Reviews (page 4 of 8)
A solid rap album elevated by it's singles. It's an early 2000's album so it's obviously too long for it's own good, but I had a perfectly fine time with it. 3 Stars.
I'm not usually a hip hop person, but I found myself actually enjoying this album. Color me surprised!
As an adolescence staple I thought I'd enjoy this more than I did. Many Men, Patiently Waiting and a couple of other bangers stand out but otherwise a tiiiiny bit pedestrian and lacks the depth of being an absolute classic.
The beats hit but nothing goes hard as in da club. Too bad 50 Cent became a weird MAGA weirdo
I enjoyed this album especially with Eminem.
Great beats, great flow. Charisma makes 50 come off like a superstar. Eminem makes some really cool appearances but doesn't take over the whole track. It's definitely 50's album. Really enjoyed this.
Not a bad track here! Good for running
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enjoyable
Can't listen to this stuff
The singles are strong, rhythm and hook, the flow is strong but there’s only so much hyper-masculine posturing before everything turns camp.
The yanks really love their guns, eh? It's good but starts to get tiresome - at about Heat. I did persevere and made it to hear him rhyme Yonkers with bonkers, and the line "I love you like a fat kid loves cake".
Most rap albums on this list felt like they came from a place of strong emotion, whether joy and fun or suffering and pain. I got neither sense from this album; it felt very plasticky and over-produced. Extra points for P.I.M.P. and In Da Club though.
I bought this album when it came out so I’m already familiar with it. I fully expected to give this a standard 3 stars, the hits are good the rest of the album doesn’t hit like I thought the did. That said I definitely enjoyed revisiting this one, so much so that I have to go 3.5 rounded to 4 stars.
Eh, it’s fine. Not the best lyrics, beats are ok (the Dre produced songs stand out!) but I’m not going to add this to my regular rotation.
This has some certified bangers, but also its fair share of whiffs…. I am teetering between a 3 and 4 and I wish I could give it a 3.5
Nothing like listening to 50 Cent while reading Sense and Sensibility.
A+ hooks. B+ production. C+ Rhymes.
This album holds a fascinating position in the hip hop history. The juxtaposition of gangsta rap aesthetic and a subject matter mostly revolving around partying creates this weird combination, like if the album is not really sure what it wants to be. It's constantly stuck between its basic bragging, club friendly beats and mixed attempts at trying to convey a greater message. A few really timeless songs at the beggining don't really change the fact that this album is a mixed bag at best. It's a shame, such a cool name deserved better music.
wtf. why? why? this is music?
Is er een album dat meer in zn tijd staat dan dit album? Ik bedoel, bijna elk nummer heeft geweerschoten, bijna alles gaat over de Gangsta Shit en 50 doet weinig anders dan opscheppen en uitdagen op dit album. Iedereen, en dan bedoel ik ook echt iedereen, heeft In da club wel eens in de club gehoord. Daar ben ik van overtuigd. Dat vind ik 50 ook eigenlijk op zn best, zelfde met hits als P.I.M.P., absolute oorwurmen die je na 1 keer volledig kent. Zn 'deep cuts' pakken mij wel minder en het volledige album is met ruim een uur ook iets te lang. Maar ondanks dat het ruim een uur lang is zijn er zo ontzettend veel bangers op dit album. Ook de features, puur genieten. Prime Eminem, Nate Dogg features en Lloyd Banks die ons herrinnert aan het feit dat mensen hem zagen als de volgende hiphop superster in deze tijd... Ok, klachten achterwege; uiteindelijk heb ik zonder enige problemen de extended versie van dit album geluisterd. 50 zn swagger draagt volledig dit album. Ja hij is geen Kendrick, Nas of Tupac, maar deze man rijdt de beats alsof het niets is en er is denk ik geen rapper meer geweest, tot Drake, met dezelfde mainstream appeal als 50 cent. Fucking vet album, makkelijke 4 sterren. FAVO: Patiently waiting, Many Men, In da Club, P.I.M.P., 21 questions, Don't push me, Wanksta
Fav: PIMP, many men, in da club Goes on a bit too king though
Damn it, this is good. Production is great. Music is good. Lyrics are typical but used well. It doesn't suffer from all the stupid skits between songs so many hip hop and rap albums did. I was surprised how much I liked this.
Classic, especially nice having Eminem, but not Eminem being the sole focus. Good beats, good memories.
This is a well-made commercial product that stirred me little more than call-wait muzak, though the kid loved P.I.M.P. and yelled at me when I tried to turn it off in the car. 50 Cent has hosted an unusual number of bullets for a non-corpse.
It's fine, if very derivative; I don't hear anything unique about 50c. Sounds like a retread of earlier Dre productions, 5+ years too late.
I can't bring myself to listen to a 50 Cent album. This list was already pretty dubious and now this?!?!?!
Un album correct. 50 cent est un musicien compétant, sa musique l’est tout autant. De bons beats, un bon flow. C’est juste pas pour moi.
Klassiker
There was a time when I thought this album was ok, but now it just sounds like novelty songs. But based primarily on the soft spot I have for In Da Club, I'm going to be VERY generous.
So, initially, I was totally into this album. There's some great songs with excellent flow and some cool beats. And then, sometime during what felt like the 3rd hour of album 50 Cent and Nate Dogg pop up singing this ridiculously bad song, "21 Questions," and I turned it off. Christ. If I wanted to listen to an epically long album with limited lyrical content, I'd turn on Dopesmoker and follow Al Cisneros's smoke to the riff-filled land. At least I wouldn't stumble across any shitty R&B love songs on my journey. So, thanks, but no thanks. On the semi-upside, after pissing away an hour of my life listening to this album, I did learn the origins of "It's your birthday, shawty." So, I guess I got that going for me.
I was a fan of this album when it came out but have realized over time that I like fewer songs than I did 20 years ago. His flow still sounds great, better than most current rappers. The original album was 16 tracks and that was probably too long, so pushing this out with 5 additional tracks was a poor decision.
3/5 - There are 5 or 6 tracks here that are really, really good, and In Da Club is an all-timer for me. Great beats and fun production on the songs I skip around to. Overall, this is way too long and needs cuts. I would give a 4 to Get Rich or Die Tryin’ the EP.
OK I get why its an important album but not my thang
So many classics
I did not get this at all
screaming all the lyrics like I can relate to any of them🔥🔥🔥
Club bangers
Every song I just kept hearing the jocks in high school quoting the least clever part of the song. It was fun but not really my thing.
This album is great, albeit a little long
Bängeri heti ekana kehiin. Menneisyyden kaikuja soundissa ja hieman liian pitkä kokonaisuus.
He showed up at the right place, right time, riding in the coattails of Dre and Eminem. This album was massive for wannabe boys who really know nothing about this life. Flavor of the Month and he’s set for life…until he’s not. Surprise surprise.
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Before listening to this album, I was aware how divided are the general opinions about it. One side claims this is one of the best club rap albums of all time, and the other says is incredibly overrated. I think I land in the second group of people. This album feels incredibly one dimensional with the the repetitive lyrics themes, the same structures, very similar sounding beats and flows and lacking of variety. The first 5 to 6 tracks work incredibly well, but after that is when the record starts to feel monotonous. Having said that, I don't think it is a bad album. I wasn't that bothered about it, but I didn't love it.
As a proper millennial, I remember how big "In da club" was and how we'd all pretend we knew the lyrics when it came on. I liked this album more than I thought I would - awesome throwback to college years.
Good fun, probably won’t listen to this one regularly but certainly provides the early 2000s vibes. A bit long.
Pure early-2000s swagger. Great beats, smart hooks, and a sense of momentum that never lets up. It’s not deep, but it doesn’t need to be — it’s just a blast to listen to. A guilty pleasure that’s easy to justify.
This album has some good moments but not many,it was just fine.
Hard to kill
In high-school, I at least thought the singles were good--like I'd defend them to friends. But listening to this start to finish does it no favors: poor songwriting, weak rapping, and largely mediocre production. This gets 1 extra star for the singles, and because I always like Eminem--but that's generous.
