![]() This is the only place where you can get Rick Ross and Beanie Sigel on the same track, rampaging through a brooding Streetrunner production with a cascade boss talk and war-ready rhymes. That’s not to say the album is a waste entirely. Rather than creating his own new album, The Red Album feels like Game took leftovers off the cutting room floor from other superstars and tacked on his own verses to retain ownership. It makes the album feel generic for long stretches, in a coaction where you can see the seams and threads of the tapestry. On one track, he’s trying to out crazy a demonic Tyler, The Creator, on another he’s predictably wooing the fairer sex with Wale. Then a greybeard in the game, something he once scoffed at, Game relied on far too many tropes and familiar sounds rather than forge his own new identity within his own framework. Released in 2011, The Red Album very much represents the mid-career slog many legends suffer through as the years grow longer. ![]()
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