Black Rob
Game Tested Streets Approved
Release Date: Jul 26, 2011
Genre(s): Rap, Gangsta Rap, East Coast Rap, Hardcore Rap
Record label: Duck Down Music
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Album Review: Game Tested Streets Approved by Black Rob
Average, Based on 3 Critics
Based on rating 6/10
Ah, Black Rob, he of the lost tribe of Bad Boy. Like many of his former labelmates, Rob showed a lot of promise early in his Bad Boy career before falling off the map completely for one reason or another by the time his sophomore album came around. Perhaps in Rob’s case it can be attributed to a lack of marketing for 2005’s The Black Rob Report, as he’d been charged with armed robbery in November of 2004, a probation violation that guaranteed he would be spending time behind bars.
Based on rating 2.0/5
Being in jail is no simple thing. When some sort of complicated situation lands people in jail, it will almost certainly change that person in some type of way. Readjusting to life on the outside can be more of a struggle than being on the inside, as recidivism rates worldwide always prove. So for someone like Black Rob, who did a very inconvenient four year bid, the opportunity to get back on the outside and pursue a legitimate career with an established independent label (in the form of Duck Down Records) is perhaps the best thing that could have happened to him.
Opinion: Fairly Good
Raw, unforgiving, hard New York rap. That’s Black Rob’s Game Tested, Streets Approved album in its essence. With his gruff tone and no-nonsense flow, Rob holds down 14 tracks with only one guest appearance without any problems.
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