You could say it’s minimalist because of its un-fussy, straightforward production. Or you could say it’s maximalist, with its giant orchestra hits. Either way, it’s *insubstantial*. It lacks substance. It’s big and dumb. It’s a Fast and Furious movie. It’s a jumbo hot dog with zero toppings. It’s an episode of Highlander on a Sony Watchman.
Violent and gangsta. Pairs well with getting a haircut.
Not my style.
Probably something I sneered at on release and sure, it's not a sophisticated listen, but album was a fun, catchy listen all the way through the album
Somewhat similar in my assessment for Eminem. There is a lot to enjoy in this album and quite a few 'bangers'. Lyrical themes more closely aligned to the gangsta rap genre so although there are some choice lyrics, maybe a bit less than Eminem. Solid 3 star.
I think I understood less than half words, and most of those were variations of words that I daren't type. I did enjoy a cocking gun providing the beat on one of the tracks, and recognised a surprising number of other songs, but I can't say that I got much enjoyment from my listen
I was absolutely loving the first half of this album, there’s some really funny bars throughout. Made me realize I’ve been appreciating this list for its hip-hop more than anything else I think. Like most albums over an hour, it began to drag, though.
A classic by the last true great Hip Hop artist. Hip Hop went down hill (fast!) after this. I could listen to this album over & over. To use one of 50’s lines: I love this album like a fat kid love cake!
Did not listen
Apart from the notable songs on this album there isnt a lot to write home about. The delivery is a bit stilted. When it hits home its exciting but its not many or often.
Sauceometer: Borderline Vibe: Making an active effort to be cool What was I doing: commuting to Work in New York for the second time but mostly taking a walk during my lunch break and sitting in the break room and also the subway ride home Favorite Song(s): In Da Club Blurb: really fantastic rap-pop but not too much more than that
Wow, suddenly so much hip hop after first month of no hip hop at all. This is not bad but again I don't think this is such a masterpiece as some people tend to call it. I heard way better hip hop but I also heard worse so to me this is just about average. Even those big hits sounds a bit cringy today.
I have a soft spot for this era of commercial hip hop even though we always felt it was kind of a joke back in the day. The record has some epic hooks though, and not just in the hits (of which there are more than I had remembered!)
For some reason I didn’t like this growing up but looking at it now I can see why he was so big.
2+ Stars (6/15)
I liked get rich or die tryin but its not my kind of hip hop 50 cen is cool but i like othdr rappersmore
Some classics but a bit long and boring. Rap albums of the time had a lot of this going on
Well, I can’t say I was excited about this album, but it wasn’t too bad. I really have a hard time appreciating this type of rap and hip-hop the way some people do. It fits just about every stereotype, so it’s hard to give it credit for being “authentic and original” in any meaningful way. But other than that, there’s not much more to say about this album.
I don’t usually listen to rap or hip-hop so this was definitely a new experience for me.
Rating: 8.5/10 Honestly I don't think that there is anything special about 50 Cent: I like his flow and delivery, but lyrically very replaceable. What stands out on this album is the production and choruses, both of which are fantastic. Besides a few lackluster moments, this album is consistently such a pleasure to listen to despite its shortcomings lyrically.
Overall: 6/10 I never really thought 50 Cent was all that special when it comes to the rap world. There's better lyricists with better voices and the beats on this album aren't super interesting. Still, there's a lot to like about this album and it could have been a lot worse. I like all of the features and there are a few songs that make me want to dance. Fav Song: P.I.M.P.
Fiddy var ikke bra i 2003. Det er definitivt ikke bra i 2025. Og det kommer, om mulig, til å være enda dårligere i 2047. Var denne skiva med i loudness-krigen? Høres ut som første låta er bitcrushed. Jeg gidder faktisk ikke å høre på 70 minutter med monoton gangsta rap. Jeg kan til dels forstå at hitsa var hits, men de er hits fordi de var lett gjennkjennelige, ikke fordi de var bra.
Låter som Jay-Z produsert av Dr. Dre. Ble overrasket over hvor godt jeg likte plata. Da jeg så In Da Club på The Voice føltes det som den direkte motsetningen til all musikken jeg likte. Men det er også en god låt. What Up Gangsta er en pangstart, High All the Time er en skjult perle og Heat sin beat er på grensen til parodisk gangsta, men det fenger. Originalt hadde plata 16 spor, og versjonen som ligger på Tidal har 20. Men plata føles lang allerede på den repetitive og slitsomme "Like my style" på 12. Herfra går det bare nedover. Det føles veldig ut som fillers. Til og med Knut Borge-hyllesten "21 Questions".
Det er rart å lage et rapalbum som er så dårlig produsert at man sliter med å høre teksten. Jeg har kanskje også blitt gammal, men det er ingenting ved gangstergreiene til 50 jeg syns er spennende eller kult. Jeg syns mest det er trist. Noen av beatsa er ganske kule da. Hvorfor er disse albumene så jævla lange?
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It's your birthday... Fun album to be sure
a vibe
Do I love the way he speaks of violence, women, drugs and all that stuff, no. But 50 does it in a way that seems completely real and authentic that makes it not feel like showboating or trying to prove himself. He just knows who he is, knows the life he leads and is unapologetic for it. While doing that he makes some good raps and rhymes, plays on a JaRule style hardness that also creates great booty shaking songs. The only criticism is that maybe it could have used a little more on why he had to live this way, include a little on society inequities. As he aged it would be interesting to see if he would change anything to connect to that, but overall I enjoyed parts of it.
This is a total blast from the 2003 past. I kinda forgot this album existed and how big 50 Cent was when it came out. I owned it, and it was in heavy rotation in my life at the time so there's plenty of nostalgia here. He was really a breakout star, and this album had serious hype around it! I had a great time listening again after so long, and I'm happy to report I am still a big fan. He's a great rapper and the tracks overflow with his talent, and the skills of his producers and collaborators. Tons of great hooks. His real life experiences are so well told in his lyrics too. Haven't found a skip on here, despite it being a little long. Love it!
Pretty good. Good beats and good flow. In da club - one of my favourites of all time
I'm torn on this album. On the one hand, 50 is an incredible rapper and his songs are simple but really good. This album has some incredible hits, PIMP, In da Club, What up Gangsta, 21 Questions, Wanksta, etc. It's a great album. It's also filled with a bunch of tracks that seem superfluous gangsta rap about drive-bys and blowin' brains out. He seems to reuse the same or similar lines about each of these themes in multiple songs and it kind of gets old. I feel like the album could be half as many tracks, could use more songs like 21 questions or PIMP and only one or two songs about the rest.
Hmmm! Not my style, BUT I heard some songs from it and I liked it
Basic
You know the drill. Some clever rhymes, lots of filler, some great beats mixed in with a lot of pedestrian ones, yup. It's a big early 2000s event album. It outstays its welcome well before the midway point. There is nothing all that bad about Get Rich or Die Tryin' and absolutely nothing worth a second listen. It sounds like how 50 Cent looks on the album cover. Big, dumb, shiny, dated, hard and hard up. Ultimately a pointless way to start my day.
9/10
Some bangers on this
A great pop record and set the stage for his pop takeover.
There are so many classic tracks on this, but unfortunately is weighed down by skips. If this was 13 songs instead of 20, it'd be regarded as one of the best rap albums ever.
4.5 Iconic for a reason. It really is that good, and I don’t even like 50 Cent usually.
I'll be honest, I knew I would physically not be able to listen to the whole album. I chose to listen to everything with over 100k listens on Spotify, which about halves the album. Hip hop isn't for me. I respect the craft, and I enjoyed certain aspects of the music, but the themes of the music just aren't relatable for me. It is also too repetitive for my liking.
There's not really anything bad about this album. I like some hip hop, but a lot of this feels bland to me. He has a fine singing voice when he's not just talking. He has a good flow, but I think the backing tracks are the star of the show more than the actual vocals. U Not Like Me, P.I.M.P and In Da Club were my favorites. Solid album, wouldn't listen to the whole thing again, though. Also, Eminem improved it a bit lol.
