Get Rich Or Die Tryin' [PA] by 50 Cent (CD, 2003, Shady/Aftermath/Interscope)

Description: Get Rich Or Die Tryin' by 50 Cent [PA] [CD] Track Listing: 1 Intro2 What Up Gangsta3 Patiently Waiting - feat. Eminem4 Many Men (Wish Death)5 In Da Club6 High All The Time7 Heat8 If I Can't9 Blood Hound - feat. Young Buck of G Unit10 Back Down11 P.I.M.P.12 Like My Style - feat. Tony Yayd of G Unit13 Poor Lil Rich14 21 Questions - feat. Nate Dogg15 Don't Push Me - feat. Lloyd Banks of G Unit & Eminem16 Gotta Make It To Heaven50 cent's debut promises to set the pace for hip-ho p in coming years. The product of his un-relenting drive, talents, and realness, 50's official first album promises to do for him just what it says. Second single "In Da Club" produced by Dr. Dre. --- 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. 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. 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. 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 [1999] and the Guess Who's Back? compilation [2002]). 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 [Wish Death]"), 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. In sum, Get Rich is an incredibly calculated album, albeit an amazing one. 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. Give Em (who produces two tracks) and Dr. 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. 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. But until he drops that truly jaw-dropping album -- or falls victim to his own hubris -- this will certainly do. ~ Jason Birchmeier, AllMusic Normal 0 false false false EN-US X-NONE X-NONE

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