The Documentary is the commercial debut studio album by American rapper the Game. It was released on January 18, 2005, by Interscope Records, Dr. Dre's Aftermath Entertainment and 50 Cent's G-Unit Records. The record serves as his major-label debut, preceded by his independently released debut Untold Story in 2004. In 2001, while the Game was in hospital recovering from a shooting, he decided to pursue a career in music. He released the mixtape, "Q.B. 2 Compton" under his then record label "Get Low Recordz" in 2002, which was later discovered by Dr.