Several absolute classics on this but a bit too much filler stops it being 5/5 for me
Lots of bangers
overlong but yeah I get it’s inclusion.
I really don't get it. Sub par delivery over mostly lacklustre beats.
I was expecting this one to have aged poorly like some of the other hip hop hits from this time but nah, bangers front to back.
для любителей репа.
Corny bars and corny beats
Boring and one note
Tons of huge hits. Like most rap albums, had 3-4 songs too many. Still solid early 2000s rap.
Banger after banger. This really brings me back to when I was like 5 and my brother's used to dress like 50 and blast gangster rap in their SUVs. This album really defines an era of gangster rap. Also I find the thought of Karen listening to this album at all really funny (no offense Karen)
Hahaha this was fun. Nice high school throwback. Except I didn’t own this CD so I’d never heard many of the songs on this album, which I’d say overall is solid for what it is. In da club is obviously amazing but I also liked What Up Gangsta, and the baby seemed to like that one too so that was fun.
I don't have much to say about this one. Most of the songs kinda feel the same to me. Though I can appreciate some of the little details and nuances that make them all a bit different. I can get into In Da Club. And P.I.M.P. lol. Love that steelpan. Not my fave but not my least fave. 6.5/10.
I laughed when this album came up as one of the essentials. Remembering sweaty school dances and kids screaming “G-UNIT!” at school in the halls. At the time I wasn’t into hip hop or rap at all, so I never understood why people cared about 50 cent. But I’m impressed with this album. The album art and style of the album inspired Tyler the Creators most recent album Don’t Tap the Glass. Which is a great 2000s style dance album I’d recommend checking out. Learning that 50 cent was mentored by Jam Master Jay from Run DMC. Also signing a joint venture with Eminem is a huge deal. Probably a big part of why he made this list. 50 cent may not be the best rapper out there. But he is iconic and brought a very fun style played regularly in clubs and parties. 50 cent also famously claimed bankruptcy later into his career. Then apparently later became a bitcoin millionaire by finding 700 Bitcoin that he accepted for payment for an album release. Likely the best thing he has ever forgotten about in his life. Which he totally denies years later.
This was a solid album. There were definitely a few bangers. I also loved that at points there were cohesive transitions through the album.
Classic. From the Intro song of 50 cent, dropping 50 cents on the counter, to P.I.M.P, In da club, and so forth. Filled with bangers and some other decent songs all the way through. Loved Eminems features on both tracks, especially since I learned that Eminem signed Mr. G Unit, and this was his debut album. Many men, many many many many many many men many men many men.
Some classic tracks but also a lot of filler.
The good is great and the bad is forgettable which makes it very uneven when considered as an album. It's a good album, not a GREAT album.
I actually thought this album was awesome and can’t believe I’ve never listened to it.
Pretty generic but has a very satisfying guitar sound.
Did he just brag about having a fax machine? I love that!
This takes me back to my childhood. I think this was my first time listening to the album in full.. the songs still go hard 20+ years later
Listen, are the lyrics shallow sometimes? Yeah, they are, but each song is so incredibly catchy and can get me at LEAST nodding my head along. Plus, you have quite a few very vulnerable and raw tracks if you really listen to the lyrics. In Da Club is, of course, a banger & the most well known song on the track, but I was really excited to see what else 50 Cent had to offer with this album. I was not disappointed. Incredibly catchy, great flow, and just all around a really solid album I'll for sure revisit.
Sometimes I don't know what I'm doing listening to these 1001 albums. Here I am, about the same age as 50 Cent, revisiting Get Rich or Die Tryin', which came out when I was living in Queens, NY. Its themes are East Coast gangster rap but lacking any other dimension. It's driven by slick but generic production that owes a debt to Jay-Z. Despite Curtis's past, it's also cartoonish — maybe it's the modeling audition photo on the cover, complete with a gunshot glass overlay that takes aim at the broadest possible audience. There are a few singles that prop the album up, but why are most of us going to listen? Are we supposed to relate through our life experience or step into a fantasy? Twenty years on, the album feels more like it's selling an idea and the music is secondary. None of this diminishes 50 Cent's delivery and flow, which remain strong. The record is undeniably listenable, but I question the packaging of the world and the intended audience. It's well-crafted, but to what end? Lifestyle branding, perhaps? Somehow, for an album and artist making a bid at authenticity rooted in lived experience, this feels too much like a caricature — a falsehood fashioned to sell to kids in the suburbs.
Damn fitty.. Bedre end forventet. Tydeligt Eminem produktioner her på. Nok det indtil nu mest hit fyldte rap album vi har haft. 4 kæmpe slaskere på er ret fint.
Det kunne være værre. Og det kunne være så meget bedre.
"fuck fuck fuck pussy nigga fuck fuck gun gun fuck nigga fuck gun" I'm too white for this shit
Very good album. I am enjoying It very much, specially in the second listening. 4 stars
Cover 5 I haven't been in a hip-hop/rap mood in awhile so I haven't been listening to much (occasionally Kid Cudi, etc ). I never got into 50 cent. His radio hits were fun but not enough for me to actually bother looking into his albums. Surprisingly, I liked this album. Still, most of the gangsta raps aren't for me, though they might have good lyrics or good beats. Just can't relate but I get it.
< The Beatles
Just not my stuff.
"i love you like a fat kid loves cake"
50 cent is dope. Awesome album with so many hits
It was mediocre at the time. It's aged poorly and even worse now.
Oh dear, another one.
I didn't mind this.
The content in this is so fucking bad, it has to be highlighted. Look at me, I'm so fucking great. I'm the best. I deal drugs. I fuck hoes. I kill people. Woooo! That aside, there's some well put together tracks on here with some decent production and rhymes, and some of the tracks are a bop. 2.5 rounded up.
This is #day395 of my #1001albumsyoumusthearbeforeyoudie challenge, and… well, "In Da Club," "P.I.M.P.," "Patiently Waiting" (which I hadn't heard in like 20 years or more), and maybe even "Many Men" and "Back Down" were a part of my teenage years, along with hip-hop as such. Those were also peak Eminem years, of course, 8 Mile and all that jazz. The flow and beats here are among the most defining sounds of early '00s hip-hop. As it usually happens with hip-hop records, though, this one's overly long, resulting in some filler. This is a 3 out of 5. Looking forward to #day396.
The hits off this are all good but honestly this didn't age that well at all. It's hard to listen to this in full, partly because it's from the CD era where every album was bloated and over an hour long and partly because 50 Cent is a not that good rapper rapping over not that good beats. I'm clearly not an authoritative figure on hip-hop, but yeah I don't know. You should listen to 21 Questions before you die. But this whole album? I don't know. It's fucking long, dude.
Not my thing and I didn’t really like it. In Da Club is iconic I guess but not enough to save this
Loved it then love it now
I dug this a lot more than I expected to tbh. Fun listening throughout. It didn’t even feel long.
Not my cup of tea, but a solid early 2000s rap album at the least. It does go on for a bit too long (19 songs???, 69 minutes???), but could easily serve as a 50 Cent's greatest hits album with the number of classics.
