Rapreviews rates 213 at 5.5 of 10

[Lil Jay]

he calls he dopest songs (MLK and Find A Way) wack

word, you cant hate on Find A Way, that joint is amazing. this and Another Summer are my favorites right now, and Im still feelin Run On Up & So Fly. But I agree that the album is not what it should have sounded like, cause overall it has more of a slow jam feel to it, not what everyone expected.

[Quadruple OG]

An audio journey attempting to take listeners back to when the West Coast ran this here rap game, The Hard Way ends up being a bigger disappointment than an enjoyable experience, tainted by overly generic left coast production and uninspired verses. Rather than pushing the envelope and crafting 2004's surely welcome G-Funk upgrade, 213 do exactly what they have done since the Dr. Dre's classic "Deep Cover" blessed the masses with the crew's genesis. For die-hard Snoop Dogg supporters, sticking to the proven formula may not be a bad thing. For those with higher standards, though, The Hard Way comes off as a wasted effort.

this is 300% on point.  They could have changed what west coast music could soundlike (like Dre did after his last album) but they ultimately went in a different direction, and the quality of their album dropped very low.