Reviews (page 6 of 7)
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.
The hits are the hits, but not much else here stood out for me
Didn't do much for me. That said, there's some talent... I'm not a fan of this genre but I have to give some credit for the obvious skill of the artist.
Meh, a little too vulgar/violent for me.
It's OK for the background and there are certainly worse hip hop albums out there but it's nothing you need to her. Fitty has a flow that is boring after a while. The instrumentals sound dated. He's helped by good features.
Fine, just not for me.
Honestly, it's the same gangsta rapper BS like many others have done before and after. Even Eminem and other guests couldn't change that.
Fiddy er ikke verdens bedste rapper og det er for langt MEN der er dælme et par bangers og jeg synes generelt at beatsene er ret gode, specielt for sin tid! Mindre kedeligt end Marshall Mathers LP på trods af at Eminem styrer
Well this was a very unexpected suggestion, don't know why I do like some of his songs, and I had two from this album in my playlist already; have not added any more though
A raw, hook-laden debut that cemented 50 Cent as an icon of early 2000s hip-hop. Some of these songs were played to death, you heard them everywhere. Honestly, while you can't help but bop your head to many of them, I find the album as a whole to be pretty formulaic and I've heard them enough to last me a lifetime.
In da club, já já, ekki nostalgískt en var allt í lagi á sínum tíma. P.I.M.P. er síðra. Restin rennur inn í annað og út um hitt og skilur lítið eftir. Þetta er ekki fyrir mig.
Has some moments but not my thing. Nothing offensive or bad just seems kinda run of the mill...generic. 2.5 stars
While I admit that there are many bangers here, I also don’t really care much for most of them, at least when taken together. For one thing 50 is not that great of a rapper, for another the songs don’t exactly offer any variation in terms of music, rapping or lyrical content.
Gangsta pop
With the exception of In Da Club, which uses an extremely dated slur one time too many, all of the hits in this album are pretty good – at least for 90s/00s rap standards. Unlike various other hip-hop artists from the same era, 50 Cent is at least unapologetic about something both relatable and admirable: having to work his whole life to get the riches he deserves. (Hence the album name, I guess.) The compositions themselves, though, are extremely spotty, with about half the tracks having little to no interesting hooks to keep the listener engaged. 50 Cent's voice doesn't help matters, being incredibly generic for the genre. Man, even Eminem has a pretty distinctive voice – and I haven't been generous enough to give any of his albums a 2 just yet. One of the main separators, bringing this far above the countless 1-star hip-hop records, is the lack of interlude/skit tracks. In addition, once you start hearing tracks with genuine hooks, melodies, chords, (god forbid) instruments, the music really starts to pick up. Many Men (Wish Death) has a great bluesy lo-fi-esque backing, making it a standout. If I Can't, although a little repetitive, has the same advantage. P.I.M.P. demonstrates that 50 Cent isn't a particularly good singer, but it still sounds better than his lazy/slurred spoken vocal – and for that reason alone P.I.M.P. is relatively good. Judging by the listens on Spotify, most people agree that 50 Cent's music is better with these more "tonal" musical elements. So it's a little surprising to me that many of the remaining songs – including What Up Gangsta, Poor Lil Rich, and U Not Like Me – avoid them entirely. 2/5 Key tracks: Many Men (Wish Death), If I Can't, P.I.M.P.
I almost bailed on this album twice. The ONLY reason I didnt give it 1 ⭐ was because while it was horrible, Eminem was the only part of the album that saved my ears from bleeding.
I thought it would be the lyrics that would make me dislike this album, but I actually objected to the slick and super commercial production more.
It’s kinda strange how timid this sounds 20 years later. 2 Killer Tracks…rest pretty conventional
2/5
Ok we get it- you have guns -like to shoot people- women are all ho’s and F the cops. I was def never the target audience. Not a rap fan but some I can truly appreciate. This isn’t on that list. Rounding up to a 2 - probably because I just listened to the Human League and they make 50 sound almost tolerable.
