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Travis Barker records drums for The Game's "Dope Boys"

Contributed by GlamBalam. Posted by aubin on Tuesday, July 1, 2008 at 11:30 AM (EDT)

While his bandmate from Plus-44, Mark Hoppus, keeps busy producing the new album from New Found Glory, Travis Barker continues to contribute his trademark drumming to hip hop tracks. The latest is not a remix, but an official track with popular artist, The Game.

Barker recorded "Dope Boys" for The Game's upcoming album, "L.A.X." and has posted a video of his performance online. He previously remixed songs from the likes of Rihanna, Flo Rida, Busta Rhymes and others. Unlike previous studio videos, Barker has a guest in the studio who seems to be responsible for "shirtless hip hop posing." See if you can spot him.

Drumming on "Dope Boys" w/ The Game

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canaandrumzz (July 1, 2008)

This isn't the first time he's collaborated with the Game. He did an AOL live performance with him and they did the song "one blood" or whatever is was called. it was when his arm was broken.

Someone (July 1, 2008)

Who gives a fuck?

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Bakla (July 1, 2008)

I was gonna post the same thing, so let me second that

GlamBalam (July 1, 2008)

I do.

fallingupwards84 (July 1, 2008)

The Game is awesome, cant wait for L.A.X.

lostandclowned (July 1, 2008)

The Game is orgcore.

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lostandclowned (July 1, 2008)

"Hustlers" with NaS is good.

GlamBalam (July 1, 2008)

KidNickelDynamiteBack's Dad is orgcore too

listofdemands (July 1, 2008)

another boring-as-shit remix. damn. and by the way, whoever had the idea to use voices that sound like chipmunks in rap music should be beaten with a rubber hose.
-nic

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fallingupwards84 (July 1, 2008)

its not a remix, its going to be an actual track on The Game's new album. he's appearing as a guest.

listofdemands (July 1, 2008)

soooooooo......that changes this sucking how? it doesn't matter if it's a remix or original. it's lame either way.
-nic

fallingupwards84 (July 1, 2008)

why is it lame? he was asked to appear as a guest drummer on an album that will probably go platinum, why should he turn it down? it doesnt sound that bad... i like the Beatles' Eleanor Rigby sampling in the beginning

listofdemands (July 1, 2008)

i just flat out don't like travis barker's drumming. i think it's overly simplistic and has no style. i don't give two shits about "the game", but as a drummer i don't like to see someone with talent waste away covering the simplest rap songs imaginable. i understand that he's adding drums to the song for the record, but don't you think the remix would sound exactly the same? i'm just saying that he should try tackling something else.
-nic

fallingupwards84 (July 1, 2008)

i'll agree that he's overrated... there's no doubt about that

listofdemands (July 1, 2008)

that's all i'm saying.
-nic

Someone (July 1, 2008)

As a drummer I agree with you also. I also think he did his best work with the Aquabats haha

listofdemands (July 1, 2008)

sadly that's probably true ;)
-nic

TheSpacePope (July 1, 2008)

The powers of suck, and the powers of lame combine to create a bunch of shit no one cares about!

Dante3000 (rich) (July 1, 2008)

There's no doubt that Travis is an entertaining drummer. I wish he could find better outlets for his music however.

I can't help but watch this clip and feel let down about the state of commercial hip hop today. God it's awful.
-Dante

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listofdemands (July 1, 2008)

no shit. what the hell happened?
-nic

fallingupwards84 (July 1, 2008)

The Game is a whole lot better than the Southern rappers that dominate mainstream hip hop today (sadly). he at least has his roots in acts like NWA and Dre

Dante3000 (rich) (July 1, 2008)

