The Documentary 2 vs. The Documentary 2.5

Started by Wreckless, Oct 11, 2015, in Music Add to Reading List

2 or 2.5?

  1. The Documentary 2

    5 vote(s)
    16.1%
  2. The Documentary 2.5

    26 vote(s)
    83.9%
  1. boyz n the suburbs
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    Oct 17, 2015
    2.5
     
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  2. Dking002
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    Oct 19, 2015
    Documentary 2
     
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  3. DetroitDGAF
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    Oct 19, 2015
    2.5
     
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  4. Griff
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    Griff SL Jenkins

    Oct 19, 2015
    Clearly your opinions are unlike many others around here so why not just listen to the albums and see for yourself. You have the internet so you don't have to pay to listen.

    Personally I think it's his best work since LAX. Maybe better but time will tell. On topic, I think I prefer 2.5 because it sounds more like his style.
     
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  5. Mike02
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    Oct 21, 2015
    Holy s---. 2.5 is winning the poll 10-0. Also nearly every review I've seen has said 2.5 is better. Think I'm gonna go pickup 2.5. If I really enjoy that one maybe I'll go back and give 2 a chance.
     
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  6. WPG
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    WPG sxn80 Rory Gilmore

    Oct 21, 2015
    2.5 is definitely better, but 2 is good as well. i didn't even plan on listening to them, but they make for a great project, and probably the best game has ever rapped. his first true los angeles album, as well.
     
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  7. Mike02
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    Oct 21, 2015
    Good to hear. I think Jesus Piece was his best album since Doctors Advocate, so if this is better than that I'll be very pleasantly surprised.
     
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  8. LasiK
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    LasiK d-mn fine coffee

    Oct 21, 2015
    really? I skimmed thru the stream rip of doc 2 and nothing really caught my ear. didn't even bother checking 2.5.

    love documentary and doctors advocate tho
     
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  9. WPG
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    Oct 21, 2015
    http://www.xxlmag.com/rap-music/reviews/2015/10/the-game-documentary-2-review/
     
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  10. Mike02
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    Oct 21, 2015
    Well I bought it. First listen impression: not impressed. I literally didn't hear one standout track on this. Even the god awful Red Album had standout tracks. That Anderson Paak scumbag (is that a guy or a girl?) from the Compton album might be the worst artist I've ever heard. Hopefully this grows on me but holy s---...
     
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  11. Enigma
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    Oct 21, 2015
    I thought 2 was alright, 2.5 is much better though & thoroughly enjoyed it.
     
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  12. Mike02
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    After a full listen of 2.5...

    Awful awful album. Everyone knows how much I hate Compton, well this is probably even worse. At least Compton had Medicine Man and My Diary. This album literally doesn't have one standout track to me. Honestly the "song" I enjoyed the most on this was the opening skit about the 50 beef. It was all downhill from there. The fact that he called this Documentary 2 is a disgrace. I won't be listening to disc 1.
     
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  13. lil uzi vert stan
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    Oct 22, 2015
    Tough call, both are great
     
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  14. WPG
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    Oct 22, 2015
    you are so bad at listening to music
     
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  15. AvB
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    AvB

    Oct 22, 2015
    2.5 has some of the best game songs i've heard in a long time

    g--- b--- anyway, from adam , quiks groove
     
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  16. TheBlackSheep
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    Oct 22, 2015
    2.5
     
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  17. Mike02
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    Oct 22, 2015
    My updated ratings of his discography..

    The Documentary 10/10
    The Doctors Advocate 8/10
    Jesus Piece 7/10
    LAX 6/10
    Blood Moon: Year Of The Wolf 5/10
    The Red Album 4/10
    The Documentary 2 2/10

    He has at least six mixtapes better than his bottom three albums.
     
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  18. Crazymonkey
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    Oct 22, 2015
    I love both, but 2.5 is the better album for me. 2.5 has the feeling of 1 far more than Doc2 has.
     
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  19. Nitz
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    Oct 22, 2015
    Doc 2.5 is more cohesive and a better project imo. Also sounds like his most west coast sounding album since The DA. Doc 2 has some great tracks but fillers too
     
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  20. Clive
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    Oct 22, 2015
    Pull up on a niggle like unnnnngh
     
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