Get Rich Or Die Tryin'

Definitely not my genre, but I used to listen to this a lot with a childhood friend, so the nostalgia and familiarity hit hard. Somehow, against all odds, I can genuinely stomach this rap album. Not something I'd normally seek out, but this one gets a pass. I might be crazy but actually giving it a 4.

Indistinguishable from 50 other terrible hip-hop albums in this list.

It’s fun

Only previously familiar with the singles from this, it was nice to hear them uncensored. The album was exactly like I thought it would be - competent in all areas. Little too long though. I could think of several Hip Hop albums that would be more benefitting of a place on this list, but this was solid enough.

I died tryin'. Really not my genre, so I really tried to get something from it. 50c sounds like he wasn't really interested or passionate about the two themes he is rapping about here. The interest came from some of the collaborations bringing a bit more passion and the production on some of the tracks saved it from the absolute pits. And man this album dragged... 1.5, but as all the worthwhile points were not the artist but collaborators I can't give it more than a 1 no matter how iconic it is.

Pretty good. One cannot deny Eminem's influence, who and which I quite like.

Dated at this point, but slayed back then

Removed

Not bad, obviously highlight In Da Clerb!

Its a 4 only because there are much better rap albums out there. If my favorite genre was club bangers then it would be a 5. It is probably not that crazy to say its one of the great rap albums for what it accomplished and set the tone for later albums but something about it just makes me think its more of a bunch of great singles than one great album.

Didn't bother me but it's not for me.

There is no reason this needs to be 20 tracks and 74 minutes, especially because 50 Cent doesn't have a lot to say—or does a good job saying it. The surprisingly back-handed write-up in the 1,001 book notes he "can't rap his way out of a paper bag." I wouldn't go that far, but the production definitely carries this album, not 50's skills as a writer or performer. Pretty sure I bought this, listened to it once, and never played it again—with good reason.

Solid rap album. Better than some of the others coming out in this period. Lyrics are a little one note, but the flow is good.

An essential rap album for the 2000's. 4.5 bumped up to 5.

I’m at a 4.5 that I’ll pretty easily bump up to a 5. It took a little bit for me to adjust to 50 Cent’s more deliberate flow early on in this album, just because I’m not as used to his style, but once it clicked, it all felt pretty good. Even in his spoken word approach at times, he’s just got a voice tailormade for rap beats & a natural cadence that glides on any beat you can give him. He sounds great & he sounds authoritative, giving a lot of credence to the “I will pop a cap in your ass, I promise” attitude that permeates the entire album. If there’s any obvious complaint about the album, it’s that 50 Cent just acts like way too much of a hardass at times that makes his real experience feel too much like a caricature. This man is constantly on somebody’s ass about shooting them with a TEC or a .9, and it’s a well he goes back to way too often. “Blood Hound” is the first one that started to really bite at me, and after that, both “Like My Style” & “Poor Lil Rich” felt a bit too braggadocious for my tastes. I thought the beat was weird on the former & I just don’t think 50 Cent plays the rich guy role too well on the latter. He feels far too materialistic. When Biggie did it on “Juicy”, he kept a humble perspective that humanized him a bit. If anything, that’s my biggest complaint here; I don’t think 50 Cent really humanizes himself enough past the gun-toting man on a mission to get rich or die trying. The closest the album gets to showing his lighter side are on “In Da Club”, “P.I.M.P.” & “21 Questions”, all of which were obviously the biggest hits. “Many Men” is up there too, and it rules because it spells out his mission in a way that makes you want to root for him. There’s just some tracks that feel a bit over the top in a way that still shine through sheer charisma & talent alone (along with great beats), but I wish he got just a bit more vulnerable. Even when he tries just a bit on “Gotta Make It To Heaven”, it just kinda disappointed me as an album closer. All of that said, I still think this is pretty damn good. I’m easily bumping it up to a 5 because it’s that enjoyable, and the tracks that didn’t bite at me feel like a barrage of hits. If you trimmed this album to just those, or if you replaced those with the trio of bonus tracks, it would be even better than it already is. I hope nobody drops “Don’t Push Me” though; that should’ve been a big hit. Overall, I’m glad I finally listened to this in full, and while it didn’t blow me away as much as I was hoping, I feel like this is still an essential piece to early 2000s hip-hop. Only a madman would come in & take shots at Nas & Jay-Z on a debut album right after they traded bombs, and that’s just how 50 Cent operates. I admire the audacity, even if it manifests in ways that feel like parody at times. When it doesn’t though, it fucking rules. Hence, a 4.5 bumped up to a 5.

