Brake Lights (mixtape) explained

Brake Lights
Type:	Mixtape
Artist:	Game
Cover:	Brakelights.jpg
Released:	August 3, 2010
Recorded:	2010
Genre:	Hip hop, gangsta rap
Length:	1:14:00
Label:	Black Wall Street SkeeTV
Producer:	The Dope Boyz DJ Khalil Cool & Dre Rich Skillz Dr. Dre Paperboy Fabe Lex Luger J.R. Rotem Ced L. Young
Prev Title:	The Red Room
Prev Year:	2010
Next Title:	Purp & Patron
Next Year:	2011

Brake Lights is the ninth mixtape by West Coast rapper Game released as a free online download on August 3, 2010. The mixtape is hosted by DJ Skee.^[1] The mixtape includes all new tracks and was released in promotion to Game's upcoming album The R.E.D. Album.^[2] Production is handled by DJ Khalil, Cool & Dre, Dr. Dre, Lex Luger, J.R. Rotem and more.^[3] Features on the mixtape include Snoop Dogg, Busta Rhymes, Rick Ross, Nas, Akon, T.I., Robin Thicke, Shawty Lo, Yung Joc, Waka Flocka Flame and more.^{[4] [5] [6]}

On the title of the mixtape, DJ Skee said "Reason we named it Brake Lights is because it's something you don't see if you're following us often — we don't stop."^[7]

Brake Lights was premiered by XXL at midnight on August 3, 2010. The mixtape was met with generally positive reviews from Miami New Times, Los Angeles Times and HipHopDX.^{[8] [9]}

Track listing

Sample credits

• "Trading Places" recycles "Almost Famous" by Eminem
• "MIA (3 Heats)" samples "Time" by Lou Rawls
• "Stop" samples "Mr. Crowley" by Ozzy Osbourne
• "Street Riders" recycles "Hustla" by Triple C's featuring Masspike Miles
• "HaHaHaHaHa" samples "What's Beef?" by the Notorious B.I.G.
• "Pushin' It" recycles "Pushin' It" by Ja Rule featuring Robin Thicke
• "Do It B.I.G." samples "Juicy" by the Notorious B.I.G.
• "You Are the Blood" samples "You Are the Blood" by Sufjan Stevens
• "Cherry Kool-Aid" samples "Am I a Good Man" by Them Two
• "Heels & Dresses" samples "The Robot With Human Hair, Pt. 1" by Dance Gavin Dance
• "Blackout" samples "No Easy Way Out" by Robert Tepper
• "Hustlin' (Champion's Anthem)" recycles "Let Me In" by Pill

Notes and References

1. "XXL Presents Game’s ‘Brake Lights’ Mixtape", XXL, August 3, 2010. Retrieved September 13, 2013
2. Reid, Shaheem (2010) "Game Enlists Lil Wayne, Mary J. Blige For Brake Lights Mixtape", MTV, July 23, 2010. Retrieved September 13, 2013
3. Martin, Andrew (2010) "Game: 'Brake Lights' (Mixtape)", Prefix, August 3, 2010. Retrieved September 13, 2013
4. Web site: Game, Brake Lights Mixtape.
5. Web site: New Music: Game x DJ Skee – 'Brake Lights' [Mixtape].
6. Weiss, Jeff (2010) "The Game releases 'Brake Lights' mixtape with DJ Skee", Los Angeles Times, August 3, 2010. Retrieved September 13, 2013
7. Reid, Shaheem (2010) "Game's Brake Lights Tape Is 'Like A Real Album,' DJ Skee Says", MTV, August 5, 2010. Retrieved September 13, 2013
8. Rosario, David (2010) "Mixtape of the Week: The Game's Brake Lights", Miami New Times, August 12, 2010. Retrieved September 13, 2013
9. Web site: Game x DJ Skee - Brake Lights | Hip Hop Mixtapes, Rap Mixtapes & Hip Hop Songs | HipHop DX . 2013-09-09 . https://web.archive.org/web/20121022013621/http://www.hiphopdx.com/index/mixtape/id.1224/title.game-x-dj-skee-brake-lights . 2012-10-22 . dead .