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Nice good stuff pleasant surprise
i didn't hate this which was a big surprise. i mean there is far too many skits and liberal usage of the n word thrown about and its about 5 hours long so there is still a lot to hate about it. it's also heavily linked to the shitty nightclubs i used to frequent in my teens so there must be some weird sympathy towards it.
Some classic hiphop, some decent tracks on here.
Interesting beats; average texts and delivery.
there are definitely some good songs here but Im not sure why this album was an immediate hit 3.5
50 Cent kunnioittaa koukkuja, mikä on myös kuuntelijan kunnioittamista. Silloinkin kun hyvä teoria ei ihan toimi käytännössä, tai sanoitusten aihepiiri rupeaa väsyttämään, voi olla varma, että pian korviin osuu taas jokin loistava poppibiitti, jota täytyy itsekin kunnioittaa, vaikka olisi kuinka hapoilla.
Better than I expected. Surprised there is nothing mentioning that the song "Back Down" just uses Goblin's "Suspira" as a backing track.
Hard to listen to the gratuitous violence that defines many of these songs, but the radio hits still sound pretty good, which surprised me. The samples and the groove in 'P.I.M.P.' is absolutely irresistible. I found myself admiring the beats in lots of these songs.
Not something I'd put on myself but this works. Holds up surprisingly well - the beats moreso than the lyrics. Peak CD era length is exhausting though.
Feels so very much of the time. A lot of "hits" that seemingly persist to this day. Definitely an odd feel for gansta-rap and pretty much a strong debut. But, it's all bravado and no substance for me.
Eh
Classic 50
Aside from the hits which are a real bop, nothing special. 3/5
Pretty good, though most of my favorite tracks were the big singles. Though this is probably my first time ever hearing the songs uncensored lol 50 is pretty fierce with his delivery, he sounds hungry and determined throughout. Production is good, too.
6/10
I enjoyed this much more than I thought I would: enough to feel mildly ashamed, at least.
... i un altre disc de hip hop 00's amb què engreixar la llista. I de nou com a protagonista un d'aquells personatges que millor tenir ben lluny. Aquest treball al menys té una bona col.lecció de temes, i alguns d'ells: 'In Da Club', 'Many Men', 'High All the Time', 'P.I.M.P'... són del millor del génere aquells anys
Gangsta rap with catchy tracks. Liked "P.I.M.P".
Not relatable. The hits are still great though.
Two thoughts: 75 minutes is an excellent effort for a debut album. 50 Cent has an obsession with imagery of gunshot wounds to the head.
Enjoyed more than I thought I would, a solid 3.5, goes on a litttle too long
Some catchy beats. Not a ton of variety. Quite long. Not my favorite.
In the same way, as many other hip-hop albums, it's too dependent on its context, but it's not a bad album. Of course, more than 1 hour of 50's gangsta stuff could be annoying for some people, but "In da Club" is an anthem of 2000's rap, and his influence is undeniable, even being dated.
I'm not familiar with this album other than the singles. It's just okay for me. The lyrics made me chuckle at times, and some tracks had a sound I liked, but overall the lyrics and production didn't do much for me.
Liked this more than expected, but still, I don't see myself coming back to this either. 3.25/5
Not the sort of thing I listen to but I liked this. Tunes interesting and rapping kinda low key and brutal. It reminds me of a mix of a few other styles I like (Fugees and funnily enough Eminem). All in all it's good to listen to. I may never listen to it again but who knows?
Good
Enjoyed the music, but not the gangster rapping - almost switched off after hearing the early lyric about looking for "a slut with a nice butt for me to do my nut". Why are these people not lambasted and ostracised by Society? Unacceptable. But good music and production by Dre. So a reluctant 3 stars for the music.
A well known album with very tight beats and cool sounds designs. I am not very much into Rap music and have my question marks especially on Gangsta Rap. Maybe it’s a good thing here that I dont exactly know what is really going on in the lyrics.
There is some rap in this gangsta.
Hip-hop con canciones con melodía. Estilo típico. Artista de reconocimiento. Para los muy fanáticos, aunque se puede escuchar en cualquier situación
When this came out, I was BIG into hip hop. I never understood why this one got so much love. Average-ish beats. It's just nothing special to me...
A mixed bag
Was not expecting this album to be here, but alright. It's a nice little nostalgia trip to the 2000s, when hip hop artists ruled the airwaves alongside their collaborations with R&B ladies of the era. The singles - particularly P.I.M.P. and 21 Questions - are the strongest tracks on this album, but some of the deep cuts made for fun throwback listens too. As with most hip hop records this was a few tracks too long, but not bad at all for a 74 minute flashback.
El disco me gustó tanto como me puede gustar el hip hop. Es un gran debut y se nota la escuela de Dre y Eminem que fueron productores ejecutivos. Demasiado largo para mi gusto pero en general no se siente como un disco más del género, se nota un estilo propio.
Better than I expected, but like many rap albums released in the early 2000s, it's far too long.
Most of his hits are here
Bileräpin klassikko. Oon yllättynyt, miten vähän huono tää oli. 3/5.
Although I didn't like all the songs of the album, I recognize its huge influence on the gangsta rap scene. In Da Club is a classic.
