Game Face

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Game Face
Game face.jpg
Studio album by
Master P
ReleasedDecember 18, 2001 (U.S.)
Recorded2000–2001
Genre Hip hop
Length48:56
Label
Producer
Master P chronology
Ghetto Postage
(2000)		Game Face
(2001)		 Good Side, Bad Side
(2004)
Singles from Game Face
  1. "Ooohhhwee"
    Released: 2001
  2. "Rock it"
    Released: 2001
  3. "Real Love"
    Released: 2002

Game Face is the tenth studio album by American rapper Master P, released on December 18, 2001. It marked the debut of The New No Limit Records and a partnership with Universal Records. There are three singles released from the album, "Ooohhhwee", "Real Love", and "Rock it", Music videos were released for all three. The album received a mixed reception from critics who saw some change in Master P's production choices from his producers and lyrical delivery but felt that it wasn't anything new from the genre.

Contents

Reception

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic 40/100 [1]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [2]
Entertainment Weekly B− [3]
HipHopDX Star full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [4]
Vibe Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [5]

Game Face garnered mixed reviews from music critics who saw some change in lyrical content and production but felt that it didn't deliver anything new to the genre. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album received an average score of 40, based on 4 reviews. [1]

Shawn Edwards of Vibe praised Master P for using simplistic wordplay and different production on his songs to feel more accessible saying, "While P's rhyme schemes haven't changed much, he has improved his musical backdrops significantly." [5] Tom Sinclair of Entertainment Weekly found most of the album to be pleasant concluding with, "there's something oddly comforting about the inexorability of it all." [3] AllMusic editor Jason Birchmeier complimented Master P for changing his Southern sound into a more pop rap direction with the samples he used for his songs saying, "Game Face isn't any more impressive than any of his past few albums since Ghetto D . However, it is a much more accessible album because of the pop approach." [2] Wise Q of HipHopDX found tracks like "The Farm," "Lose It and Get It Back" and "Back on Top" as stand outs from the album but felt that it didn't deliver anything new to the genre saying "Most reviews have substance but, like this CD, hip hop will be left feeling empty." [4] The A.V. Club 's Nathan Rabin wrote, "A mercifully brief running time (less than 50 minutes) and a few scattered moments of autobiographical storytelling help make Gameface marginally less disposable than its most recent predecessors." [6]

Commercial performance

The album debuted at number seventy-two on the Billboard 200 and sold 95,000 copies in its first week of sales. It later climbed up the charts and peaked at number fifty-three in early 2002.

Music videos

There was a music video for the single entitled "Real Love" featuring Sera-Lynn. There was also a music video for the single "Ooohhhwee".

Track listing

No.TitleLength
1."Take It Outside"2:20
2."Ghetto Ballin'" (featuring Lil' Romeo and Silkk The Shocker)3:42
3."Ooohhhwee" (featuring Weebie)4:13
4."Real Love" (featuring Sera-Lynn)3:39
5."We Want Dough"3:25
6."The Block"2:55
7."A Woman"2:40
8."Back on Top" (featuring Silkk The Shocker, Lil' Romeo and C-Murder)3:50
9."The Farm"3:16
10."What I'm Bout"3:13
11."Whoadie Gone"4:07
12."I Don't"2:48
13."Rock It" (featuring Weebie and Krazy)3:51
14."Lose It and Get It Back"4:23

Charts

Album

Singles

Ooohhhwee

Chart (2001–2002)Peak
positions
US Billboard Hot 100 [10] 52
US Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs ( Billboard ) [11] 19
US Rhythmic ( Billboard ) [12] 34

Rock It

Chart (2002)Peak
positions
US R&B/Hip-Hop Airplay ( Billboard ) [13] 70
US Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs ( Billboard ) [11] 72

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