Yeah, he's certainly no Soulja Boy. I'm just old. I've been listening to Jemini and Danger Mouse's "Ghetto Pop Life" recently and it stuns me how it's better than almost any major release since that time. If they were to do a follow up I'd imagine the Danger Mouse tie in alone would garner more press and get it the attention it deserves.
-Dante

fallingupwards84 (July 1, 2008)

haha yea, for me the golden age of hip hop was 1993-1996... thats at least when my favorite releases were. but i actually really like this track, the beat is really good (love the Eleanor Rigby sampling) and he's not that bad of a rapper

listofdemands (July 1, 2008)

i think the golden age of hip hop is right now. you just have to peel the fried, dried out skin of douche bag "rappers" who think they're tough away and you find the gold. i've never been seriously into mainstream hip hop, though 93-96 were definitely the best years for it.
-nic

d_bag (July 1, 2008)

wtf, his snare sounds like fucking Lars Ulrich's on St. Anger.

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ArtieFufkin (July 1, 2008)

ugh - Lars' snare drum ruined St. Anger for me - it's so god damn annoying. Burton era is the best anyway.

d_bag (July 1, 2008)

every single note of St. Anger ruined it for me. terrible album.

of course 80's Metallica is still the shit.

chopsy (July 1, 2008)

and they mixed all those tom fills almost completely out of the song. I wouldn't have even known he did them if there wasn't video evidence.

rorschach (July 1, 2008)

weird. I thought the exact same thing. Although I did find the weird guy strangely entertaining.

...and metallica blows

Someone (July 1, 2008)

THANK YOU! I was thinking the same thing

GlamBalam (July 1, 2008)

lol the guy in the background is really really horrible

T-Rock (July 1, 2008)

I don't get the point of this. There are already drum beats (albeit computerized ones) in almost every hip-hop song. Drumming to it is neither interesting nor difficult. I mean, if you play along to a Mozart song on the piano, you're one of a million schmos on YouTube. If you play that song on a guitar (a la Yngwie Malmsteen), then you have something more interesting.

Oh well. Who cares. Skip this and just watch the Numa-Numa Kid for the hundredth time. I guarantee you'll enjoy it more.

Dudley_Shale (July 1, 2008)

In other news, I remixed "Forgot About Dre" in the shower this morning, but I don't see that being covered.

Remixed in the way that I forgot most of the words, and only rapped Eminems part, due to that one word I'm not allowed to say.

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GlamBalam (July 1, 2008)

I hate all this politically correct hypocrisy, we have the right to say the N-word if we want to say it. Why should anyone be offended?

Dudley_Shale (July 1, 2008)

Hundreds of years of suppression and slavery, forced Christianity, and the rape and pillaging of an entire homeland might have something to do with it.

Also, I was referring to Charleston Chew....it's against my diet.

jacknife737 (July 1, 2008)

I’m going to take a wild shot, and guess that you’re a white teenager.

fallingupwards84 (July 1, 2008)

he's from Switzerland, so i'm assuming he's definitely white

but yea dude, you're wrong, its not right for a white man to use the n-word... i mean, if you're by yourself listening to some music and you sing along and say it, there's nothing wrong with that, but its not something you should say in public

GlamBalam (July 1, 2008)

Maybe I should ask some of my black friends what they think about it..

fallingupwards84 (July 1, 2008)

it might be different over in Europe, but here in the US, if you're white and you go up to a black man and say "nigga" you're going to get your ass kicked

GlamBalam (July 1, 2008)

Good to know. I thought it would be almost normal by now cause you hear it in songs, movies and stuff; I'm definitely wrong then. I don't wanna be labeled as racist, cause I'm not, so I guess I'll have to stop that anyway.

misfit949 (July 1, 2008)

Bro's with lifted trucks, nautical star tattoos, spiked belts, 20 degree hat tilts, and Tapout gear are STOKED

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ArtieFufkin (July 1, 2008)

20 degree hat tilts - lol

misfit949 (July 1, 2008)

Sorry guys, you must not have had the pleasure of witnessing the parade of doucheness that is Inland Southern California. There is literally an army of guys that dress the way I described above. Just take a journey down to Huntington Beach on any given weekend to see 1000 Travis Barker lookalikes.