Firstly; big shoutout to 50 for not plastering this is skits and interludes. He’s got something to prove and demands for the name 50 Cent to be respected. I appreciate that. I haven’t heard this album in it’s full length since… 6th-7th grade maybe. And I fully expected it to be horribly outdated, silly and maybe even just plain bad. And while some of the aspects of the album hasn’t aged that great and the strange balance of seriousness and fooling around is a bit crazy, i was a bit surprised that this is by no means a bad record. Quite the contrary. Among the outdated things, some of the lyrics really hasn’t aged that great; “P.I.M.P.” and 50 rapping about a fax machine and a Subaru in “High All the Time”. The production and beats are most certainly a personal preference; but somehow I actual came to enjoy the nostalgia of something sounding like it’s straight outta Los Santos Radio. 50 Cent you bona fide legend. I feel a strong 3,5 / 5 on this.
I really love many men. The whole albums pretty good. Sometimes it got a little boring.
Eh, it's good gangster rap. Lyrics aren't unique, flow is decent, beats are pretty good at points, album doesn't really have an interesting concept. It's fine.
наконец-то настоящая музыка!
I kinda like the Caribbean rap sound. Some sound too similar to each other, though.
Many Men, PIMP and Don't Push Me are highlights for me. It is definitely swagger focused and it gets a little old... not nearly as annoying as kid rock swagger, but it sadly reminded me of that. Overall an interesting listen and parts were enjoyable.
Surprised myself by enjoying this but the shine wore off as it went on
High school, is that you I'm hearing??? Nostalgia but also bleh.
Meh. Couple of old nostalgic classics but that's it.
A few good songs, a lot of unremarkable songs that seems like background gangsta music.
A lot of rap / hip-hop is tough in an album format. Filter out the singles and the features, you're left with a lot of meh that shouldn't have been recorded. And that's what you get with 50 Cent's 'Get Rich Or Die Tryin'". His backstory and mythology made him popular with this album's release. Tie that in with the hit singles and Eminem collaborations, you've got some good tracks. But the filler drags this album down. The sound didn't age well, combined with the constant G-Unit shoutouts made this listening experience drag on. The album could've been 15 minutes shorter and been more successful. 3/5.
3.4 - never listened to this before. Solid album of harder ramp, enjoyed the singles I’d heard elsewhere more than anything I discovered on this listen, but it was a worthwhile listen. The rhythm guitar on “In da club” will never not bring a smile to my face.
There is some good stuff on here, but the filler is pretty mediocre. Definitely could have cut a few tracks and it would have made for a better album.
Classic for its time but not sure it aged well
I’m rappin I’m rappin
I like the singles, and I like the collabs with other artists. But other than that, Mr Cent was not singing the songs for me. But then I don’t think he was trying to…
06/03/2022 Outside of the single, there's not much here that's happening or really standing-out as an "all timer."
Not my cup of tea
This album is catchy AF and 50 Cent is a good rapper, but once again I find myself bowled over by the overt misogyny.
There are parts I get, but overall maybe just not the kind of rap/hip-hop I can get into
To my great relief all but 2 tracks on this album came up as hidden. Having said that,. for an album from a genre that I don't have a particularly high opinion of, they weren't bad. I mean not great, ok. Not good enough for more than a 2, but definitely better than a 1.
I remember not really getting this first time around, there seemed to be quite a crossover from the people who liked Eminem then started raving about this. To me, it seemed like Em at least had a few decent songs whereas In Da Club and P.I.M.P. were both really annoying. Revisiting this some of the beats are good but it's themes are basic and the profanity used so routinely as to lose any impact. There's room for MF Doom or Mos Def alongside Jay Z and Kanye in the early noughties hip hop pantheon, but not this oaf.
Almost all hip hop made after 1996 is either ass or just boring. This is the latter.
nije mi ovo repništvo baš sjelo, premda je sam album vjerojatno objektivno dosta dobar. eminem na par pjesama ne pomaže dojmu, naprotiv
It was okay
While slightly dated, it is for great reason that it was labelled as one of the greatest debut albums of all time. As perhaps the clearest example there is to Gangsta Rap, it offers a collection of formulaic bangers which are made interesting by his braggadocio. 7/10 [KEEP]
Background music was actually music
Music for incels to furiously wank along to whilst pretending to be ho magnets like Fiddy.
Getting this straight after Qui sème le vent récolte le tempo by MC Solaar is kind of a flop. I mean on one hand this is gangster rap, what do you expect him to be rapping about if not gangs and drugs and sex? On the other, I just don't particularly like the production or style. It's very BAM BAM BAM in your face and it's not the hip hop (well, music) I like. Also it's too long, but every hip hop album seems to be too long. "I love you like a fat kid loves cake" is a fantastic line though
Intro n/a What Up Gangsta 3 Patiently Waiting 2.6 Many Men (Wish Death) 2.8 In da Club 3 High All the Time 2.7 Heat 2.6 If I Can't 2.2 Blood Hound 2.3 Back Down 2.1 P.I.M.P. 2.2 Like My Style 2 Poor Lil Rich 2.2 21 Questions 2 Don't Push Me 2.4 Gotta Make It to Heaven 2.4 Score: 2.433333333
Is Dimery trying to show he's got some type of street cred or something? Like I believe a dude like Dimery is actually listening to this. Not every album that was popular in its time needs to be added. Uhhh, this is brainless rap for brainless people doing brainless shit. And it's fine for those people and purposes. Knucklehead music for knuckleheads. Does it offer anything meaningful outside of being knucklehead music? Not really. Does it sound good? Not really. It's basically an album celebrating 50 getting shot, like that's actually the most important thing that's ever happened to him as he seems to mention it in every song. Granted if I got shot and survived, I'd be proud to be alive too, maybe even enough to make a whole career out of it. But it's a bit one-note. Plus 50 is a mid-AF emcee. No one likes 50 based on his rap skills. People like 50 'cause he's got muscles and talks tuff. It's one of those things that's actually pretty gay when you put it together. Go ahead and suggest that to any 50 fan and see how they respond. There's worse shit out, but there's better shit too.
