Doctor's Advocate Review

Euphanasia · Nov 15, 2006

Okay, I picked up The Doctor's Advocate yesterday and it's a really good cd, but it doesn't top The Documentary. Here's my review:

1) Lookin at You - 4/5 good song, he sounds a lot like Dre here
2) Da Shit - 3/5 average song, nothing special
3) It's Okay (One Blood) 4.5/5 hot song
4) Compton 4/5 another hot song
5) Remedy 3/5 not a bad song, but sounds like it belongs on a mixtape
6) Let's Ride 4/5 sweet song
7) Too Much 4.5/5 I really like this track
8) Wouldn't Get Far 5/5 Awesome, gotta love Kanye
9) Scream On 'Em 2.5/5 this song would be good without the yelling
10)One Night 5/5 Probably the best song on the album
11) Doctor's Advocate 5/5 very insightful, deep track
12)Ol' English 5/5 Amazing track
13) California Vacation 4.5/5 Great Westcoast song, good guests
14) Bang 3/5 average track
15) Around the World 4.5/5 A nice, mellow song
16) Why You Hate the Game 5/5 Great song, Nas spits well

I give the entire album a 4/5

The 5 standout tracks alone make it worth copping

peace

WayCide-Ridah · Nov 15, 2006

word, got this album last night....still bumping it, whoever said this album wuz gunna succ needs 2 checc this album..might be the best album to come out in the mainstream this year

drake_411 · Nov 15, 2006

no doubt,to me this is the best album of the year.But I haven't heard Nas' new shit yet

4-getta · Nov 16, 2006

Got it yesterday and I like it. BUT: I think that The Game sound really similar to Nas voice- and flowwise on a few tracks...

samtarin · Nov 16, 2006

really liking this cd. doing know what mags have reviewd it yet but i see it getting as close to ranking classic as if can so definately a 4 outta 5 or even 4.5 outta 5

C-7 · Nov 16, 2006

my review:
1) Lookin at You - 2/5
2) Da Shit - 5/5
3) It's Okay (One Blood) 3.5/5
4) Compton 3/5
5) Remedy 5/5
6) Let's Ride 2.5/5
7) Too Much 4/5
8) Wouldn't Get Far 5/5
9) Scream On 'Em 2/5
10)One Night 5/5
11) Doctor's Advocate 5/5
12)Ol' English 5/5
13) California Vacation 4.5/5
14) Bang 4/5
15) Around the World 5/5
16) Why You Hate the Game 5/5

21derful · Nov 16, 2006

best tracks on the album hands down, are one blood,.doctors advocate,compton,and scream on em,..

Mo_Murda · Nov 17, 2006

for me my top 5 would be

1 California Vacation
2 Why You Hate The Game
3 One Blood
4 Compton
5 Remedy

Close 6th and 7th

Bang
Too Much

Trickster · Nov 17, 2006

Agree with most of OP's review except for You Wouldnt Get Far, good beat and good Kanye verse but the hook is absolutely awful, sounds like it should be on a mixtape song and you have to make up the hook in 30 seconds. Remedy and Da Shit surely couldnt have been the best songs he could have come up with for this album surely, cosidering all the songs he said he recorded for it. they're very average. It's probably the last album that i'll reasonably like where the whole topic of the album is practically the same bar a few tracks, "im tough, i'm gangsta, i'm kill you if you do this or that, i get loads of women etc etc etc etc" i think he used up all the interesting stuff to talk about on The Documentary (Hate It or Love It, Like Father Like Son, Start From Scratch, Dreams) there's a few tracks on this that are good but most is just repeating itself.

Another thing i think is missing from this album, besides Dre, i think is some Timbo production, he's on fire lately with everything he does and considering he had Put You On The Game on the last album, one of the best beats on The Documentary, Game could have done with some on this. It's a good album, but not as good as The Documentary, actually not even close. Strangely i think it's also missing some 50 hooks, Game can't really carry many good hooks by himself.

Callmepat · Nov 17, 2006