Reviews: The Game, Big Boi on quest to impress

'Jesus Piece' finds the Game stepping up his in light of up-and-comers like Kendrick Lamar, while Big Boi's 'Vicious Lies and Dangerous Rumors' recalls his OutKast days.When Kendrick Lamar was anointed the savior of L.A. hip-hop this year, the Compton rapper's promotion implicitly unseated another such figure: The Game, whose 2005 major-label debut, "The Documentary," attracted much of the same acclaim as Lamar's "good kid, m.A.A.d city" (and from many of the same gatekeepers). A savvy assessor ...

Read full article Share article