Game Theory takes a leak
It won't be available in stores until August 29th, but the new Roots album Game Theory was leaked to the Internets some time yesterday or the day before. I would imagine at least some of you fucking pirates have heard it by now. What are your opinions on this?
The backpacker kid that covers rap for About.com gave it a glowing five-star review, which would lead me to believe that this album may be hailed as a dark, brooding masterpiece in some circles. It's yet to grow on me, though, and so I was forced to call it a boring joykill in my post today at XXL.
My favorite Roots albums as of right now:
- Do You Want More?
- Illadelph Halflife
- Things Fall Apart
- Phrenology
- The Tipping Point
- Game Theory
If you would've asked me in, say, 1998, I would've had Illadelph at #1, but now I'm about certain that each subsequent Roots album was a little worse than the one that came before it, their obscure first album notwithstanding. Maybe Game Theory will grow on me and surpass the Tipping Point.
