The album was originally titled N.O.R.E. Pt. 2: Born Again (the album was intended to be a sequel to Noreaga's debut album N.O.R.E.).[2] However, the title was later changed to S.U.P.E.R.T.H.U.G., referencing his 1998 hit single "Superthug".[3] However, N.O.R.E. later announced that he had changed the title to Student of the Game, on the advice of the film company producing the movie Super Thug, which he intended to premiere following the release of the album, as the film would contain no music from the album.[4]
The first promotional single from the album was "Nutcracker". The song credits Flavor Flav as a feature on the song, but his part is a sample from Public Enemy's song "Can't Do Nuttin' for Ya, Man", but he appears in the music video.[6] The promo single "Finito", featuring Pharrell Williams and Lil Wayne, was released on June 13, 2011.[7] On September 17, 2011, the music video for "Finito" featuring Pharrell Williams and Lil Wayne was released.[8]
On January 5, 2013, the first official single "Tadow" featuring French Montana, Pusha T and 2 Chainz was released.[9] On January 5, 2013, the song "Built Pyramids" featuring Large Professor was released.[10] On January 6, 2013, the music video was released for "Tadow" featuring French Montana, Pusha T and 2 Chainz.[11] On February 25, 2013, the second single "Fowl Niggaz" was released.[12] On March 17, 2013, the music video for "Built Pyramids" featuring Large Professor was released.[13] The third single "The Problem (Lawwddd)" featuring Pharrell was released on March 25, 2013.[14] On April 15, 2013, the music video was released for "Dreaming" featuring Tech N9ne and ¡Mayday!.[15] On June 11, 2013, the music video for "The Problem (Lawwwddd)" featuring Pharrell was released.[16]
Reception
Commercial performance
Student of the Game debuted at number 116 on the Billboard 200 selling 4,100 copies in its first week of release.[17]
Student of the Game received mixed reviews from music critics. Bruce Smith of HipHopDX gave the album three out of five stars, saying "N.O.R.E tries to recreate “Banned From T.V.” with “Faces of Death.” The features of Raekwon, French Montana, Busta Rhymes and Swizz Beatz can’t match the original lineup of Nature, Big Punisher, Styles and Jadakiss. The beat composed by Jahlil Beats doesn’t give off the epic feel Swizz did on the original. Student of the Game has its moments, but they are few and far between, lost amongst filler, comical skits, and some very poor attempts of to keep up with what is popular now. N.O.R.E doesn’t have to prove anything to anyone, and his attempts to do so drag this album down."[19]
"Faces of Death" contains a sample of "Banned from T.V.", as performed by Noreaga and produced by Swizz Beatz.
References
^Cooper, Roman (2013-03-20). "P.A.P.I. (N.O.R.E.) "Student Of The Game" Release Date & Cover Art | Get The Latest Hip Hop News, Rap News & Hip Hop Album Sales". HipHop DX. Retrieved 2013-03-24.
^N.O.R.E. Does Not Support "S.O.R.E." (N.O.R.E. Pt. 2: Born Again Coming Soon) 57th Ave.
^Reid, Shaheem (June 29, 2012). "N.O.R.E. Changes Title of Upcoming Album to Student of the Game". XXL. Harris Publications. Retrieved July 11, 2012.
^@noreaga there it is. @therealsaigon wake up and get to writing!! oh wait i gotta make a beat. i gotta cook up somethin queensworthyTwitter.
^"N.O.R.E. - Nutcracker | New Hip Hop Music & All The New Rap Songs 2011". HipHop DX. 2010-07-29. Retrieved 2013-03-24.
^"N.O.R.E. f. Lil Wayne & Pharrell - Finito | New Hip Hop Music & All The New Rap Songs 2011". HipHop DX. 2011-06-13. Retrieved 2013-03-24.
^"New Video: N.O.R.E. Ft. Lil Wayne & Pharrell "Finito"". Rap Radar. 2011-09-17. Retrieved 2013-03-24.
^"New Music: P.A.P.I. Ft. French Montana, Pusha T, & 2 Chainz "Tadow"". Rap Radar. 2013-01-05. Retrieved 2013-03-24.
^"Listen: P.A.P.I. f/ Large Professor "Built Pyramids"". Complex. 2013-01-05. Retrieved 2013-03-24.
^Stevens, Kaitlin (January 6, 2013). "Video: P.A.P.I. ft. French Montana, 2 Chainz & Pusha T - Tadow". The Source. L. Londell McMillan. Archived from the original on February 16, 2013. Retrieved January 6, 2013.
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^"Built Pyramids featuring Large Professor | N.O.R.E. | Music Video". MTV. 2013-03-17. Retrieved 2013-03-24.
