Binding: Audio CD
EAN: 0602517745292
Format: Explicit Lyrics
Label: Geffen Records
Manufacturer: Geffen Records
MPN: 001146502
Number Of Discs: 1
Publisher: Geffen Records
Release Date: 2008-08-26
Studio: Geffen Records

The Game returns with his third and supposedly last CD LAX. Keisha Cole is featured on the lead off track 'Game's Pain.' Other guests include Ice Cube, Raekwon, Ludacris, Bilal and Raheem DeVaughn, appearing on "State of Emergency," "Bulletproof Diaries," "Cali Sunshine" and "Touchdown," respectively. Cool & Dre, Irv Gotti, Nottz, J.R. Rotem, Scott Storch, DJ Toomp, Hi-Tek and Kanye West lend their production efforts to the album.

Customer Rating:
Summary: Game's best album
Comment: This is a solid album from start to finish, and The Game's best yet I think. Another large guest list added to Game's improved lyrics and banging beats make this one of the best albums of 2008. The prayers by DMX are a nice addition to the album as well.

My top 3 favorite tracks:

Let Us Live feat. Chrisette Michele - probably my favorite track, Chrisette Michele kills the chorus as usual and has some additional vocals too.
House of Pain - great beat and one of the catchiest songs on the album.
LAX Files - amazing start to the album.

I really don't skip any tracks on this, and I'm definitely no Game groupie by any means, as I think The Documentary is overrated and Doctor's Advocate had its fair share of skippable tracks. One thing I would've liked that wasn't on LAX was another "drunk" track from Game like the songs Start From Scratch and Doctor's Advocate.

5/5 stars - definitely in my top 3 rap albums of the year.

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Customer Rating:
Summary: Too much filler, not enough thriller
Comment: The Game is the last popular West Coast rapper left. This is sad, but true. Because of this, I place high expectations on his shoulders--and I expect him to carry the burden. After the classic "Documentary" and decent "Doctor's Advocate," I was hoping The Game could put the West Coast back on top. "LAX" shows potential early on, but is ultimately bogged down by bizarre production and R&B collaborations that are unlistenable.

The album gets off to a bangin' start with a swimming piano lick and airtight rapid flow on "LAX Files." The next track is "State of Emergency," which features thumping old-school drums and killer flows from The Game and Ice Cube. "My Life" is a slower song, but the irresistably twangy hook from 'Lil Wayne and thoughtful lyrics of The Game grow on you. The Dre and Cool (they produce a synth-heavy beat for every rap album now) produced "Money" is an enjoyable track to ride to, although The Game's lyrics are pretty cheesy and his flow is monotonous.

The rest of the ablum is just plain strange. "Angel," featuring Common and produced by Kanye West, seems like a catchy soulful track at first, but the repetive beat grates on your brain and just annoys the hell out of you. The oddly titled "Game's Pain" is an OK song but doesn't have much meaning, as The Game just lists of a bunch of other rappers again. I was hoping the final song with Nas would at least somewhat salvage the album, but once again the repetitive beat is just not that fun to listen to.

Despite the bangin' beats and effective guest appearances early in "LAX", I just cannot recommend an album where only one third of the songs are listenable.

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Customer Rating:
Summary: Better than I thought it would be
Comment: Three albums by the Game, and I still don't know what to make of him. From the start, I wasn't a big fan of the Game as a rapper -- certainly his lyrical ability is mediocre at best. But he manages to come out with good songs time and time again.

After Game's debut album, The Documentary, I had low expectations for his future. I figured Dr. Dre's beats -- not to mention some solid producing by Timbaland and Kanye -- were what really made that CD. I decided to buy Doctor's Advocate, and it was pretty solid. I can say the same about this album.

The best song is "My Life," a mellow but very real song that features a killer and haunting chorus from Lil Wayne. I can't stop listening to this song. Kanye has produced a song on each of Game's albums, and the one on LAX, called "Angel," is probably the best. Common's opening verse steals the show; I think that while Game benefits from guest stars on his songs, those guests are almost always better than him.

State of Emergency is another good song, featuring a great chorus from the legend, Ice Cube. There's a good Scott Storch-produced song called "Let Us Live," and Ludacris does his thing on "Ya Heard," taking a sub-par song and making it pretty decent.

This album has a few too many songs, and Game falls into his typical trap of sending shout-outs to any and every rapper in history. I think it's because he just doesn't have the ability to write great rap lyrics. His flow is pretty good and his voice is unique, but as usual with Game, I think this album is good because of the production more than what he is saying. I'd give it 3 1/2 stars; it's not a must-have, but if you buy it, you probably won't be disappointed.

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Customer Rating:
Summary: The Game proves why he is at the top of the game.
Comment: Despite the feud with fifty, and the 60 days of jail for gun possession, The Game proves on LAX that he still have enough time to deliver another slamin album. With Lil' Wayne on the first single, "My Block" The Game defintley knows who to work with to make a great club banger. If The Game can do more collobrations like this one, than The Game is going to doing alright without Fifty.

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Customer Rating:
Summary: High Dissapointed
Comment: Just not what I expected from the Game. I felt he could have done more.

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