I’ve been an avid hip-hop listener for 30 years, and I never quite got the hype sourrounding this album. When it first came out, I used to hate it for its commercial nature. Later on I mellowed out a bit, acknowledging that it probably did something right in relation to the 2000s zeitgeist. After giving it a fresh listen, I have mixed feelings about it. For the good : this album certainly freshened up the dying gangsta rap scene, after 2pac and Biggie’s death had given the final blow to an already not-so-popular subgenre. With his in-your-face attitude and dark energy, 50 Cent injected a bit of insanity and provocation into rap music at a time when hip-hop was well on its way to become polished mainstream music. The production value is quite good. There are a few gritty and heavy beats that make for memorable anthems, and are still super efficient today. There are also, alas, a lot of very simplistic and noisy beats tailored for clubs and attention-impaired teenagers. As for the bad... Well, 50 is just a pure product of the star system. His career was almost entirely built upon the single fact that he was shot and survived. A huge chunk of his fanbase were just edgy teenage boys who drooled on his bad boy attitude without knowing much about hip hop. This could be forgiven if it was a good album – but it isn’t, not really. 50 just isn’t a particularly good rapper. A full-time member of the Constantly Mumbling school of hip-hop (ok, it’s not his fault, he was shot in the mouth...), he’s got raw energy but little technique. Most of NY hip-hop crews would just chew him and spit him out for breakfast. Why this list picked him instead of steamrollers like KRS One, MOP, Das EFX or Onyx, I can’t figure. A one-album wonder, 50 Cent had a short and disappointing career. Last I heard he was selling vitamin water... which kind of shows what kind of an artist he is. This just confirms that GRODT is a pleasant but superficial album by a bullshit artist who was just lucky to be in the right place at the right time (and in the right hands, thanks to Dre). Still, I understand why he's on the list, and it's certainly not the worst rap record here. 5/10
This is really repetitive, annoying... I did not enjoy its listening except few tracks that can "PIMP" a bit my day
I enjoy the heaviness of the beats, and the album flows well (apart from a few tracks that lose the sense of urgency). It feels more raw than I remember. Despite their commercial and opportunistic nature, the features actually give the record good energy. His articulation struggles (I believe linked to a bullet he received in his cheek) paradoxically create a unique, slow but fluid flow. Not a groundbreaking album, but definitely a marker of 2000s rap and the kind of success that 50 Cent will never be able to repeat.
Puedo tolerar las bases y temas repetitivos, pero si cantas y suena como karaoke desafinado y descoordinado (te estoy mirando "High all the time") es como, NOPE. Igual fue gracioso que en "Patiently waiting" partiera diciendo "you are ny favourite white boy" y que mi cabeza respondiera "Eminem?". Primera vez que el track más conocido (In da Club) fue el que más me gustó en un mar de "por qué me estoy haciendo esto?"s
5 out of 5 Early 2000s rap classic. All bangers this is great.
This was a big one during my high school days, "In Da Club" in particular got an insane amount of airplay. 50 Cent just never appealed that much to me.
3.0 - Ok
Favorite Track: P.I.M.P.
un album bueno dentro de todo. los temas me sonaron muy pasables, muy faciles de digerir. esperaba un poquito mas de las letras, pero hay algunos temas que me gustaron y los escucharia. no escucharia todo el album de nuevo, me parecio innecesariamente largo, pero esta nice
Hip Hop, 38 eme album => 1/5
This is 50 Cent at the absolute top of his game, and he's still a subpar rapper. He's basically the godfather of mumble rap, and the best example of what happened in the late 90s/early 2000s as the industry took the blueprint of what made rappers like Tupac successful and tried to replicate it, without any of the lyrical prowess. He not only raps slow, his rhymes are very simple. Even his slurrish delivery would be pardoned if he could build more intricate rhyme schemes. Just look at what G Rap did despite a slight lisp. 50's whole schtick is just selling this image--and with Eminem and Dre behind him, white kids in the suburbs loved it. To be fair, they probably would have eaten up anything those two produced at this point. But it wasn't, obviously, the image of an unsuccesful drug dealer who had been shot numerous times because of it. It was 50 reborn as some sort of street kingpin. Then there's the lyrical content--or lack of it, really. This is gangster rap at its most banal. At this point we're a full three years past Supreme Clientele, which may be the last truly great mafioso rap album. And that album is powered by Ghostface's high octane lyricism, storytelling and use of non-sequiters at its finest. 50 Cent, meanwhile, has none of the self-reflection of Wutang or Tupac, none of the flow of Biggie or early Snoop, none of the grim street tapestry that Mobb Deep has, none of the rhyme schemes of Kool G Rap and none of the story telling ability of Slick Rick, Biggie or Scarface. Even all his G-Unit crew who features on this album suck--if Eminem didn't drop a couple of mostly unmemorable verses, this whole thing would be a workshop in mediocre lyricisms. Which brings me to the production. There are some high points here. PIMP is a great track, In da Club, Many Men, 21 Questions, If I can't--maybe 50 Cent at his best flow on this album--even Heat. But even Dre's passing involvement doesn't seem to bring most of these boring tracks above the level of average early 2000s club hits. Some tracks, like Blood Hound, What's Up Gangsta and Poor Lil Rich are truly terrible. This was the worst era of rap, both for beats, lyrics and flow, and 50 is a central figure of that. This album is certainly an important herald of everything to come for the next half decade or so. It's just that I hated what rap became before Lupe Fiasco, Kendrick, J Cole and even Kanye arrived to save what rap had become (remember when ye outsold 50's album on a bet and we all hopes 50 would retire like he promised? Kanye as the hero--simpler times!). Anyway, since this list is so sparse on rap albums, I always find myself extra critical of the ones that Dimery did choose to place on here, and this does not reach the high bar set by what I'm sure are many classics that didn't make this list. If it wasn't for that, I'd probably put this as a low 3, based on quality of album. But based on impact etc., I'd give it a 1. Though it had an undeniable impact on rap, most of that was negative, proving to the industry that you could sell albums based on image alone without any real substance. So I'll settle for the middle on this. As a hiphop head, there's nothing I hate worse than bad rap. 2/5.
Classic
Sometimes I feel like I’m super easy to please when it comes to music. Then I quickly realize how good it is being this open to so much heat. Point being, this is absolutely fire. If anyone gets a pass rapping about dropping people, it’s the guy who was shot 9 times and survived. I’m largely unfamiliar with 50, but whenever he’s featured in a song I always get excited. So how is he by himself? Turns out, he’s just as good!! I went through this entire album going “No way this gets 5 stars, not every song can be as good as the last one.” I was astronomically wrong. With very few exceptions, this is one of the most solid Rap albums I’ve ever heard from top to bottom. Yeah, the hits like “In Da Club” and “Many Men” are probably the catchiest and objectively best songs on the album, but even the lesser played songs are at the bare minimum catchy as hell. Great flow, great beats, some incredible features (Eminem, Nate Dogg, Snoop on the bonus track). It’s another Rap album I’m giving a 5 to. Had no idea I’d be here when I started this project, but here I am.
I've never been a huge fan of 50 Cent's flow (I always think he makes it sound like hard work) but this album has some absolutely undeniable hooks.
I enjoyed it
Damn this is good, like some questionable lines, but overall good
It was fine for what it is.
This is just another rap shit show.
Men will literally build a whole rap career around getting shot instead of going to physical therapy.
Meh
I don't usually rate gangster rap, but this grew on me after a few listens
2.5
smellir smellnir. aldamótarapp. ekki án síns sjarma en ekkert sérstaklega áhugavert/eftirminnilegt.
enjoyable with some bangers in it but doesn't belong in this list
Man this album was a lot better when I was in 6th grade and didn't know what the words meant. This is pretty trash besides some excellent beats.
He’s got great beats and street authenticity but his flow and lyrics are so lackluster. Undeserved place in rap history.
it was ok but not much memorable other than in da club, many men and high all the time
There's many better hip-hop albums to have come out in 2003. Jay-Z's 'The Black Album', Little Brother's 'The Listening', and MF Doom had a few albums too. All of those are fantastic albums with solid production and thoughtful lyrics. 50 Cent on the other hand does nothing special. He's just another braggadocios rapper who fits the stereotype of only rapping about money guns women and drugs. He has no energy in his flows, he almost sounds bored. The production isn't great. If you want something that isn't too thought provoking, with fun beats and lyrics from 2003, just listen to Ludacris' Chicken-n-Beer. That is more worthy than any 50 Cent album.
thoughts: i don’t know how well this holds up, especially compared to other rap albums from the era, but the highlights are still really really good. i will continue to stand on the “’21 questions’ is 50 cent’s best song” hill; it’s so smooth and so well produced. “in da club” is still the absolute monolith it was when it came out. it’s a very high-ceiling/low-floor album at this point, though. songs: “what up gangsta”, “in da club”, “21 questions” rating: 6.7/10
My son loves it. I do not.