This was better than I thought it was going to be. Still not my hip-hop, but it did have a vibe I didn't completely hate which is usually missing from more hardcore rap.
yea the hits are good but AN HOUR??
Well he got rich
I was tryin” but not for me. Eminem rescues a star.
Honestly better than I thought, though starting from very low expectations. Musically, the Kanye and Eminem influences work really well. But hip hop leads on lyrics more than music, and this album really needs to move beyond crude descriptions of violence and (misogynistic) sex. Matters of taste asides, it's boring. 2*
Halfway through this I was thinking to myself "what does this album offer that hasn't been done before by other hip hop albums?" And I couldn't come up with a good answer. Usually with hip hop albums as well, I'll find some enjoyment from the instrumentals, but there was something about these that I just couldn't get behind. Maybe it's that early 2000s sound I don't like.
Coarse in content and production. Some tracks better than I remembered or expected but overall a long and largely demoralising slog.
#451/1001. Street cred 5/5 Domestic issues 3/5 Lawsuits 4/5 Business crashes 5/5 Estate problems 4/5 Feuds with fellow rappers 5/5 Music business 4/5 Clothing industry 3/5 Movie and TV business 4/5 Game industry 3/5 Drugs 2/5 Guns 3/5 Alcohol 2/5 Politics 1/5 Music 2/5
I tried to get rich listening to this...
In terms of rap, there is so much better. Did he have some time relevant rap culture relevant bars? Yeah, but head down the road to Kendrick...and see what happens when rap matures.
Accidentally started this album on the “edited” version, which was predictably hilarious. Whole lines of the song just lifted off of the backing tracks. 😅 Anyway, I didn’t hate my time listening to it. But it also at no point hooked or impressed me. As usual, my “rap isn’t really my thing” filter should apply to my rating. 4/10 Acceptable
2 out of 5. It isn't the worst album.
No tengo nada que añadir. No me ha entusiasmado, tiene bases chulas pero me parece demasiado machito, sin más.
I wonder if this albums popularity came from its rap-a-long accessibility. Similar to how Taylor Swift songs are easy to sing-a-long too.
Not really my energy. Glorifying gang culture is a bit shit innit bruv.
Listening to this album felt mixed. There are some solid tracks and 50 Cent introduces himself with real confidence and presence. You can feel that early 2000s energy all over it, the flashy attitude and the tough street image that defined a lot of commercial rap at the time. At the same time I kept thinking about how the money and mainstream success that came with this record helped push the industry further into a more commercial and less creative direction. It’s good, and easily his strongest album, but it still doesn’t feel good enough to fully live up to the massive status it got. The production is clean and polished for its time. Dr. Dre and Eminem both had a clear influence on the sound, giving the beats that shiny, hard hitting early 2000s quality. The whole record feels tight and well made, even if the overall result is more solid than special.
Pleasingly coherent concept when listening as an album, but the prophet him liveth... and he ain't 50c 2.4
I had a friend at uni who loved 50 Cent and insisted on burning and handing out CDs to loads of her friends, myself included. Of course we all know In Da Club and P.I.M.P. but honestly, the only real memory that stuck with me was how she wrote G-Unit on one of the CDs, and it looked like it said C-Unt, so forevermore that was how I remembered it. Even the writer of its entry in the book itself seems uncertain about why it's included. "He could not rap his way out of a paper bag if his life depended on it." it tells me, along with something clumsy about white kids considering him sufficiently authentic to collectively buy loads of copies of his CDs. Plus he got shot and was discovered by Dre and Eminem, so he must be cool. I don't particularly care for it but it's embarrassing that they didn't do better with the book review.
In Da Club is surely one of the most recognizable singles off this album.
I can hear the talent in this. I’m sure there are plenty of owls who think it’s great. It’s just not my jam. A bit too harsh for me. I did like High all the Time. A few other tracks had me bopping along, but overall the lyrics weren’t for me and there wasn’t enough musically to compensate for that.
Leaving aside the lyrical content, which feels so generic that I almost wonder if someone had an AI bot back in 2003 and typed in “standard gangsta rap lyrics”, the main thing that struck me with this was how boring and plodding it was with its rhythms. Aside from In Da Club, it’s all essentially the same sort of mid-paced plod from track to track. Not terrible but it really doesn’t stand out or do much to move out of its lane.
Gangsta rap built from minimalist beats, heavy bass, memorable hooks, and laid-back vocals feels like walking through a tough neighborhood with a guide who never doubts he's the most important person on the block. At first the confidence is captivating, but it soon becomes repetitive, as the relentless self-importance starts to feel less like earned conviction and more like a narcissistic power fantasy. The stripped-back production gives every track room to breathe, yet the album's narrow emotional range and constant self-mythologizing gradually made it harder for me to stay invested.
Had some nostalgic value, but on the whole I find his songs a bit plodding.
The beats are fine. I don’t like his cadence or his subject matter.
