Is Doctor's Advocate better than The Documentary?

[THE 101]

I think it is.

The Documentary is a true blockbuster album, arguably one of the last real ones in hip hop before record sales began to decline. It had damn near every big producer in the indusry and some huge guest spots.

But I prefer Doctor's Advocate. It plays better as an album IMO. I love Dre but his executive produced albums can sound over engineered and too rigid for their own good. DA is looser and flows better.

I also like how DA has a more specific west coast sound. It was kinda weird how Game was talking so much about bringing the west back on The Documentary when it didn't SOUND llike a west coast album. But tracks like "Lookin' at You", "Da shyt", "Compton", "Ol' English". "Bang" and "California Vacation" give the album a nice westcoast vibe.

Track for track I think it's more consistent than The Documentary. It might not have the classic singles but as an album altogether it's stronger. And as corny as Game can be and no doubt the title track is one of the most awkward songs ever I respect and like how earnest he is on here. There's an honesty to his rhymes that's refreshing. Plus his flow is a lot sharper than on The Documentary where at times it sounded like he was still trying to find his voice.

And one more thing. THIS shyt right here:

 

[Lord Mecca]

No.

 

[Steve Piffler]

yes. /thread

 

[BK The Great]

I think it is.

The Documentary is a true blockbuster album, arguably one of the last real ones in hip hop before record sales began to decline. It had damn near every big producer in the indusry and some huge guest spots.

But I prefer Doctor's Advocate. It plays better as an album IMO. I love Dre but his executive produced albums can sound over engineered and too rigid for their own good. DA is looser and flows better.

I also like how DA has a more specific west coast sound. It was kinda weird how Game was talking so much about bringing the west back on The Documentary when it didn't SOUND llike a west coast album. But tracks like "Lookin' at You", "Da shyt", "Compton", "Ol' English". "Bang" and "California Vacation" give the album a nice westcoast vibe.

Track for track I think it's more consistent than The Documentary. It might not have the classic singles but as an album altogether it's stronger. And as corny as Game can be and no doubt the title track is one of the most awkward songs ever I respect and like how earnest he is on here. There's an honesty to his rhymes that's refreshing. Plus his flow is a lot sharper than on The Documentary where at times it sounded like he was still trying to find his voice.

And one more thing. THIS shyt right here:

that song in OP and the title track is what made this album special. let's not forget this track





it's debatable, but The Doc is a classic. this just proved he didn't need anybody to move forward in his career.

 

[bourgeoisie tall freak]

i say yes, i'm a huge Game fan but never really listen his debut.

 

[Nostalgic]

Yes.

Considering the fact the rumor that went around that 50 ghostwrote the bulk of TD
with DA Game showed he could craft out a good album on his own.

 

[Tetris v2.0]

Yea it is to me. Game was appearing to stand on his own. While I'm not convinced that Dre didn't help (the leaked tracks, the producers were linked to Detox at some point, and the whole album had the Dre "polish") Game made his best album and really left 50 in the dust creatively

 

[10:31]

I think it is.

The Documentary is a true blockbuster album, arguably one of the last real ones in hip hop before record sales began to decline. It had damn near every big producer in the indusry and some huge guest spots.

But I prefer Doctor's Advocate. It plays better as an album IMO. I love Dre but his executive produced albums can sound over engineered and too rigid for their own good. DA is looser and flows better.

I also like how DA has a more specific west coast sound. It was kinda weird how Game was talking so much about bringing the west back on The Documentary when it didn't SOUND llike a west coast album. But tracks like "Lookin' at You", "Da shyt", "Compton", "Ol' English". "Bang" and "California Vacation" give the album a nice westcoast vibe.

Track for track I think it's more consistent than The Documentary. It might not have the classic singles but as an album altogether it's stronger. And as corny as Game can be and no doubt the title track is one of the most awkward songs ever I respect and like how earnest he is on here. There's an honesty to his rhymes that's refreshing. Plus his flow is a lot sharper than on The Documentary where at times it sounded like he was still trying to find his voice.

And one more thing. THIS shyt right here:

easily

The Doc 2 might be better than the original

 

[BK The Great]

the best songs on DA are

Why You Hate The Game
One Night
Doctor's Advocate
Lookin At You
Wouldn't Get Far


but Doc got

Hate It Or Love It
Like Father Like Son
Start From Scratch
The Documentary
We Ain't
Where I'm From
Don't Need Your Love
Dreams
How We Do


it's very hard to call DA a classic, but it's a solid effort.

 

[2CT]

both are great projects and Doc got severely overplayed so I could see why someone would favor DA

LAX is dope as fukk too, Game has a very solid discography if you remove that Blood Moon shyt

 

[raw613]

I always thought so, I felt like it gave you more that west coast feel too

 

[Ziggiy]

DA is fantastic! Love that album.

It's slightly better than Documehtary in my opinion. Game went ALL out lyrically and conceptually on DA

 

[y que]

ya

it was a success for 2 reasons

game proved he didnt need dre or gunit

and it was more of a westcoast feel to it instead of overpolished mainstream appeal of documentary

 

[10:31]

ya

it was a success for 2 reasons

game proved he didnt need dre or gunit

and it was more of a westcoast feel to it instead of overpolished mainstream appeal of documentary

Exactly why 2/2.5 are reminiscent of The Doc/DA

first disc sounds overpolished but it's very strong

The second disc sounds like a great west coast album

 

[BK The Great]

both are great projects and Doc got severely overplayed so I could see why someone would favor DA

LAX is dope as fukk too, Game has a very solid discography if you remove that Blood Moon shyt

yea that album was a frisbee that but he dropped a few gems on it, for example