"Martians vs Goblins" - Game (feat. Lil Wayne and Tyler, the Creator) - (3.75)
ANDY: So I'll be honest, I've never really thought much of The Game. I attribute that mostly to ignorance, but after 50 cut him loose, his stock really fell, and I didn't make an effort to pay attention. But I guess when you're in Game's seat, you want to rebuild the hype by collaborating with the hypinest mc out there, OFWGKTA's Tyler the Creator.
With an appropriately spooky/cheesy beat and a Weezy hook barely long enough to qualify for a featured credit, Game embarks on the track with his usual gangster-osity, making sure to mention the Bloods and Crips (This shit is called the Red Album, after all), and threatening to kill Lil B. He then takes a prompt left turn to mention Harry Potter, Pirates of the Caribbean, Sega Genesis, and fucking DC Comics. For real? Who's the gangster here and who's the adolescent rapper that tumblr fathered?
Tyler, for his part, delivers an uninspired and rhythmically lopsided verse, rehashing his threats against Bruno Mars, and mentioning running from the police on cheetah-back Harold and Kumar-style. Sigh. He gets in one last dig about the Log Cabin Republicans and leaves on a months-stale Lebron James joke.
When Game's back, it's time to compare Erykah Badu's vagina to wonton soup, make yet more Lebron jokes (although points for mentioning Delonte West), and back to the gangster ish. Ultimately, two guys who are posturing themselves as scary come off sounding more immature than actually intimidating. (4.5)
RAJ:
- Lil Wayne's "appearance" here isn't quite as bad an example of featured artist abuse as Kanye featuring actual dead people, but it's pretty close!
- It's bad enough that Tyler verses are the rap equivalent of Family Guy episodes now (empty but outra-a-a-a-geous shock value + forgettable cultural reference = genius!), but now he's got The Game pulling the same shtick? Whatever limited value this track has now is going to deflate right alongside the reputations of Lil B and Bruno Mars.
- Game apparently says that the R.E.D. of R.E.D. Album stands for Re-Dedication, which is now officially the lamest "No really, this isn't about gangs" excuse I've heard.
(3)
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