I mean, sure.
Didn't find 50s rapping to be that good on this, the choruses and instruments on the hits doing a lot of heavy lifting on this album.
Not sure if it's the cover or, because 'In Da Club' and 'P.I.M.P' with its corny steel pan was played to death on the radio when they came out, but I have a really hard time taking this album seriously. The album also feel amateurish in it's production, and more importantly, in the rap. 50 Cent always sounds so disconnected and... uninvested in his songs. Like he'd rather be someplace else if he could. I guess it's part of his rapping style, but he just lacks energy and involvement for me, and I don't think I've ever gotten that from another rap album. There's no denying all of 50 Cents hits are on this album, and considering this was his debut you can't really consider it anything else than an success. While worn out and dated, 'In Da Club' and 'P.I.M.P' are definite hits. But that's unfortunately all that stands out with this record. The rest of the songs are not that good. And there are way too many of them. Strong 2!
Not completely horrendous but lyrically it's cringe worthy a lot of the time 2*
Kinda good, kinda terrible.
On the fence about this one. Some great melodies, interesting music. It does get monotonous at times. I can't relate to the negative message. That's just my opinion.
not my favorite type of hiphop tbh
Oh, that's who made those songs I heard once at a house party in 2004. The Eminem bits were neat to hear.
50 Cent's real name is Arthur Dollar
Markerer perfekt kulminationen fra da rappen gik fra at være et 'ægte' kulturelt og politisk fænomen til en sjælløs, kommerciel, bling-bling-variant i slut 90'erne. Han rapper fedt; det er tungt og beskidt på den gode måde og 'In da club' er stadig et fedt nummer, men resten er til gengæld ret ligegyldigt. og så 20 numre. Måske lige lidt i overkanten, når man ikke har mere at byde på.
feel like i’m in da club , i don’t think i like the club.
Incredibly dull and features extremely monotone vocals, which were sadly a symptom of rap turning to shit in this era. Still, a hell of a lot better than Lil (insert random noun) and the rest of today's auto-tuned shit merchants.
Obviously some tracks were basically part of the soundtrack to my high school years but it’s just not really for me. A lot of the rhymes feel very predictable to me and the production feels very inconsistent.
Only two songs I liked from this, "Patiently Waiting", which just has Emenem's fingerprints all over it, and most notably "Gotta Make it to Heaven" which is the one time it feels like he's thinking of the consequences of the lifestyle rather than glorify it. The rest of the album is pure torture. Most notably the final three "Bonus Tracks" which were on the original release so I included them. They were gawdawful! I feel like I have been strapped to Count Rugen's Machine and just had 70 minutes sucked from my life (4.2) ★★
A few good songs like In Da Badger Club, B.A.D.G.E.R, Don’t Push Me with Eminem and Lloyd Badger and 21 Badger Questions (“love you like a fat badger loves worms”) but other than that really ho hum gangsta badga shizzle and an absolute slog to get through. 2 stars.
Ei.
it lumbers along, like a truck in traffic - no flow, the beats are really obvious and heavily emphasised. a dull listen
There are some memorable songs from the past on here, but the whole album is bloated and kind of repetitive. He is in no way a great lyricist and his delivery is mediocre at best. Some of the subject matter has not aged well. 2.5/5 Probably won't listen again
Could’ve cut half the tracks
Very little to say about this. Very braggadocios from 50, but not that impressed by his lyrics or choice of music. Very repetitive beats. I was impressed to learn that his hard-man bragging was based on his early life, I'm glad the music is based on authentic experience. Otherwise, not great and I didn't personally enjoy it, but also I don't object to it on a moral or pseudo-moral basis like a lot of these other reviews seem to.
Not for me, but I recognize that it is good if you like this genre of music
This is the kind of phone it in hip-hop that I don't care for. It's just lazy. There's no working the syncopation of the lyrics to the beat. It's hip-hop karaoke. Throw as many guest appearances as we can afford so that 50 looks better. Add on top of that the ridiculously violent "don't fuck with me" crap. And it just.. sounds... old. And not in a good way.
not as good as the video game
ok I guess, but not for me. Collab with Eminem is pretty good and In Da CLub is good.
Boring. Mediocre.
1,8/5
This was better than some of the other rap on this list. He had some variety and lyrics were not as rough, though still not great.
Many men is alright and the album isn’t great
Meh-still don’t care for this style but did appreciate there was some variation in tempos on album
No doubt the guy can rap well. But the subject matter bores the crap out of me.
No the worst rap album I have ever heard but very monotone and basically an excuse to illiterate misogyny and the n-word. was worth listening to the full album to hear snoop rap to steel drums. :)
It was okay. Not too great.
What Up Gangsta In Da Club
he's a better documentarian than musician lmao
Forgettable and long. They would have been better served to put twice as much effort into half as many tracks. I don’t even think 50 Cent is well respected in the rap community so his place here is questionable. The album isn’t groundbreaking or interesting. It plays like a B-grade rapper ruining some tracks from Dr. Dre’s sketch pad.
wasn't awful but i didnt rlly like the songs that much
It’s funny to me listening to this as an album and not just sporadically, spurred on by nostalgia. Must admit some of the slappers on the album still seem to slap
Some all time classics, some all time shitty songs. Sometimes they're the same ones! But overall wouldn't want to listen to this album 99/100 opportunities 🙏
Not sure this has aged well. Some big tunes and although I won’t revisit better than expected.
