| Game Tested, Streets Approved | ||||
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| Released | July 26, 2011 | |||
| Recorded | 2010–11 | |||
| Genre | Hip hop | |||
| Length | 50:05 | |||
| Label | Duck Down Music | |||
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| Black Rob chronology | ||||
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Game Tested, Streets Approved is the third and final studio album by American rapperBlack Rob. It was released on July 26, 2011, throughDuck Down Music. The album was produced by Coptic,Buckwild, David Shapiro,DJ Pain 1,D'Mile, Gerald "Soul G." Stevens, Jermaine Washington, Self, Spank, Young McFly, and Black Rob, who also served as executive producer with Jemal Mosley. It features a lone guest appearance fromSean Price. The album peaked at number 44 on theBillboardTop R&B/Hip-Hop Albums in the United States.
The album was his first sinceThe Black Rob Report, which was released six year earlier in 2005. Shortly after the release of that album, Black Rob was sentenced to seven years in prison for grand larceny and served four years of that sentence before being released in 2010. After his release from prison, Rob cut ties with his previous labelBad Boy Records and signed a deal with independent rap label, Duck Down Music Inc. and began work onGame Tested, Streets Approved.
| Aggregate scores | |
|---|---|
| Source | Rating |
| Metacritic | 62/100[1] |
| Review scores | |
| Source | Rating |
| HipHopDX | 2/5[2] |
| PopMatters | 6/10[3] |
| RapReviews | 6.5/10[4] |
| XXL | 3/5[5] |
Game Tested, Streets Approved was met with generally favorable reviews frommusic critics. AtMetacritic, which assigns anormalized rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream publications, the album received anaverage score of 62, based on five reviews.[1]
Daniel Oh ofRapReviews found "no visible rust onGame Tested, Streets Approved, Rob's first album in six years".[4] In his mixed review, David Amidon ofPopMatters wrote: "ultimately,Game Tested & Street Approved is all about tracks three through eight, with the rest of it meandering through various forms of decent and straight up awful".[3] Mark Lelinwalla ofXXL wrote: "with his gruff tone and no-nonsense flow, Rob holds down 14 tracks with only one guest appearance without any problems".[5] Amanda Bass ofHipHopDX resumed: "there is more to Black Rob than "Whoa," but there is nothing that quite lives up to it onGame Tested, Streets Approved".[2]
| No. | Title | Producer(s) | Length |
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| 1. | "Welcome Back" | Anthony "Buckwild" Best | 3:04 |
| 2. | "Boiling Water" | Dernst "D'Mile" Emile II | 4:02 |
| 3. | "Bumpin'" | Edward "Self Service" Hinson | 2:40 |
| 4. | "Can't Make It in NY" | Jermaine "O.Z.10037" Washington | 2:57 |
| 5. | "Showin Up" | Nicholas "Young McFly" Greer | 3:52 |
| 6. | "Celebration" | David Shapiro | 3:41 |
| 7. | "Wanna Get Dough" | Eric "Coptic" Matlock | 4:07 |
| 8. | "Get Involved" | Spank | 4:11 |
| 9. | "Sand to the Beach" | Gerald "Soul G." Stevens | 4:04 |
| 10. | "Made Me a Man" | Anthony "Buckwild" Best | 4:14 |
| 11. | "Fuck Em'" | Eric "Coptic" Matlock | 2:47 |
| 12. | "This is What It Is" | Black Rob | 3:16 |
| 13. | "Up North - This is What It Is" | Black Rob | 3:54 |
| 14. | "No Fear" (featuringSean Price) |
| 3:16 |
| Total length: | 50:05 | ||
| Chart (2011) | Peak position |
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| USTop R&B/Hip-Hop Albums (Billboard)[6] | 44 |