Meine Jugend
My son’s favourite album, but sorry it was way too long and too many duds.
Unapologetically in your face from the moment it starts. Chock full of some of the best and hardest rap songs of the early 2000s, as well as more than a few hidden gems throughout. Very entertaining listen that feels impossible to not enjoy
Good production and smooth style
He got shot, and he would like to accumulate wealth.
stvarno not my cup of tea jedva sam izdrzala da ga odslusam ceo, pomoglo je to sto sam usput ucila pa se nisam previse fokusirala na muziku.
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Here's another album whose mediocrity shines through most of the tracks. It's not great rapping for the most part. The production and beats are often fairly rote and things only really pick up for a few songs - the lead single, P.I.M.P, 21 Questions. Otherwise it's flat and dull, despite its appeal to authenticity. The whole shtick gets tiresome too because everything's just too earnest (which is why P.I.M.P. stood out as something which had a bit more wit about it) and so long (the downside to CD production). Surely there's a lot better hip hop out there which could've made a 1001, or which aged better than this.
I don't think there's single 50 Cent song I know and enjoy that isn't on this album. Look no further of you're looking into him, in my admittedly ignorant opinion. Listening now, front to back for the first time ever, it kinda falls short. There's not a lot to say, the message is being the best, being cool, attempting to be some form of badass or gangster role model. A lot of the best tracks aren't about anything very profound, which on a conceptual level feels like a loss of potential. I will say, all the rhymes sound pretty great, esthetically speaking there's something special. The 00s hip hop sound is active here, definitely sounding dated already, but it's the same production that stands out. Great weaving of tracks to make a positive experience, and there's definitely a deep understanding of what sounds work together to achieve a commercial success. It's like The Backstreet Boys of rap. I'm not sure it would hold up the same if it came out as is today, it's too emotionally guarded, toxically masculine. 2.6/5
I consider fitty a guilty pleasure like so very much of the genre. The reality of his backstory does nothing to make me feel better about it; if anything its veracity makes it more disturbing: misogyny, guns, and violence are praised so broadly. Why? And then there’s PIMP.
whole album is so goood 😩 top 3: - many men (wish death) - P.I.M.P. - if i can’t special mention: - u not like me - wanksta - poor lil rich - 21 questions - heat - high all the time - patiently waiting - what up gangsta
Some good beats. Was innovative when it came out, but played in every club all the time. I enjoyed it. Solid scripts.
It’s troubling to me that people find violence, hedonism, and misogyny so appealing.
A rapper with understandable lyrics!
first listen some classics but overall it's just okay
Boisterous loud and excellent, one of the greatest rap albums of the early 2000s
Unless there's a featured artist, there's hardly any diversity in the tone between songs. And, after years of enjoying "In Da Club," I now like it much less (perhaps because I finally read the lyrics).
Good stuff, enjoyed the collaboration with Slim Shady
Glad people love this. But as I’m reaffirming by doing this challenge, most hip hop just isn’t for me. 2/5
It’s a little too long (and consequently gets same-y in the back half) and steeped in the early-2000s sound, but I wouldn’t go so far as to call it “dated”. It’s pretty fun. The Dre beats are the highlights, although I like Eminem’s work here too. I don’t think 50 is the best to ever do it or anything, but this is a strong party record and a classic of its time for good reason. Sounds to me like the first stones in the bridge between gangsta rap and the 2010s pop-minded rap around the corner.
Ngl thought it was 20 cent lol
Great album old school from when I was in high school and college! So may good memories!
C'est peut-être parce que j'ai écouté l'album en cruisant sur l'autoroute maquillé en clown que ça a slap vraiment plus fort que d'ordinaire
If you love me say you love me, but don’t stare at me man
The album came on the scene like a bombshell when released and it still holds up.
Would you still have love for me…
I probably shouldn't find Eminem as funny as I do
this was like the ultimate album that my cool older cousins and brother liked and i always wanted to be let into the club, then i forgot about it and listened to it again when nick, jonah and I traveled to nyc when we were 18... pretty much loved it since then....
Good
It’s still good all these years later. Also for whatever reason this reminds me of that time I saw Bobby try to smoke weed for maybe the first and last time ever and he tried to hit the bowl from where the weed was burning that he just lit.
Can’t say I’ve ever actually listened to this album before, but I’ve heard most of these songs. In Da Club was fucking everywhere. Solid album with dope beats and a bunch of bangers. 4.5⭐️
22 years later and this shit still bangs. So many classics on here. Gotta love those Dr. Dre (Dr. Dre-inspired) early aughts beats. The only weak points IMO are '21 Questions' and 'P.I.M.P.' but still nothing to sneeze at.....dude had to get radio play and those beats are still 🔥.
Back in its day, this record had a huge cultural impact, 50 Cent was one of the most prominent rappers of the 2000s and this is the record that represents all that made 50 Cent so popular. I loved this album back in the day (particularly the singles), but giving it a critical listen there's things that didn't hold up that well. Beyond its influence and looking just at the music, the record isn't as good as its reputation suggests. It's overlong, some of the tracks are not up to the level of the singles, and thematically it feels a bit monotonous. The production is for the most part very sharp and hard hitting, but some tracks could've really used some work. "Heat", "Blood Hound" and "Poor Lil' Rich" could've used better beats. Some others, like "Like My Style" and "High All The Time" have some pretty 2000s generic beats. The singles have some of the best production ever, so it balances out, but it wasn't the strongest aspect of the album by any means. 50 Cent's flow and delivery is pretty distinctive, but again, gets a bit repetitive as the record advances. I think more variation here could've been very useful to give some variety to the album. Nate Dogg and Eminem as features were excellent though. The best tracks are by far the "classics": "Many Men", "In Da Club", "P.I.M.P" and "21 Questions" are some of the best rap songs of the 2000s and stay catchy as ever. I feel like this record could've used a lot of editing and polishing, the best tracks are superb, but the lows are just very far from the quality of the best tracks. Its core idea, 50's powerful persona and the superb singles made it a hallmark of the 2000s rap scene, but in my opinion it had a lot of room for improvement.
Definitely brings me back. Even if the whole album is just 50 talking his shit, he's earned that. Craziest line was Eminem implying that the terrorists on 9/11 were going after them but missed.
Seriously? This? After 4 decades of monumental rap and hip hop albums? Sorry, not in my top 1000.
Nice throwback from the early 2000’s
Das Debütalbum Get Rich Or Die Tryin’ des US-amerikanischen Rappers 50 Cent wurde in mehreren Studios aufgenommen, darunter die Hit Factory in New York und 54 Sound in Detroit. Produziert wurde es unter anderem von Dr. Dre und Eminem, die auch stilistisch Einfluss auf den Sound nahmen. Das Album ist dem Genre des Hip-Hop zuzuordnen, genauer dem Gangsta-Rap, der Anfang der 2000er Jahre stark in den Mainstream rückte. Die Texte behandeln Themen wie Gewalt, Überleben im urbanen Umfeld und persönlichen Aufstieg. Musikalisch dominieren eingängige Beats und einfache, klare Strukturen, die auf die direkte Wirkung der Texte abgestimmt sind. Besonders bekannt wurden Songs wie „In Da Club“, „21 Questions“ und „P.I.M.P.“, die nicht nur kommerziell erfolgreich waren, sondern auch stilprägend für 50 Cents Karriere. Sie zeichnen sich durch eine reduzierte Produktion, markante Hooklines und einen betont gleichmäßigen Flow aus. Das Album vermittelt ein klares künstlerisches Konzept und zeigt eine konsequente Umsetzung der thematischen und musikalischen Ausrichtung. Es ist ein prägendes Werk für den Mainstream-Hip-Hop der frühen 2000er.
Tätä on nuorempana kuunneltu. Tämä kitenkin edustaa sitä rapin aluetta josta en välitä. Rahalla bostaamista ja ylimielisyyttä, liian huonoa lyyristä osaamista. Kovat biitit ei pääse mihinkään.