You kill me 50. Your album was oh so boring and predictable.
Meh
But I can’t quite get there with Get Rich or Die Tryin’ (a title I like a lot, btw). It just isn’t for me. I recognize 50 Cent’s impact on the culture and on hip hop. https://open.substack.com/pub/richcain/p/project-1001-get-rich-or-die-tryin?r=4ztyq&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true
Not my cup of milk, brother
Very early 00 rap album. The beats are decent, though often simplistic and repetitive, but I just don't like the profanity and vulgar lyrics. The cover picture and the title of the album are so over the top. Eminem saved this album. Overall not my jam, and I won't listen again.
Not really for me.
Really don't like gangsta rap and the bullshit that surrounds this. Do not particularly like 50 Cent as a rapper or person so was expecting to give this a 1. Surprisingly enjoyed it more than I was expecting and in all good consciousness cannot give it a 1 so its a grudging 2.
Really enjoyed In Da Club, but then the f-slur came up. Fuck off
Álbum divertido, un poco DEMASIADO largo, nada que me vuele mucho la cabeza o que me encante en general pero tampoco estuvo mal, auqnue si tiene un par de bangers. Total del álbum: 66
i think i'd rather die tryin
-5/10
Achieves what it sets out to, but not for me. Good beats. Well produced. I think he could do with more variation in his flow but I don't know the genre well enough to be confident about that. I am not the target audience for the subject matter. I feel bad putting in at a 2 for what's largely a matter of taste, but equally it wouldn't feel right to me among the albums I've given a 3.
Takes me back to first year of uni. At the time, I loved this record, but the years haven't been kind. The beats are still killer, but a lot of 50's bars just sound dated now. In Da Club is and always will be a banger, but the rest is forgettable and way too long.
There is a couple of songs on here that I might listen to again but apart from that nothing worth shouting about. In all honesty I don't think this album was aimed at me.
The bits I liked the most were the bits that didn’t feature 39 pence
In Da Club was everywhere and is still referenced in pop culture, but the rest is not anything that really resonates with me
Not good
50 cent has definitely made his mark on the gangsta rap genre, but I just could not get into it.
The beats are catchy and well made, which is why 50 cent has remained so popular. However, I can't rate it highly compared to the other hip hop albums, since I feel this was one of the big turning points to what rap and hip hop are today. The poetry has been mostly stripped up, and as long as we bop our heads to the beat we're fine with it.
Half decent hip-hop, but questioning why its on this list
It’s got rhythm, tune, and vocals so I respect it… but not for me.
I appreciate 50 as a person, but his mumble-slurring makes me appreciate how much energy late-90s rappers like Mystikal, DMX, Busta Rhymes, and Twista put into their rap.
Not a fan. Didn't hate it. But I didn't like it.
Reminds me so much that I’m in my mid-50s. And that I’m not gangster (yes, I said ‘gangst-ER’, because my spellcheck won’t let me write ‘gangsta’, because even my phone knows that i can’t like 50 Cent, even if I give it the old college (see!) try).
Un des albums de hip-hop parmi ceux qui ont le plus mal vieilli depuis leur sortie. Le bling étant l'un des styles qui a le moins duré, au-dessus de ça il y a que 50Cents n'est pas un rappeur hors paire. Ses flows sont souvent maladroits et les paroles très peu recherchés. Quelques bons beats mais globalement un album décevant. 4/10
I always thought of 50 Cent as a novelty. I knew the hits but had never listened to this album all the way through. This was okay. It’s dumb catchy rap music. There are worse things.
Album 523 of 1001 50 Cent - Get Rich Or Die Tryin' (2003) Rating : 2 / 5 Another Hip Hop clown show. Just when I think a track is going to offer something worthy of listening to, he goes back into the same old goonish gansta rap. Crap like this cheapened the genre. Luckily, the next song in queue when this finished was 'Tom Sawyer'. My ears were happy.
