Instrumentals for two songs featured on the album, Back Down and Heat, were originally songs composed by Rakim and Dr. This version consist of a making-of documentry and the videos for In Da Club, Heat and Many Men. There was a second version with a red CD and a blue DVD. Įarly pressings of Get Rich or Die Tryin' included a limited edition bonus DVD. The song "Back Down" was listed on XXL (magazine)'s list of the greatest diss tracks of all time. The album also contains disses of artists such as Ja Rule, Irv Gotti, Cadillac Tah, and Black Child. The edited version lacks censorship in the song "Don't Push Me" and still contains one use of "goddamn" and references to shooting somebody. Also the track "Heat" is cut from the edited version of the album due to heavy use of violent language including references to weapons and murder, but especially having a shotgun pumping beat throughout the song. This version of the album completely cuts all violence, profanity, and drug content. Get Rich or Die Tryin' was also released in an edited version that was highly censored. The song depicted club culture and its "vibes" and ebbs. It was the first time since 1994 that an artist had both the number one song and album for the year (Ace of Base held that distinction last with "The Sign"). This album defines the urban black experience in 2003 in the same way that Curtis Mayfield's "We People who are darker than Blue" did in the 1970s.The single "In da Club" was Billboard (magazine) magazine's number one single for the year. Get Rich or Die Tryin is the antithesis to the pop looped chart friendly sound of mainstream hip hop and offers listeners a fresh innovative approach. The need for emotional support results in the repetitive question "would you love me if I was down and out?" In an environment where ones fortunes could be anything from working in a burger joint, prison or worse - the need for a woman who is there is a "blessin" The surprise on the album is "21 Questions" which shows that even a gangsta has a heart. 50 Cent was famously shot 9 times and as he muses without irony, "death has to be easy as life is hard." "Lifes on the Line" and "Many Men (Wish Death)" delve into the ghetto morality where life is a cheap commodity and the rule of law is drugs, gangs, guns and ultimately death. The single "In Da Club" a spectacular party anthem produced by Dr Dre,highlights 50 Cent's ability to twist his words effortlessly. He sold 2.1 million copies of his dark debut album in the first three weeks of its release (on Eminem's label) and he is already being compared to posthumous legends Tupac and the Notorious BIG. This 26 year old New Yorker 50 Cent aka Curtis Jackson, the biggest new hip-hop star of 2003, a ghetto celebrity, ex-crack dealer who turned to hip-hop as a way out of a gangstas fate: prison or death. Get Rich Or Die Trying is boldly tipped to be a hip-hop classic. Mormile Marcus Heisser Marc Labelle Tracy McNew Riggs Moralesġ001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die ( 2005 edition) (order: 96) Rolling Stone: 500 Greatest Albums of All Time: 2020 edition (number: 280) (order: 280)ĬritiqueBrainz ReviewsThere’s 1 review on CritiqueBrainz. Relationships artist & repertoire support:ĭ.J.
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