The Game Reveals 'Drillmatic: Heart Vs. Mind' Release Date & Cover Art

July 15, 2022

The Game has been teasing his new album for several months with clips of him recording in the studio and more, but the wait is finally over, according to his latest Instagram post.

On Friday (July 15), the West Coast rap star hopped on his page to share the official cover art and release date for the album. The project, titled Drillmatic – Heart vs. Mind, will be dropping on August 12 and is executive produced by a combination of Hit-Boy, The Game, Kanye West, Wack 100 and more.

The cover art finds The Game sitting on one side of a couch on the beach while getting his hair braided by Brittany Sky, with the other end engulfed in flames as he looks at the camera. The 42-year-old rapper also explained to fans in the caption of his post why the album hasn’t dropped yet.

“My apologies for the delay but fans sometimes don’t understand how hard it is behind the scenes trying to clear samples on over 30 records & to get publishing splits, agreements, mixes approved, featured artists agreements & a million other things done in order to have a clean, flawless album put together & released,” The Game captioned his post. “What I can guarantee you is that I personally put my heart & soul into this album from beginning to the end & anyone who’s come by my studio or heard this album will tell you that it is everything you expected it to be.

He added, “Everyone also wanted me to not put 30 songs on my album, which again held us up due to the amount of music I’m pushing out but I felt & always feel my fans deserve more. This date gives me time to properly set up, get visually prepared & present to you another classic. I appreciate all of you for being patient throughout this process with me & I can’t wait for you to hear what we’ve done. – The Game.”

 

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The Game’s new album was originally set to be released on June 17 but was pushed back two different times. He isn’t lying about all the clearances that need to get done either. Earlier this month, he revealed JAY-Z cleared seven samples for the album and thanked him for the look on Twitter.

“S/O to S. Dot for clearing all 7 samples on #Drillmatic,” he wrote. “3 more sample clearances & the AOTY belongs to me & hit-boy.”

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