My Review of the Game's,Doctor's Advocate

Before I purchased Doctor's Advocate, I heard the single "It's Okay (One Blood)" and the song blew me away. The beat, the originality, all of it reminded me why The Game is a man to be reckoned with in Hip-Hop. This was a song that had to be played loud and on many occasions, I heard this beat pulsating from cars blocks away. If you listened clearly you could even hear a tiny guest appearance by the man himself, Young Jeezy. I fell in love with this song and had to buy the album. I am the kind of person who believes that if the first single released from a album is good, then you have a good album. Boy was I wrong in this instance.

The album starts off with a match being lit and then classic West Coast music starts. Now even when I was young (in elementary school to be exact) and Dre released The Chronic, I never really liked the lazy, gangsta, low-riding West Coast sound. My tastes have not changed in all these years and listening to the album's first track, I was not all that excited. Then the second track comes on and I hear a excerpt from Tales from the Hood that has me smile, it being one of my favorite movies from my youth. The beat is nice and my head moves. Here's a cut, I'm thinking and then I hear "Shut your mouth b@##$" and "It don't stop ni##sa's". My head stops moving and I am, again, disappointed. I am not a fan of misogyny and all though it's rare to hear hip-hop without it, my stomach turns. I listen through the third track which is the reason I brought the album but I am not as excited hearing it. Yeah it's still a jam but the two previous songs has turned me off. I sigh and decide to stick with it to the end.

This album is a disappointment with exactly 2 tracks that save it from being total, utter garbage. Throughout the whole album, he acts like the ultimate hype-man for Dre, giving him so many props, you'd think Dre walked on water. Game even apologizes profusely in one track and sounds suspiciously like he's going to bust into tears. WTF?? They say that imitation is the sincerest form of flattery and Dre should be very flattered since Game does a great job of copying his rap style. A few tracks (one in particular) had me thinking that Dre decided to make an appearance but I realized that it was Game since he called himself the doctor's advocate for the millionth time. I think I've become a tad desensitized to all the many forms of hate he spews at women. I guess listening to him describe preparing a certain smoking substance on a woman's back while they have sex will do that to you.

Like I said there are 2 tracks that made this album tolerable and other than the debut single, the last track is the other redeemer. Nas and Marcia Ambrose guest star and with a Just Blaze beat, this is a stellar track. Game sounds like himself and for once, isn't focusing on making Dre his savior. He even manages to extend a white flag of sorts to known enemy 50 Cent. The ending of the song offers a uplifting note of hope with a choir joining Ambrose's beautiful voice. I can't help to listen to this song and wish that the rest of this album was as good.