Dope Boys

"Dope Boys"
Single by The Game featuring Travis Barker
from the album LAX
Released	June 24, 2008
Recorded	2008
Genre	Rap rock
Length	4:03
Label	Geffen
Songwriter(s)	J. Taylor
Producer(s)	1500 or Nothin', DJ Quik (add.)
The Game singles chronology
"Game's Pain" (2008) "Dope Boys" (2008) "My Life" (2008)
Travis Barker singles chronology
"Dope Boys" (2008) "Can a Drummer Get Some" (2011)

"Dope Boys" is the second single from The Game's third studio album, LAX . The song features Travis Barker playing the drums. The song samples "Eleanor Rigby" By The Beatles. The song was slated to appear in the 2008 driving game Midnight Club: Los Angeles but was omitted from the game for unknown reasons. ^[1]

Music video

The official video was directed and edited by Matt Alonzo ^[2] and features Travis Barker, Omar Cruz, Black Wall Street, Mr. Capone-E and BYI members. The video is interspersed with shots of The Game standing on a Los Angeles rooftop with the skyline behind him. ^[3] In other shots he is seen to be wearing Beats by Dr. Dre headphones.

Covers and remixes

The song has been freestyled by rappers Bow Wow, Rick Ross, Wiz Khalifa, and Dynasty of L.$.G. Royce da 5'9" also has a freestyle called Flow Boy on his Bar Exam 2 mixtape. There is also an unofficial remix featuring Trae on his mixtape "Streets Advocate" and Young Buck featured this song (non-album) in April 2010.

Chart position

Chart (2008)	Peak position
U.S. Billboard Bubbling Under R&B/Hip-Hop Singles [4]	11

References

1. SuperType1 (2018-05-05), Midnight Club: Los Angeles - Removed Music, archived from the original on 2021-12-21, retrieved 2018-07-29
2. "Modern Artists Video - VIMBY". Vimby.com. 2008-12-16. Archived from the original on 2008-12-16. Retrieved 2012-06-26.
3. The Game - Dope Boys official video Worldstarhiphop.com. Accessed July 25, 2008.
4. Bubbling Under R&B/Hip-Hop Singles ^{[ dead link ‍]}

External links

• "Dope Boys" music video on YouTube