The Documentary 2.5

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The Documentary 2.5
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Studio album by
the Game
ReleasedOctober 16, 2015 (2015-10-16)
Recorded2013–2015
StudioRecord Room Studios
(Miami, Florida)
Chalice Recording Studios
(Hollywood, California)
Genre
Length73:50
Label
Producer
The Game chronology
The Documentary 2
(2015)		The Documentary 2.5
(2015)		 Streets of Compton
(2016)
Singles from The Documentary 2.5
  1. "El Chapo"
    Released: October 9, 2015

The Documentary 2.5 is the seventh studio album by American rapper the Game. It was released on October 16, 2015, by Blood Money Entertainment and eOne Music. The album is the second half for the two-piece project that was divided from the first half of his seventh album The Documentary 2 (2015), which was released a week earlier. The album features guest appearances from will.i.am, Schoolboy Q, Jay Rock, Nas, DJ Quik, Busta Rhymes and Problem, among others. The album was supported by the single: "El Chapo" with Skrillex.

Contents

Singles

The lead single from The Documentary 2.5, "El Chapo" was released on October 9, 2015. The song features a duet and additional vocals from disc jockey Skrillex, who also produced this track, alongside Mr. Bangladesh and Nastradomas.

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic 79/100 [1]
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [2]
Billboard Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svg [3]
NOW Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [4]
RapReviews9/10 [5]
HipHopDX Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [6]
ZumicStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svg [7]

The Documentary 2.5 received widespread acclaim from contemporary music critics. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album received an average score of 79, which indicates "generally favorable reviews", based on 6 reviews. [8]

Commercial performance

The Documentary 2.5 debuted at number six on the US Billboard 200 with 48,000 album-equivalent units, which included 42,000 pure album sales. [9] It serves as the Game's eighth top-ten album in the United States. [9] The album dropped to the number 29 in its second week, earning an additional 15,000 album-equivalent units. [10] As of November 2015, The Documentary 2.5 had accumulated 63,000 album-equivalent units in the United States, with 54,000 being pure sales. [10]

Track listing

No.TitleWriter(s)Producer(s)Length
1."New York Skit"
  • Jayceon Taylor
  • Stanley Benton
  • Stat Quo
  • The Game
2:34
2."Magnus Carlsen" (featuring Anderson .Paak)
 Bongo 5:29
3."Crenshaw / 80s and Cocaine" (featuring Anderson .Paak and Sonyae)
4:35
4."Gang Bang Anyway" (featuring Jay Rock and Schoolboy Q)
Bongo5:05
5."The Ghetto" (featuring Nas and will.i.am)
will.i.am6:01
6."From Adam" (featuring Lil Wayne)
Cool & Dre3:45
7."Gang Related" (featuring Asia Bryant)
Bongo4:09
8."Last Time You Seen" (featuring Scarface and Stacy Barthe)
3:50
9."Intoxicated" (featuring Dion [12] )
 DJ Khalil 3:04
10."Quik's Groove (The One)" (featuring DJ Quik, Sevyn Streeter and Micah)
DJ Quik5:41
11."Outside" (featuring E-40, Mvrcus Blvck and Lil E)
4:00
12."Up on the Wall" (featuring Problem, Ty Dolla $ign and YG)
 Battlecat 5:05
13."Sex Skit"
  • Taylor
  • Ebong
Bongo2:51
14."My Flag / Da Homies" (featuring Ty Dolla $ign, Jay305, AD, Mitchy Slick, Joe Moses, RJ and Skeme)
 DJ Mustard 6:37
15."Moment of Violence" (featuring King Mez, JT and Jon Connor)
3:22
16."Like Father, Like Son 2" (featuring Busta Rhymes)
 The Alchemist 4:44
17."Life"


 Tone Mason 2:58
18."El Chapo"
  • Taylor
3:40
Total length:77:48
Notes
Sample credits

Charts

Weekly charts

Chart (2015)Peak
position
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders) [15] 80
Canadian Albums (Billboard) [16] 8
Dutch Albums (Album Top 100) [17] 89
French Albums (SNEP) [18] 86
German Albums (GfK Entertainment) [19] 45
Irish Albums (IRMA) [20] 32
New Zealand Albums (RMNZ) [21] 24
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade) [22] 20
UK Albums (OCC) [23] 23
UK R&B Albums (OCC) [24] 3
US Billboard 200 [25] 6
US Independent Albums (Billboard) [26] 1
US Top Rap Albums (Billboard) [27] 2
US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums (Billboard) [28] 2

Year-end charts

Chart (2015)Peak
position
US Independent Albums (Billboard) [29] 32
US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums (Billboard) [30] 69

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