So if you live outside California and have nautical's then you are exempt from being a douche haha

Does this phenomenon exist nowhere else?

listofdemands (July 1, 2008)

well, not here. but i live in the "heartland" so i'm weird looking to them anyway. but, i totally know what you're talking about. i hate when douchebags start liking something that i can do nothing about. prime example: nautical star tattoos.
-nic

GlamBalam (July 1, 2008)

Brocore

David_Arquette (July 1, 2008)

Travis is a great drummer, but this beat is boring and uninspired, and he contributes nothing to the song but another famous name.

Someone needs to sit down with him and tell him to stop doing this.

Costanza (July 1, 2008)

the guy in the back is such a faggit.

hey travis....those cymbals only get so loud when you hit them. quit pounding the shit out of them you dumbass.

IanIsSuperRad (July 1, 2008)

Look at the way he hits his hi-hats. What the fuck?

Also as my old band director would say "STICK HEIGHTS STICK HEIGHTS STICK HEIGHTS!!!!"

swank (July 1, 2008)

The Game puts out great records and seems like a pretty straight up dude, but sometimes he does some cheesy things in the name of looking tough or street.
Posing behind Travis Barker doing random poses wearing a child sized FSAS ski mask is one of those things.

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happynolucky (July 1, 2008)

Yeah that is definately the game behind him

SkolarX (July 1, 2008)

you would go overboard trying to look tough if you used to have a butterfly tattoo on your face too (the LA tattoo covers it) plus how street can you be if you were on a mtv dating show with a bleached mohawk?

thebigtakeover (July 1, 2008)

mute the video and just watch the guy in the back. I'll try to figure out an entertaining song that would fit with jackass posturing. That would be way more entertaining

The4footpartysub (July 1, 2008)

what kind of zildian cymbals are those?

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The4footpartysub (July 1, 2008)

*zildjian

listofdemands (July 1, 2008)

http://bigdrumthump.com/zildjian-pitch-black-cymbals/

-nic

The4footpartysub (July 1, 2008)

thanks a lot man, i really appreciate that.

listofdemands (July 2, 2008)

no problem. i can't really tell how they sound, but they look cool. i'm a sabian man.
-nic

The4footpartysub (July 2, 2008)

those zildjian cymbals do look really awesome. but yeah, i'm also a sabian man... i love my aax's.

listofdemands (July 2, 2008)

yeah. i'm an hh/hhx lover. they're so damn smoooooooooooth.
-nic

The4footpartysub (July 2, 2008)

oh yeah, defiitely. those sound so damn good, but they're just too expensive for me at the moment. i've had to get my cymbals all used one at a time.

listofdemands (July 2, 2008)

yeah, i kind of built a collection. i have hh dark hats and a 21 raw bell ride, an hhx 15 crash and the rest are aa (2x18 crashes and 18 and 20 chinas). i just added shit while i was touring for years and built a pretty nice collection. hell, when it's all you want to spend your money on and you live in a van, why not?
-nic

The4footpartysub (July 3, 2008)

that's an awesome set up, man. what band do you play in?

listofdemands (July 3, 2008)

i don't. i'm "retired". i used to play for a few bands. i mostly do recordings with my brother who goes to berkley music school now but i'm trying to go to medical school so i have to focus on that and play with my favorite bands through headphones. the bands i played in are welton, silence the epilogue, the radio sky, and i was the second drummer for champion (i lived in seattle for a short time).
-nic

The4footpartysub (July 4, 2008)

that's really cool, man. i'll look around for some of those bands.
good luck with medical school.

listofdemands (July 4, 2008)

thanks, bro.
-nic

no_worries (July 1, 2008)

that mime behind travis is god awful.

Timorous_Me (July 1, 2008)

Good thing he got that Boost Mobile as a kid, or this wouldn't have been possible.

NotPatriotic (July 1, 2008)

This thread has some quality jokes.
Also, I'm not a big fan of the game, but he is one of the best mainstream rappers at the moment. His new single is actually pretty good. This Travis Barker thing is not good.

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