The Documentary 2.5 is the seventh studio album by American rapper The Game. It was released on October 16, 2015, by Blood Money Entertainment, Fifth Amendment 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 guest appearances from will.i.am, Schoolboy Q, Jay Rock, Nas, DJ Quik, Busta Rhymes and Problem, among others. The album was supported by the single: "El Chapo" with Skrillex.
The lead single from The Documentary 2.5, "El Chapo" was released on October 9, 2015. The song features a duet and additional vocals from disc jockey Skrillex, who also produced this track, alongside Mr. Bangladesh and Nastradomas.
The Documentary 2.5 received widespread acclaim from contemporary music critics. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album received an average score of 79, which indicates "generally favorable reviews", based on 6 reviews.
The Documentary 2.5 debuted at number six on the US Billboard 200 with 48,000 album-equivalent units, 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.