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The Hard Way - 213
  • Band Name: 213
  • Record Label: TVT
  • Release Date: Aug 17, 2004
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Metascore
56 out of 100

Mixed or average reviews - based on 14 Critics What's this?

User Score
8.0 out of 10

Generally favorable reviews- based on 12 Ratings

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10 out of 10
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  • Summary: 'The Hard Way,' co-produced by Kanye West, is the first disc for the trio of Snoop Dogg, Warren G. and Nate Dogg.

Critic Reviews

Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 3 out of 14
  2. Mixed: 10 out of 14
  3. Negative: 1 out of 14
  1. All Music Guide
    80
    This is the most enjoyable album of Warren's and Nate's careers to date, by a long shot, and it's among Snoop's most enjoyable as well.
  2. Launch.com
    60
    Roughly half these 19 songs burn themselves out on first listen, but the rest are sublime.
  3. Mojo
    20
    Starts promisingly soulful, but soon descends into faux gangster bullshit and lazy, dumb-ass sexism. [Feb 2005, p.100]
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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 6 out of 9
  2. Mixed: 2 out of 9
  3. Negative: 1 out of 9
  1. fernandog
    10
    This album is a great collaboration of westcoast rap that's been mising for a couple of years the chemistry between the artists is amazing accompanied by some of the best lyrical performaces by all three artists it gets a ten because it gives you everything you expect from a west coast album if you like the West you like this album… Expand
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  2. LawrenceL
    5
    This album was only a let down because of poor production, the only song that really stands out is Appreciation, which really has that G-Funk feel to it. Its undeniable the talent in this group, although this trio was hyped to be the Westcoast supergroup, after listening to this album, its true that people say this label still belongs to Westside Connection. … Expand
    • 0 of 0 users said yes
  3. BigPunn
    3
    I think its a sad attempt by some broke down has-beens to make gangsta hits which should of been titled 2 bitches, 1 ho, 3 dicks
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