^"iTunes - Music - The Problem (Lawwddd) [feat. Pharrell] - Single by N.O.R.E. (a.k.a. P.A.P.I.)". Itunes.apple.com. 2013-03-22. Retrieved 2013-04-17.
^"New Video: P.A.P.I. Ft. Tech N9ne x ¡Mayday! "Dreaming"". Rap Radar. 1970-01-01. Retrieved 2013-04-17.
^"New Video: P.A.P.I. x Pharrell "The Problem (Lawwwddd)"". Rap Radar. 2013-06-11. Retrieved 2013-06-18.
^Paine, Jake (2013-04-24). "Hip Hop Album Sales: The Week Ending 4/21/2013". HipHop DX. Retrieved 2013-04-28.
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Student of the Game is the sixth studio album by American hip hop recording artist N O R E a k a P A P I The album was released on April 16 2013 under Militainment Business Conglomerate and E1 Music 1 The album features guest appearances from French Montana 2 Chainz Lil Wayne Pusha T Pharrell Pete Rock Havoc Jeremih Mick Jones Large Professor Swizz Beatz Raekwon Tech N9ne Busta Rhymes and Scarface among others Student of the GameStudio album by N O R E ReleasedApril 16 2013Recorded2011 2013GenreHip hopLength53 29LabelMilitainment Business Conglomerate E1ProducerCharli Brown Beatz Cookin Soul DJ Thoro Hazardis Soundz Illa Inf Jahlil Beats Large Professor Pete Rock Pharrell Scram JonesN O R E chronologyNoreality 2007 Student of the Game 2013 Drunk Uncle 2016 Singles from Student of the Game Tadow Released January 5 2013 Fowl Niggaz Released February 25 2013 The Problem Lawwddd Released March 25 2013 Contents 1 Background 2 Singles 3 Reception 3 1 Commercial performance 3 2 Critical response 4 Track listing 5 ReferencesBackground EditThe album was originally titled N O R E Pt 2 Born Again the album was intended to be a sequel to Noreaga s debut album N O R E 2 However the title was later changed to S U P E R T H U G referencing his 1998 hit single Superthug 3 However N O R E later announced that he had changed the title to Student of the Game on the advice of the film company producing the movie Super Thug which he intended to premiere following the release of the album as the film would contain no music from the album 4 Mentioned guest appearances on the album included Lil Wayne Pharrell Williams who N O R E hasn t worked with since his 2002 album God s Favorite Busta Rhymes Cory Gunz and he also expressed wanting to work with Saigon on a Just Blaze beat on the album in which Just Blaze responded to and gladly accepted 5 Singles EditThe first promotional single from the album was Nutcracker The song credits Flavor Flav as a feature on the song but his part is a sample from Public Enemy s song Can t Do Nuttin for Ya Man but he appears in the music video 6 The promo single Finito featuring Pharrell Williams and Lil Wayne was released on June 13 2011 7 On September 17 2011 the music video for Finito featuring Pharrell Williams and Lil Wayne was released 8 On January 5 2013 the first official single Tadow featuring French Montana Pusha T and 2 Chainz was released 9 On January 5 2013 the song Built Pyramids featuring Large Professor was released 10 On January 6 2013 the music video was released for Tadow featuring French Montana Pusha T and 2 Chainz 11 On February 25 2013 the second single Fowl Niggaz was released 12 On March 17 2013 the music video for Built Pyramids featuring Large Professor was released 13 The third single The Problem Lawwddd featuring Pharrell was released on March 25 2013 14 On April 15 2013 the music video was released for Dreaming featuring Tech N9ne and Mayday 15 On June 11 2013 the music video for The Problem Lawwwddd featuring Pharrell was released 16 Reception EditCommercial performance Edit Student of the Game debuted at number 116 on the Billboard 200 selling 4 100 copies in its first week of release 17 Critical response Edit Professional ratingsReview scoresSourceRatingAllMusic 18 HipHopDX 19 Student of the Game received mixed reviews from music critics Bruce Smith of HipHopDX gave the album three out of five stars saying N O R E tries to recreate Banned From T V with Faces of Death The features of Raekwon French Montana Busta Rhymes and Swizz Beatz can t match the original lineup of Nature Big Punisher Styles and Jadakiss The beat composed by Jahlil Beats doesn t give off the epic feel Swizz did on the original Student