On The Game's eagerly-awaited debut, The Documentary, the artist reveals that he almost signed with P. Diddy's Bad Boy Records.

On the album, the hardcore gangsta also known as Jayceon Taylor, mentions the names of several folks who he had been in talks with before he settled with Dr. Dre and Aftermath. The name dropping included P. Diddy along with Death Row's Suge Knight, former Def Jam prez Kevin Liles, ex-Elektra CEO Sylvia Rhone, and the heads of Roc-A-Fella and Murder Inc.

Many may find it hard to picture the true-to-life grime stories concocted by Game on the flashy pop-oriented label, but it almost happened.

"We called Puff and said, 'No hard feelings, no love lost, but we're going with Dre," Game said.

According to Game, Diddy had put the Compton rapper on the back burner in order to focus on Loon and Black Rob. By the time Diddy started to pay attention to Game, Dre had already called.

"Me and Puff still been good friends since then, and I plan on working with Puff in the future outside of rap," Game said.

In the late 90s, Bad Boy was home to hardcore Yonkers rap trio the LOX, who were so unhappy at the flashy label they took the first chance they could to sign with the much grittier Ruff Ryders label.

The Documentary dropped today (January 18) and boasts the lead single "How We Do" featuring G-Unit co-member 50 Cent.