EW's GRADE
C

Details Lead Performance: Various Artists; Genres: Hip-Hop/Rap, Reissues

Ruthless started as the prototypical gangsta-rap label, spawning N.W.A and hip-hop legends Dr. Dre, Ice Cube, and Eazy-E. Unfortunately, Decade of Game: Ruthless Records Tenth Anniversary Compilationdoesn't do justice to Ruthless' accomplishments. Instead of the songs that made history, you get lesser material, lesser artists, and inferior remixes; as such, the two unreleased Eazy-E tracks should have stayed that way. Even stranger, Ruthless' biggest new act, Bone Thugs-N-Harmony, isn't represented at all. Decade of shame is more like it. C

Originally posted Apr 03, 1998 Published in issue #425 Apr 03, 1998 Order article reprints

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