The Game Shoots Apocalyptic Video For 'Red Nation'

On Tuesday night, underneath the 4th Street Bridge in downtown Los Angeles, the Game stood surrounded by smoldering dirt and flashing red lights. Smoke billowed in the background and road flares flickered brightly.

It wasn't the scene of an accident, but the post-apocalyptic set for Game's music video "Red Nation," the lead single from his long-awaited R.E.D. Album.

"We shot this real rebel scene. I was over there in a bunch of dirt with rocks, and behind the gate were a bunch of guys I couldn't see, looking all menacing and scary and [with] bats and sticks and poles," Game told on the set. "And that was kinda crazy, man. I was in sort of like an army fatigue thing, doing my thing. But it was fun, man, the first shot — had a lot of fun, got real sweaty 'cause I was jumping around, man. A lotta dust and smoke — it was crazy, man."

The clip is helmed by director Parris, whose recent work includes Enrique Iglesias' "Tonight (I'm Lovin' You)" and Diddy-Dirty Money's "Angels." The track features a collaboration with Lil Wayne and a familiar sample: Zombie Nation's club classic "Kernkraft 400."

The West Coast rapper was sporting a maroon Mohawk, and while the hairdo is new, his approach to making music videos hasn't changed.

"You know what the funny thing is about the video treatment is that I just go as they tell me — I never read it," Game said. "And just so you know, I ain't never read a video treatment for none of my videos. I kinda just show up, I put in whatever the stylists got picked out for me, and then I go meet the director — usually for the first time — and we kind of just go with the flow."

Stay tuned to MTV News for more from our set visit with the Game, along with more details on The R.E.D. Album.