Editing Loyal to the Game (section)

== Critical reception and commercial performance ==
{{Album ratings
| rev1 = [[AllMusic]]
| rev1Score = {{Rating|3|5}}<ref name=AllMusic>{{cite web|last1=Birchmeier|first1=Jason|title=Loyal to the Game – 2Pac|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/loyal-to-the-game-mw0000709658|website=AllMusic.com|access-date=December 11, 2015}}</ref>
| rev2 = ''[[AllHipHop]]''
| rev2score = {{rating|3.5|5}}<ref>{{cite web|url=https://allhiphop.com/reviews-music/loyal-to-the-game/|title=Loyal To The Game|website=[[AllHipHop]]|last=Watkins|first=Grouchy Greg|date=1 January 2005|access-date=5 April 2025}}</ref>
| rev3 = ''[[The Independent]]''
| rev3score = {{rating|2|5}}<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-independent/136376443/|title=Article clipped from The Independent|website=[[The Independent]]|last=Gill|first=Andy|date=7 January 2005|access-date=5 April 2025}}</ref>
| rev4 = ''[[Los Angeles Times]]''
| rev4Score = {{Rating|2|4}}<ref name=LaTimes>{{cite web|last1=Dreisinger|first1=Baz|title=Something gets lost in Em's mix|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2005-jan-02-ca-rack2-story.html|website=[[Los Angeles Times]]|date=January 2, 2005 |access-date=December 11, 2015}}</ref>
| rev5 = ''[[Now (newspaper)|Now]]''
| rev5score = {{rating|2|5}}<ref>{{cite web|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050207094935/http://www.nowtoronto.com/issues/2004-12-16/music_discs2.php|title=LOYAL TO THE GAME|website=[[Now (newspaper)|Now]]|last=Richards|first=Jason|date=23 December 2004|access-date=5 April 2025}}</ref>
| rev6 = ''[[PopMatters]]''
| rev6score = 5/10<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.popmatters.com/tupac-loyaltothegame-2496099149.html|title=2pac: Loyal to the Game|website=[[PopMatters]]|last=Hamilton|first=Pierre|date=14 March 2005|access-date=5 April 2025}}</ref>
| rev7 = ''RapReviews''
| rev7Score = 8/10<ref>{{cite web|last1=Juon|first1=Steve|title=2Pac: Loyal to the Game|url=http://www.rapreviews.com/archive/2004_12F_loyalto.html|website=RapReviews|access-date=December 11, 2015}}</ref>
| rev8 = ''[[Rolling Stone]]''
| rev8Score = {{Rating|3|5}}<ref>{{cite web|last1=Sheffield|first1=Rob|title=Tupac Shakur Loyal To The Game|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/albumreviews/loyal-to-the-game-20050127|website=RollingStone.com|date=January 27, 2005|publisher=Wenner Media LLC|access-date=December 11, 2015}}</ref>
| rev9 = ''[[Vibe (magazine)|Vibe]]''
| rev9Score = {{Rating|3.5|5}}<ref>{{cite web|title=Tupac – Loyal to the Game|url=http://www.cduniverse.com/productinfo.asp?pid=6807129&style=music&fulldesc=T|website=Cd Universe|access-date=December 11, 2015}}</ref>
}}

''Loyal to the Game'' debuted at number one on the US [[Billboard 200|''Billboard'' 200]] chart, with first-week-sales of over 330,000 copies in its first week.<ref name="BB200">{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/65215/tupacs-game-haunts-album-chart-at-no-1#:~:text=Late%20rapper%20Tupac%20Shakur%20grabs%20his%20third%20posthumous%20Billboard%20200,1%20on%20the%20tally|title=Tupac's 'Game' Haunts Album Chart At No. 1|magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|date=December 22, 2004|access-date=March 1, 2020}}</ref> On February 15, 2005, the album was certified [[RIAA Certification|platinum]] by the [[Recording Industry Association of America]] (RIAA) for sales of over a million copies in the US.<ref name="RIAA">{{cite web|url=https://www.riaa.com/gold-platinum/?tab_active=default-award&ar=2+pac&ti=&lab=&genre=&format=&date_option=release&from=&to=&award=&type=&category=&adv=SEARCH#search_section|title=RIAA Certifications – 2Pac|website=[[Recording Industry Association of America]]|access-date=March 1, 2020}}</ref> As of September 2011, the album has sold 1,204,124 copies in the United States.<ref name=sales>{{cite news |url=http://www.xxlmag.com/news/2011/09/tupac-month-2pacs-discography/#2 |title=Tupac Month: 2Pac's Discography |access-date=May 27, 2013}}</ref>