Sep 3, 2025 at 11:47 AM

398. The Game - The Documentary (2005) [September 3rd, 2025]

I know that Game is a pretty big joke on this forum by this point, but we can all agree that The Documentary is a classic right. Game's debut is a bit of an outlier in a lot of ways. It's the only album in his discography that was released under Aftermath, the only one to feature G-Unit members prior to the beef, and it's arguably his strongest showing period.

"Westside Story" is a perfectly simple opener for the record, with a calm beat paired up with great verses from Game and a great hook from 50. "Dreams" is a Kanye produced classic, and an all timer in my opinion. "Hate It Or Love It" and "How We Do" are classic mid 2000's hits, and they still slam hard to this day. You've got some great energetic tracks like "Higher", "Church for Thugs", and a personal favorite of mine, the Timbaland produced "Put You On The Game". You also have some great smooth tracks like "Runnin'", and "Special", alongside some all timers like "The Documentary", "No More Fun And Games", and "We Ain't". The closer "Like Father Like A Son" is a very emotional closer as well. If I had any complaint, it would have to be the R&B tracks. they aren't bad ("Start From Scratch" is especially good) but they're mostly on the weaker side. I didn't really mind Game's tendency to name drop people, but apparently that gets worse over time, so maybe I just haven't gotten annoyed by it yet.

The Documentary isn't Get Rich Or Die Tryin', but it's still a d--- good time. I remember thinking Doctor's Advocate was pretty good, so that one might be coming next.

 

Sep 3, 2025 at 6:01 PM

I might check out Doc 2/2.5 someday, but i’m not sure

 

Sep 3, 2025 at 6:54 PM

Detox dropped last week…

 

Sep 6, 2025 at 3:11 PM

399. Taylor Swift - Folklore (2020) [September 6th, 2025]

review dropping in AOTW Club

 

Sep 7, 2025 at 11:39 AM

400. Westside Gunn - HEELS HAVE EYES + HEELS HAVE EYES 2 (2025)



For album 400 we have....two albums? I decided that having a 10 minute EP be Album 400 would be pretty lame, so for the first time ever, two albums are sharing a spot. I've been on a big Gunn kick recently, so I figured that checking out his two 2025 projects would be a good idea.

HEELS HAVE EYES is pretty short, so it doesn't leave much of an impression. The AI intro is weird, but "DAVE BOY SMITH" and "EGYPT" are pretty cool. It's a short little EP, so it doesn't do much sadly.

HEELS HAVE EYES 2 is a completely different story. We start off pretty good with "HEEL CENA", but dear God, "POWER HOUSE HOBBS" is out of this world. I don't think if ever heard a Denny Laflare produced song before, but he killed this beat. Gunn and Benny sound as ill as ever (No Conway though ). "MANDELA" is cool, and "AUNT GINA" is another hard hitter. "PRICK" and "DEMNA LEFT BALENCI" are great as well. I do think that "LOVE YOU PT. 2" is a bit of a weird intro, but I still think that the album (or mixtape?) is stellar. 100 times better than it's predecessor, and another great album from this year.

Albums aside, I want to thank all the people that have been keeping up with this thread, particularly Minato, Marsh and BIGFOOT (Onyx review coming soon!!!!). When Is tarted logging back in February I never would've thought that it would get to this point (Honestly, I never thought that I listened to that many albums until I started keeping count), but this has been pretty sun. The log might slow down a bit over the next few months since I'm in university, and have a job now, but I hope to be able to contribute to this log just as much as I have before.