The Documentary

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The Documentary
Image:Game-the-documentary.jpg
Studio album by The Game
Released	January 18, 2005 (US)
Recorded	2004
Genre	West Coast hip hop Gangsta rap
Length	70:01
Label	G-Unit/Aftermath/ Interscope
Producer(s)	Dr. Dre Scott Storch Kanye West Eminem Havoc Timbaland Needlz Just Blaze Focus Buckwild Hi-Tek
Professional reviews
AllHipHop.com link All Music Guide link HipHopdx.com link Pitchfork (8.3/10) 19 Jan 05 Robert Christgau (C-) link Rolling Stone 10 Feb 05 Stress Magazine (4/5) link
The Game chronology
	Image:Game-the-documentary.jpg The Documentary (2005)	Image:Thegamedoctorsadvocate.jpg Doctor's Advocate (2006)
Alternate cover
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Special Edition Cover

The Documentary is Los Angeles 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.^{[citation needed]} 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 Dr. Dre, who executive-produced The Documentary, The Game is from Compton, and was a fan of Dr. Dre and his 1980s 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. The Game made this album in tribute to his close friend Craig Sissons.

Track listing

#	Title	Producer(s)	Featured Guest(s)	Time
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 Ambrosius	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

Album singles

Single cover	Single information
Image:WestsideStoryCover.png	"Westside Story" Released: September 28, 2004 B-side:
Image:The Game featuring 50 Cent - How We Do - CD cover.jpg	"How We Do" Released: November 23, 2004 B-side:
Image:HateItOrLoveIt.png	"Hate It or Love It" Released: February, 2005 B-side:
Image:The Game - Dreams - CD cover.jpg	"Dreams" Released: June 7, 2005 B-side:
Image:The Game-Put You on the Game Cover.jpg	"Put You on the Game" Released: August 30, 2005 B-side:

Album Chart Positions

Year	Album	Chart positions
		Billboard 200	Top R&B/Hip Hop Albums	Top UK Albums	Top Nor Album
2004	The Documentary	#1	#1	#7	#11

v • d • e The Game
Studio albums
The Documentary | Doctor's Advocate
Independent albums
Untold Story | West Coast Resurrection | Untold Story, Vol. 2 | G.A.M.E.
Mixtapes
You Know What It Is Vol. 1 | You Know What It Is Vol. 2 | You Know What It Is Vol. 3 | Ghost Unit | Stop Snitchin, Stop Lyin | The Re-Advocate | You Know What It Is Vol. 4
Singles
Westside Story | How We Do | Hate It or Love It | Dreams | Put You on the Game | It's Okay (One Blood) | Let's Ride |Wouldn't Get Far
See also
300 Bars and Runnin' | Czar Entertainment | G-Unit vs. The Game feud | The Black Wall Street Journal Vol. 1 | The Black Wall Street Journal Vol. 2 | The Black Wall Street Records

Preceded by American Idiot by Green Day	Billboard 200 Number 1 Album February 5, 2005 - February 11, 2005	Succeeded by Be As You Are (Songs From an Old Blue Chair) by Kenny Chesney
Preceded by Be As You Are (Songs From an Old Blue Chair) by Kenny Chesney	Billboard 200 Number 1 Album February 19, 2005 - February 25, 2005	Succeeded by Seventeen Days by Three Doors Down

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