C'était fun ce petit throwback
Mainly filler, not really a killer.
As far as the gangster rap that’s been on this list, I guess this is pretty decent. But I really don’t like this stuff. And why is such misogyny lauded as a great album? It feels like about a 1.5/5, but I guess I’ll round up to 2 since it’s better than a lot of the other rap that’s been on this list.
Tras escuchar 12 tengo que dejarlo. Me da angustia y desazón.
Had so much potential, but ends up as faux gangster rap with pop production.
Album cover is iconic. Kinda bloated outside of the two hits. 21 questions reminded me of the Kanye bar on College Dropout. High 2. Edit -- Wanted to add that the production is good but I found the vocals underwhelming.
3/10 - I think that it is rap. The two songs I had heard were alright probably just because I have heard them enough times that they are manageable. The end of Back Down was strange and the rest of the songs were not that memorable.
Meh.
Another underwhelming effort from an award-winning, so-called, gangsta rapper. This does absolutely nothing to convince me that 50 Cent is even worth paying 25 cents to see him perform live. Yes, he is getting rich and richer with every overrated release. Nothing to see or hear here.
It's not even bad. I'm sorry, 50 Cent, but this is the only album in this project so far I cannot listen to. I don't know why. I think music has a lot to do with life timing and I cannot find the time in my life to listen to it.
I actually liked the idea of this one, with some sung vocals and poppy production. I think it fails a bit in execution, mainly because 50 doesn't really sell his performances and I don't find him to be a great singer/rapper or lyricist. Fav songs: - What Up Gangsta - In Da Club
5/10. It had some nice songs on it, but it felt a little bit too long.
This album lives up to all the memes about rap music, but it's much more musical than the usual and I enjoyed listening to some tracks - but not many!
I really really really really wanted to get into this album when it dropped. But the title tells you what to expect: 50 doing whatever he needed to do to get rich, even if that meant dropping subpar lyrics that managed to rise to the top during one of the more fallow times in hip hop. I mean... definitely one of the weaker eras in my book, Eminem aside. So this is what we got. C'est la vie.
It's OK but it is kind of hot garbage in a lot of spots.
The lyrics are rough but the music is actually pretty good.
I didn’t think this was bad at first, and it’s probably fine in smaller doses, but it wore out its welcome pretty quickly. It’s too long and not interesting enough to keep my attention. I recently watched the movie “Anatomy of a Fall,” which features “P.I.M.P.” prominently, so it was kind of fun when it popped up here; however, I once again have to endure that steel drum bit playing in my head in an endless loop
I'm genuinely surprised at how bad this is. I hate the bland vine-boom driven beats and the way 50 Cent raps.
It's just hard to comprehend the accolades, peaking at #1, certified 9x platinum, best selling album of 2003 and number 280 on RS top 500 songs list. What is wrong with us!?! No disrespect, but this shit just isn't good.
1.5 - Over an hour?! I mean, it's to be expected, but it's only really carried by the hit, which I don't even like, so it feels like forever. And, you know, I don't exactly love Eminem, so his involvement doesn't really change anything for me. I don't see this as an album I have to listen to before I die. This is an album that feels like you're supposed to listen to it for the hit(s?) and nothing else. I could give it a 1, but it's not one of the worst albums ever, so it sits at a 1.5.
It´s just Hip Hop but it´s ok. Maybe a bit too long.
While in da club is obviously a staple of how are you, I hope the rest of the album aggressively mediocre
Algumas músicas que fizeram muito sucesso nos anos 2000, que não sei se se sustentam por si. Acho que relevância do álbum é pelo tamanho que as músicas tiveram na época. Em quesito de produção musical, inovação e letra tem coisa muito melhor na lista
I tried, just can’t relate
Not for me
Once & Done. Guy got Rich.
