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  1. Soldier Like Me - Tupac ShakurDownload & Buy
  2. The Uppercut featuring Edi & Noble of the Outlawz - Tupac ShakurDownload & Buy
  3. Out On Bail - Tupac ShakurDownload & Buy
  4. Ghetto Gospel - Tupac ShakurDownload & Buy
  5. Black Cotton featuring Eminem & Kastrom & Noble of the Outlawz - Tupac ShakurDownload & Buy
  6. Loyal To The Game featuring 50 Cent, Lloyd Banks and Young Buck - Tupac ShakurDownload & Buy
  7. Thugs Get Lonely Too-featuring Nate Dogg - Tupac ShakurDownload & Buy
  8. N.I.G.G.A-featuring Jadakiss (Never Ignorant About Getting Goals Accomplished) - Tupac ShakurDownload & Buy
  9. Who Do You Love? - Tupac ShakurDownload & Buy
  10. Crooked Nigga Too - Tupac ShakurDownload & Buy
  11. Don't You Trust Me - Tupac ShakurDownload & Buy
  12. Hennessey featuring Obie Trice - Tupac ShakurDownload & Buy
  13. Thug 4 Life - Tupac ShakurDownload & Buy
  14. Po Nigga Blues-Scott Storch Remix featuring Ron Isley - Tupac ShakurDownload & Buy
  15. Hennessey Red Spyda Remix featuring EDI & Sleepy Brown - Tupac ShakurDownload & Buy
  16. Crooked Nigga Too - Raphael Saadiq Remix - Tupac ShakurDownload & Buy
  17. Loyal To The Game - DJ Quik Remix featuring Big Syke - Tupac ShakurDownload & Buy

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Album Details: Loyal To The Game

Release Date:
12/14/2004
Label:
Amaru / Interscope
UPC:
075021032910

User Reviews: Loyal To The Game

  1. NOTHING LIKE THE ORIGINAL

    , December 8, 2004
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  2. The Legend Returns

    , December 8, 2004
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Loyal to the Game, the ninth 2Pac album released by his enterprising motherturnedexecutive 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 2PacBiggie 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 that 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, even if they 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 selfproductions 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. 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 timespecific 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 lockstep 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.

- Jason Birchmeier, All Music Guide



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