The Documentary

The Documentary
The Game's studio album
Publication (s)	January 18, 2005
Label (s)	G-Unit Records / Aftermath / Interscope
Format (s)	CD , LP , download
Genre (s)	Gangsta rap , west coast hip hop
Title (number)	18th
running time	70:01
production	Dr. Dre ( Executive Producer ) 50 Cent (Executive Producer) Eminem Scott stork Just Blaze Kanye West Cool & Dre Havoc Timbaland Hi-Tek Mike Elizondo among others
chronology - The Documentary Doctor's Advocate ( 2006 )
Single releases September 7, 2004 Westside story November 23, 2004 How We Do January 28, 2005 Hate It or Love It March 7, 2005 Higher June 7, 2005 Dreams August 30, 2005 Put you on the game

The Documentary ( English for " documentation ") is the debut album of American rapper The Game . It was released on January 18, 2005 on the labels G-Unit -Records and Aftermath Entertainment .

content

The album is assigned to the genres gangsta rap and west coast hip hop . The Game mostly raps about growing up and his experiences in Compton .

Production and samples

Many different producers were involved in the production of the album, with Dr. Dre and 50 Cent acted as executive producers . Dr. Dre produced the beats for the songs Intro (with Che Vicious), Higher (with Mark Batson), How We Do and Don't Worry (both with Mike Elizondo ). He produced Westside Story and Start from Scratch in collaboration with Scott Storch . Just Blaze created the instrumentals for Church for Thugs and No More Fun and Games , while Kanye West produced the track Dreams . The beat for Hate It or Love It was produced by the duo Cool & Dre , Don't Need Your Love was produced by Havoc and the instrumental for Put You on the Game was created by Timbaland . Jeff Bhasker is responsible for the production of the song The Documentary , while Hi-Tek produced the song Runnin ' . Eminem created the beat for We Ain't and Focus produced Where I'm From . In addition, the beats for Special by Needlz and for Like Father, Like Son by Buckwild.

Nine songs on the sound carrier contain elements from songs by other artists. Parts of Down into the Magic by Donald Kerr were used for the intro , while the song No Money Down by Jerry Butler was sampled on Dreams . Hate It or Love It samples the track Rubber Band by The Trammps and Don't Need Your Love contains elements of the song Not Gon Cry by Mary J. Blige . The song No More Fun and Games used parts of the title Gangsta, Gangsta by NWA , while We Ain't samples of the songs The Watcher by Dr. Dre , One Day at a Time by Tupac Shakur, and Patiently Waiting by 50 Cent . In addition, Where I'm From samples the track Amanda by Dionne Warwick , Special the track Catherine Howard by Rick Wakeman and Like Father, Like Son the song Mariya by The Family Circle.

Cover design

The album cover shows The Game, bare-chested, sitting on two tires with gold rims . He wears black trousers and several gold chains hang around his neck. The background is white. In the upper part of the picture is the word The Game in red and The Documentary in black .

Guest Posts

Guest contributions by other artists are included on eleven songs on the album. The rapper 50 Cent appears on the songs Westside Story , Hate It or Love It and How We Do , Eminem can be heard on the track We Ain't and Nate Dogg can be heard on the tracks Where I'm From and Special . Mary J. Blige sings the chorus of Don't Worry while Faith Evans sings the chorus of Don't Need Your Love . In addition, Marsha Ambrosius in from Scratch Start to hear. Runnin ' is a collaboration with the artists Tony Yayo and Dion and the rapper Busta Rhymes supports The Game on the song Like Father, Like Son .

