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Game's new video goes behind the set
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If you've ever wondered what it's like behind the scenes of a hardcore hip-hop video, TheGame360.com is giving you a sneak peek in more ways than one.

TheGame360.com was there with our own camera crew during the filming of the video for The Game's new single, "Wouldn't Get Far," and have exclusive footage which you can only see at The Game's official Web site.

The song, which features Kanye West, has shout-outs to "video vixens" such as Gloria Velez, Vida Guerra, Melyssa Ford, Karrine "Superhead" Steffans, Hoopz and others.

And the video, directed by Bryan Barber, takes you right into a Hollywood studio to examine the making of such a video, poking a lot of fun along the way.

"We're just showing Game's fans behind the scenes of what it takes to get a video together," Barber said. "All the models that are involved, all the props, the cars, the lights, the glitz and glamour, the makeup, the hair, the wardrobe.

"Game just wants to do something different, outside the box. He typically comes with being pretty true to life, pretty hard in terms of the videos that he's done in the past, and he wanted to do something that was a little lighter, which is kind of cool because the song is so hardcore, that adding a comedic element to it was the right way to go."

The video starts with its own humorous version of a "wardrobe malfunction," with Game and Kanye emerging from their dressing rooms and finding that they're wearing the other guy's outfit.

As we see Game rapping, we also see the actual players who make videos happen: video grips, production assistants, assistant directors, models and even wanna-be models crowding outside, trying to get a spot in the production.

Throughout the song, Game and Kanye make a big point about mentioning the vixens, the hot, oiled-up, usually big-bootied females who pose by the Bentleys and Lamborghinis and show what it's like to live the life of a hip-hop star.

"Wouldn't Get Far" features a few of the people Game raps about, including a Pharrell look-alike, complete with skateboard.

And vixen Velez, who traveled across the country in style on The Game's dime to appear in the shoot, told TheGame360.com there wasn't a trace of hate in the shoot.

"I'm doing a little cameo for Game ... I came for love," Velez said. "He's not dissing me. He's saying (other girls) want to be Gloria Velez, so I want everybody to know that and get it right.

"Not all video vixens are all wildin' out or doing things behind the scenes. I'd say 50-50. You've got your good girls and your bad girls, you know? I'm a good girl."

Game seemed to agree with that sentiment.

"All the way from Miami, first-class flight, and I had to pay for that," he said.

"You know why? Because I'm big Game, big money, big things, big video, big Kanye on the set."