The Hard Way
by 213
  • Record Label: TVT
  • Release Date: Aug 17, 2004
User Score
8.0

Generally favorable reviews- based on 12 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 8 out of 12
  2. Mixed: 3 out of 12
  3. Negative: 1 out of 12

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  1. MathiasV
    Aug 23, 2004
    10
    Haw is this album a bit disapointing?? all the songs on this album are great as fuck
  2. Chea
    Oct 23, 2004
    9
    I think they did a good job by just doing what they know best ! Could be a lott better but I still enjoy it to the fullest....true, if you like the west you like it
  3. fernandog
    Aug 24, 2004
    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
  4. N3m3sisDogg
    Jul 4, 2005
    9
    Westside til I die. Dis is a return ta da real fo Snoop and Wg n Nate. Pan it all ya want, I bin waiting since 4ever ta hear shit like this again from da real westside riddaz!
  5. James
    Aug 22, 2004
    10
    this is hot!!!!!!!!!!!!

Awards & Rankings

39
#39 Most Shared Album of 2004

Critic Reviews

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Metascore
56

Mixed or average reviews - based on 14 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 3 out of 14
  2. Mixed: 10 out of 14
  3. Negative: 1 out of 14
  1. Spin
    42
    They sound like they can't be bothered. [Oct 2004, p.120]
  2. Stylus Magazine
    60
    Sadly this isn’t the same 213 who dropped the legendary demo and this isn’t the 213 album people have been waiting for.
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  3. Q Magazine
    40
    The lyrics tend towards the banal and, at times, there is a palpable sense of awkwardness. [Dec 2004, p.134]
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