The Massacre
| 50 Cent
The Massacre
The Massacre is the second studio album by 50 Cent. It was released on March 3, 2005, by Shady Records, Aftermath Entertainment, and Interscope Records. The album debuted and peaked at #1 on the US Billboard 200, selling 1.15 million copies in its 1st week. Upon its release, The Massacre received generally positive reviews from music critics. The album was nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Rap Album, but lost to Kanye West's album Late Registration at the 48th Grammy Awards-Wikipedia
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Genius
And we just put it out
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Pitchfork
Defiant, 50 found his win, and damned if he's giving it up-- but that he's got an Achilles Heel and willing to show it means he's more powerful than we can even fathom.
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Napster
A strong collection of murderous threats and sensitive-thug love jams
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BBC
He's decided to make words his weapon and employed that standard rap machine hype tactic
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Reddit
The beats are all insane and the whole album is like listening to an Eminem album rapped by another person.
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Hip Hop DX
So another dope album from 50 will never be held in the regard it should be, instead it’s marred in some form controversy.
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Pop Matters
Dripping with sexual energy and cool.
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Music OMH
Showing so much strength with no more than three skip-worthy tracks is really a sign of its class.
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Hip Hop
Some referred to it as “sophomore jinx.” Fif definitely killed that myth.
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Sputnik
You know, it's pretty hard to be a successful musician in today
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Rolling Stone
It helps that 50 Cent is the most likable rapper ever to need a bulletproof vest.
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The Dope Chronicles
I liked the majority of the album. I thought it was dope.
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AV Club
Cent is willing to pander to important demographics and make the requisite commercial concessions.
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The Gaurdian
With nothing musically fresh, attention is focused on Jackson himself. Bad idea.
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Byron Crawford
Some of these songs are better than others, but none of them are really worth listening to.
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Slate
But you have to hand it to 50 Cent: The guy's got chutzpah.
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Daily Egytian
The artist doesn’t seem to kill anything except his once flawless reputation.
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Theme Park Review
Overall, I think this album is really good but not as good as his first album Get Rich Or Die Tryin'. It seems close tho.
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Prefix Mag
The Massacre is every suburbanite’s ghetto fantasy,
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Hip Hop Club
But realize THIS IS NOT A CLASSIC ALBUM and it’s not a MUST HAVE album if you aren’t a genuine 50 Cent fan
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The Early Registration
This is 50 showing his ability slide onto radio waves just as easily as he could create one of the most censored albums at the time.
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Amino apps
From subject matter to production, it just didn’t have the same impact of a first-time listen his other projects do.
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Influenster
Ahhh! This album was is great. I like every single song.
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Altrap
Wait for the instrumental to drop on the net and download the good tracks, otherwise avoid.
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Brent Music
While I selected “Candy Shop”, the sets biggest single as the best track, it’s actually a difficult call given the firepower throughout the effort.
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