Hard hitting beats and swag vocals. Pure drip.
For me, the singles stand out more than the album tracks. But even with that, the whole album is still really good. There's even some Ja Rule beef in the mix, just to underscore the imperial era 50 Cent. P.I.M.P is such an iconic track with the steel drums
Some great singles, but 50 has never been able to hold my attention for an entire album. I know he’s an icon to some at this point, but I don’t see it.
If this was 30 minutes shorter, it would be probably 4 stars. It just runs on for so long without much variety.
Great Album from a great time for US Rap.
Memories of middle school I went and saw this live tour as a freshman in high school. Clearly a skilled guy knew how to have a great beat a ton of hits on this record. The rapping is a little dated, but Eminem knew what he was looking for for sure.
In Da Club is still solid but most of this is silly and hard to take seriously. Not my thing
No
Just can't get into it
I was in my teens when this came out and “In Da Club” was everywhere, but I never listened to this album outside of what I heard on radio or MTV. I was sleeping on this because album is fantastic, especially for a debut. There are some top tier tracks on this record. “What Up Gangsta,” “Many Men (Wish Death),” “Patiently Waiting,” “21 Questions,” and “Wanksta” have been on repeat for me, but there are so many bangers here. “In Da Club,” while the most iconic song from the album, might actually be one of the weakest tracks. I do think run time is an issue here because there isn’t much diversity in subject matter, but the production is great on all tracks. I wish I could give this a 4.5, and I’m really struggling to rate, but based on how I feel today, I have to round up. While I don’t love the entire album, a lot of these songs have strong replay value in a way even some things I’ve rated 5 stars don’t have.
Yo shorty! Gonna pass due to the outsize portion of my life that 50 Cent has taken up simply by declaring it someone's birthday. He gets a point for continuing to publicly vex fellow has-been Diddy.
The production is fine and there are some interesting guest rappers, but Fitty’s flow and lyrics about gangbangin’ (sample: “I’m into having sex, I ain’t into making love / So come give me a hug if you into gettin’ rubbed”) leave me pretty flat. Neither the pedestrian beats nor the backing electronic loops create enough interest to compensate. Other than his associations with big names like Dr. Dre and Eminem, and his backstory about surviving being shot, I’m not sure what makes this noteworthy.
When we do "1001 macho posturing recordings with multiple gunshot sounds you should hear before o threaten to kill you", I will be all over this. Until then, 1 star.
NINETEEN tracks? Alright, well, bonus for being prolific, I suppose. I wanted to hate this one but...it's alright. Some good tracks on here. But a lot of bland as well. There doesn't seem to be a lot of depth to most of the song structures here. Here's a loop, mumble over it, talk-sing a chorus.
It’s good songwriting, so I can enjoy on that level, but it projects a ‘real’ world that’s not one I really know in anyway, playing GTA ain’t it, so there is a great deal of disconnect for me, that limits it’s scope for me. So I liked it musically and his rapping is a bit mono at times, and can’t really get into it. 3 Star
-found this one to be a bit middle of the road for hip hop / R&B. not bad at all honestly but it was kinda hard for me to connect with… probably just personal preference -there are some hard ass songs on here though. the good was very good, but the rest not as much -Favorites are In Da Club, Blood Hound, and Poor Lil Rich
I love hip hop, but I do not consider this album one of the best in history. 50 Cent was not bad, but I feel like his rise to stardom had more to do with Shady Records and Eminem than his actual lyrical prowess. It’s a fun record and I listened to it when it came out and twice yesterday.
weird vocal production... too long... but fun
Day560 - i’m what world should this be on any to listen to album. two stars cause i don’t ever want to see it again
Pretty formative to my middle school years, even as someone who was banned from listening to hip hop at the time.
I was expecting an hour of songs that sound like "In da Club" a song so annoying it stopped me from listening to this album for over 20 years. Instead I found an album full of inconsistent music, a few of the songs are solid but others are just more mediocre nonsense
"In Da Club" dominated airwaves and the clubs, and only after careful listens, I realize how much contempt 50 Cent has for women in his music (and this was used well in the recent Anatomy of a Fall, where "P.I.M.P." is a a huge part of the story). Still, this was such a staple of the millenial party scene, with danceable and kind of spooky beats that made hip hop so mainstream (and admittedly, kind of dull in some ways, later on).
Every one of these songs could've been on my NBA Live 2004 PS2 game. Phew, talk about an album that aged poorly. To be clear, I am not a huge Eminem or Dr. Dre fan, so the fact that their influence is all over this album is not a good start for me. It's not that this album is terrible, but the fact that this was the most successful album of 2003 is pretty embarrassing. 50 definitely has one of the best mixes of bravado and rich spoken vocals, but the flow and rhymes are so bad, and they're so bad for almost 80 minutes. A case to prove the point from the biggest hit from the album, "come give me a hug if you into getting rubbed" is cheezy as hell, and I always thought rhyming "club" with "bub" was so cringy. P.I.M.P. is like the only track with an interesting beat that matches the aggressive style of 50 Cent. 21 Qs works well from a softer smoother sound, but I credit Nate Dogg heavily for that. Funny enough, I felt throughout the album that 50 Cent sounded like a shitty Jay-Z, and apparently he struggled to get on a record label in the 90s because people felt he sounded too similar to Jay-Z. This album definitely set up Kanye for commercial success, because if people thought 50 Cent was clever, their heads must've fallen off during College Dropout. 2.5. rounded down
Wow research here is interesting. Dropped by his label because he got shot, made a mixtape, and Slim Shady brought him back. Listening notes: -Patiently Waiting--Good, tho I always feel like music about how awesome of a musician the artist is has a bit of a ceiling. But it's too catchy to complain. Edit: did research on this album and I take it back, what a comeback story. -Many Men--What a rich text about the violence perpetuates and the psychological effects of a violent culture (I didn't know he was shot--in the late 90s early 00s era must have been paranoia-inducing after Pac and Biggie) -Note to pay attention to in da club on second listen. Whoops I still didn't. This is his biggest song? I guess it's to be expected from a club dance track, but this isn't very compelling. The lyrics were written in an hour and yeah that tracks. That said, the beat is dope. -High all the time: what a powerful anti-alcoholism anthem. -I could do with less interludes tbh. -Heat--Okay I was excusing a lot of the violence here on the basis of his personal experiences with violence. But this one gets me self-conscious. It's pretty well done though. -Okay there's a lot of violence here. Hmmm. -Eminem is great on this album. Review: Banger. I'm probably reading too much into his personal story (the 1999-2003 era of his life seems really fucked) and doing that thing where critics uprate albums when the artist seems to have suffered. But I think that story really adds a lot to what might otherwise seem like self-aggrandizing lyrics. Other people on this project are typically the good behavior police; I didn't dock Ghostface killah for violence glorification and I was more Marilyn Manson-friendly than others. So I'm disinclined to make hay of the violence on this album. But it's prevalent enough to be difficult to ignore and impact the listening experience. I'd say holistically, the interludes, violence, and a few flatter tracks on the back half probably pull an amazing album down to 3.5. But I'll round it up.
There's some some real cognitive dissonance in "Da Club" where you're fetishizing queer women but slamming your rivals as queer men.
A mid-2000s juggernaut packed with hits, Get Rich or Die Tryin’ delivers a solid dose of 90s-style gangsta rap with a distinctly New York flavor. While it helped define a moment in hip hop, the album’s lengthy runtime and repetitive production start to wear thin, especially on filler tracks like “Heat,” “Blood Hound,” and “Gotta Make It to Heaven,” which could’ve been cut to tighten the overall impact. Still, standout cuts like “Like My Style” and “Poor Lil Rich” channel a Jay-Z-esque swagger, proving 50’s knack for hooks and streetwise charisma.
Better than I remember. I've actually relistened a few times in the last week.
I am mostly disgusted, I got used to it later but towards the end I just wanted to kill myself hearing this so damn.
