''Game Time'' is the second

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by American rapper Lil' Romeo. It was released on December 17, 2002 on The New No Limit and Universal Records. The album peaked at number 33 on the ''Billboard'' 200 and had first week sales of 93,000 copies.

Critical reception

Dan LeRoy from AllMusic found the album "overlong and musically malnourished" with its track listing and overuse of lazy sampling but gave credit to Romeo's charm on songs like "True Love" and "2-Way", concluding that he should follow in the footsteps of Will Smith and go into acting instead.

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, writing for '' Rolling Stone'', said that ''Game Time'' "doesn't have much to recommend it, but if nothing else, Romeo has got his target demo on lock." Robert Ford of '' Entertainment Weekly'' felt throughout the album that "an overabundance of samples and fluff, not to mention unskilled flow, proves Romeo is still lil’ league."

Track listing

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Personnel

Adapted from the liner notes of ''Game Time''. *Myke Diesel – engineering, mixing (tracks 1, 2, 4-7, 11, 16, 19) *The Beat Boyz – engineering, mixing (tracks 3, 9, 13, 14), background vocals (track 13) *Carlos Stephens – engineering, mixing (tracks 8, 12, 15) *Anthony President – engineering, mixing (track 18) *Branz Dimilo – engineering, mixing (track 18) * Bernie Grundman – mastering *Chris Bellman – mastering *Robin Hill – sample clearance services *Tim Alexander – photos

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References

2002 albums No Limit Records albums Romeo Miller albums Universal Records albums {{2002-hiphop-album-stub