Product Description

Following in the footsteps of Dr. Dre, Eazy-E, Ice Cube, and Snoop Dogg, The Game has been billed as the saviour of West Coast rap. The album, produced by the likes of Dr. Dre, Eminem, and Timbaland to name but a few, is a tour de force ofhardcore beats and hard hitting lyrics, based on The Game'sexperiences of street living. Guest appearances come from the likes of 50 Cent, Faith Evans, Eminem, and Nate Dogg.

Track Listing

1. Intro To The Documentary - The Game
2. Westside Story - The Game, 50 Cent
3. Dreams - The Game
4. Hate It Or Love It - The Game, 50 Cent
5. Higher - The Game
6. How We Do - The Game, 50 Cent
7. Don't Need Your Love - The Game, Faith Evans
8. Church For Thugs - The Game
9. Put You On The Game - The Game
10. Start From Scratch - The Game, Marsha of Floetry
11. The Documentary - The Game
12. Runnin' - The Game, Tony Yayo
13. No More Fun And Games - The Game
14. We Ain't - The Game, Eminem
15. Where I'm From - The Game, Nate Dogg
16. Special - The Game, Nate Dogg
17. Don't Worry - The Game, Mary J. Blige
18. Like Father, Like Son - The Game, Busta Rhymes

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #18415 in Music
• Released on: 2005-01-24
• Number of discs: 1
• Format: Explicit Lyrics
• Running time: 70 minutes

Amazon.co.uk Review
If the Game's G Unit-fuelled debut--the most anticipated CD of early 2005--is supposed to be the Answer like Iverson, then what was the question? Well, when an emcee gets to rifle through 50 Cent's Rolodex to hand-pick top flight producers Timbaland, Just Blaze, Kanye West) it's a can't miss scheme, right? In this case, uh-huh. "Westside Story" is Game's opportunity to remind crunk-come-lately's that his region is still rap relevant. On the Dr Dre produced "Higher" he snorts: "I got 'em (Impala's) in every colour, yeah I'm a known stunna." Yep, he's rich now too, and drives whips that cost more than most make in a year. It doesn't even matter much that he's a B minus rhyme spitter, or that he spends way too much studio time name dropping. His real life 50 Cent-esque narratives (been shot, involvement in "subterranean" activities) makes cuts like the introspective, Havoc-hemmed "Don't Need Your Love" with Faith Evans that much more compelling. Boasting a half-dozen plus other sure-fire hit singles including the Kanye burner "Dreams," few albums can match up to The Documentary--the only Game in town.--Dalton Higgins

Customer Reviews

Pfft
The album is good, I agree. The songs with 50 cent are very good. What annoys me though, is how many times The Game says "Dre" in The Documentary (37 times!!!). No offence to Dre but I think Game wants to bum him...

For the people who KNOW WHAT IT IS !
Firstly if you are a g-unit fan get a life, Now thats boring and repetative music ( oh yeah with a whole load of SINGING and not rapping invloved ) but if you have no hip hop taste listen in. a lot has happened since the release of this album. The game is the only dude in hip hop since 2 pac who is reppin rap without selling out. OK he has pop tunes wich i feel comes from the whole 50 cent formula (the reason this got only 4 stars and not 5 . trust me buy this album and every mixtape of the game you can along with the dvd get educated on gangsta rap, stop looking for gay punch lines and rhymes that seem as if they take a week to produce a line. you will find out why 50 cent is the worst thing ever to happen to rap and why its g g g unot!!!

HES ALRIGHT-BUT NAME DROPS WAY TOO MUCH-2.5 STARS
there are some good points and bad points about this album, the good points are that the game has a good flow, a good voice which makes you pay attention, all the beats are very good, its cathcy, the choruses are good, and he raps about alot of different things, however, there are several things that stopped this album from being very good, and not just average, first off, the amount of times you hear the game namedrop is ridiculous, he cant go a verse without mentioning any member of NWA, kool g rap, nas, jay z, biggie or 2pac , it eventually becomes quite frustrating the amount he name drops, also, he does not have a particularly good multi-syllable rhyming scheme,his vocab is average, he has no good punchlines, metaphors or clever lyrics, and his ego is much too big for a rappper who just made his first album. I also dont like the fact the game glorifies being a blood(which i dont believe he was), if he really was a blood, he would realize how stupid it is to lead that sort of life, and he try and discourage it instead of glorifying it, also, the fact he claims so publicly to be a blood doesnt make sense, as far as im aware, being in a gang in america is illegal, so woulndt the police either arrest him or check out his background out to see if he really was a blood, plus, if he was a blood, its most likely he would be in jail or would have been to jail in the past, the game has got no crime record atall,so basically, this album is very average and the game is not a real blood, i would stay away from this