I've got to be honest, as someone who was only familiar with the radio singles from this album, I didn't expect it to go this hard. It's nothing against 50, but rap album from the early 00s weren't always known for being flush with hits (you'd get skits, interludes, and a fair share of filler to bolster up the singles). So to say that I am impressed by Get Rich Or Die Tryin' is an understatement. There's no wasted space, just catchy hip-hop hooks delivered by 50 Cent with confidence and swagger, plus the featured artists all make their tracks better without trying to steal the show. I will most definitely be visiting this album again!

The G

Reminds me of Biggie's debut. You got the pop/R&B hooks and the grimy verses. Within the context of this challenge, this just feels like a retread of past albums. This record feels like the commercial peak of gangsta rap (3-3.5).

Nope

Being 11 when 50 cent came to our tellies upside performing in da club, he was exciting, fresh and the hype that was spoken about seems true. The released track of this album (many men, pimp, 21 questions and if I can’t) are great and all sound great today. The rest of the album? Let’s be honest, it’s crap. 50 cents voice monotone voice is dull at best and when paired with tracks with sound licks that are incredibly basic that resemble they’ve polyphonic ring tones mobile phones used to have at this time, the album becomes very grating. “Gotta make it to heaven” is a prime example of this.

Never been a huge 50 fan. The production on this album is so compressed it's downright strangled on some tracks. That said In the Club and If I Can't still bang

Actually a lot better than I was expecting, and, a couple of bangers from back in the day.

nope

I try, but this is just not a genre of music I enjoy.

Not sure why I ever read other reviews when there's a black artist to listen to. I never learn and am disappointed every time. Some of you folks sound like the backward commenters who stalk the major news sites to shout to the rest about how poorly your mind works. 50 has a killer flow and great beats. Heat, in particular, had a clever one, and also was pretty disturbing. For me, very few rappers pick beats that integrate so well into their flow, or conversely, adapt their flow to dovetail so well into their beats. Excellent musicianship. 50 also does a great job of picking guests for verses on his tracks. Everyone slides into the thematic and stylistic feel of the song so well. I often criticize rappers for doing an entire album talking about how much of a badass they are, and while 50 does that to a substantial degree here, I don't care at all because he's so good at it. This was my first listen to this album in its entirety, but absolutely will not be the last. ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

3.5★/5 10.10.2026

Good albun

guetes album von 50.cent ihm sein flow ist sehr gut es hat legendäre tracks drinnen wie it da club, P.I.M.P usw. das album begleitete mich in der kindheit

Some bangers, a lot of trash-talking crap rap.

Not terrible, but not really hitting me either. In Da Club is a fun song, the Eminem track is probably my favorite. I am not a huge fan of 50's vocals here. He tends to slur his words and has a kinda sloppy flow. Some songs are worse that others for this. Overall, it's a decent album.

In Da Club - littéralement une musique qui doit être joué In Da Club +1 sur le fait qu'il a dénoncé P. Diddy dès 2000. Après, son rap a tj ete assez repetitif. Faut ecouter les paroles mais comprends pas trop. Tu peux pas faire une pochette plus rap que ca.

Bon. Disons que je suis peut-être pas le public directement visé par cet album. Néanmoins quelques instrus vraiment cool.

Not my cup of tea

Great album but a little long.

