''The Documentary 2.5'' is the seventh

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by American

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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

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s from will.i.am,

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, Jay Rock,

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, DJ Quik,

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and

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, among others. The album was supported by the single: " El Chapo" with

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Singles

The lead single from ''The Documentary 2.5'', " El Chapo" was released on October 9, 2015. The song features a

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and additional vocals from

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, who also produced this track, alongside Mr. Bangladesh and Nastradomas.

Critical reception

''The Documentary 2.5'' received widespread acclaim from contemporary

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. At

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, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album received an

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score of 79, which indicates "generally favorable reviews", based on 6 reviews.

Commercial performance

''The Documentary 2.5'' debuted at number six on the US ''Billboard'' 200 with 48,000

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s, which included 42,000 pure album sales. It serves as the Game's eighth top-ten album in the United States. The album dropped to the number 29 in its second week, earning an additional 15,000 album-equivalent units. 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.

Track listing

;Notes * "Moment of Violence" contains uncredited vocals performed by

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. * "Like Father, Like Son 2" contains additional vocals performed by Harlem Caron Taylor and King Justice Taylor. * Adam Turchin — saxophone's * Koofreh Umoren — trumpet * Travis Barker — drums (track 3) ;Sample credits *"Magnus Carlsen" contains samples of "Rocket Love" performed by

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. *"Crenshaw / 80s and Cocaine" contains samples of "Power of Soul" performed by Idris Muhammed, and "Blow Your Head" performed by Fred Wesley and the J.B.s. *"The Ghetto" contains samples of "Tower Of Power" performed by Sparkling in the Sand. *"From Adam" contains samples of "Who Made You Go" performed by Faith, Hope & Charity. *"Up on the Wall" contains samples of " Get Down on It", written by James "J.T." Taylor, Ronald Bell, performed by Kool & the Gang. *"Like Father, Like Son 2" contains samples of "Like Father, Like Son" performed by the Game. *"Life" contains samples of "You Give Good Love" performed by

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, and an interpolation of "Some How Some Way" performed by Jay Z. *"El Chapo" contains samples of "Granada" performed by

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References

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