8 years later, damn The Documentary was overrated.

[Wacky D]

moreso a sign of the era. not necessarily a knock on game.

'04 & '05 harbored a number of overhyped albums.

there hasn't been a real classic album since 2003.

 

[28 Gramz]

moreso a sign of the era. not necessarily a knock on game.

'04 & '05 harbored a number of overhyped albums.

there hasn't been a real classic album since 2003.

Thug Motivation 101 meets the criteria,most impactful album since it came out.

 

[Wacky D]

Thug Motivation 101 meets the criteria,most impactful album since it came out.

meh. i believe me & you had this back-n-forth concerning that album recently.....maybe in this very thread.

most impactful album since its release? i can agree with that part. but that's about it.

 

[MINT]

album is a 7/10 at the very very best

 

[MINT]

glad to see that a lot of ppl think this album is just above average.

 

[Professor Polo]

last classic album

 

[Rapmastermind]

LOL @ "overrated". Beats? Sick, Features? Sick. Impact and Sales? 5 Million worldwide. Game came nice, sure we didn't know this was the beginning of the name dropping ODin he would end up doing but at the time it was just he was a big fan of rap. But I love this album, it's still my favorite game album. On a national scale this album did bring the West back. Snoop and Dre was all that was left on a mainstream level. Cube was still doing movie, Westside connection feel off. Daz and Kurupt became underground.

The Game came out and gave the west a voice on a mainstream level. Of course Dr. Dre and 50 were the masterminds behind it so they should get credit but the album was amazing. The Hit songs were Hits and dope but the instrospective records on there, the straight up westcoast joints. The game even had some eastcoast sounding production on there too. It was just a well balanced album. The features worked and didn't drown out game, they complimented them. At the time of it's release I felt it was a strong 4.5 MICS. But I think 8 years later I can say it will probably be considered a Classic in the future. Most people feel it is now but I think it's still growing. This was one of my favorite songs on there, Havoc went in, I wish Prodigy did a guest feature on that too:

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"The Documentary" did more for Westcoast Hip Hop than "Good Kid Maad City" and it had more Impact also.

 

[33Degreed]

Tha Game Documentary is classic..

 

[CashmereThoughts]

lyrically it is best album and beat wise also.

Naw, he's made leaps lyrically since then. Like his lyricism and delivery on "holy water" the documentary game couldn't do that.

Jesus Piece is what made me take him serious as a lyricist

 

[stepbackj34spud]

Classic