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 enlarge | Artist: The Game
Label: Geffen Records
Category: Music
List Price: $13.98
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Rating:  155 reviews
Sales Rank: 20998
Format: Explicit Lyrics
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 5.6 x 5 x 0.5
MPN: 000793302
UPC: 602517122413
EAN: 0602517122413
ASIN: B000J103X4
Release Date: November 14, 2006
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 Like It A Lot November 15, 2006
Skennywhops
9 out of 17 found this review helpful
Maybe some people are right that this sounds like The Documentary II but it is still great to hear. I did not think he would come back this great without Dr. Dre but he proved me wrong and this album will go platinum maybe not 5x but it will do good. Anyways the production is on point as usual with a Game album but his name dropping does get annoying but I can bear it. My personal favorite songs are "Its Okay", "Compton", "Lets Ride", "Wouldn't Get Far", "Scream On Em", "Doctors Advocate", Ol' English", "Bang" and "Why You Hate On The Game". The Game showed me he can stick in this rap game without Aftermath and G Unit but I hope he can get with Dr. Dre again with his next album. I recommend this album to Game fans and rap fans. WESTCOAST COMING!
 A Complete Mess November 15, 2006
9 out of 11 found this review helpful
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.
 Good production, bad delivery, ugly lyrical content November 16, 2006
Brandon M. Shabazz (San Leandro, CA United States)
9 out of 14 found this review helpful
I was really pulling for Game on this but he feel way short of the Documentary. If it weren't for some great producers and cool collaborations, this album would be a complete flop.
Game's lyrical content is so wack now. All he talks about on the entire album is Dr. Dre, his impala, how he's the king of the west coast (often comparing himself to the greats) and just drops names. He has absolutely nothing worth while to say. Pac and Cube didn't have to pound their chests letting us know they were the best on every song; we already knew it. It went without saying.
As much as I dislike 50, the man can write a hook and that's what he's missing here. There are songs on the first LP that are so much better than anything on here (Hate it or love it, Dreams, etc.) There really isn't a standout single that people will remember for years to come. The album is far from classic.
I give him credit for singlehandily destroying G-Unit but if I were a rapper, there are so many holes in this release by the Game that I'd eat him alive with ease.
Step your Game up next time out!
 dr. dre, dr. dre, dr. dre, compton, eazy e, dr. dre, dr. dre, etc... November 16, 2006
Siskel (Londonderry, NH)
9 out of 15 found this review helpful
I don't like typing up drawn out reviews so here u go. I haven't reviewed "The Documentry" yet but I'll give it four stars. If u liked that album and want to hear the same if not better beats and lyrics don't cop "Doctors Advocate". I think all will agree the title of my review sounds familiar if u have the previous album. Well try listening to that twice over and without the actually good rhymes that were in existence last time. The production isn't bad but isn't as good this time around. The Game should also stay away from doing his own hooks so much. I really had high hopes for The Game as an artist, thinking finally a solid commercial rapper would change the "Game" a little for the good. Sadly a sophmore slump can completely break a promising career. Finally, I give this album 3 stars for the sake of production.
The Math Dropped Him, and Fifty Ain't Rockin' With Him No More: It's Okay! He Gets it Poppin' November 22, 2006
Pat Shand (Freeport, NY USA)
9 out of 9 found this review helpful
There's nothing better to amp a person up than listening to a cocky rapper who is great at what they do, and The Game is just that. "Doctor's Adovocate" is a very solid album. In fact, it's even closer to being a classic than his first album ("The Documentary") was. As a whole, there are more enjoyable songs on this album than his first, but there is also a very confusing theme running through the whole album. In some songs (a lot actually) he's trying to sound exactly like Dr. Dre. He copies his flow and voice down to the last syllable.
1. Lookin At You: This is a good track, with a bassy beat and a very West Coast feel. His "Dr. Dre" flow is appropriate on this track, and he ends it on a high note and a subtle shot at his arch nemesis, saying "Me and my mic can't be separated like Interscope and (*Fifty*)"
2. Da Sh**: Tracy Nelson's vocals were welcome on the first track, but two tracks in a row is way too much. Game's flow however is completely on point, but again with the Dr. Dre voice. It's too much. Game's cocky swagger riding the beat will definitely get heads nodding though. It has to be said that his spoken line at the end of the song ("One day I walked in the mother****** house and all my sh** was gone") is not needed as it doesn't fit with the subject of the song.
