Loyal to the game

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Customer reviews

review by: Diva date: 2009-03-29 rating:
str8t outta newcastle
Eminem and G unit have ruined this album by taking good lyrics by tupac and adding pathetic choruses of themselves into what would be great beats

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review by: date: 2009-01-20 rating:
i feel cheated!!
eminem ruined this album wiv crappy production if u think this is 1 of 2pacs best u have most probably only heard this album and no others. also im not diggin' some of the guests eg gunit. however u can actually listen 2 it because 2pac the best rapper ever supports the album lyrically but production i couldnt be more dissapointed. i would recommend that u not buy this over any other 2pac album. if ur new 2 pac which most rap fans aint i recommend the first ones u buy are me against the world and onwards truly amazing albums R.I.P 2Pac the best rapper ever.

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review by: date: 2008-12-07 rating:
Loyal To The Game (No Doubt)
Pac would have loved Em's Production on this and would have thought it was most defo TIGHT... br /Respect to Em. br /ps br /Black Cotton is a sick tune. br /Big Boy CD....

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review by: loz4manutd date: 2008-01-06 rating:
Insult to 2pac!!!
This album is a complete disgrace, having some one like eminem and g unit (fake idiots themselves) produce 2pac is such an insult. Eminem, 50 cent, g unit and all of those are fake hip hop, they are why hip hop is dead. 2pac is one of the best mc's ever born and he is way to good for this. Can i suggest other prosthemus albums which atchully articulate 2pac in the right way with ''(r u still down) remember me, and untill the end of time, dont waste our time on loyal to the game. br /


review by: s.vernon date: 2007-11-16 rating:
ONE OF 2PAC'S BEST
Loyal to the Game, the ninth 2Pac album released by his enterprising mother-turned-executive producer, Afeni Shakur, is one of the more unique entries in the martyred rap legend's extensive catalog. Produced entirely by Eminem, it carries on with the approach the man otherwise known as Marshall Mathers took with his production contributions to the preceding year's Tupac: Resurrection. Eminem had produced a few songs on that soundtrack, most notably the landmark 2Pac-Biggie duet "Runnin' (Dying to Live)," and his work here on Loyal to the Game isn't too much of a departure from the style of that song. In the wake of the song's popularity, Afeni gave Eminem some old tapes, and he went to work, stripping them of their productions, giving them his own trademark backing (characterized by his style of punchy, syncopated, unfunky beatmaking), incorporating some guest raps for secondary verses, and polishing them off with various sorts of hooks. Eminem's efforts here work, yet aren't ideal. On the one hand, there's no questioning Em's integrity. He pens some reverent liner notes, explaining his position (or justifying it, depending on your viewpoint), and Afeni also pens some touching liners, likewise explaining why Eminem of all people gets the green light to produce this album in its entirety. And Em doesn't take his job here lightly. His beats hit hard and are well crafted, most similar to his more hardcore self-productions like "Mosh" or "Lose Yourself." His hooks are also well crafted: he takes the hook himself on "Soldier Like Me"; brings in 50 Cent and Nate Dogg for "Loyal to the Game" and "Thugs Get Lonely Too," respectively; samples Elton John ("Indian Sunset"), Curtis Mayfield ("If There's a Hell Below"), and Dido ("Do You Have a Little Time") for other songs; and lets 2Pac handle his own hooks elsewhere. On the other, more cynical hand, Eminem simply isn't a good fit, and the four bonus tracks here testify to what could have been. Produced by Scott Storch, Red Spyda, Raphael Saadiq, and DJ Quik, these bonus track "remixes" are clearly the highlights of the album (and quite fantastic highlights at that, perhaps alone reason enough to pick up this album). These guys produce beats much more fitting to 2Pac's rhyme style. Sure, Eminem is a great producer, but he produces these 2Pac tracks as if he were producing himself, and 2Pac is a much different breed of rapper than Slim Shady, especially in terms of cadence and delivery. This is all the more evident because the source tapes of these tracks date back to the early '90s, when 2Pac was at his funkiest and least hardcore. (While the dates aren't provided in the credits, the original producers are credited: Randy "Stretch" Walker, DJ Daryl, Live Squad, and Deon Evans, all of whom worked with Pac during his early years, namely the early '90s, just as he was leaving Digital Underground and getting his career off the ground. Various time-specific references within Pac's lyrics are further evidence of this, such as passing references to the L.A. riots.) How much Loyal to the Game ultimately appeals to you will likely depend on how much you like Eminem. After all, this is as much his album as 2Pac's -- a labor of love, no doubt. If you're fond of his lock-step beatmaking and big hooks, you'll find much to like here, for Pac's rhymes are undoubtedly fascinating in any context, even at this early stage of his career. But if you're not down with Marshall Mathers, you'll probably want to pass this one by, though the four bonus tracks alone might make this a worthwhile venture regardless.

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