Track list

Chart positions Explanation of the data

Albums

The Documentary   DE 11 02/07/2005 (25 weeks)   AT 44 03/06/2005 (7 weeks)   CH 8th 01/30/2005 (16 weeks)   UK 7th 02/05/2005 (36 weeks)   US 1 02/05/2005 (35 weeks)

Singles

Westside Story (feat. 50 Cent )   US 93 10/16/2004 (4 weeks) How We Do (feat. 50 Cent)   DE 9 03/07/2005 (16 weeks)   AT 18th 03/06/2005 (19 weeks)   CH 8th 03/06/2005 (23 weeks)   UK 5 02/20/2005 (16 weeks)   US 4th 11/27/2004 (28 weeks) Hate It or Love It (feat. 50 Cent)   DE 14th 05/30/2005 (13 weeks)   AT 23 05/29/2005 (14 weeks)   CH 12 05/22/2005 (21 weeks)   UK 4th 05/15/2005 (21 weeks)   US 2 02/12/2005 (23 weeks) Dreams   DE 71 10/17/2005 (6 weeks)   CH 40 08/14/2005 (8 weeks)   UK 8th 08/07/2005 (11 weeks)   US 32 06/04/2005 (13 weeks) Put you on the game   UK 46 11/13/2005 (4 weeks)

#	title	Guest Posts	Producer (s)	Duration
1	Intro		Dr. Dre and Che Vicious	0:32
2	Westside story	50 cents	Dr. Dre and Scott Storch	3:43
3	Dreams		Kanye West	4:46
4th	Hate It or Love It	50 cents	Cool & Dre	3:26
5	Higher		Dr. Dre and Mark Batson	4:05
6th	How We Do	50 cents	Dr. Dre and Mike Elizondo	3:55
7th	Don't need your love	Faith Evans	Havoc	4:26
8th	Church for Thugs		Just Blaze	4:00
9	Put you on the game		Timbaland	4:14
10	Start from scratch	Marsha Ambrosius	Dr. Dre and Scott Storch	4:07
11	The Documentary		Jeff Bhasker	4:11
12	Runnin '	Tony Yayo and Dion	Hi-Tek	4:26
13	No More Fun and Games		Just Blaze	2:37
14th	We ain't	Eminem	Eminem	4:46
15th	Where I'm From	Nate Dogg	Focus	3:08
16	Special	Nate Dogg	Needlz	3:57
17th	Do not worry	Mary J. Blige	Dr. Dre and Mike Elizondo	4:11
18th	Like Father, Like Son	Busta Rhymes	Buckwild	5:27

Chart successes and singles

In Germany, The Documentary entered the charts at number 46 in the 6th calendar week of 2005 and was able to reach the top position in the following weeks with number 11. In total, the album stayed in the German Top 100 for 25 weeks. The sound carrier entered the US charts at number 1 in the first week of sales and was among the best-selling albums there for 35 weeks. In the German annual charts in 2005, the album was ranked 75th.

The songs Westside Story , How We Do , Hate It or Love It , Higher , Dreams and Put You on the Game were released as singles.

Sales figures and awards

The album sold 586,000 copies in the first week after its release in the US alone. To date, over two million copies of the sound carrier have been sold in the United States, for which it has been awarded double platinum . Worldwide sales amount to over five million copies.

reception

Professional reviews
Average rating
source	rating
Metacritic	72%
More reviews
source	rating
laut.de
Rolling Stone
allmusic
RapReviews

The Documentary received mostly positive reviews from critics. The side Metacritic calculated from 19 Reviews of English-language media is a section of 72%.

Stefan Johannesberg from laut.de rated the album with three out of a possible five points. Opinions would continue to divide about The Game as to whether it was just a “ 50 Cent clone or the savior of West Coast Rap”. While the singles Hate It or Love It and How We Do are positively highlighted, on other songs he would be "lyrically beaten by his guests."

Individual evidence

1. ↑ album cover
2. ↑ Charts DE Charts AT Charts CH Charts UK Charts US
3. ↑ Chart tracking The Documentary at officialcharts.de
4. ↑ Chart tracking The Documentary at billboard.com
5. ↑ DE: Annual charts # 75
6. ↑ US: 2 × platinum
7. ↑ worldwide> 5 million sales
8. ↑ Rating: metacritic.com (English)
9. ↑ ^{a b} Evaluation: laut.de
10. ↑ Rating: Rolling Stone ( Memento from October 12, 2007 in the Internet Archive )
11. ↑ Rating: allmusic.com
12. ↑ Rating: RapReviews