of the Game has its moments but they are few and far between lost amongst filler comical skits and some very poor attempts of to keep up with what is popular now N O R E doesn t have to prove anything to anyone and his attempts to do so drag this album down 19 Track listing EditNo TitleWriter s Producer s 20 Length1 Kenny Smith Speaks 0 152 Student of the Game Victor SantiagoCookin Soul2 393 Tadow featuring French Montana 2 Chainz amp Pusha T Santiago Karim Kharbouch Tauheed Epps Terrence Thornton Ray Fraser Shandel GreenIlla Infa4 094 Hang Hang Resume 1 485 The Problem Lawwwddd featuring Pharrell Santiago Pharrell WilliamsPharrell3 306 What I Had to Do featuring Scarface Santiago Brad Jordan Edwin AlmonteSPK3 047 Victor Cruz Speaks 0 158 Vitamins featuring Pete Rock Santiago Peter PhillipsPete Rock3 419 Thirsty Santiago C Barrionuevo JRCharli Brown Beatz3 1210 Scott Disick Speaks 0 2911 Fowl Niggaz Santiago Fresser GreenIlla Infa2 2012 She Tried featuring Lil Wayne Santiago Fresser Green Dwayne CarterIlla Infa2 4013 Camouflage Unicorns featuring Tragedy Khadafi amp Havoc Santiago Percy Chapman Kejuan Muchita Marc ShemerScram Jones DJ Thoro3 2014 Only Bad Ones featuring Jeremih Santiago Jeremih Felton C Barrionuevo JR Charli Brown Beatz4 1215 God s Angel featuring Mick Jones amp Chris Jones Santiago Christian RodriguezHazardis Soundz3 3116 Built Pyramids featuring Large Professor Santiago William MitchellLarge Professor4 2817 Faces of Death featuring French Montana Swizz Beatz Raekwon amp Busta Rhymes Santiago Kharbouch Kasseem Dean Corey Woods Trevor Smith Orlando TuckerJahlil Beats4 1518 Drunkerer 1 5019 Dreaming featuring Mayday amp Tech N9ne Santiago C Barrionuevo JR Aaron YatesCharli Brown Beatz3 50Total length 53 29 Sample credits Faces of Death contains a sample of Banned from T V as performed by Noreaga and produced by Swizz Beatz References Edit Cooper Roman 2013 03 20 P A P I N O R E Student Of The Game Release Date amp Cover Art Get The Latest Hip Hop News Rap News amp Hip Hop Album Sales HipHop DX Retrieved 2013 03 24 N O R E Does Not Support S O R E N O R E Pt 2 Born Again Coming Soon 57th Ave XXLMag com s Channel Live Spotlight N O R E Ustream Reid Shaheem June 29 2012 N O R E Changes Title of Upcoming Album to Student of the Game XXL Harris Publications Retrieved July 11 2012 noreaga there it is therealsaigon wake up and get to writing oh wait i gotta make a beat i gotta cook up somethin queensworthy Twitter N O R E Nutcracker New Hip Hop Music amp All The New Rap Songs 2011 HipHop DX 2010 07 29 Retrieved 2013 03 24 N O R E f Lil Wayne amp Pharrell Finito New Hip Hop Music amp All The New Rap Songs 2011 HipHop DX 2011 06 13 Retrieved 2013 03 24 New Video N O R E Ft Lil Wayne amp Pharrell Finito Rap Radar 2011 09 17 Retrieved 2013 03 24 New Music P A P I Ft French Montana Pusha T amp 2 Chainz Tadow Rap Radar 2013 01 05 Retrieved 2013 03 24 Listen P A P I f Large Professor Built Pyramids Complex 2013 01 05 Retrieved 2013 03 24 Stevens Kaitlin January 6 2013 Video P A P I ft French Montana 2 Chainz amp Pusha T Tadow The Source L Londell McMillan Archived from the original on February 16 2013 Retrieved January 6 2013 iTunes Music Fowln z Single by N O R E a k a P A P I Itunes apple com 2013 02 26 Retrieved 2013 03 24 Built Pyramids featuring Large Professor N O R E Music Video MTV 2013 03 17 Retrieved 2013 03 24 iTunes Music The Problem Lawwddd feat Pharrell Single by N O R E a k a P A P I Itunes apple com 2013 03 22 Retrieved 2013 04 17 New Video P A P I Ft Tech N9ne x Mayday Dreaming Rap Radar 1970 01 01 Retrieved 2013 04 17 New Video P A P I x Pharrell The Problem Lawwwddd Rap Radar 2013 06 11 Retrieved 2013 06 18 Paine Jake 2013 04 24 Hip Hop Album Sales The Week Ending 4 21 2013 HipHop DX Retrieved 2013 04 28 Lymangrover Jason 2013 04 09 Student of the Game N O R E AllMusic Retrieved 2015 09 17 a b Smith Bruce 2013 04 18 N O R E a k a P A P I Student Of The Game HipHop DX Retrieved 2013 04 28 N O R E Student Of The Game Audio CD Underground Hip Hop Store Ughh com 2013 04 09 Retrieved 2013 04 17 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Student of the Game amp oldid 1058814329, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
