Daaaamn, this album came out 10 years ago TODAY
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ptowndonte wrote: »ROZAYTABERNACLE wrote: »ptowndonte wrote: »
That was also a double album...
So was The Blueprint 2. What's your point?
each copy sold counts as 2. so that 11 million is probably more like 5.5 million -
so what you're saying is.....they sold 11 million albums?
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A ? givin out wacks n ? waitin in long John silver's n ? . My bad.
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this is a personal classic for sure, perfect rider music. was in senior year high school damn..
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I thought it was a Good album then, I havent listen to it in years.......
I just always thought it was funny how they would say 50 cornered the mixtape market.....? in Tx had been making mixtapes for years, rapping over other ? beats and changing the song for years.....waaaaaay before 50 even got popular outside of the tri-state area.....? might have known about him if they were up on that underground east coast ? but 50 wasnt the first ? to sell mixtapes the way he did......thats the only thing about 50's career I get confused about -
lol at lil 8 million
rappers not named eminem would ? to sell 8 million right now -
BackInWhite wrote: »hip hop at its core is about opinions
there's no way something can be a hip hop classic cuz it'd all be based on somebody's opinion
there are no facts when it comes to ? like that
There are standards, b.
You cannot deny that ? .
Being nonbiased about yours, b.
If someone was ? on 400 Degreez.
I'll be defending like Get Rich. -
I think i was the only person around my way who didnt mess with this album when it came out, I was playing Freeway's "Phill freeway" while everyone else was blasting GRODT.
? was getting played everywhere u went cant deny the impact. -
Great mainstream album but really overrated when it comes to having some type of great content or lyricism. I realized it was basically just riding music for me quite quickly.
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Just read this on www.allhiphop.com. Some facts about 50
50 Cent used to rule a portion of the world for a while and Get Rich Or Die Tryin’ was his crowning achievement. For 69 minutes and 23 seconds, Curtis James Jackson III hit you with a barrage of club records, gun shots, marijuana odes, career killers and so much more. A decade after it impacted, there has not been an album commercially or culturally quite like it ever since. In celebration of the 10th anniversary of this seminal release, here are 10 lesser known facts about 50 Cent in during the Get Rich or Die Tryin’ era.
50 Incorporated a Jay-Z Diss In His Shows
Jay made it a hot line. 50 made it a his intro. DJ Drama recently told Complex that 50 used “to open up his shows with that Jay-Z line, ‘I’m about a dollar, what the f*ck is 50 cents?’” Clever twist from the man who told listeners to “call him Flipper” on GRODT’S “Patiently Waiting”.
Some Gun Sound Effects On Songs Were Not Sound Effects
Sometimes life imitates art. Sometimes art imitates life. But usually 50 Cent circa-2003 was rolling around with some sort of guns. During 50’s track-by-track breakdown of GRODT with MTV he revealed that the gunshots in the album’s song “Heat” were actual guns. “The actual gun clicks and all that stuff was real,” the Jamaica, Queens native tells MTV “we had them with us, let us go to the booth and use them instead of going to sound effects. Luckily the drive-by in the song was purely theatrics. We think.
50’s voice complicated Get Rich or Die Tryin’
During the recording process of Get Rich Or Die Tryin’, 50’s popularity began to rise and subsequently so did his number of performances. The producer of “What Up Gangsta”, Rob “Reef” Tewlow, recently told HipHopDX that after the success of “Wanksta”, 50 started doing “two or three shows a night, and his voice kind of changed a little bit.” The change is its most noticeable in the higher pitched flow found on the bonus track, “U Not Like Me”.
Entertainment Weekly thought Get Rich OR Die Tryin’ was “a’ight”
For many Hip Hop fans, GRODT was a classic from the second “Gotta Make It To Heaven” faded out. Entertainment Weekly felt the opposite, entitling their original review of the album “50 Cent ‘Get Rich’ is a’ight”. Among the many questionable critiques of the seminal album, the reviewer wrote 50’s collaborations with Eminem were “dollar-store versions” of Eminem’s best work. Dumb reviews need teaching.
Roughly 40% of 50 Cent’s Total Record Sales are from Get Rich Or Die Tryin
50 Cent has sold over 30 million records internationally in his 10 year major label career and over 12 million of those sales come from Get Rich Or Die Tryin’. One could perceive this as a testament to a gradual decline in 50 Cent’s relevancy. However, one could also notice that only one other rap album has sold over 8 million records internationally in the 10 years since GRODT (Outkast’s Speakerboxx/The Love Below released 7 months later). To put it into better perspective, Eminem and Nelly released two albums that would go on to sell over 8 million records less than a year before GRODT. 50’s debut was the last of a dying breed.
50 Cent Was Sued By Doctor Who Helped Save His Life
“When the 50 Cent album came out, I didn’t hear a damn thing about the music. All I kept hearing was ‘he got shot nine times’.”-Chris Rock in 2003 MTV Video Music Awards opening monologue
No matter who you asked, one of the top three things circa-GRODT era mentioned when talking about 50 Cent was his May 24th shooting back in 2000. Each bullet wound increased the veracity of his ? lyrics and thus helped his meteoric rise. So you can imagine a doctor’s surgrin when a multimillionaire has not paid a medical bill of $32,511.87 medical bill. Dr. Nader Paksima sued 50 for that amount after “repeated requests for payment” were unanswered. No word on if 50 finally payed the bill.
