See More Your browser does not support the audio element. But until he drops that truly jaw-dropping album - or falls victim to his own hubris - this will certainly do.

And though he very well could be the rightful successor to the Biggie-Jigga-Nas triptych, Get Rich isn't quite the masterpiece 50 seems capable of, impressive or not. Dre (who does four) credit for laying out the red carpet here, and also give 50 credit for reveling brilliantly in his much-documented mystique - from his gun fetish to his witty swagger, 50 has the makings of a street legend, and it's no secret. Give Em (who produces two tracks) and Dr. After all, when co-executive producer Eminem raps, 'Take some Big and some Pac/And you mix them up in a pot/Sprinkle a little Big L on top/What the f*ck do you got?' you know the answer. In sum, Get Rich is an incredibly calculated album, albeit an amazing one. That debate aside, however, Get Rich plays like a blueprint rap debut should: there's a tense, suspenseful intro ('What Up Gangsta'), an ethos-establishing tag-team spar with Eminem ('Patiently Waiting'), a street-cred appeal ('Many Men '), a tailor-made mass-market good-time single ('In da Club'), a multifaceted tread through somber ghetto drama (from 'High All the Time' to 'Gotta Make It to Heaven'), and finally three bonus tracks that reprise 50's previously released hits ('Wanksta,' 'U Not Like Me,' 'Life's on the Line') - in that precise order. The thing, though, is that 50 isn't exactly a rookie, and it's debatable as to whether or not Get Rich can be considered a true debut (see the unreleased Power of the Dollar and the Guess Who's Back? compilation ). I initially believed 50 Cent’s Get Rich Or Die Tryin’ was incredibly overrated I wasn’t entirely wrong. In Da Club, Wanksta, 21 Questions and P.I.M.P were huge crossover smashes and little Curtis Jackson from Southside Jamaica, Queens, could legitimately call himself the most discussed figure in hip-hop, as likely to grace the cover of The Source as the New York Times. Dre, with the duo acting as the albums executive producers, who worked to combine the gangsta rap and R&B combo prevalent in New York hip hop. After signing with Eminem, 50 Cent also worked heavily with Dr. It was released on February 6, 2003, by Shady, Aftermath and Interscope. Even so, Get Rich is indeed an impressive debut, not quite on the level of such landmark debuts as the aforementioned ones by Snoop or Nas - or those by Biggie, Wu-Tang, or DMX either - but impressive nonetheless, definitely ushering in 50 as one of the truly eminent rappers of his era. Get Rich or Die Tryin’ was at the time the biggest selling debut album in hip-hop history. Get Rich or Die Tryin is the debut studio album by American rapper 50 Cent. In fact, the expectations were so massive that they overshadowed the music itself - 50 becoming more of a phenomenon than simply a rapper - so massive that you had to be skeptical, particularly given the marketing-savvy nature of the rap world. Probably the most hyped debut album by a rap artist in about a decade, most likely since Snoop's Doggystyle (1993) or perhaps Nas' Illmatic (1994), 50 Cent's Get Rich or Die Tryin' certainly arrived amid massive expectations.

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