I love gangster rap! But this wasn’t that great…the best parts were Eminem’s parts. I’M SORRY FOFTY!
Naaaa
A couple songs were pretty catchy, and the duo with Eminem was great, but it's just not really my genre.
Fiddy likes bitches, his niggas, popping caps in said niggas' asses, getting high, money, jewellery. This album is the sound of pure dumb testosterone and drive-by shootings. I hate what it represents, but there are some interesting raps and beats.
Iconic and all but eh. A boring macho sodge
Idk man, a fun ambient listen but all the horrible macho talk of guns and bitch etc. is very fatiguing and dated.
I just can't get on board with gangsta rap like this that much, when it's someone like Snoop Dogg there's at least a wit and humour that's in there that makes it engaging, but with this it's just like I'M GONNA SHOOT YA and it makes me yawn. OK big tough boy. There are some good beats in here though, so idk
This kind of rap can be hit or miss for me. Even from song to song. There’s some really good stuff here, but it’s hidden amongst a bunch of stuff I really don’t like. I’d also argue it’s too long for its own good. I was checking how much longer was left after every song, starting less than halfway through.
I assumed this would be more nostalgic, but I don't really care for it.
Wasn’t feeling it. I don’t like the one song I know and I don’t like the production. I didn’t get that far on, four of five songs maybe, so don’t take my word for it. I need some geetar music.
Not as bad as some of the other rap I've had to listen to, not great though either.
Yeah nah, this dragggggs
Remember the hits from this album when they came out. There are good grooves and pulls but the genre itself is just not for me. I ended up listening to half of the album.
There’s a theme here. Hip hop is not my thing but I can’t give any album a one star. I may think the lyrics are just macho man bullshit but it gets my head nodding when I’m driving
Nice beats but I find his lyrics a bit dull despite the odd great line so it really drags for the second half. Some hooks are good (In Da Club) some are annoying (PIMP).
No private session used for Spotify. Catchy, but prolific use of the N word makes me realize this was not made for me.
Couldn't finish, not something I enjoy at all.
Not really interested in this. 2 stars or D+.
Some of these are just my white suburban high school dance flashbacks. Other than that, a sort of whatever hip hop album for me, no hidden gems. 2* Highlights: in da club, pimp
Album #59, 50 Cent, Get Rich or Die Tryin’ ⭐⭐ I used to be a huge hip-hop fan when I was younger, but I never really listened to 50 Cent, so this was my first time hearing this one. Yeah, it’s okay. It’s your typical gangster rap, super-rich bling rap, which I was never really a big fan of. I like gangster rap and I like excessive violence in songs, and he definitely leans into that, but the whole being rich thing, I just can’t relate to. Nothing really grabbed me. The singles are probably the best tracks. “In Da Club” is one of the most recognisable songs ever, in my opinion. Everybody knows it, and it’s very good, it gets you pumped up. But I’m not really convinced by his voice. He has a good flow and he’s an okay lyricist, but there’s nothing that really made me laugh, think, or feel intimidated by his braggadocio. I wouldn’t call him a great lyricist. His voice can be quite monotonous, and when he tries to sing or switch it up, it just sounds a bit weak. It’s not a particularly strong voice. He feels more like an image than anything else. I get why he was such a big star, he’s very marketable, but musically I don’t really see why this album is on this list. I’ve fallen out of love with hip-hop a bit over the years, especially because of the misogyny, and a lot of this kind of stuff just hasn’t aged well for me. I kind of cringe now thinking about how much I used to listen to and rap along to this kind of thing. That said, if I put on something like Illmatic or The Infamous, I’d still say they’re amazing albums. I just don’t think this is anywhere near that level. So yeah, it’s a two star for me.
Just don’t get this one.
Low ranking because of personal taste. Did like the last track though. Also forgot this has In Da Club on it.
Not rhe style of music i usually go for but I liked In Da Club and Don’t Push Me the most.
5/10 Long and repetitive. Nice beats/production though. I don't mind violence/murder as a subject matter, but constantly glorifying and bragging about it does get kinda obnoxious real quick. Highlight: Patiently Waiting What Up Gangsta
I struggled to get through some tracks coz the lyrics were so trashy - like Poor Lil Rich. The album revolved around money, power and fame. Sure the storytelling and cohesion was quite impressive. And honestly the production was incredibly catchy - like PIMP and In Da Club are hits for a reason. But it would definitely not be an album I listen to again in its entirety - one listen was enough.
Other than his personal life story I don’t really hear anything fantastic here. The beats are ok but too repetitive, which I get is the point for laying some dope rhymes over, but I couldn’t find anything to care about in the subject matter so some musical variation would have been nice. I live so far away from his reality that I can only fantasize about these stories so I’m gonna need some better backing tracks than this if I’m gonna care about this as some kind of great musical statement. But hey like with anything, with enough listens maybe there will be some sections that I can get stuck in my head and want to groove to. However ANYBODY who uses the “N” word on their albums, depending on how many times it’s used, will always make it harder for me to want to listen to it again therefore lessening the chances of learning this album properly. So if saying the “N” word is not a good thing to do anymore can we all please finally refrain from using it in music? But I’m totally for free speech so I guess if sections of music using the “N” word get stuck in my head I suppose it can just stay there in my head.
