me King" (featuring Pusha T) | J. Taylor, J. King, T. Thornton S. Benton, F. Welch, L. Summers | SAP | 4:01 |
| 9. | "See No Evil" (featuring Kendrick Lamar & Tank) | J. Taylor, D. Babbs, K. Lamar, M. Samuels, M. Burnett | Boi-1da, Matthew Burnett (co.) | 4:44 |
| 10. | "Can’t Get Right" (featuring K. Roosevelt) | J. Taylor, A. Lyon, M. Valenzano, K.R. Moore | Cool & Dre | 4:57 |
| 11. | "Hallelujah" (featuring Jamie Foxx) | J. Taylor, J. Dutton, S. Jordan, S. Benton | Jake One | 4:33 |
| 12. | "Freedom" (featuring Elijah Blake) | J. Taylor, A. Thompson, S. Benton, D. Crawford, C. Mann | Antwan "Amadeus" Thompson | 5:46 |
| 13. | "Celebration" (featuring Chris Brown, Tyga, Wiz Khalifa & Lil Wayne) | J. Taylor, C. Brown, M. Stevenson, D. Carter, C. Thomaz, S. Jean & J. King | SAP, Cool & Dre (add.) | 4:48 |
| Total length: | 56:30 | |||
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Producer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 14. | "I Remember" (featuring Young Jeezy & Future) | J. Taylor, B. Pickens, J. Jenkins, N. Wilburn, A. Lyon | Yung Ladd, Cool & Dre (add.) | 4:41 |
| 15. | "Blood Diamonds" | J. Taylor, L. Griffin, J. Rhodes | S1 | 4:16 |
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Producer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 16. | "Dead People" | J. Taylor, A. Young | Dr. Dre | 4:19 |
| No. | Title | Producer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 16. | "Blood of Christ" | Dawaun Parker | 5:06 |
| 17. | "Holy Water" | SAP | 3:22 |
| No. | Title | Producer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Celebration (Remix)" (featuring Bone Thugs-N-Harmony) | SAP, Cool & Dre (add.) | 5:19 |
| 2. | "Holy Water" | SAP | 3:22 |
| 3. | "I Remember" (featuring Young Jeezy & Future) | Yung Ladd, Cool & Dre (add.) | 4:16 |
| 4. | "Black Jesus" | SAP | 3:43 |
| 5. | "HVN4AGNGSTA" (featuring Master P) | DJ Premier | 4:38 |
| 6. | "Stripper" (featuring Wale) | Cool & Dre | 4:46 |
| 7. | "Judas Closet" (featuring Nipsey Hussle) | Timbaland | 3:31 |
| 8. | "Rollin'" (featuring Kanye West, Trae, Z-Ro, Paul Wall & Slim Thug) | Kanye West, Cool & Dre | 4:44 |
| 9. | "Murder" (featuring Scarface & Kendrick Lamar) | Mark Henry | 5:54 |
- Notes
- - Denotes that the track is included in the deluxe edition only.
- "Ali Bomaye" & "Freedom" are shortened to 5:21 and 4:45 on the clean version of the album, respectively.
- Sample credits
- "Ali Bomaye" contains a sample of "Seven Devils" by Florence + the Machine
- "Pray" contains a sample of "I'm Not Human at All" by Sleep Party People.
- "All That (Lady)" contains a sample of "Lady" by D'Angelo.
- "Name Me King" contains a sample of "Breath of Life" by Florence + the Machine.
- "Hallelujah" contains samples of "We See God With the Eyes of Our Souls" by The Dynamic Reverend Maceo Woods & the Christian Tabernacle Choir.
- "Freedom" contains a sample of "Say You Love Me Too" by Charles Mann.
- "Celebration" contains a sample of "1st of tha Month" by Bone Thugs-n-Harmony.
- "Holy Water" contains a sample of "Changes" by Mala
Personnel
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Charts
| Chart (2012) | Peak position |
|---|---|
| US Billboard 200 | 6 |
| US Billboard Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums | 1 |
| US Billboard Top Rap Albums | 1 |
| Canadian Albums Chart | 16 |
Release History
| Region | Date | Label(s) | Formats |
|---|---|---|---|
| Germany | December 11, 2012 | Interscope | Digital download, CD |
| Australia | |||
| Ireland | |||
| United Kingdom | |||
| United States | Digital download, CD, Deluxe CD, LP | ||
| Canada | Digital download, CD |
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