If there’s one thing Jayceon Taylor succeeds at, it’s not caring about what anyone else thinks. However, it took his Purp & Patron 
mixtape for him to finally drive that point home musically. This offering from Game is perhaps his riskiest-albeit-brilliant work to date. While Game occasionally tinkered with manipulations of samples (i.e. “One Blood” with Junior Reid), this time around his focus is more direct, the collaborations are well played and his lyrics are succinct.
Tracks like “The Kill” , where Cool & Dre flip La Roux’s haunting vocal sample, show how Game acclimates himself lyrically to the tone of his production. The RZA-produced “Heart Breaker” (now pulled due to publishing reasons) shows Game flipping syllables like a champ. If Brake Lights was Game’s pure Hip Hop delivery mixtape, then Purp & Patron is his experimental one. That’s not to say Game shies away from traditional Rap. He even pays homage to it on “History” with a legendary line up of Doug E. Fresh, Big Daddy Kane, and KRS-One with the poignant hook, “KRS One spits like / Doug Fresh beatbox like / And you know that Kane spit like / And that’s the reason Game spits like.” “Ferrari Lifestyle” with Fabolous and “Taylor Made” with Wiz Khalifa show Game’s dexterity in the midst of other skillful rappers.
While the double-disc Purp & Patron is the length of two LPs, it’s still not his long-awaited fourth album. If Game is giving music like this away for free, imagine what R.E.D. will sound like?
DX Consensus: “Free Album” (the highest possible praise for a mixtape).
Listen to Game Purp & Patron Disc One (hosted by Funkmaster Flex) and Purp & Patron Disc Two (hosted by DJ Skee)
best mixtape in a long time. better than a lot of albums out. 5 stars
Yea boii very nice
classic
Mixtape is dope! Game back on point with this.. Hangover dropping tonight and R.E.D Album soon!
Mixtape is crak!!
shit mixtape is on point
dope
shit’s crazy. nuff luv for the big homie
Greatest mixtape of tha year, I cant wait fa R.E.D ta drop
great mixtape to begin ’11
2011 started a almost 2 months ago.
silly cracker
are you fucken high? january 31 is almost 2 months away from new years?
RED
despite not liking him, this is without a doubt a 5* mixtape, kudos game
word. i was thinking just the same thing. if R.E.D. is gonna be anything like this, i may very well have to convert. damn.
Instant classic
GAME THE GREATEST MC ALIVE……QUOTE ME
Without a doubt.
awesome mixtape
Freakin’ great!!
A Damn Good Mixtape, the best i heard in YEARS!!!!
NIGGA GAME DELIVERED, DOPE
Great mixtape Purp & Patron!!! I love it !!!!
RED!
Awesome mixtape.!!!RED!!!
Dope.
One of the best mixtapes ever after Friday Night Lights. 5 stars all day.
I’m the King.
Purp&patron all day! damnnn game! keep bringin the heat! ima cop dat RED ALBUM for sure! THX man!
Two thumbs up on this mixtape!! Purp & Patron!
GAME!!!
Yeah so…best mixtape in a long time
Period
Not many rappers do this now(not including NEW rappers…J. Cole, B.o.b., Big Sean, etc. etc.)
The Game(I will call him that until R.E.D. gets more concrete) is a KNOWN artists
3 major albums
And he releases THIS?!?!?!
This is amazing music
For free!
Who was the last artists to do this much new music at this level with this deep and diverse of content for free?
every fuckin saigon mixtape is just as good and way deeeper
This mixtape shows game’s flow,lyrical ability,deliviry on this mixtape…..a Hip Hop head would enjoy brake lights thouugh then purp and patron but if u like Hip-hop on a new tape then listen to history, the ocean, the kill, ferrari lifestyle, supastar and thats it. Its an average mixtape but more better with qualityt to suit it as a average album. Its decent put into a well together tracklist. Good job game.
Great tape
This is my shit ill give it 10 stars if I could my nigga
game got a lot of criticism recently for what seemed like falling off (me included).
but no doubt he’s come back strong. he always causes doubt but always delivers when it gets close to album release time. keep it up
good stuff
nigga you took my name
are you Fing kidding me ? Game is doing it again. R.E.D is going to be a classsic
great mixtape. hopefully red will be amazing
Game got the Best Mixtape of 2011 already I really dont think another mixtape will be better than this.
HE SET THE BAR FOR YALL NIGGAZ ALLL DA WAY HIGH UP
SHIT ITS LIKE KOBE OR JORDAN DROPPING 40 POINTS IN THE FIRST QUARTER ON NIGGAZ ALONE
U AINT COMING BACK FROM THIS
GAME TIME NIGGA
WEST SIDE NIGGA
R.E.D. NIGGA
BEATS BY DR DRE NIGGA
DONT BE A BROKE BITCH AND MAKE URSELF A FAVOR
WORK HARD GET THEM BEATS BY DRE AND LISTEN TO THIS 44 MASTERPIECE DROPPED BY THE WEST COAST DON THE SAVIOR,
THE ICE CUBE/EAZY/DR DRE/PAC ALL IN ONE MAN NIGGA
GAMEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE
nikka west coast died long time ago when pac died yall nikkaz wont be saved till the second coming back of jesus.p.b.u.h. and even than its a question mark.
