Get Rich Or Die Tryin' - 50 Cent

Get Rich or Die Trtin was the 2003 break through album for rap artist 50 Cent. Produced by the cobined talents of Dr Dre and Eminem this was a great hip hop album with some great songs and although the usual topics of drug dealing, violence and women feature strongly with lots of swearing and attitude here were some innovative back beats and sampling used in the music to make this stand out from the rest. This is a strong album with good quality tracks throughout and a number of songs went on to be chart hits. Many en is an excellent song charting 50 Cent rise out of his childhood neighbourhood when he dealt drugs to make a living and was the victim of a ...  Read the complete review

'I'm about a dollar, what the f*ck is 50 Cent?' once jibed Jay-Z. In present monetary value, a good deal greater than the half-buck moniker who has set CD vendors alight within days of hitting shelves. You certainly can't attest this spectacular ascent to rookie luck given 50's years of previous notoriety. Seemingly forever destined to play human firing range and beef cooker towards the likes of Ja Rule, Sticky Fingaz and anyone within gun butt distance, and now suddenly proclaimed as 'the future of hip hop' - talk about a U-turn in fortunes. Whether Eminem's association and rediscovery of the man who enquired about the Power of ...  Read the complete review

This was 'Fiddy's' first album, a collaboration with a fair few aother artistes and on the back of his sucessful single 'In da club'. Produced by Aftermath records, an Eminem, Dr Dre outfit, it was bound to be sucessful. It is hard, gritty; many conservative Americans wanted it banned, not just because of the gratuitous talk of guns n 'ho's' but because of the constant swearing. Track 1. Intro. Simply a 6 second coin spinning....why? Track 2. What up Gansta? Laconic rap/singing, basically telling his story of brushes with the law and DA and how no one can 'match him', not bad, but a slow burning opener really, heavy drum n bass line. ...  Read the complete review

Although he had released a couple of underground ones prior to this, "Get Rich Or Die Tryin'" is often seen as the debut album by the New York-raised rapper 50 Cent. The album went straight to number one after lots of big singles raised the awareness of the artist to many reaches of the population. 50 is backed by Dr. Dre and Eminem amongst others for this album, and it is why it is so highly-rated. 1. "Intro" 2. "What Up Gangsta?" This is quite simply the best way to get this album started as it gets him bursting through with hardcore rhymes in order to show what he represents and which sub-genre to Hip Hop ...  Read the complete review

50 Cent - Get Rich or Die Tryin' (2003) Producer: Dr. Dre, Eminem and a thousand others Intro What Up Gangsta Patiently Waiting Many Men (Wish Death) In da Club High All the Time Heat If I Can't Blood Hound Back Down P.I.M.P. Like My Style Poor Lil Rich 21 Questions Don't Push Me Gotta Make It to Heaven Get Rich or Die Tryin' is the commercial debut album by Curtis Jackson, better known as 50 Cent. Chances are that this album is probably the first time any of us heard 50 Cent, unless of course you are in touch with the underground rap scene, which I am most ...  Read the complete review