Doctor's Advocate - The Game
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73 out of 100

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8.6 out of 10

Universal acclaim- based on 70 Ratings

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  • Summary: The rapper's second album is missing contributions from the Dr. Dre / Eminem / 50 Cent clan who helped power 'The Documentary' to success, but it does feature production work by Kanye West, Just Blaze and Swizz Beatz.

Critic Reviews

Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 13 out of 20
  2. Mixed: 7 out of 20
  3. Negative: 0 out of 20
  1. The New York Times
    90
    Barring some last-minute surprise, he has made the best hip-hop album of the year. [9 Nov 2006]
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  2. NOW Magazine
    80
    Unbelievably, the beats on Doctor's Advocate out-bang those on The Documentary, and the Game breathes compelling detail into the severe persona he established on his debut.
  3. All Music Guide
    80
    There's no precedent for an album that worships a no-show so hard on one hand, flips the bird to hip-hop protocol with the other, and knowingly refuses to push things forward, even flaunts it.
  4. Rolling Stone
    60
    Doctor's Advocate isn't the classic that message boards are calling it, but it is a middling yet pleasurable record.

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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 31 out of 35
  2. Mixed: 1 out of 35
  3. Negative: 3 out of 35
  1. Jake13
    10
    Best album of all time! Straight up. Better than his debut and his other releases, it deserves a better score from the critics but we know its straight fire. #StillPumpingIn2013… Collapse
  2. andyc
    8
    good shit.
  3. GeraldA.
    7
    No i'm not your G-unot fan. or F*ck game for name dropping fan. so my review is the best for those like me. the thing i love about this CD its its the first time we hear a westcoast CD (without dr. dre involved) that makes you knod your head. yes he does say jigga more than jay, and yes he loves dre and cherry red 64's. but i suggest u buy it.… Expand
  4. SeanC
    0
    This album sucks(totally).

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