Fan-freakin-tastic. This feels like the AC/DC of rap. It doesn't shy away from exactly what it is. And what it is.. is incredible. I was bumping with every song. It does help that this came out when I was in 6th Grade and every boy in my class was obsessed with every song. I guess I didn't realize that Eminem produced this, you can hear his style throughout, which is probably what makes this sound smooth and aggressive at the same time. But even after it gets heavy, its gets so smooth with songs like In Da Club and P.I.M.P. This album rocks. I listened to it twice in a row.

it is a classic. but not my classic.

This album is catchy AF and 50 Cent is a good rapper, but once again I find myself bowled over by the overt misogyny.

Best Track - "In Da Club"

This was better than I expected, but I honestly wasn't expecting much. And if I never hear "g-unit" again, it'll still be too soon.

Quite sure I had this when it came out. In Da Club is still an absolute banger and PIMP and 21 Questions are also holding up well. However, it might be the fact I'm not a teenager anymore but a lot of this stuff is almost painfully repetitive. I get it. You've got guns and you've pumped a few birds. Well done. I'll give it 3 but the 3rd one is for In Da Club alone.

Onhan tässä paikoin ihan hyvää menoa, että mennään nyt kolmosella sit.

Ei tää nyt oikein lähe. Toki ihan hauska biitti kun ladataan tykkiä ja höpötellään siihen. Plus noi isot hitit ihan ymmärrän. Mut kuiteskii päästii levy maaliin eikä kuoltu yrittäessä.

Mä en jotenkin pysty suhtautumaan tähän vakavasti. Ei sitten lähde sitten millään tavalla.

Prima, maar wel wat lang. Hangt teveel op de hits

It’s a fun listen, but it’s not anything special in the world of rap.

Got to watch my p’s and q’s after this one.

Mr. Cent really had that Diddy's number.

There are parts I get, but overall maybe just not the kind of rap/hip-hop I can get into

I've known this album for a long time. Was actually one of the first full hip-hop albums I've heard! Now, I've never been the biggest fan, but also not the biggest hater. 01. Intro Contender for lamest and most useless intro ever. 02. What Up Gangsta REALLY grew on me. Used to really hate it, but now I really enjoy it! Just fun! 03. Patiently Waiting (feat. Eminem) Has always been one of my favorite collaboration tracks in hip-hop! They both went OFF. 04. Many Men (Wish Death) Absolute classic. Incredible track, no notes. 05. In Da Club Come on, it's In Da Club. 06. High All The Time Pretty funny due to the fact that 50 Cent does not in fact, smoke. Anyways, pretty good! 07. Heat Super interesting instrumental that I really love! Fun flow, too! 08. If I Can't Another classic! That chorus is infectious. 09. Blood Hound (feat. Young Buck) This is not very good! Irritating instrumental, with some really annoying verses and flows. 10. Back Down A great diss track, that manages to be super fun. 11. P.I.M.P. Another classic. Although I personally don't enjoy this one as much as the others. 12. Like My Style (feat. Tony Yayo) Super, super forgettable. I literally just listened to this, and forgot it. 13. Poor Lil Rich Weird irritating. Don't care for it at all. 14. 21 Questions (feat. Nate Dogg) The only "personal" song here. It benefits from that fact, being one of the best tracks here. 15. Don't Push Me (feat. Lloyd Banks, Eminem) Really fun song, but also forgettable. 16. Gotta Make It To Heaven Just another gangsta rap track. Pretty lackluster. Overall, has a lot of forgettable tracks. There are some absolute classics and hidden bangers, but that second half falls SUPER flat.

I don't even like rap like this but this changed the world when this came out.

Incredible start to an album

This is a perfectly acceptable snapshot of mainstream hip-hop. 50 has a decent flow and a few clever lines, but is just sort of generic in his puffed-up attitude and braggadocio. The beats are decent. I dunno. It's just decent. Not great, not terrible. More lovey-type songs than I remembered from my youth.

I didn’t hate it. But I also didn’t love it.

Cinquanta centesimi prima di fare un feat con Geolier era fortissimo

Didn’t expect to like this one as much as I did. There’s a couple hits on here that already knew, but it was a really solid listen through and through.

