You’re now about to witness the power of dickriding a legend.

When he isn’t playing the role of a deranged Blood, The Game always seems to find a way to sneak mentions of Dr. Dre past our ears. He did it on his debut The Documentary and we just thought he was overly ecstatic to be rapping. But now it’s as if Dre gave him the winning Powerball lottery numbers, took a bullet for him and holds an umbrella over his head on some Fonzworth Bentley tip. No one should owe anyone else this much love, but here’s an approximate count of references to the good doc on this new album The Doctor’s Advocate. I broke out the good old pen and tally marks, and listened as close as I could.

Chronic (Dre is responsible for the term being in everyone’s lexicon) – 23 mentions
(the good) Doc, (Dr.) Dre or D-R-E – 39 mentions
Aftermath – 11 mentions
Detox – 2 mentions
Fuck Tha Police – 1 mention
Gin & Juice – 2 mentions
Let Me Ride – 1 mention
Nothin But A G Thang – 1 mention

That's roughly 80 things he says related to Dr Dre, he also mentions Snoop, impalas and NWA members a bunch of times.

So Dre didn’t produce any of this album, but his ghost producers and biters did, what’s the difference? Some of this sounds like vintage Dre (“Lookin At You”, “The Shit”, “Strip Club”, “One Night”). He even goes as far as crying to Dre on the title track, which has to be the most awkward rap song in history.

He’s done this same routine now for two albums in a row, but he’s still moving units. I for one am hoping he’s in Dre’s will, otherwise there’s no legitimate reason for this jilted lover routine. Dre might need to take out an order of protection.

Side Notes:
1)He’s on the verge of receiving the 2006 annual Smarten Up Nas award, with lines like “(She like) Black Air Ones, bangin The Black Album track number one” – Track one was an intro

2)The Oprah/Hurricane Katrina/floating away on the roof of a Camry joke became funny after the third time hearing it, because you’re over the shock and have settled for how helplessly ignorant it is. The whole “Wouldn’t Get Far” track renders him completely insane though

3)“Compton” is probably my song of the year.