The Game, Hit-Boy, and Big Hit have linked up for a surprise project titled Paisley Dreams. The project marks The Game’s first album since 2022’s Drillmatic and comes after another huge year for Hit-Boy, who dropped two projects with Nas (Magic 2 / Magic 3), a collaborative project with Musiq Soulchild (Victims & Villains) and two installments in his Surf or Drown series in 2023. Big Hit just dropped his debut solo album, The Truth Is In My Eyes, which is the first Hip Hop album to have been produced entirely by the son of the artist whose album it is.
The Game took to Instagram to reveal the new album during a recent visit to Hit’s studio: “I pulled on @hitboy & @bighit 3 days ago to do 1 song… stayed a few hours & ended up doing a 9 song tape that night. I’m not here to ask you to stream it or download it. I’m just a man, telling his fans a story about last night & the night before.”
Hit-Boy shared in his own IG post: “The Game pulled up on me and Big Hit 4 days ago and i was thinking maybe we ask him to get on the ‘Bang Freestyle’ remix or something at MOST. But instead he locked in with us for the rest of the night and we made a 9 song album.”
Paisley Dreams, a nod to The Game and Big Hit’s L.A. gang affiliations, features guest appearances from fellow California natives Dom Kennedy and TeeFlii. It is currently available exclusively on the Big Hit website (head here.)
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