Are we watching the same game?

Game, "Doctor's Advocate" (Geffen 2006)

Game struggles to live up to the hype of his sophmore album and fails to soar when pulled out from under Dr. Dre's wings.

Both Reviews can be found at Amazon.com

http://www.amazon.com/Doctors-Advocate-Game/dp/B000J103X4

First Review by: Reggie L. Mattocks

Yep it pretty much sounds like a continuation of The Documentary which actually isn't a bad thing for a sophmore joint. I mean most fans were at the very least expecting GAME to keep it as raw and tight as the first one and Doctor's Advocate does that and more. Leaving G-Unit and Aftermath was actually a great thing for him. He doesn't need to be pigeonholed into thinking DRE was the sole reason for his success and he definitely doesn't need to be associated with a weak mob like G-Unit (How good is that money looking now Mobb Deep. You not only sold your soul but have lost your following messing with 50 da rat). Hopefully Young Buck will have enough sense to get outta there and go independent.



This review is severely lacking in any sort of relevant information about Game's sophmore album. This was Jason Taylor's coming of age album in that he took significant risks on his track selection and strayed slightly from the commercialized image he was saddled with on his debut. The first three tracks offer slamming beats that resonate with West Coast flavor and sinister melodies, however, Game struggles to compete with the level of intensity offered by his all-star lineup of producers. Tacks four through seven offer a designated block of acoustic nap-time in which Game lays down self-riotous and generic free-styles over four tracks that sound like the demo version of fruity loops. The next five tracks are more than good enough to have been the five opening tracks and feature his ode to gold diggers single "wouldn't get far" feat. Kanye West. Also noteworthy is the track,"Scream on Em" produced by Swizz Beatz. Easily one of the best songs on this album, It can transform the most submissive bookworm into a berserking, raging, overly amped and violent beast for its three minute duration. This review offers no description of the everchanging mood of this album which goes from juvenile, to brooding, to reflective and regretful, vengeful, and finally content. This is anything but "a continuation" of his last album and while it not be good enough to recieve 5 or even 4 stars, it is definately worth a listen.



Anonomyous Adolescent

A complete mess

Without Dre's quarterbacking behind the scenes, Game's album lacks direction. Many of the early tracks end up being glorified freestyles that tell no story, have no direction and are missing concepts ending up sounding like the same rhymes over different beats. And although Dre's presence is missing, his name is not. Game makes mention of Dre on nearly ever track, almost obsessively. Game does manage to put together a fairly decent album with production help from Storch, Will I Am, Kanye West and Just Blaze and caps the album with a soulful climax featuring Nas reminiscing on hip-hop's fallen soldiers and current heavyweights and a much-needed squashing of the beef between him-self and 50. The Doctor's Advocate is not worth half the hype that was made for it but is an okay listen. Game still has potential but without Dre mentoring him it's a wrap. Hopefully Dre will hear this album and accept hip-hop's prodigal son back.



I found this review to be spot on. The personal and heartfelt tracks come towards the end of the CD and require a bit too much patience to get through game shooting off about the usual generic hip-hop themes. Its good to know I'm not the only one a little creeped out by Game's obsessive nature toward Dr Dre. He pays homage to him in a religious and rehearsed manor. Its not hard to picture Game cropping out pictures of Dre's face to put over pictures of ex-girlfriends. The mention of his extensive list of producers is noteworthy because the last album was almost exclusively Dre. It would've been nice to see a bit of discussion about the sheer diversity of the tracks Game raps over. The CD layout seems to have been aiming at a something for everybody approach but falls short with the finished product. Three and a half out of five stars.