The Format isn't great from start to finish, (not many albums are anymore) but there are some great tracks here such as 'The Format', 'The Animal' and 'Sit Em Back Slow'. His rapping talent is outstanding especially on the tracks mentioned which is nothing new. He's still one the better rappers to do it. I like this a fair bit more than his last album, so if you like that you should definitely like this. Overall the few tracks I love go a large way to earning it its 3.5/5, the rest of them like 'Make Me', 'Get High' and 'Game of Life' are all good though also which make for a fairly solid album. Also, I just wanna say track 10, 'The Format' is one of my favourite if not my favourite AZ track, great production from Premo. It's AZ's 'Nas Is Like'. Best Tracks: Sit Em Back Slow, I Am the Truth, Animal, The Format

So bad it's good.....at least for a little while anyway. This is proof as to why it helps to have a vast vocabulary as a rapper.

There are a lot of songs to get your head around, particularly with the 30 track deluxe edition, but it scores points for originality. Some of these beats sound fairly fresh and Busta has always been a unique rapper. It's a project that has been in the making for quite some time and is his best project for well over a decade since 'The Big Bang' from '06. While there are some trap rap themes, unlike his last few efforts, he seems more at home here. I'll repeat myself again though, why do artists put long speeches/skits on the head or the tail of a song? Make it a different god damn track! Best Tracks: Satanic, Czar (Remix), Look Over Your Shoulder

There are some nice songs in the middle of this mixtape (Lost - This Way), but after a couple of spins, most of the rest is fairly forgettable. Another 15 tracks in such a short space of time was probably a stretch. Hopefully, the upcoming album will have some more conscious stuff though such as 'The Kill' and 'Lost' that he has released in the last week that I've enjoyed. Best Tracks: Lost, I'm Home, This Way

For a 29 track free mixtape, this ain't bad. While on the first listen I was underwhelmed I have gone back to it have found more. And while Game rarely talks about much I still find him enjoyable over reasonable beats, for which enough of these are. It is good to hear though that Game said nothing on this is strong enough for the final album except for 'The Kill' which is the best track here. And while Game still goes off-topic a tad (like talking about 50 again) it sees him getting a touch more thoughtful, all be it hypocritically given what he generally raps about. Game is obviously a student of hip hop as you can tell from his frequent name dropping, but also from his changes in style. 'R.I.P Story' is reminiscent of Will Smith's storytelling tunes such as 'Nightmare on my Street', 'Children's Story' is obviously a take on Slick Rick's version, and Game's flow on 'Purp and Yellow' is very similar to T.I. 'History' with legends BDK, KRS and Doug E Fresh also shows this homage to the genre. [i]KRS-One spits like, Doug beatbox like, and you know that Kane spit like, and that’s the reason Game spits like." A few tracks don't live up to much. 'Wonderful World' never goes anywhere, 'In My '64' and 'Dedicated' are nothing new from Pharrell who is slipping. The two Dre produced tracks must be mentioned - 'Soft Rhodes' and 'The Ocean' are also nothing too special, the latter one is a lil better though which finishes the mixtape. 'Ferrari Lifestyle' is okay also, but feels like an 'Aston Martin Music' clone. And toward the end of the second disc, 'Whip It', 'Favourite DJ' and 'Can a Drummer Get Some' are all more club orientated and leave something to be desired for me. There ain't anything amazing on this much talked about mixtape, but I like enough of it to give it a reasonable score, and I think if you're a fan and spin this more than once you'll agree. After hearing a lot of the singles/leaked tracks from The Game over the last few months/year, I was anticipating The R.E.D. Album less and less, but this has heightened my expectations slightly. Best Tracks: L.A. Times, Livin Better, I'm the King, Children's Story, Taylor Made, Dead, The Kill, Heart Breaker, Bad Intentions, Supastar, History