G Unit in the house well not this house but definitely a house
overall, nothing groundbreaking here. other than “in da club” and “p.i.m.p.”, which were massive radio hits when they came out, there’s really not much to this album. generic gangster rap from that era.
Biitit on kyllä hyvät, mutta en ole ikinä digannu centin tavasta räbäyttää. Lähellä kolmosta.
I can see why this sold a bajillion copies. Dre in pop mode, and 50 cent is a surprisingly mellow and tuneful rapper bearing in mind his rep. However it's way too long (a punchy 40-minute 12-tracker once more the ask to raise it by a star), monotonous and half dollar does not have much to say lyrically or interesting ways of seeing it. Prosaic.
The beats are pretty good on some of the songs (thanks Dre) but 50 was never that great of a rapper in my opinion. This album was a monster when it came out and I don't quite understand why. I guess being friends with Dr. Dre and Eminem have strong benefits.
I’m a gangster, a straight up G. The gangsta life is the life for me! But this album is not. Sure, Mr. Curtis delivers some certified club bangers that ruled the world back in the day, but have very much worn out their welcome by now, given that they’re not quite timeless.
This album sounds expensive and all, but it ain't for me. In my ears it just sounds like a producer spent a lot of money having 50 Cent talk about bad life decisions and putting an interessting but mostly monotonous collection of samples in the background.
Overrated tripe. We all disliked JaRule, but this was vapid crap too.
What a slog. That was way too long.
Surprisingly homogenous. Decent to start with, but became flat quite quickly. Meh.
This was hard work to get through - the production is alright but his delivery is just naff - mumbly and barely keeping on the beat. That kind of thing can work well with sufficient skill, but he don't got it. It's thrown into particularly sharp relief on the tracks with guest rappers. I was expecting to maybe have some nostalgia for "In Da Club" as it was pretty ubiquitous for a while, but it sounded way more cringe than I remembered. "21 Questions" was horrible. Fave tracks - uh, "Don't Push Me" maybe, as it has two guest rappers. "Gotta Make It To Heaven", maybe. I'm not rushing to come back to this album...
No es demasiado de mi agrado.
I mean...it's 50 cent and I like the movies he's been in. The music? I might not have been in the mood after getting another one yesterday or so.
Tras escuchar 12 tengo que dejarlo. Me da angustia y desazón.
I remember when this one came out. “In Da Club”was a banger in the club, though I don’t remember much more of the lyrics other than the birthday opener. I know rap fans rave about this album but I find myself not invested. Much like Biggie and Tupac it’s that I don’t identify with the culture of guns, drugs, or despite my best effort, hanging with the “hoes”. The track with Eminem is good but not something I would look for. The object misogyny, racial overtones and hedonism just isn’t my thing. I stopped listening about 1/2 and don’t feel like going back. Next…!
oh god, please take me with you
Too long
Remember when this album was a thing and dont know why its on this list.
Tras escuchar 12 tengo que dejarlo. Me da angustia y desazón.
I'm just not really into gangsta rap, and musically this album is less interesting than some others. The exceptions being the well known tracks: In Da Club and PIMP.
Thoughts before listening: I remember 50 Cent being extremely popular, but not something that would necessarily make a list like this. More pop rap made for the radio than anything else, although his association with Eminem and Dr. Dre probably helped get him a little more critical recognition. There will be some fun songs on here I'm sure, but its probably not my thing. Review: \"In Da Club\" was massive when it came out, and it's still a great 00s era hit. Songs that become that big have a way of worming their way into your conscious to a point that even if you typically would completely avoid their sound, you end up with a ton of nostalgia for the song. That's totally the case here. That being said, I don't really like the rest of this album. The songs with Eminem are okay, but overall it sounds like every other rap album from that era with the same tired lyrical content as well. It's also long as hell...I don't need 20 tracks and over an hour of this stuff. 2-stars mainly for \"In Da Club\".
