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Game Face
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    • Master P chronology
    Ghetto Postage
    (2000)     		Game Face
    (2001)     		Good Side, Bad Side
    (2004)
    Singles from Game Face
    1. "Ooohhhwee"
      Released: 2001
    2. "Rock it"
      Released: 2001
    3. "Real Love"
      Released: 2002

    Game Face is the tenth

    Universal Records
    . There are three singles released from the album, "Ooohhhwee", "Real Love", and "Rock it", Music videos were released for all three. The album received a mixed reception from critics who saw some change in Master P's production choices from his producers and lyrical delivery but felt that it wasn't anything new from the genre.

    Reception

    Critical reception

    Professional ratings
    Aggregate scores
    SourceRating
    Metacritic(40/100)[1]
    Review scores
    SourceRating
    AllMusic[2]
    Entertainment WeeklyB−[3]
    HipHopDX[4]
    Vibe[5]

    Game Face garnered mixed reviews from

    average score of 40, based on 4 reviews.[1]

    Shawn Edwards of Vibe praised Master P for using simplistic wordplay and different production on his songs to feel more accessible saying, "While P's rhyme schemes haven't changed much, he has improved his musical backdrops significantly."[5] Tom Sinclair of Entertainment Weekly found most of the album to be pleasant concluding with, "there's something oddly comforting about the inexorability of it all."[3] AllMusic editor Jason Birchmeier complimented Master P for changing his Southern sound into a more pop rap direction with the samples he used for his songs saying, "Game Face isn't any more impressive than any of his past few albums since Ghetto D. However, it is a much more accessible album because of the pop approach."[2] Wise Q of HipHopDX found tracks like "The Farm," "Lose It and Get It Back" and "Back on Top" as stand outs from the album but felt that it didn't deliver anything new to the genre saying "Most reviews have substance but, like this CD, hip hop will be left feeling empty."[4] The A.V. Club's Nathan Rabin wrote, "A mercifully brief running time (less than 50 minutes) and a few scattered moments of autobiographical storytelling help make Gameface marginally less disposable than its most recent predecessors."[6]

    Commercial performance

    The album debuted at number seventy-two on the Billboard 200 and sold 95,000 copies in its first week of sales. It later climbed up the charts and peaked at number fifty-three in early 2002.

    Music videos

    There was a music video for the single entitled "Real Love" featuring Sera-Lynn. There was also a music video for the single "Ooohhhwee".

    Track listing

    No.TitleLength
    1."Take It Outside"2:20
    2."Ghetto Ballin'" (featuring
    Silkk The Shocker)
    		3:42
    3."Ooohhhwee" (featuring Weebie)4:13
    4."Real Love" (featuring Sera-Lynn)3:39
    5."We Want Dough"3:25
    6."The Block"2:55
    7."A Woman"2:40
    8."Back on Top" (featuring Silkk The Shocker, Lil' Romeo and C-Murder)3:50
    9."The Farm"3:16
    10."What I'm Bout"3:13
    11."Whoadie Gone"4:07
    12."I Don't"2:48
    13."Rock It" (featuring Weebie and Krazy)3:51
    14."Lose It and Get It Back"4:23

    Charts

    Album

    Singles

    Ooohhwee

    Chart (2001–2002) Peak
    positions
    US Billboard Hot 100[10] 52
    US Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs (Billboard)[11] 19
    US Rhythmic (Billboard)[12] 34

    Rock It

    Chart (2002) Peak
    positions
    US
    R&B/Hip-Hop Airplay (Billboard)[13]
    		 70
    US Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs (Billboard)[11] 72

    References

    1. ^
      CBS Interactive. Archived
      from the original on February 19, 2023. Retrieved September 17, 2009.
    2. ^ a b Birchmeier, Jason. "Game Face - Master P". AllMusic. Archived from the original on October 3, 2022. Retrieved August 4, 2011.
    3. ^ a b Sinclair, Tom (January 18, 2002). "Gameface Review". Entertainment Weekly. Archived from the original on June 1, 2007. Retrieved April 8, 2012.
    4. ^ a b Wise Q (January 28, 2002). "Master P - Game Face". HipHopDX. Cheri Media Group. Archived from the original on February 19, 2023. Retrieved February 19, 2023.
    5. ^
      ISSN 1070-4701
      . Retrieved December 8, 2014.
    6. ^ Rabin, Nathan (March 29, 2002). "Master P: Gameface". The A.V. Club. The Onion. Archived from the original on February 19, 2023. Retrieved February 19, 2023.
    7. ^ "Master P Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved April 15, 2015.
    8. ^ "Master P Chart History (Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved April 15, 2015.
    9. ^ "Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums – Year-End 2002". Billboard. Archived from the original on January 29, 2023. Retrieved August 31, 2020.
    10. ^ "Master P Chart History (Hot 100)". Billboard. Retrieved April 15, 2015.
    11. ^ a b "Master P Chart History (Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs)". Billboard. Retrieved April 15, 2015.
    12. ^ "Master P Chart History (Rhythmic)". Billboard. Retrieved April 15, 2015.
    13. ^ "Master P Chart History (Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Airplay)". Billboard. Retrieved April 15, 2015.

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