I'm not as upset about the content of the lyrics as much as I am mad about how poorly written the lyrics are. There must be thousands of hip-hop albums out there better than this one. So why did this one in particular make the list? Puzzling. At least I enjoyed it sonically.
I wanted to enjoy this. I did not enjoy this.
If any genre of music deserves to be rejected on principle, it's gangsta rap. If you try to be a little more impartial, you end up with this: a petty criminal becomes famous because Eminem likes his mixtape and gets him Dr. Dre's beats. Admittedly, the beats on “Get Rich Or Die Tryin'” aren't actually that bad. But what about the rest? I remember well that the marketing for this album always revolved around the story of the nine bullets. Even back then, I found that a frighteningly simplistic argument for the quality of a music album.
1. alright folks, here we go. 2. Okay, catchy, once again, not my genre, but it's not too bad. 3. I really don't even know what to say. This is so clearly not anything that i will be able to connect to or appreciate. This is not my kind of music, you could make a good point saying that i should broaden my horizon but 'you can't go forcing something if it's just not right'. 4. Every single one of these songs sounds the same. Okay this intro is different though. WAIT I actually like this one. wait it lost me again. It's catchy i must admit. Wait it definitely hasnt lost me. This one's good. 5. Okay this one's such a classic, i know fuck all about 50 cent but i know this song, everyone does, it's so catchy. 6. idk just forgettable. This whole album is a little forgettable. 7. Yeah this sin't my thing. im giving up GOD PLEASE BELIEVE ME WHEN I SAY IM SORRYYYYYYYYY BUT THEre's just no reason for me to keep wasting time on something that I know I won't want to listen to ever again, even if there is som ehidden gem in one of these albums that im missing out on them, but I'm just not willing to put a lot of effort into finding it with nothing but faith on my side, it's just not worth it to me. my bad.
I like most of it, but it goes on a bit, couple of decent tracks to enjoy
Well if it was for the beat and the flow, I'd be tempted to give it a 4 but then I listened to the words and took 2 stars off my rating :( . No redeeming quality there.
Not for me. At least the cover and the title are amusing.
Not for me. This type of "music" does nothing for me, although this album was more tuneful than most of it's kind.
Meh
I tried, but nothing of what I already didn’t enjoy about Fiddy from the songs I already knew was changed by hearing the album. Sometimes I just can’t get with some rappers style of delivery. Not only is that true here, now that I’ve heard the whole album, I actually maintain what I always thought; that he’s not good at doing the thing he does. His flow is thoroughly expressionless, the stupid little vocal melodies he sometimes attempts are weak and he never sounds like he believes he can even do them, and nothing about what he’s on about gives me any wish to try harder. He did get rich, but he doesn’t sound like he could’ve died trying; he sounds like he couldn’t have tried any less.
I’m indifferent to this. There are some ok tracks on here, but also some pretty poor tracks too. It’s a very ‘mid’ 2000s rap/hip hop album, which means it sits in the lower quartile of all rap/hip hop ever made.
Los sencillos son unos clásicos y buenísimas canciones... el resto me pareció muy aburrido
This was....fine. Better than expected. Learned know does indeed rhyme with blow.
Okay.
Not for me. Some jams on there but hard to tell if I just like them for nostalgia reasons. Too much misogyny.
379/1089 - Lethargic and repetitive. Songs are somewhat varied which is alright but I don't care for the very 2000s sounding instrumentals.
Standouts In Da Club If I Can't P.I.M.P.
This is mandatory listening for this era of hip-hop but it doesn't mean it's great. When it came up I assumed it was an easy three but this kind of sucks. All of the rhymes are monosyllabic and the flow is so dry. The attitude of this and some of the samples are pretty much all it has going for it. Not great, should be on the list, New York is lucky they had Biggie and The Wutang.
this album was the second reason i had to pause on reviewing albums. sue me but i couldn’t get through it. giving it a 2 because i think in isolation some of the songs are good but as a collection i was so bored
Incredibly generic. Exactly what I think of when I think of mainstream rap music. About as edgy as Taylor Swift.
Ouch… alors je m’attendais à le détester beaucoup plus que ça, mais quand même… c’était pas très très bien à mes yeux. Ok, y’a beaucoup de passage où l’instru est très cool, mais sinon, j’ai trouvé ça creux. J’aime le hip-hop quand il déborde de politique et que ça rage sur la société. Ici ? J’ai peut-être pas assez bien écouté, mais le nom de l’album en dit assez long. Et ça n’est pas non plus très expérimental ou bizarre, ce que le hip-hop fait super bien (j’espère qu’il y a Madvillain dans la liste !). Quand au côté gangsta… quand tu as écouté le rap de Memphis, 50 Cent, ça paraît quand même bien gentillet ! Et enfin, cet album, il est loooooong ! Si tu aimes, ça passe sûrement comme une lettre à la poste. Mais quand comme moi tu accroches pas ? Ça devient vite fatigant !
2.4. Few slappers intertwined with slop
Production goes crazy on a lot of this record, and “In Da Club” is always a super fun time. The nursing homes are gonna be lit in 2050. The whole gangsta rap/thug core shit is so tired and really unpleasant to listen to. Ok, it may have been close to his life (that seems unreliable.) But at this stage of my life, I don’t want to be subjected to it.
Typical Hip Hop but at least I finally learned where go that "Its your birthday" saying.
Didn't enjoy it.