I don’t mind 50, but I’m not down with over an hour of 50 ya know? The hits from this record are awesome but nothing else really stood out to me. Some of the songs were actually a bit trash now that I think about it.
I found this pretty boring. Not as good as most of the other hip hop we've had on this list.
Drugs, guns, death threats, boasting, N words and MF’ers galore. Not much different than the other gangsta rap albums I've already heard here. It wasn't made for me.
2.5 Have not listened to 50 Cent before this showed up in my list. Not too bad, but I can't see myself listening to the album again
nah.
Hooky and varied, lots to listen to, mostly interesting occasionally grating. That said, this album is not for me. I can barely understand him which is frustrating but better than the stretches when I can actually decipher some of the lyrics. My ears perked up for Eminem's little windows of intelligibility.
50 Cent is a product of his times, whatever that means.
not for me
first of all, I'm going to listen to this on youtube because while I've accepted that this project is gonna put my spotify algorithm through a lot, I still have my limits. so we're off to a great start it barely got better from there. I am not at all into gangsta rap and it's honestly a surprise that I could tolerate this enough to get through the album. which brings me to my final point: in the beginning I thought it's gonna be an easy 1 star but now I can't bring myself to rate it that low. this album is the epitome of the gangsta rap genre so it clearly did something right within this specific cultural moment and it has some decent beats. ~ there's no business like hoe business ~
I didn't enjoy this. Not quite skippable, but definitely not what I look for in rap.
Wasn't as bad as I expected,in fact some tracks were even quite tuneful. However I really hate the whole "gangsta" thing so only 2*
Not my jam at all
College anthem album that doesn't work as well as an album as the memorable songs do.
That was exhausting.
Deze hype heb ik nooit begrepen...
This is a strange album. The gangsta rap revival aesthetic doesn’t quite work for 50 Cent though it is better than other commercial hip hop that was out at the time. He seems like he has an inferiority complex when he talks about Tupac. The beats were fine but I wasn’t a fan of 50 Cent’s flow. It felt a bit too lazy. His lyrics were full of bad rhymes as well and over the top depictions of violence. Overall there was just a lot of posturing that felt unnecessary. My favorite parts were the Eminem features which says a lot about how I felt about 50 Cent’s performance.
This just kept going on and on and it was allot of the same beats and violent boasts. If it weren't for a few straight up bangers this would get a 1
My favorite part of this album is Terrence Winter got his start writing a movie for 50 Cent titled after this album, propelling him to a career writing some of the best episodes of The Sopranos, The Wolf Of Wall Street, and creating Boardwalk Empire. You're probably asking, "But what does any of that have to do with the album?" Inspiration can come from anywhere kids.
Nothing stands out, feels derivative. Poor Lil Rich is just obnoxious.
\"Go shorty, it's your birthday\" is arguably one of the most iconic lyrics of the early 2000's and it's paired with what is one of the most recognizable beats of all time now. It certainly created a major thumbprint on our young and impressionable suburban brain grooves. And how many of us poor put upon millennials strained our optic nerves eye-rolling at every boomer joke about 50's name. Uncle pulls two quarters out of his pocket, \"I got the new 50 cents for you right here, hyuk hyuk.\" It has contributed to the cultural zeitgeist, there's no denying that. But was this my first choice of music growing up, or even now? Absolutely not! Is the rest of the album worth a damn? Absolutely not!
I was hoping this was going to be something I liked but his voice is not as interesting as the lyrics and so I then hope musically it will hold me but the rhythms are flat and repetitive. A couple of songs are ok like Poor Lil Rich but I don't feel like I need to dig into this album again maybe other ones are better.
The beats are generally decent, but the lyrics are the very worst of early 2000s homophobia and misogyny. 50 himself would never earn a place on a list of greatest rappers.
Tras escuchar 12 tengo que dejarlo. Me da angustia y desazón.