There was a spell there starting in the mid-1990s when rap kinda fell out of mainstream/alt-rock favour unless you were Wu Tang, the Beasties, or one of the more glamorous and successful stars like Biggie, Pac, and whatever Puffy was up to. Later in the decade Jay-Z and Eminem showed up, for better or worse, but Missy Elliott and Outkast aside, there wasn’t a whole lot happening that you’d see on MTV or hear on the radio and the music journalism coverage shifted sharply to underground hip-hop, backpack, things that didn’t have a gangsta or glam-hop vibe but also went way long on word count and a kind of atonal/nasal vocal style that grated. With indie rock breaking through a bit to mainstream audiences in 2001-03 with the NY bands and more or less putting a halt to all progress in that arena be it fashion or song craft, having a rap artist come seemingly out of nowhere who wasn’t simultaneously flirting with rock audience acceptance felt like a throwback or something novel. People were as excited about or even relieved to be putting In da Club on repeat as they had early leaks of Is This It. It really felt like a grand exhale having rap back in the mix again. What to ultimately make of Curtis Jackson and his lucky to be alive story? Kind of a big shrug. Was he just a right place right time guy Dre and Em put in place and moved on?
01) Intro - / 02) What Up Gangsta - 7,0 03) Patiently Waiting - 7,0 04) Many Men (Wish Death) - 7,0 05) In da Club - 10,0 06) High All the Time - 6,5 07) Heat - 7,0 08) If I Can't - 8,0 09) Blood Hound - 6,5 10) Back Down - 6,5 11) P.I.M.P. - 9,0 12) Like My Style - 6,5 13) Poor Lil Rich - 6,5 14) 21 Questions - 7,5 15) Don't Push Me - 6,0 16) Gotta Make It to Heaven - 6,0 17) Wanksta - 7,0 18) U Not Like Me - 6,5 19) Life's on the Line - 6,0 TOTAL: 7,03 (70/100) Current ranking: 354/609
The inclusion of rubbish like this just makes the omission of MF DOOM even more baffling. Some of the samples are quite catchy, but his rapping is meh (all of the best rapping on the album is by the guest rappers) and the lyrics are pathetic.
Went into this thinking I'd hate it but actually it was alright. Am I a basic bitch?
the well known banger hits from that album made the difference
Man, just really not my thing. The few tracks I recognize are obviously important to the pop culture scene and I can respect that, but 50 Cent has never been on my list of most important rap artists.
thank you 50 cent very cool
50 Cent always had the veneer of the hardened gangster, toughened by the streets, and he really has stories about that to tell. But make no mistake, this is pop music through and through. It may have been huge back in the 00's, but it surely hasn't aged that well. Key tracks: In da Club P.I.M.P.
Not really my jam. It'd be good hype music before a wrestling match though
Props to $0.50!
The sound of an era. So many 2000s anthems. They don't make them like these anymore. Just pure fun and gangsta music. 7,50/10 fav songs : Many men & Wanksta
This might be good, but it's just NOT my thing.
More songs for gardening. The rhythms and flow for Da Club and P.I.M.P. were catchy. Overall, the lyrics are a bit ... shallow.
Guess I'm just not a hip hop guy.
♫ Listening to "In da Club" by 50 Cent (Get Rich or Die Tryin' (Bonus Track Version), 2003) ♫
This is the last gangster rap classic as in being highly anticipated, selling tons of copies and being critically acclaimed. I have listened to this so many times that I'm unsure if I can be objective but I have to rate this a 5 in the style of "The Source." It's far from perfect as it's too long , recycles songs from "Guess Who's Back?" but despite that it's still a classic.
Me gustó pero siento que escuché 6 temas en 15 Nota: 2.9
Decade-defining, genre-defining.
This came out when I was in high school, so it's the style of hip hop I'm most used to. I liked this a good deal, but there are plenty of misses on this album. If this was shorter I think it'd be much stronger. If it was just the highlights from this album is could be a 4-star.
Classic rap, just good. Good fun listen.
Enjoyed it.
The biggest tracks on here are still pretty good, but the rest is pretty bland. Favourite Songs: Many Men (Wish Death), In da Club, 21 Questions. Least Favourite Songs: Blood Hound, Like My Style, Poor Lil Rich.
Great Album, although not as good as the previous mix tape
"Patiently Waiting" and "In Da Club" are the two clear highlights for me; by the second half, 50 Cent is die tryin'
I couldn’t make it through a single song.
#629. This shit's all cheesy as fuck, but somehow it's still good. 3/5: alright
I was listening to less rap by the time this album came out but I should have. It's good. The combination of Dre and Eminem was unstoppable for five years. There were several hits off this album, none bigger than In Da Club, good song. This feels like a last stand of a particular kind of rap music. From the first notes you can tell Dre produced If I Can't, the piano on his turn of the century albums is like a fingerprint. 50 and I both agree, Ja Rule sucks. 50 is a P.I.M.P. Chelsea Handler knows. You don't hear a lot of steel drum in hip hop. 21 Questions is another great song, my favorite off the album. I love you like a fat kid loves cake is a terrific line to work into a rap song. RIP Nate Dogg. This song reminds me of the WacArnold's skit from Chapelle Show...no, no one will love you when you're down and out...also Derek and the Dominos. I always thought Wanksta was overrated.
Okayish rap album. But Each track with Eminem asks the justified question why I'm not hearing something from him instead.
This was so nostalgic, especially “In Da Club”, but over an hour was too long.
Not as horrific as I expected. Still pretty bad and (c)rap "singing" just rubs me the wrong way. Made it to "Heat", there's just so much repetitiveness and sound effects anyone can stand I guess.
This was a massive debut album and contains many of his best tracks to date. I enjoyed it as much as many other rap albums maybe a little more, I’m just not that into rap. 3.25/5
So I have to say I didn't hate it as much as I thought I would. That's not saying I liked it, though. I would never go back and give it another listen of my own accord. So tired of every rapper claiming to be "the best ever" over and over again. If you were truly that good, you could find something else to rap about. I'd say this is, for me, very slightly better than the Slim Shady junk we had to sit through, but not by much - and of course Eminem himself shows up for a few tracks. Admittedly, I (little past middle aged white guy from a small town) am not the target audience here, but since we're judging these based on our own tastes, I'll go with a 2.
Yeah ... no.
Not my vibe. Seems to repeat the same themes every song.
Really didn't expect this to hold up today, but it does. Obviously, the content is irrelevant gangster rap garbage and the rap is mediocre in terms of flow and rhymes. But the album very well produced and almost overloaded with instantly recognizable bangers for a debut. No wonder 50 Cent didn't die Tryin'. 3.5/5
i live by this motto #darkhoodlifestyle
Approachable gangta rap. Juvenile but effective.
I did not need to listen to this before I died, I think. An interestingly nostalgic listen, such a sign of the times.
