Am I the only one who's sick of The Game?

Generally, gimmick-rappers get played out in a year or less.

They have one or so hits, then people realize there's other shit to listen to. Unfortunately, current hip hop radio is populated by a seemingly endless cycle of gimmick rapper after gimmick rapper, signed to small contracts by cunning record executives hoping to make a few easy million. Even so, we never quite have to be annoyed by one particular act for quite so long--at least, not until now.

Now we have The Game, the decent-at-best Compton rap act torn between being a gangsta and a nice guy who has somehow managed to keep himself in the spotlight since we first were introduced to him in 2003, despite being a virtual one-trick-pony. He has uncannily managed to make a substantial career out of ceaseless name-dropping and incessant feuding--his perpetually intermittent beef with former label-mate 50 Cent in particular.

A fact that we have to face in the hip hop community is that people are aways fascinated by a good-old-fashioned beef, no matter how frivolous it is or how completely ludicrous it's premise. Just think of some of the ridiculous shit rappers have squabbled over: Canibus and LL Cool J beefed because of a bizarre affinity LL had for a tattoo on his arm. The Nas/Jay-Z rivalry escalated to the rappers calling each other "gay" like third graders. Jermaine Dupri and Dr. Dre beefed because Dr. Dre wasn't taught the 'sticks and stones' rhyme as a child (the complete absurdity of two producers in a rapper beef notwithstanding). If there were an Emmy for dumb ass beefs though, the Game would be the easy victor. By now it's hard to tell why The Game and 50 Cent have been beefing for so long, all we know is that they just are, in a manner reminiscent of the Capulets and Montagues. For a while, we wanted to blame 50 cent, who seemingly started beef with every rapper he could think of for inane reasons, and I can deal with The Game responding when he's called out. But how many tracks do you gotta make, man?

The three year old beef continues to this day as a new diss track called "My Bitch" has leaked. To make things even more annoying, not only does Game diss his boyfriend 50, he also appears to want to revive an old beef with Suge Knight, and he, for reasons unknown, is also taking shots at Jay-Z. This guy doesn't know how to quit.
Click here to listen to "My Bitch".

Did I mention that Game also disses a host of video vixens and models including Melyssa Ford and Vida Guerra on a single called "Wouldn't Get Far" from his sophomore album Doctor's Advocate?

Yes, the dude is dissing fucking Vida Guerra now.