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The Game - Documentary (CD)

Album Details: Documentary

Release Date:01/18/2005
Label:Aftermath
UPC:602498641439

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    The Documentary

    By Yahoo! Shopping User  Mar 2, 2005 | 8 out of 13 found this Documentary review helpful

    Pros: Wow

    Cons: notin

    My favorite song is on this cd. Man he did his thing. Make some better songs. I like it a lot. buy it

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    The Game: The Documentary

    By Yahoo! Shopping User  Feb 14, 2005 | 3 out of 5 found this Documentary review helpful

    Pros: The music lyrics are different and hot

    Cons: I wish it was more

    "The Game" has alot of good talent. This cd is slammin'! What I like most about the album and the artist is that callaboration with "50 cent". I hope to see him more in the music game.

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  • All Music Guide

    Once the Game surfaced as a force in hiphop, a big deal was made of his dance with death. Apparently he was shot five times. If you're scoring at home, that's four times less than label mate and executive producer 50 Cent. After the altercation that nearly took his life, the Game took a crash course in hiphop and studied up on the master MCs from both coasts. Within a year of rapping for the first time, Dr. Dre took notice and was compelled to offer an Aftermath contract. The Game is also from Compton, just like his mentor, so guess where the allegiances fall? An N.W.A medallion hangs from his neck, an N.W.A logo is inked across his chest, and an image of the late EazyE is on his right forearm. If none of this makes it clear enough, the Game name drops beloved heroes including just about everyone ever connected to N.W.A, save for CPO with great frequency. The stage name, coined by his mother while he was an athletic youngster, is entirely fitting: verses are constructed with album ti...tles, label heads are mentioned as if scholarly attention is paid to the industry's inner workings. And yet, this is hardly another Guerilla Black, an MC lacking originality. The Game's scope is obviously much wider, and he's no mimic; though he's still finding his feet as a lyricist, isn't as distinct vocally as 50 or Lloyd Banks, and nearly allows the gimmicks to overwhelm the skills, The Documentary is an excellent debut that also hints at a lot of potential. Dr. Dre and an allstar cast of fellow producers are in top form, Just Blaze, Timbaland, Kanye West, and HiTek included, and none of the features steal any thunder from the star. The most remarkable aspect of the Game is how he can be such a blatant product of gangsta rap (okay, let's say fanboy) and leave a mark so fast. But, as he says in "Dreams," "Anything is possible if 50 fcked Vivica." - Andy Kellman, All Music Guide Read more Less

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Biography

The Game

Compton's own the Game (aka Jayceon Taylor) issued his debut LP The Game, Vol. 1 in 2004 through Aftermath/G Unit/Universal. With everyone from Dr. Dre and 50 Cent to Nate Dogg, Kanye West, and Just Blaze contributing to the album, Game, Vol. 1 made it clear from the outset that geographic squabbles weren't a part of the Game's agenda. Rapping hadn't been at first, eith... Read more