BEAUTIFUL
this mixtape was so good its getting an album review from hiphopdx, a mixtape getting an album review, now that alone is saying something
is it just me or does The Kill sound like Nas? could Nas have ghostwritten it for him? 😀
that’s just you, compared to nas, game has more of a drawl in his vocals and his voice is heavier.
nas has a qicker rapid fire style.
they both have smokey raspy voices tho that really do sound alike.
He was pointing to the fact that Nas had written Game’s verse…which is very possible…however Nas had texted Game saying “Yo its Esco. Two words. The Kill” So NAs was definitely feeling the joint…AND TO ALL YOU HATERS…shut up..just shut up…DX should disable the comment forum because nobody gives a fuck about all of your hating ass bullshit…if you want to hate…go follow Sammy Faggams on tour. IM OUT
dope!
I’m just pissed that no one trusts Game. If he does release a few week joints everybody will say “he’s not dope anymore. he’s fell the fuck out”, but the truth is he always dropped really good albums and dope mixtapes. So PEOPLE, stop judging and wait for the album. You won’t be dissapointed
100% True. Everyone talks about the documentary, but a lot of people feel the Doctor’s Advocate was better. To me, that’s the Game’s “It Was Written,†and was highly slept on. Even L.A.X. was about 3 songs short from near classic status. And funny how people say Game has no singles, when there are several songs on this mixtape that could easily blow. Put R. Kelly on that song Farrari Lifestyle with Fab, and that could blow up.
I listened to this whole mixtape last night with my friend. Neither one of us liked it dat much. It’s definitely not a bad mixtape, but I feel it’s greatly overrated. I really like dat song History though.
FIRE!!
Insane Mixtape, Game just proved to be one of the best, imma buy R.E.D. for sure
the funny thing is when red drops people are gonna say wow not that good the purp n patron mixtape is so much better,yeah because the labels will put songs on the album that they like not the ones that hip hop fans like.aside from that lost song of the hangover is the shit best of all
Lost might be the best game song i’ve ever heard. Thats saying alot…..
o yeah jizzed in my pants
The Game, Ross, Lupe, Kanye and Lil Wayne are acutlly the only “new/hot” rappers left that care about their craft and want to make good music so i will always check fro them. Not a big lil wayne fan but at least he wants to be a great rapper. All the other “commercial artists” are just trying to coast and cash in (50, T.I., Jay, Snoop, Bob, ect)
Lost was the best track
NEW MC EIHT VIDEO – SO WELL 2010 off the new album
dope like everything GAME does
Everbody else has already said it. Classic!
Nas and Game sound similar??What the fuck are you talkin about?Fuckin hyppocrit!
FIRE ! ! ! !SUM REAL DOPE TAPE
Heat
hmm.shit I don’t know.It’s good.but perfect…
illuminati
well im stuck, perfect game
Game came with heat on this one… Kept way more than I deleted… Good look for the West on this tape
Not really a big game fan. But the mixtape was ok. Id prefer to kick back and listen to K-dee, maybe some Goldy,sum keith murray, D.O.C, organized konfusion….i like to dwell in tha 90’s. But some of the new stuff is aaight….
You know what I thought everything Game was released for RED album was wack, so going into this mixtape I wasn’t expecting much, but this mixtape was good and now my hopes are back up for this album. Don’t disapoint Game
Better than most rappers albums
From Keenan Cunnin…I wrote a song using the “Sure like Al B” line that Game uses on “Soo Woo”. Craziest part is I also alluded to the Game on the same track…fuckin weird…WANT PROOF? Listen to my track “Wayan In” on my bandcamp…
“The Sleptons” (Keenan Cunnin & AudioLogical) LP is now available for free download…DO IT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
http://keenancunnin.bandcamp.com/album/the-sleptons-keenan-cunnin-audiological
no
this shit’s whack
mad cuz yo man federali fifty is shoveling snow instead of putting out fire like this nigga game is..getting websites closed down with his cyber policing ass…AGAIN,…FIRE!
i gotta comment on this one i heard this shit is crazy game the shit puttin out real albums n mixtapes. yes this right here is better then alot of this dudes albums. the game is the man
the beats on this mixtape/album is good but the game is average at best
This shit corny..Name dropping AGAIN
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good stuff
classic
Def 5 stars! classic!
It’s a good mixtape but in my opinion The Documentary is still the game’s best work with L.A.X. being second. All subjective though, just wasn’t feeling this mixtape. Maybe I gotta spin it a few more time to capture the albums full effect.
Tyt album…. its a must listen 2. 2 Thumbs up
I got the NO DJ version of these mixtapes. It doesnt have all the tracks that the 2 separate mixtapes have, but it has 80% of it.
Anyways, I love THE GAME, but GAME is good too. He changed up his style a bit, but he is still hardcore.
The samples used in this mixtape are insane. They sound really good.
My favorite tracks are The Kill, Children’s Story and Burn NY.
game back on form
He the king – he a doesn’t need back up – his mic is his back up.
classic
WOW
Game is the fukn man!
great mixtape!!!everybody cop R.E.D aug 23
mixtape of the year!
classic mixtape
eh
Dopest mixtape ov the year, well that n candy coronas hood mornin.
BEST MIXTAPE IN 2011, HANDS DOWN!