"Back Down" was the high spot for me on the album. Overall, there are some very solid tracks here and the collaborations are excellent. Eminem, Snoop, these are rap world heavy hitters and speak to how respected 50 was when he dropped this album. That said, it's a violent album with none of the humor of similar albums by these collaborators that could have helped to soften the harder lyrics. The album doesn't seem to have a lot of awareness beyond self-promotion and that makes it a little boring. The first time I heard this, I was working in the foster care business and one of the kids played it for me. They were very excited about it and I could see how for someone who was growing up in a very desperate situation this album had huge appeal.
I’ve never heard so many gun shots used as sound effects in music. And it’s not just for that one sound either - there are even casings hitting the floor sometimes! 50 Cent really wants to make sure you know his gangsta background is legit. But from the start he kinda struck me as a caricature. The album cover says it all. This is a Curtis Jackson who has moved past a very colorful youth, and is cashing in on the image of the gangsta that was sold to America in the 90s. Other than the gun shots, the other thing I noticed most was the b****es. It is of course a big part of much of hip hop, but especially so from the late 90s onward. But b**** is a word that can have many different meanings. And they’ve all been used throughout the history of music (great article - https://www.npr.org/sections/therecord/2012/09/06/160672019/who-you-calling-a-b). But I think the way it’s used in modern hip hop takes it to a different level of aggressive misogyny. It makes it less fun to listen to when women are almost always reduced to conquests and sexual objects to be possessed. 50 Cent is hardly the worst offender here. Too many of songs are about shooting people to worry about women. But it’s still there to my discomfort. Except on “21 Questions.” That was so sweet! But maybe he needed to ask a 22nd question. “Is it ok if I angrily and aggressively call you a b****?”
This is not the kind of flow I enjoy with rap music. All of the features on the album were better than 50. Almost felt like early mumble rap. Lyrics were bad, flow was bad. Beats were pretty good on some songs, but too repetitive with the awful choruses. Fav tracks: P.I.M.P. - Snoop Dogg Remix, Poor Lil Rich, In Da Club
Gangsta rap is a bit of a blind spot for me, so I have little to compare this to. I will say that I generally wasn’t impressed with 50 Cent’s lyrics or rapping—it wasn’t bad, but just kind of boring. In fact, my ears perked up and I got excited for the first time when Eminem showed up in “Patiently Waiting.” HIS parts were exciting, deep, and interesting. And then it goes back to 50 Cent and I start yawning again. Not great to be outshined on your own album… “In da Club” is fun and has a great beat (and is one of the few tracks on the album I had any familiarity with). I will acknowledge my own biases. I don’t really connect with these themes or this aesthetic, and I can respect that people who do probably really enjoy it. 50 Cent’s story is certainly compelling and the album is well produced. Track Picks: “Patiently Waiting,” “In da Club”
This was super popular when I was in high school. Remembered some things listening again I'd rather not have tbh (Like every 14 yo boy running around yelling G--U-Nit!) But a couple of tracks friends and I will still put on ironically when we get together so that redeemed it enough for 2 stars.
I like the song where he calls me a pussy and then a gay man tells me he is going to kick 50’s ass cus he ain’t no pussy. My favorite song is ‘21 Questions’. Trigger Warning. I can’t take this music serious. The beats and lyrics are borderline comical. I just don’t believe rap ages well. This is meant to be taken seriously but it just sounds like a joke. I appreciate that he carved his name in the industry and created a sound that is indistinguishably 50 cent, even if he has to tell you who he is every song like you have brain damage and forgot who you were listening to. The musical aspect is like 3 sounds per song so its really just rapping which he does have great flow and catchy choruses but its just not enough to win me over to genre. If I can’t relate to lyrics and the instrumentals don’t do anything for me theres not much left for me to enjoy. 4/10
The antithesis of the Queen Latifah album we just heard. Misogynistic, violent and overly aggressive. Yes, there are good beats and the actual rapping itself is very good too, but that doesn't outweigh the content for me. Not something I will listen to again.
Much better than I thought it would be 2/5