The Documentary is rapper The Game's first major-label album. It features collaborations with G-Unit members 50 Cent and Tony Yayo, as well as Eminem, Nate Dogg, and others. It debuted into significant commercial success upon its release, starting at #1 on the Billboard Top 200 with more than 586,000 units in its first week, and was eventually certified 2x platinum and sold 5 million copies world wide. Singles from the album include "How We Do," "Dreams," "Hate It or Love It," and "Put You On The Game". The Documentary received favorable reviews, with many critics praising the album's production in particular; however, some criticized The Game's tendency to name-drop Shady/Aftermath and West Coast artists in his lyrics. The album has brought the L.A. area and even the West Coast back as a force in the main-stream hip hop scene, which it had not been since the release of Dr. Dre's 2001. Like Dre, who executive-produced The Documentary, The Game is from Compton, and was a fan of Dre and his '80s Compton group N.W.A. prior to the beginning of his own hip-hop career. Also notable is that despite the fact that The Game is from the West Coast, several big-name producers for East Coast artists contributed to the album's beats, including Just Blaze and Kanye West. While the album was released under the G-Unit label and several of its hit singles feature the group's frontman 50 Cent (who co-executive produced the album with Dre,) a feud erupted shortly following The Documentary's release, where 50 Cent kicked The Game out of G-Unit for defending Nas, Jadakiss, and Fat Joe in a radio interview, all rappers that G-Unit was feuding with at the time. Track listing 1 "Intro" Dr. Dre, Che Vicious 0:32 2 "Westside Story" Dr. Dre, Scott Storch 50 Cent 3:43 3 "Dreams" Kanye West 4:46 4 "Hate It or Love It" Cool & Dre 50 Cent 3:26 5 "Higher" Dr. Dre 4:05 6 "How We Do" Dr. Dre & Mike Elizondo 50 Cent 3:55 7 "Don't Need Your Love" Havoc Faith Evans 4:26 8 "Church for Thugs" Just Blaze 4:00 9 "Put You on the Game" Timbaland 4:14 10 "Start from Scratch" Dr. Dre & Scott Storch Marsha of Floetry 4:07 11 "The Documentary" Jeff Bhasker 4:11 12 "Runnin'" Hi-Tek Tony Yayo & Dion 4:26 13 "No More Fun And Games" Just Blaze 2:37 14 "We Ain't" Eminem Eminem 4:46 15 "Where I'm From" Focus Nate Dogg 3:08 16 "Special" Needlz Nate Dogg 3:57 17 "Don't Worry" Dr. Dre & Mike Elizondo Mary J. Blige 4:11 18 "Like Father, Like Son" Buckwild Busta Rhymes 5:27 |19 |"LA Product (UK BONUS" |Dr Dre |Ja Rule |5:27 |- |}Read full review
this being a freshman cd, showed young youth around the world, that you can do anything when you, put in the time and effort.i've listened to a variety of artist's that have been in the music industry longer and only had 1 or 2 decent tracks.this album is a story that many youth go through being raised by a single parent,live with other family members or a home where their parents dont(or cant) take the time to focus on the family unit.they turn to friends going through the same thing, being young and with no direction they create a type of unit white america knows as gangs members. u can definately tell this young man has been through many ups and downs and in 3 short years took himself out of a lifestyle that many have die because of the violence gangs resort to do to the lack of disapline these youth become accustumed to. i am a 33yr old white female and can honestly say i can relate to this album. i turned to dealing drugs instead of gangs, i also had no family structure and no disapline just the same. i think g-unit is just the thing that young people today need. these boys may have beef about this or that with this person but i think this can hopefully inspire some of our youth and teach them words can never do as much damage as the guns killing their homies and many innocent bystanders caught in the crossfire.i stopped dealing drugs because i realized i had no friends and isolated my family. feeling lonely and needing both of these relationships i made a choice to stop my behavior causing the emptiness i felt! the documentary is a masterpiece and is a hiphop movie in rap lyrics.i replaced this cd because it was borrowed by someone that neglected to protect it from getting scratched and i couldnt listen to the whole thing without it skipping!Read full review
The Game respects the ol school and it shows in his rhymes. He knows his heritage and everyone is paid thier due when The Game opens his mouth. Game came correct on his debut. Dre's beat, Game Ol School lyrics and 50 singing the corus. Game will take you on a sentimental journey back to the ol days of King Tee, Compton's Most Wanted, South Central Cartel and DJ Quik. He brings back that gangsta rap that has been gone for so long. His lyrics and his actual voice will make you want to dust off your old cassettes. He has seen the gangsta life now let him tell you about it, Get on for the ride back to the Gangsta Rap Ol School. Best Tracks: Hate It Ir Love It Dreams Runnin How We Do
The only reason this cd's any good is cause of 50cent. Now that game has been on his own his cd's have not been of any quality. But that is my opinion and you know what they say about opinions. But it's worth buying if you don't have it in your g unit collection.
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Brand new cd at a great price. I've been looking for this cd for 4 years now and so happy i found it!!
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