Wished I had liked this a lot more, but really "In da Club" is just hard carrying this whole thing. That song is in such a completely different league to the rest of the album. Not really a fan of 50's flow on some of these songs. There's a few bright spots though. Just not enough. High 2
A formulaic approach to gangsta rap that relies heavily on Dr. Dre’s polished production and 50’s knack for catchy choruses.
Hay algunas canciones conocidas y dentro de todo copadas. Pero 20 canciones de Rap seguidas es demasiado para mi.. el álbum es muy largo y no lo suficientemente bueno.
It could be worse, but not much.
Well bugger me...Its OK. I probably need to go self flagellate to repente for my musical sins. The key to my mild enjoyment of this is the blend of rap, story and an actual musical theme. Most rap on 1001 is about as musically accomplished as a bunch of school kids on a recorder. I like the collaborations as well. 50 Cents self proclaimed favourite white boy was cool. later sections of album was dog wank however. If they used the best bits probably a reasonable album in here (too long). The middle to end seemed like a pop tastic club centred album. I am not converted to hip hop but didnt mind this.
I’ve never heard this album. This was right around the time I kind of aged out of hip-hop. However, you couldn’t escape the singles of the album, especially In Da Club. That was a monster, and it was quite good. I think several factors made 50 Cent one of the new kings of hip-hop. One was that he had the backing of Dr. Dre and Eminem. That’s almost a golden ticket to wealth and fame, but there have been some misses from those two. Also, 50 Cent had a very unique voice and delivery. He was a mumbler, maybe that’s why most rappers today seem to be speaking an alien language. But one of the biggest factors in making him a superstar, he had a good story. Shot nine times and survived? Had to leave town for fear of being hit again? Brilliant PR, except I guess it wasn’t? But it sure was made known to everyone. Plus, as we now know, he is great at doing business, or at least his agents or mangers are. As for the album, meh. I just can’t get excited about hip-hop these days. Maybe it's because you hear it during SportsCenter highlights, in every commercial, it's just everywhere and nowhere at once. Hip-hop is Muzak now. There’s no danger or intrigue. It’s just a bunch of anomalous beats to hear when finding out how many home runs Shohei Otani hit. I gave this a listen, but beyond the singles, it all sounds bland to me. At least with Run DMC a few days back, it brought nostalgia. I think much like rock, hip-hop is dead, as in, there are no exciting, dangerous artists out there anymore. It’s just a bunch of guys trying to get rich and are figuratively dying trying. If you’re a hip-hop fan, I’m probably lame, but I think you can live a very happy life without hearing this whole album. Maybe just check out the singles, In Da Club, Many Men, and P.I.M.P.
Of course Len Houmous’ famous approach was the ‘Almost Died Getting Rich’ as we know from Houmous & Chutneys famous album of the same name. Denoting their fast track to stardom during the Korean War whilst still serving in the Dutch Army. 1.8 4/20 Many Men (Wish Death)
Washed the car to this... As far as gangster rap goes this is of a higher quality than dre and snoop. But I'm getting more than my tolerance worth and still got 4 songs left to go. Eminem's passages do add to the songs both lyrically and as a change of pace and flow. But this album won't sway my opinion that g-rap was a step backwards in hip-hop culture.
Je reconnais des musiques qui sont entrées dans les classiques du Rap US et je pense que l’album a clairement impacté la musique à l’époque, mais là, en 2025, ça n’a pas tres bien vieilli
Checks all the gangsta rap boxes
Really not my thing. All bling and guns. That said, In Da Club got popular because it's a great track.
Haha here we go! Produktionen är ändå fet. Och hitsen är ju där. Omslaget otroligt. Men det var inte min grej då och är det inte nu heller tyvärr
Min uppfattning har varit att folk som gillar hip-hop ser ner på 50-cent, men det verkar ju vara helt fel eftersom han är med här? Det var ändå lite skoj att lyssna på.
Need for speed underground-core! Har ju några feta hits men känns väl inte så elektriskt 22 år senare.
Not really my thing
I don’t think I’ll ever love this genre. This one is noticeably better than many but still high on the mudda fukka and nigga count. Not really my bag
Rap. Nix für mich.
The beats hit but nothing goes hard as in da club. Too bad 50 Cent became a weird MAGA weirdo
The singles are strong, rhythm and hook, the flow is strong but there’s only so much hyper-masculine posturing before everything turns camp.
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.
I did not get this at all
Bängeri heti ekana kehiin. Menneisyyden kaikuja soundissa ja hieman liian pitkä kokonaisuus.
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.
Not my style.
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
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.
2+ Stars (6/15)
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.
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.
I really don't get it. Sub par delivery over mostly lacklustre beats.
Corny bars and corny beats
Boring and one note
Pretty generic but has a very satisfying guitar sound.
Did he just brag about having a fax machine? I love that!
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.
< The Beatles
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.
This is really repetitive, annoying... I did not enjoy its listening except few tracks that can "PIMP" a bit my day
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.
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
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.
It was fine for what it is.
2.5
He’s got great beats and street authenticity but his flow and lyrics are so lackluster. Undeserved place in rap history.
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.
My son loves it. I do not.
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.
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.
Glad people love this. But as I’m reaffirming by doing this challenge, most hip hop just isn’t for me. 2/5
Ngl thought it was 20 cent lol
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.
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.
In Da Club is still solid but most of this is silly and hard to take seriously. Not my thing
Just can't get into it
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.
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.
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
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
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
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.
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
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.
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.
