The Documentary

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The Documentary is rapper The Game's major-label album debut. 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. 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 is significant in that it has brought the L.A. area and even the West Coast majorly back onto the hip hop scene in a big way, which since Dr. Dre's 2001 had not played a particularly large mainstream role. 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 not participating in the group's feud with rappers Nas, Jadakiss, and Fat Joe. The Game has promised that his follow-up album, expected in 2006, will be able to achieve similar success as The Documentary without the help of G-Unit.

Track listing

#	Title	Producer(s)	Performer(s)	Composer(s)	Time
1	"Intro"	Dr. Dre, Che Vicious	The Game	—	0:32
2	"Westside Story"	Dr. Dre, Scott Storch	The Game, 50 Cent	Elizondo/Jackson/Storch/Young/Taylor	3:43
3	"Dreams"	Kanye West	The Game	West/Taylor	4:46
4	"Hate It or Love It"	Cool & Dre	The Game, 50 Cent	Jackson/Lyon/Valenzano/Taylor	3:26
5	"Higher"	Dr. Dre, Mark Batson	The Game	Elizondo/Jackson/Pope/Batson/Young/Taylor	4:05
6	"How We Do"	Dr. Dre, Mike Elizondo	The Game, 50 Cent,Josh Moor	Elizondo/Jackson/Young/Taylor	3:55
7	"Don't Need Your Love"	Havoc	The Game, Faith Evans	Muchita/Taylor	4:26
8	"Church for Thugs"	Just Blaze	The Game	Smith/Taylor	4:00
9	"Put You on the Game"	Timbaland	The Game	Hills/Mosley/Taylor	4:14
10	"Start from Scratch"	Dr. Dre, Scott Storch	The Game, Marsha of Floetry	Diggs/Smith/Woods/Jackson/Willams	4:07
11	" The Documentary"	Jeff Bhasker, Jeff Reed	The Game	Bhasker/Taylor/Willams	4:11
12	"Runnin'"	Hi-Tek	The Game, Tony Yayo, Dion	Cottrell/Mernard/Jenkins/Taylor	4:26
13	"No More Fun And Games"	Just Blaze	The Game	Smith/Taylor	2:37
14	"We Ain't"	Eminem	The Game, Eminem	King/Mathers/Resto/Taylor	4:46
15	"Where I'm From"	Focus	The Game, Nate Dogg	Edwards/Taylor	3:08
16	"Special"	Needlz	The Game, Nate Dogg	Elizondo/Flower/Young/Taylor	3:57
17	"Don't Worry"	Dr. Dre, Mike Elizondo	The Game, Mary J. Blige	Cain/Taylor	4:11
18	"Like Father, Like Son"	Buckwild	The Game, Busta Rhymes	Best/Smith/Taylor	5:27

• "Thank You (Hate It or Love It Original Remix)" featuring Mary J. Blige is added on the re-release of The Documentary.
• "300 Bars" is added on the re-release of The Documentary'

Tracks that were on the advance copy of The Nigga Witta Attitude Vol. 1

1. "Get Your Money Right" (featuring Dr. Dre, Jay-Z & Cash
2. "Count on Me" (featuring 50 Cent)
3. "Confessions" (featuring Lil Eazy-E)
4. "Fly Like an Eagle" (featuring Snoop Dogg)
5. "Certified Gangstas" (featuring Jim Jones, Lil' Flip & Cam'ron)
6. "Throw It Up" (featuring Lil' Jon)
7. "Feel My Pain" (featuring Lil' Scrappy)
8. "Gun Down"
9. "Put Me Under"
10. "Westside Story (Remix)" (featuring Snoop Dogg)
11. "Free Kobe"
12. "N.W.A"

(The retail version of Game's NWA CD was never sold, though pirated copies of the full version surfaced in Sept/Oct 2006.)