Get Rich or Die Tryin
| 50 Cent
Get Rich or Die Tryin
Get Rich or Die Tryin'is the debut studio album by American rapper 50 Cent. It was released on February 6, 2003, by Shady Records, Aftermath Entertainment and Interscope Records.Prior to the album, 50 Cent gained initial recognition as a producer, producing several songs alongside the Trackmasters on an unreleased albumwidely believed to be his debut in 2000. However, after suffering legal troubles and being blackballed from the music industry, 50 Cent found difficulty in securing another major-label recording contract, until he signed with Eminem's Shady Records in 2002.-Wikipedia
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Pitchfork
Very well might have been the landmark achievement it's being touted as.
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Rolling Stone
So full of life, it makes you hope the only bullets 50 will need to fire from now on are metaphorical.
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BBC
Offers listeners a fresh innovative approach. This album defines the urban black experience in 2003
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The Gaurdian
It would appear that the gangsta-rap revival is suddenly upon us.
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Genius
Nothing short of a hip hop essential. It’s a major part of rap’s rich history
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Sputnik
Those who just want a nice catchy mainstream Hip-Hop album will find everything they could possibly want
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Hip Hop DX
He does pay a lot of attention to song structure and even though not everything clicks, nothing sounds thrown together as filler material
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Uncut
His macho stance sits oddly with his vocal resemblance to Bill Withers
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Escobar
Hustler’s Ambition remains as one of the album’s best track and possibly one of the best 50 has done in his entire career.
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Rap Reviwes
this album will undoubtedly be more than they expected, but also a window into the eyes of a man whom even 9 shots couldn't hold down for long
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Prefix Magazine
Is anything hotter than 50 Cent? No.
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Laut
Clearer Case of fast food rap. Actually, it tastes quite good, yes maybe even addictive
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True Too
Debut studio album that would mark him down in history as one of the cornerstones of modern gangster rap.
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CNN
50 Cent 'Get Rich' is a'ight
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Slant
Primarily forgoes gritty realism in favor of disingenuous, reductive fantasy in the star-glorifying vanity project mold.
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Hip Hop Its Alive
Considered by almost everyone to be 50's masterpiece, and many also consider it to be one of the more influential rap records of our time
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Mr Hipster
The guy just isn’t very dynamic, kind of reminding me of a summer squash that’s been animated by a bolt of lightening
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Billboard
He put the rap game in a chokehold with the release of his debut studio album
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XXL Magazine
—but this is still The 50 Cent Show
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Crack Magazine
For some, the album that brought them to hip-hop. For some, the start of the rot.
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Complex
AND IT USHERED IN A NEW HYPER-GANGSTER ERA OF RAP, WHERE JUST TALKING ABOUT PAST WARS WASN’T ENOUGH. YOU HAD TO HAVE THE BATTLE SCARS TO PROVE IT.
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Common Sense
Teens seem to like the way 50 Cent scornfully observes the world of the street.
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AV Club
Only intermittently justifies the buzz surrounding the rapper's career.
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BOL
Hard beats, bold lyrics.
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Uncut
There's no sense of community on this unapologetic throwback to straight-assed songs about guns, girls and drugs
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The Early Registration
This is certainly one of the best debut albums by a rapper
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RTE
Instead 50 Cent's debut is a skilfully-marketed and utterly predictable commercial hip-hop album.
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Vibe
Taught Us Major Life Lessons
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