Game - The R.E.D Album

It's a double New Music Tuesday day. Why? Well, techno reviews were one ahead - and why not? It's also a color album day, with the Muppet Green and now Game Red. In the rap circles all around the US, this is a pretty highly anticipated record. The Game has been promising another album for about two years - but this thing kept getting delayed and delayed. Ten full times this album was delayed and assigned a new release date. This ended coming out in Interscope, which was a huge shock to me. It was out there that Game and Dr. Dre reconciled, and Game would be back with Aftermath. Dre is on the album, but obviously didn't or couldn't resign Game. Almost every single track was produced by someone different here, which makes for an interesting album, but also a big time mash up of different sounds. And there were a ton of songs that didn't make the cut, and producers that subsequently didn't. Now at first glance, people are going to think R.E.D Album is going to be about the color and the gang reference. But not according to Game. He states it's about: R.E.D. — that's rededicated. Rededicated to hip-hop [...] to my 'hood, Compton. Rededicated to my family, rededicated to everything. I hope that's the case. I've always enjoyed his work. I feel he brings an honest view of the rap game and the industry in general. His second drop, 'Doctor's Advocate' is one of me favorite rap records of all time. I'm not sure this one has that type of hype around it, but it's pretty good. 'Red Nation' featuring Weezy is an A+ type track. The second release 'Pot Of Gold' is a pretty solid follow up single, and the Paramedics features my man Young Jeezy, so it's going to get a notch up for that alone. There are a ton of cameos here too, so many that I'll need to listen to this another 20 times before I can truly digest it. At first glance, it's solid. Maybe not as amazing as previous works, but still well worth a listen.

TRACK LISTING:
1. Dr. Dre Intro
2. City, The
3. Drug Test
4. Martians vs Goblins
5. Red Nation
6. Dr. Dre 1
7. Good Girls Go Bad
8. Ricky
9. Good, the Bad, the Ugly, The
10. Heavy Artillery
11. Paramedics
12. Speakers on Blast
13. Hello
14. All the Way Gone
15. Pot of Gold
16. Dr. Dre 2
17. All I Know
18. Born in the Trap
19. Mama Knows
20. California Dream
21. Dr. Dre Outro

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Top 3 Tracks:
1. Red Nation
2. Pot Of Gold
3. Paramedics

FINAL RATING:
3.5 out of 5 stars

Game - Doctor's Advocate

It's a three review day on the B Side. Since Friday I did my two hundred fiftieth, I decided to highlight that by just writing up one review. So I'll make up for that today, but doing three reviews. And I thought doing a Game review is all but fitting since I did a 50 review recently, and I talked about how terrible 50 is and should have never gotten Game kicked out of Aftermath Records. Well, this album was his first release after getting the boot. Documentary was quite solid, but his follow up was even better. This album could have made Dre and company quite a bit of cash, but instead it went to Geffen. After that stunt, crazily enough - 50's career has basically gone down the toilet and Game resigned with Interscope, which controls Aftermath. And just recently, there was a pic of Game with his infamous Aftermath chain on posing with Dre and Snoop. Yep, Game is back working with Dre in the studios. Not sure about you, but I'm pretty excited about that. And why you might ask? Well, listen to this album. Game is raw, uncut and a rap phenom. At least he was. His latest works have lacked quality, and his mixtapes lack the fire that he displayed even on his studio stuff like this one. And I don't care who you like, this album has something for you. There is a track called 'Ol' English' that I'm not a huge fan, but you can't help but listen to Game's story and nod your head to the beat. Maybe even sing along with the chorus. In a word, this album is epic. It's not a five star or anything like that - it's just solid. It's something I go back to often when I want to listen to good rap. Check it out. I think you'll be surprised. Happy Monday!

TRACK LISTING:
1. Lookin at You
2. Da S***
3. It's Okay (One Blood)
4. Compton
5. Remedy
6. Let's Ride
7. Too Much
8. Wouldn't Get Far
9. Scream On Em
10. One Night
11. Doctor's Advocate
12. Ol' English
13. California Vacation
14. Bang
15. Around the World
16. Why You Hate The Game

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Top 3 Tracks:
1. It's Okay (One Blood)
2. Doctor's Advocate
3. California Vacation

FINAL RATING:
4 out of 5 stars