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.
Not my vibe. Seems to repeat the same themes every song.
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.
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.
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
Eldist eins og vondur ostur.
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
okay i guess dint get very far. lost interest.
This just isn't for me. The music style, the topics. Nothing.
2000's Rappers try not to make an overly long album challenge, impossible. This didn't need to be 74 minutes long, none of it is bad but it doesn't all feel essential. That aside, it's a pretty fun listen that holds up surprisingly well. I like the big beats all throughout and 50 cent has a pleasant voice to listen to. A lot of Hip Hop in the years following tried and failed to sound like this. A bit conflicted on this one, it was a fine album to listen to but way too long and not every song is quite In Da Club genius. Points knocked for the Eminem feature as well.
Not for me but listenable
Meh
A flash pan in the moment of time.
Can't rap. Can't sing. Good beats.
Boring
Liked it more than I thought I would
Not as bad as Eminem, but this whole era of hip-hop does very little for me. Beats and production tries really hard to elevate itself above that from the 80s and 90s. I understand wanting to innovate, but it often falls flat. Simplicity is key. Rhymes are unrelatable being mostly tough-guy fantasies, glorifying violence and misogyny. I'd rather listen to Public Enemy or BDP for the millionth time over ever hearing this again.
Ehhhh? 2.5?
I had no idea this album was so long. And I really only knew "in da club" and "candy shop" by him. But this album is why I typically don't like rap. I don't think the songs had much substance and it was just hard to get through. I don't think anything special was said and the actual music is just whatever. I could've gone without this one.
I enjoyed listening to parts of it. Is it good? Not so sure
I gave it a listen, or about half of it. That’s more than enough. You don’t need the full 75 minutes (!!!) to absorb Curtis’s worldview, which - guess what?! Women be ho’s and he’s the baddest MF on the planet. You’re boring, Fitty.
21 Questions is so nostalgic, but besides that this album was not a pleasant listening experience.
1.6 I remember once being in church as young lad in a very white northern English town. There was another kid there, couple years younger than me, probably around 9 or 10 wearing a 50 cent shirt. The priest liked to get the kids involved (no pun intended) during the sermon and I vividly remember him asking this kid what his goal was for life and his response was, obviously, "get rich or die trying". I tell the story as I think that kid encapsulates who this album was marketed it at, and shows what really went wrong with hip-hop in the 90s/00s, overly commercialised shite, god awful cringe lyrics, terrible beats, just an embarrassment to the human race overall. This might be one of the worst I've heard of this variety, of which this list has had far too many already.
God, I never wanted to hear this again. I had a roommate back in the day that played this on repeat for months. I like the first song with Eminem, and PIMP. Other than that, I just can't get into this album. I know Dre produced some of it, but I don't like 50's flows. Not my thing. 2
won me over but then just went on and on and on
I mean obviously a landmark slapper album. But never really made an impact on me when it came out and i get the production and maybe the raps/bars/rhymes/flow but i know he doesnt smoke or drink and it just sounds like hes cosplaying. not a fan.
He got rich, somehow.
The overall album feels really lame while never getting to be aggressively bad.
Debut Gangsta.
343/1001 🌕🌕🌑🌑🌑
I have this CD in my collection and I'm trying to figure out how it got there...
1. intro - 2. gangzta - 1 3. uuaiting - 1.5 4. men - 1 5. club - 2 6. time - 1.5 7. heat - 1 8. cant - 1.5 9. blood - 0 10. douun - 1 11. pimp - 2 12. ztyle - 1 13. rich - 0 14. queztionz - 3 15. puzh - 1 16. heaven - 1 17. uuankzta - 0 18. me - 1 19. line - 1 20. pimp - 2
Testosterone poisoning!
A couple songs I bump to but too long and repetitive
50 Cent is not for me. It’s okay if it’s on in the background at a party or a bar, but that’s about all the tolerance I have for it. It’s mostly cliche subject matter that doesn’t resonate with me. Familiarity may have saved this album- somehow there were like a dozen singles off this album, so it kept the songs from completely running together for me.
Somehow both nostalgic to high school and not for me
What did 50 cent say when Eminem made him a sweater? Gee, you knit?
Pre-listening thoughts: hey generator. It's me, your old pal writing. I've just got a small favor to ask you. Would you mind generating an album that's under 1 freaking hour long next time please? I am dying out here. Thanks. Also two Eminem features is just two too many. Post/during listening thoughts: well I enjoy my fair share of rap and hip hop but there is almost nothing about this that says "hey I'm essential listening!!!". Nothing special about the lyricism or flow, and 50 Cent is just sort of forgettable against the other rappers/groups on this list like Kendrick, Biggie, De La Soul, etc. I mean even a really lyrically questionable album like Biggie's or Snoop Dogg's I could immediately tell they were super talented and I did understand why someone would need to hear at least some part of those albums before they died. I just can't find myself caring about this at all. The production is occasionally really good though (shoutout Dr. Dre). Also so many of the rap albums on this list are way too long. 4/10 DID I NEED TO HEAR THIS BEFORE I DIE: no Fav tracks: In Da Club, Blood Hound Least fav tracks: Heat
Minne meg om barneskulen
Ontkom niet aan Eminem
In Da Club made me chuckle
J: 2 N:3
This is real for many people, I suppose, but I don't really know. I am fine with telling stories in one's own way, this way just isn't for me...
2.5
It was fine, not for me.