It’s not my genre, but I don’t hate this. A couple of songs I did hate, but overall it was fine.

Some of the lyrics didn't age well, but the production more than makes up for that. Favourite Track(s): 21 Questions, Many Men Least Favourite Track(s): Don't Push Me, Wanksta

Who knew I knew so many 50 Cent songs. I still remember being a young'en in Panama City Beach on spring break with my family and seeing that 50 Cent was performing at one of the clubs there and thinking that was both funny & cool at the same time. I am not a rap/hip hop girlie but this isn't awful and maybe I just enjoy the nostalgia but whatever I didn't hit skip on the songs so there's that and that's one of my metrics.

I give out too many 4 stars so this one is getting a 3. It's a very solid 7.5/10 and the hits are hits, I loved some of the early tracks really hearing the Eminem and Dre influence. But it overstayed its welcome, I'm not a huge fan of his rapping style, and too many filler songs. Still, enjoyed it a lot more than I thought I would.

9/10

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.

Even if I wanted to enjoy this genre, and could get passed all the cliched over use of the N-bomb, derogatory slurs to women and glorification of violence, I couldn’t choose this dick head as my go to artist. Just can’t take him seriously. Lyrical genius he is not. Here’s 2 examples of his finer work… • I’m similar to a squirrel, lookin’ for a slut with a nice butt to get a nut • I love you like a fat kid love cake Five stars to me for sitting all the way through this garbage. 1 star to the album.

Try to enjoy this or die tryin' I attempted to give Fiffy a fair unjudgemental listen and I think I succeeded for the first few songs. Eminem's first rap was probably the highlight of the whole album. Considering how I detest his voice sort of reveals what I thought of the rest of this. Musically basic, no surprises with the lyrical content, the usual aggressive 'nigga' laden old tripe. Yeah, you're probably a better gangsta than you are a rapper. Don't give up your day job.

Still holds up! But didn't blow me away. What DOES blow me away is that this was his debut! Rewrote the script for gangster rap and the whole direction of rap in the 2000s.

one of the best rap albums I've heard, I liked almost all of the songs

4.5. So much personal nostalgia with this. I remember buying it in 9th grade when my sister was in 11th and just got her license. Mom and dad didn’t know we had it. I think it’s certainly a 4. If some one said 3.5 I would get it.

Hell yeah

50 Cent's debut feels a bit like an action movie. The lyrics are cartoonishly violent, to the point to the point where it's basically impossible to believe any of his brags are true. The big, staccato beats are the stylish explosions around him. And somehow it all works, at least in the way it combines poppy hooks and gratuitous subject in a way that is both hard-hitting and accessible. 50's lyrics aren't terribly creative but his rhymes can be clever and his flow is solid, even if I don't find him to be terribly charismatic as a rapper. The beats are almost the highlight, with some of Dre's funkiest work. "In da Club" sounds years ahead of its time. There's not a ton of depth here, which holds it back, but it's still hard to deny that it's a fun listen.

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.

Du rap avec du poil au menton sans être caricatural, une belle petite capsule temporelle des débuts 2000.

Ça sonne tellement années 2000 et en même temps je n'aimais vraiment pas le rap à l'époque haha. Mention spéciale pour Patiently Waiting que j'ai bien kiffée.

nije mi ovo repništvo baš sjelo, premda je sam album vjerojatno objektivno dosta dobar. eminem na par pjesama ne pomaže dojmu, naprotiv

I typically don’t have a lot of patience for hip hop records from the CD era. They’re just too goddamned long. But this. Sixteen tracks seemed to fly by. The record is still too long, but the songs themselves don’t have any fat on them, and there aren’t any skits to speak of. 50 is easy to listen to, because he believes in hooks. His flow is great, though sometimes he’s a little bit too behind the beat- and even then it works. The production is fun. I was prepared to hate this but damn. Fiddy had me bobbing my head. I can’t help it it’s a clean - FOUR STARS

Great beats. Very catchy and the laid back delivery works well.

