Dice Game (album)

Dice Game
Studio album by Apollo Brown and Guilty Simpson
Released	November 6, 2012 (2012-11-06)
Recorded	2012 at LabCabInRoyalOak (Royal Oak, Michigan)
Genre	Hip hop
Length	50:29
Label	Mello Music Group
Producer	Michael Tolle (exec.) Apollo Brown
Apollo Brown chronology
Trophies (2012) Trophies2012 Dice Game (2012) Dice Game2012 Ugly Heroes (2013) Guilty Simpson chronology Random Axe (2011) Random Axe2011 Dice Game (2012) Dice Game2012 Highway Robbery (2013) Singles from Dice Game "Truth Be Told" Released: October 25, 2012 "Reputation" Released: November 7, 2012 Highway Robbery2013 Ugly Heroes2013

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
HipHopDX
iHipHop
iStandardProducers
Potholes In My Blog
RapReviews	8/10

Dice Game is a collaborative studio album by Detroit-based producer Apollo Brown and rapper Guilty Simpson. It was released online independently under hip hop label Mello Music Group on November 6, 2012 in digital format, and physical copies were made available on November 13, 2012. Recording sessions for Dice Game took place at LabCabInRoyalOak in Royal Oak, Michigan by Tate McBroom. The album was mixed at The Disc by Magnetic, and was mastered at Studio A by Eric Morgeson in 2012. The record was entirely produced and arranged by Apollo Brown, and features guest appearances from Torae and Planet Asia. The album was preceded by Apollo Brown & O.C.'s Trophies (2012).

Dice Game was met with critical acclaim from music critics. Jake Paine of HipHopDX gave the album a four out of five, saying: "Like its title and theme, Dice Game lives in the alley beside the club. It's for those in the know, and want an album that sounds great on the go. Guilty Simpson doesn't attempt any lyrical acrobatics, but rather pulls up a chair with a drink, and tells stories about his life, about his city and about the things he likes. It's simple, but it's highly effective. For the second time this year, Apollo Brown teams up with a veteran emcee associated with great production, and he thrives." Francisco McCurry of Potholes In My Blog gave the album a 4.5 out of five, saying: "Dice Game is about describing rap as a life choice: an unforgiving game of chance that reaps powerful spiritual benefits and insights, but leaves one stressed and weary. Therefore, with Guilty and Apollo fully understanding their strengths as rapper and producer, the songs on the album have an empowered quality. Sure at times the album's tone seems to monotonously bleed from one song to the next and Guilty is not everybody's cup of tea stylistically or technically, but that doesn't derail the album’s forceful momentum."

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