I'm A Motherfuckin' P.I.M.P. 1001 Albums Generator 60 (06/25/2025) I'm going to start this review with a list of hip-hop albums by artists that are not present on the list at all that are highly acclaimed AND personal favorites. BROCKHAPTON - Saturation III Dalek - From Filthy Tongues Of Gods And Griots Danny Brown - Atrocity Exhibition Death Grips - The Money Store DJ Screw - Bigtyme Vol II: All Screwed Up Koopsta Knicca - Da Devil's Playground: Underground Solo Little Ugly Mane - Mista Thug Isolation Madvillain - Madvillainy MF DOOM - MM..FOOD Three-6 Mafia - Mystic Styles Tyler, The Creator - IGOR It's easy to look at something like 50 Cent's Get Rich Or Die Tryin' and try to justify its inclusion on 1001 Albums To Listen To Before You Die using arguments that include the words "influence" and "popularity", but this list's relative lack of hip-hop albums make the available spots very valuable. Simply being popular without having quality to go along with it is simply not enough to earn a spot on this list, and unfortunately, this is the camp that Get Rich falls into. Don't get me wrong, the hits are a lot of fun. After a bit of a slow start, the album hits us with 3 great songs in a row. Patiently Waiting is produced by Eminem and features a great verse from him. This was right around when Marshall was in his prime, so he does great here. Many Men (Wish Death) is one of the most badass songs put to tape. It is about 50 Cent's near death experience after being shot 9 times in 2000. In Da Club is the song that every college girls listens to on her birthday. It's super catchy. P.I.M.P. and 21 Questions are also massive hits that I had forgotten about honestly before listening to this album. But really, 19 (mostly) forgettable songs and 70 minutes later, is my life better now? Am I glad that I listened to this album before I died? No. This style of rap is just so dated and has aged terribly. Note, many albums in the list above have very "gangsta" lyrics; my problem is not with the fact that the lyrics talk about this lifestyle, but that they do a poor job at it. 50 Cent is not a convincing MC, which is so funny because he literally lived this shit. Somehow, every time he talks, I just think about the fact that he tweeted "I can't believe my grand mothers making me take Out the garbage I'm rich fuck this I'm going home I don't need this shit" and I question my life choices. Get Rich Or Die Tryin' is a pretty bad album. If it were an EP or even just a single vinyl's worth of music, it may be a 2, but as it is, I can't justify giving it more than a 1. I'll be fine never listening to it again. Favs: In Da Club P.I.M.P. 21 Questions Least Fav: Like My Style
The good is great the bad is BAAAAD
Rating (1-5): ✩✩✩ Will I be listening to this again: Don-t think so What do I like about it: Some of the 'Beats' were cool What I dislike about it: Not my style of music Higlighted songs: Most of them a good production but I don't like this music
Lets just say this met and somewhat exceeded my expectations.
There’s something about his voice that grinds on me. Generally it’s just a bit dull
I died trying. Its got some beats but entirelly lacks on the lyrics front devoid of humour, satire or irony. I believe he was a proper G and ultinatly the genre had to end up here but it's dull at best frightening at worst.
Sounds good, better than I expected after all these years
Yeah, what Greg said. P I.M.P. cover by Bacao Steel Band is better than the original.
Just another ex-1001 album!™ http://1001albumsyoumusthearbeforeyoudie.wikidot.com/album-artists-a-z-ex There are a couple of standout tracks, In Da Club and P.I.M.P., the rest was uninteresting to me, felt that I'd heard similar with other hip-hop/rap on the 1001 list.
it was good overall and had some very interesting beat choices and a handful of extremely impressive classic songs but the beat choices weren’t Always amazing and there’s just a few too many tracks
While it feels like every rap album has way too many gunshots, this was catchier than most.
happy belated father’s day 50 cent!
I have honestly not been looking forward to this one. 50Cent has never been my favourite rapper and while many of the songs on here are regarded as classics I'm just kind of sick of them. Hoping I can see past that and at least enjoy it for what it is. Maybe in the full context of the album I gain some new found appreciation for the more famous tracks. What Up Gangsta Kinda dated. Don't really love how hollow and compressed it sounds. 50's voice is at least very recognizable. Sort of hate the hook. Average. 2.5/5 Patiently Waiting Has a very dark vibe to the production. Kinda like the strings. Unlikable lyrics at times. Don't mind the hook that much, has a bit of style to it. Eminem is alright I suppose. The adlibs in the background get really old really fast. Average. 2.5/5 Many Men (Wish Death) Super recognizable hook. The piano riff in the background gets a bit annoying with it's repetitiveness. The lyrics are okay for the most part. I just can't help but find the verses really boring. Fine. 3/5 In Da Club I guess it's considered a classic these days. Very catchy. Instantly recognizable beat. Fairly charismatic delivery. Too overplayed to give a fair rating to. Fine. 3/5 High All The Time Got nothing to say. Just unrelentingly average. Average. 2.5/5 Heat Horrible beat. The gun effects are extremely distracting. Only there for the shock effect. Exhausting. 1/5 If I Can't Boisterous and fun hook. The beat is a bit much. Boring verses. Gets really draining after a while. Dislike. 2/5 Blood Hound Simply awful beat. Hate the "wet" atmosphere. Also those drums are way too loud. The feature breaks the monotony somewhat, even if his verse isn't the most memorable. I can't get over the beat, it's just that distracting. Strongly Dislike. 1.5/5 Back Down A song that exists. It has a beat and a few verses. There's definitely a hook there as well. Says nothing interesting. Kinda cringe. The skit at the end is so unfunny it's almost impressive. Awful. 1/5 P.I.M.P What is there even left to be said about this song. Classic hook I suppose, though the delivery makes me wanna fall asleep. Still dated, still annoying. Dislike. 2/5 Like My Style And this is the point in the album I completely zoned out for two minutes straight. I can't take this serious. It's just extremely bland. Rehashing the same bravado and tough guy attitude that's been done 1000s times before. Awful. 1/5 Poor Lil Rich Dumb as balls. Who fucking cares. The beat is also realy boring. Uninspired. 1/5 21 Questions The hook has some charming qualities. Decent beat. Refreshing feature. Kinda like that there's some smoothness on this track to go against all the harsh and over the top material preceeding it. Decent. 3.5/5 Don't Push Me Has some cool effects in the instrumental, especially on the hook. The fearures add some dynamism to the track. Really appreciate Eminem changing up the energy. Fine. 3/5 Gotta Make It To Heaven I like the triumphant beat. Don't mind the performance. Okay hook. Unlikable lyrics at times. Average. 2.5/5 It's what I feared it would be. Boring and unlikable deliveries, stale lyrical content and dated production. Sure there are listenable songs on here, but equally many that are not. It's really a reflection of hip hop in its most 2000's form, where image mattered more than substance. 2/5
There's some really great stuff here, and 50 has a nice flow, but it ebbs enough it could definitely lose a few songs and get tighter. Good stuff.
Repetitive, annoying, violent, and somewhat stupid. Same exact thing every gangsta rapper has been doing for the decade before this, probably longer. 50 Cent's marble mouthed overconfidence has no irony or deprecation whatsoever. Like most stuff in this genre it's all bad all the way down, everything sucks all the time, the only way out is to die. Or kill someone I guess. THe lowest of the low, congratulations.
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I appreciate that there's quite a bit of singing. There's still a lot of songs I don't like though. The best song was 21 Questions.
Never got into 50 Cent I know the singles and they feel like they were created in a lab to be big hits, I'm not a fan of manufactured pop rap
I remember In da Club being inescapable back in 2003. It. Was. Every. Where. Which is understandable since it is catchy as heck. Shoot, people still make quips that reference that song. In fact, that song has permeated pop culture to such an extent that I am confident I am not the first person to joke that this album is old enough to sip Bacardi. Although I don’t see myself seeking out this album in the future.
Wasn’t too excited for this one, but it wasn’t as bad as I expected. The hits are undeniably catchy, though the length and presence of Eminem knock it down a bit.
As I’ve been expanding my hip hop and rap consumption, I’ve avoided 50 Cent. I think I always associated him with club music. I wasn’t excited to listen to this, and was pleasantly surprised at how much I liked it. Overall, this was great, but I’m knocking it down a star for some of the awfully offensive stuff in there. Do better, 50.
Cool distinctive sound, just gets a little overly consistent across the full listen Still full of laidback cool-vibe tracks to listen to individually
this was a rough start, so overly repetitive and hated the lyrics
Oooh...I was only a kid when this album came out, never listened to it - Rap wasn't my thing until my early teens- but i remember some of the key songs making vocal appearances by the "white boys" in primary school, who thought 50cent was the coolest thing since white bread.
This is comically bad. Basic beats, basic rapping, juvenile lyrics.
Overrated 6/10
Get why this is so well recognized. So many of these tracks are bangers! But whew this thing is bloated!!
go shorty, it's yo birthday
Favorite track: in da club other picks: pimp, 21 questions, patiently waiting
some og bangers
3.5
Još jedan mega komercijalni album koje na svojim leđima u potpunosti nosi dr. Dre.