3. It's Okay (One Blood): This track was recorded before Game knew there would be no Dr. Dre on his album, and you can tell. He sounds excited, hungry, and is rapping with his own voice, not Dre's. The flow (especially in Verse One) is the best I've heard from his since "300 Bars and Runnin." As soon as the song starts, Game brushes off all of the gossip that people had been hearing: "I'm the Doctor's Advocate, n***a Dre shot ya. Brought me back from the dead, that's why they call him the doctor. 'The 'Math gunna drop him and Fifty ain't rocking with him no more,' it's okay I get it poppin!" This should have been the opening track.
4. Compton: I has to be said: will.i.am is cheesy. Damn cheesy. His beat for this song is okay, but his shouts of "Where the gangstas boogie, the gangstas boogie!" are just straight corny. Game's verses save the song from being horrible, but they aren't memorable.
5. Remedy: Just Blaze's production is reminiscent of Dre, but this song isn't very memorable, aside from Game's hilarious question posed in the first verse: "Why Andrew Jackson look high as f**k on the Twenty?"
6. Let's Ride: Game's flow is on point in this song, the second single of the album. It's definitely a good album track, but it also seems too mediocre to be a single and a video. There are many tracks on the album just as good as this.
7. Too Much: Nate Dogg's presence is much needed on this song, and it only solidifies Game's place among the West Coast bests. Game clearly doesn't need Aftermath or G-Unit to sell records. 50 Cent, no matter how much I like the guy, was wrong.
8. Wouldn't Get Far: Game and Kanye work together to make a highly entertaining song much like 2Pac's "All About U." Game name drops Vida Guerra and reveals some interesting facts about her, and his verse definitely bests Kanye's. The production works well with the song, but the duo's song "Dreams" on Game's first album is much better.
9. Scream on 'Em: Swiss Beat's modest but crazy production allows Game to completely unleash with fire that we haven't seen in the man since 300 Bars. "This is that disrespectful, motherf***ing west coast, hip-hop death blow, Swizz Beats let's go!" The Game is slowly become, dare I say, a modern day 2Pac. He has the fire, the passion, and the anger. All he needs now is to stay constant with his rap voice.
10. One Night: Speaking of Pac, this track keeps it real like the legend does. While it isn't a standout track, Game's raw talent and realness is evident in the song.
11. Doctor's Advocate: This song, the title track, is the best on the album. Game is at the most emotional we've ever heard him, add a hot, pensive beat, and you have the West Coast MC at his finest. The song is a letter to Dr. Dre, apologizing to his mentor for going against his word and also thanking him for putting him into the game. Busta Rhyme's verse adds a new perspective to the situation, and is welcome. Game answers all questions about his loyalty, ending each verse by saying "It's still Aftermath, and ain't nothing after that."
12. Ol' English: Along with "It's Okay (One Blood)" and the title track, this is an absolute stand-out track. The Game raps about his childhood, reminiscing about his escapades as a youngster. On this track, Game showcases not only his lyrical ability but establishes himself as one of the premiere story-tellers in the rap game. This is a joint to listen about in a circle, with friends, a 40, and something being passed around.
13. California Vacation: Game, again, tries too hard to sound like Dr. Dre in this song, but I can't say it takes away from the effect. The union of Game, Snoop, and Xzibit is monumental, although Xzibit sounds oddly off-point. Some of his lines are okay, but not as good as Game's and the revitalized Snoop Dogg. The Dogg seems to be at his prime once again.
14. Bang: Tha Doggpound seem a bit out of place on this album, and Game's flow is the laziest I've ever heard it. There is absolutely no fire or hunger in his voice, and Tha Doggpound shine on this Jellyroll produced track, which is saying enough. There is no question, this is the worst song on the album--it should have been saved for a mixtape and replaced with the One Blood Remix, which features an insane amount of artists. That would probably be impossible to get clearance with all the labels though.
15. Around the World: The track starts off with Jamie Foxx's distinctive voice, and then Game's lyrics start and they're as real as they come: "She like that Jay sh**, that's her favorite/ if it's gunna get me the p***y I'ma play that sh**." Who hasn't thought that before? The song itself is generic r&b/rap, but Game's lyrics are on point.
16. Why You Hate the Game?: I definitly expected a harder track from the Nas/Game collaboration, but it's okay. This song is decent, and Marsha Ambrosius's vocals add depth to the track but there seems to be too much of her on the song and not enough rap from either Nas or Game. I have to say though, Nas isn't at his best, but Game's lyrics are memorable in this track: "Fifteen years old/ red rag around my head, my sisters used to laugh and call me Rambo." Game ends the song on a high note, addressing the death of Proof as well as the situation with 50 Cent. "And I still think about my n***a (Proof) from time to time/ makes me wanna call Fifty and let him know what's on my mind/ but I just hold back 'cause we ain't beefing like that/ he ain't Big and I ain't Pac and we're just eating off rap/ One love." Great ending.
9/10
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