50 Cent purchased Mike Tyson’s mansion only 7 months After GRODT release
A little over 3 years after being shot nine times and on the brink of death, Sabrina’s Baby Boy purchased a mansion once owned by Mike Tyson for $4.1 million. The Connecticut 52-room home came with a boathouse and its new owner instantly became the talk of the New Britain community. The police captain at the time, James Rio informed USA Today that the community was “concerned for his safety as well as the safety of the public.” He’s currently trying to sell the property with little luck. Who has $9,999,999?
50 Cent was shot at a week after a Murder Inc artist was killed
The 50 Cent story could have ended in September of 2003 as he was shot at near a Jersey City Doubletree Hotel. 50 luckily escaped the crime scene where ten bullet casings were found. A week prior to the incident, Murda Inc Records artist D.O. Cannon was killed. No connection was made but given 50’s volatile past with Murda Inc, it is entirely likely.
Suge Knight came to the In Da Club video set
Complex’s Editor-In-Chief and Chief Content Officer Noah Callahan-Bever interviewed 50 Cent, Dr. Dre and Eminem on the set of the video for Get Rich Or Die Tryin’s nuclear bomb “In Da Club” for the historic 2003 XXL Magazine cover story. While Eminem shot his video for “Sing For the Moment” 10 feet away an unlikely visitor came bearing gifts:
Suge stopped by the set, to “congratulate” 50 with a box of cigars (and creep everyone out). He was wearing red.
— Noah Callahan-Bever (@N_C_B) February 6, 2013
However, Noah asserts the former Death Row kingpin was near either Dr. Dre.
Bonus Fact: Funkmaster Flex played “In Da Club” 100 times on the radio the day he debuted it.
50 rode in military grade vehicles before Get Rich Or Die Tryin’ Release
“Cuz my windows on my motherf*ckin’ Benz is bulletproof n*gga‘/
Cuz my motherf*ckin’ vest is bulletproof n*gga‘/
Cuz my motherf*ckin’ hat is bulletproof n*gga”-50 Cent on “Heat”
Heavy is the head that wears the crown and the bulletproof hat. 50 was stabbed by Murda Inc affiliates and shot nine times within two months of each other in 2000 and his net worth grew considerably since those altercations. MTV personality and internationally renowned radio host, Sway Calloway described the level of security 50 employed even before GRODT‘s became successful:
“I never anticipated riding with 50 to his concert in a Level 4 security bulletproof/bombproof Jeep Cherokee. He described the at least 4-inch-thick windows and the steel plate underneath the car. He told me that at point-blank range a 9mm handgun wouldn’t even scratch the windows. He even told me that originally he was going to purchase a Level 4 security Mercedes until the original owner was murdered.” -
Ajackson17 wrote: »2 good songs and its a classic, you ? stay ? riding
Yeah these Reason clown don't know ? about Hip-Hop as usual. Only song I still ? with off the album is Many Men. The rest of the songs are mediocre. -
idoitforhiphop10 wrote: »Unless u wasn't born in 2003, you FELT the impact of this album, no matter who u was.
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idoitforhiphop10 wrote: »ROZAYTABERNACLE wrote: »idoitforhiphop10 wrote: »Unless u wasn't born in 2003, you FELT the impact of this album, no matter who u was.
I was 13, so I remember the impact vivdly. I could write a titangraph on it, but I don't feel like typin too much lol.
YOu were 13 so you don't know ? . I was 19 so I know more KID. -
Already Home_17 wrote: »lol at lil 8 million
rappers not named eminem would ? to sell 8 million right now
Hardnock Life sold 9 million and had more impact than any album ever released int he history of Hip-Hop including GRODT. That album put Timberland on the map. -
I'm surprised there wasn't a 10th anniversary version put out cause you know how labels love to get that nostalgic money from people that reminisce on their old days
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Already Home_17 wrote: »lol at lil 8 million
rappers not named eminem would ? to sell 8 million right now
Hardnock Life sold 9 million and had more impact than any album ever released int he history of Hip-Hop including GRODT. That album put Timberland on the map.
the ? ?
? ....go somewhere
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Whether you like it or not, this is a modern day classic. The music had massive cultural impact, and most of us know we bumped this at one point or another.
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What cultural impact did the music have? Trap Muzik, Thug Motivation, Trap or Die ( a mixtape), all had more cultural impact than this ? . The music did well commercially so it proved you could still create a superstar. ? is overrated other than its sales.
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Southern ? ready to rally against Get Rich??
10 years ago, y'all weren't doing this.
LOL.
I was one of the few 50 "haters" when this c.d came out... Lol I had the c.d but saw it was Jus a good c.d that had a ? load of hype behind it....
50 was supposta be the 2nd coming... But ? aint happen -
GGGG CLASSIC
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i was 15 when this came out. i remember thinking it was good not great but still not being able to escape it. Freeways album had much more value to me & the Biggie Rap Phenomenon mixtape was what i bumped all summer
oh yea....and the S.Carter Collection -
enter the 36 chambers is gonna be 20 years old in november. time flies.
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Typical Reason posters, can't see past their own world views.
GRoDT was a huge album in rap and in the mainstream. That means it helped the genre crossover to other people and regions that would never had listened to or cared about a rap song. 50's success opened the door for other artists to get more exposure and made it okay for certain songs to be played on the radio.
That's the impact of the album. -
choppa_style wrote: »50 made it okay for certain songs to be played on the radio.
That's the impact of the album.
? , if you don't GTFOH.. -
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LZIc8VSonVY
"If you was smart, you'd be shook of me cause I'll get tired of looking for you, spray your momma crib and make ya ass look for me"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Atp49TyK-Dc
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g4yYtwspOZ4