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Da Game Is to Be Sold, Not to Be Told | dogg
HE GOT "GAME" Snoop Dogg throws up a brick on his No Limit debut

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Lead Performance: Snoop Dogg; Genre: Hip-Hop/Rap
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By Tom Sinclair
Tom Sinclair
Tom Sinclair
Tom Sinclair is a senior writer for EW and has been called "the handsomest man in rock criticism'' (by his wife)

It’s significant that the first voice heard on "Game" is that of Master P, Snoop’s new paymaster. Their partnership will no doubt prove lucrative, but this is a depressing effort that mostly finds Snoop chasing his own tail (“Gin & Juice II” -- puh-leeze) and brownnosing the boss (“I hang out with real niggas, like Silkk and C-Murder,” he raps, name-checking P’s brothers). The once feral Dogg sounds whipped; even his greatest asset -- that chilly voice -- seems strangely out of synch with the stentorian screaming of Game’s guest rappers. One thing’s certain: Homeboy lost a lot more than his middle name when he became a No Limit “soldier.”


Posted Aug 10, 1998
 

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