After the tremendous success and the fame and fortune which followed the first album, 50 cent's career seems to be on a downward spiral. However never one to be easily deterred 50 Cent promised a return to the grittier raw essence of his beginnings. This album has been hyped for a long time and despite it being less than impressed with his recent efforts, I decided to take a listen to this album regardless. Certainly the album starts out well with Death To My Enemies being the first highlight. Dark Strings providing the perfect atmosphere to the track. 50 Cent sounds very focused on this beat, the rhymes aren't just slick, they are intricate and quite ...  Read the complete review

Nonononono. I don't believe what I'm listening to. I can't believe that after the massive success of Get Rich Or Die Tryin', and his G-Unit album Beg For Mercy, that he's taken an alternative route and has completely left behind his 'gangsta' style. The Massacre was a huge let down, there were more R'n'B songs than pure hip-hop, and he followed that up by the even worse Curtis, which ripped off one of LL Cool Js album covers as well. This album has little to no positives. The beats are weak and forgettable, the producers are mostly unknown and the guest stars apart from Eminem are weak. The album cover itself I could do a better Photoshop job with, it's ...  Read the complete review

Released late in 2009, "Before I Self Destruct" came as the fourth solo album from the Queens, New York rapper 50 Cent. Using concepts that he had worked with for a number of years (forcing him to release another album ("Curtis") before he was completely ready for it to come out as he intended) this album finds 50 linking up with common acts in Dr. Dre and Eminem to come up with another album that finds him mixing Gangsta Rap with more mainstream-directed work. 1."The Invitation" (Intro) 2."Then The Days Went By" As the album opens up here we see that here 50 comes in on a little something that I ...  Read the complete review