2003 east coast hip hop What up gangster In da club High all the time PIMP 21 questions

It was okay

Fire

Iconic Favourite tracks: "If I Can't", "Heat", "Many Men", "Patiently Waiting", "In Da Club"

No.

I like hip-hop, but this era of hip-hop and what came after with mumblerap and whatnot, is just not my cup of tea. I feel it lacks the finesse of old boom bap, and the penmanship of Wu Tang and the likes. And why is it so damn long?!

J'adore cet album de tout mon coeur, many men/in da club et 21 questions sont des sons exceptionnels. L'album en lui-même est classique, incontournable mais jsp c'est pas un 5 du tout. C'est génial, iconique mais "oubliable" (même si je le connais par coeur) Un 4+++ mais ne sera jamais un 5 pour moi

Très cool vraiment très cool

don't know what to say here, shall I put in my 50cents hahahaa I love Go Shorty it's ya birthday but fail to see the overall significance of this album

It’s a wink. Feels playful, but also mischievous. It keeps you curious and wondering what’s next.

it's a concept album - right? bang bang bang...

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]

50 Cent zu viel für einen ehrelosen Gangsta

Background music was actually music

Music for incels to furiously wank along to whilst pretending to be ho magnets like Fiddy.

Ah, the edgy white millennial kid anthem. Been a while, lets see how it holds up. Looking through theist we have a couple club classics on here in PIMP and In Da Club. I always found it hard to relate to the gangsta rap combination of heavy religious iconography and gratuitous violence which is here in spades. Still Fiddy is clearly a talented dude when it comes to gangsta rap. That said Dre's production is what drives the best parts of this record. Those hooks in the big hits are powerful. If you leave aside the questionable lyrical content, the rest of this is really well done. Easy to see why Fiddy became so popular. 4/5

Veel van hetzelfde, maar enkele verrassend lekkere beats. Overall toch middelmatig

Solid album got stuck in my head all day

A man of his word.

Not unenjoyable, but there is a simplicity to these songs that makes them easy to chant but difficult to give stars to, with the exceptions being when someone else joins in: perhaps this is pop rap?

Bang Bang Niner Gang just beat the Rams big in Australia. And this album is good.

50 cent is responsible for the only good rap skits that I can think of, where he and G-unit rag on Ja Rule for sucking the life out of every duet he features on. It's the exception that proves the rule. As a rapper though? I seem to remember people being pretty down on him at the time. Since then we've had lots of worse MCs gain success, from Soulja Boy to 2 Chainz to modern mumble rap. But listening to this, it's pretty clear Fiddy’s greatest rap talent is getting shot an untenable amount of times and living. That's legend making in a scene that loves gun violence and braggadoccio. But his flow, his lyricism, his musical concerns (and indeed often his musical backdrops) are often more like a tarnished nickel. It really feels like he was pulled out of obscurity because he was a decently built man who survived death, and given a couple rap lessons. GRoDT is similar to the last album in that it, in its own way, feels sorta phoned in. There are some comparisons that are not flattering. For example, when Snoop makes a career out of being high all the time, it works because he has a unique flow that is informed by that. When 50 is rapping about being high all the time, though, he sounds like the stereotype, the brain dead, slow reacting pothead. When he talks about being threatened and killing and people wanting him dead, he sounds bored, while Biggie always makes it sound personal. About the best this album has is a very early in the album Eminem feature, which pulls the trick of Em's general better skills and his surprising serious verse making a case for him that his own whiny histrionic class clown rap cannot. Good for Em I guess. It's the weird dichotomy of an album that is inherently fluff and a bunch of songs that are not memorable. Like, who is singing along with the stilted chop and bland melody of “if I cant. Do it. It cant. Be donnne”? I guess the same people who got into the mumbled word salad of “in da club”, which is a damned symphony comparatively. But this is music made exclusively to have a product to sell. And it is so, so, so, so long for what it is. I hate giving two ⭐️ ratings in a row, but ffs.

yall don’t know what P.I.M.P. means to me

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

Nice