Trivia

• “We Ain’t” is the only collaboration between The Game and Eminem. At the time, Game was an artist under Dr. Dre and 50 Cent, as well as a member of G-Unit. He later fell out with 50 Cent and was removed from the group shortly after the song’s release, leading to his departure from Aftermath and the G-Unit label, with a move to Geffen, another division of Interscope Records.
• Although The Game long maintained respect for Eminem — once stating, “When I was going at 50 and me and Dre wasn’t seeing eye to eye, I stayed away from the white dude ’cause he a problem… You don’t want a beef with Eminem” — he changed his stance in 2022, saying, “I used to think Eminem was better than me. He’s not,” before challenging him to a friendly, head-to-head rap battle. Eminem did not respond to the challenge.
  Then, on August 12, 2022, The Game dropped “The Black Slim Shady” — a bloated, ten-minute diss widely panned by fans and critics as a desperate bid for attention. Eminem didn’t bother with a standalone response. Instead, he waited a year to casually dismantle the track during a guest verse on Ez Mil’s 2023 single “Realest,” directly addressing The Game’s favorite insult about club relevance:
  “All the envious rappers I’d torch if I’m on a joint with ‘em / And that is the only retort is I’m not played in the clubs muthafucka put a cork in it / Only reason they still play your shit in the clubs (Why?) is ’cause you still perform in ‘em.”

Words from The Game

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I went to 8 Mile, went to Detroit, and I stayed out there for about a week. […] Watching Eminem record and his whole recording process — that might’ve been one of the highlights of my career, because I don’t know if you want to call it weird or legendary or some Einstein type of shit, evil genius type of shit, but Em is a very, very complex and different individual — in good ways.

When he writes raps, he turns the paper around — he just writes in circles and turns it. When he reads it, he turns it back the opposite way. […] That process was dope. I’m forever grateful for being able to experience prime Eminem in his essence in Detroit.

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The [last] conversation I had with Em was about where I wanted to position the verses for “We Ain’t” on The Documentary. He was more concerned with it being my record. He wanted it to be structured the way I wanted it. […] [He] asked me what I thought about his verse — that was crazy — what the fuck was I supposed to say? Even if it was fuckin’ wack, I was gonna say, “Yeah, it’s fuckin’ classic.” But it’s Em. It’s like, “Why are you asking me how I feel about the verse?”