50 Cent signed a one million dollar record deal with Dr. After being impressed with the mixtape, Eminem invited 50 Cent to Los Angeles where he was introduced to producer Dr. In 2002, Eminem listened to a copy of 50 Cent's Guess Who's Back? mixtape album through Jackson's attorney, who was working with Eminem's manager Paul Rosenberg. He managed to survive, but was dropped from his label, Columbia Records, who canceled the album's release. Prior to the release of his first studio album titled Power of the Dollar, 50 Cent was shot nine times in Queens, New York on May 24, 2000. In 2020, Rolling Stone ranked the album number 280 on their updated 500 Greatest Albums of All Time list. It won Favorite Rap/Hip-Hop Album at 2003 American Music Awards and Top Billboard 200 Album at the 2003 Billboard Music Awards. It was the best-selling album of 2003 in the US, and was nominated for Best Rap Album at the 46th Grammy Awards. In 2020, it was certified 9× Platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA). Get Rich or Die Tryin' was ranked by several publications as one of the best albums of the 2000s. The album was ranked number one on the Billboard Year-End 2003 and received generally positive reviews from music critics. The album's singles also saw commercial success, with both " In da Club" and " 21 Questions" reaching number one on the Billboard Hot 100, while " P.I.M.P." became a number one hit in several countries. Released a week in advance to combat bootlegging and internet leakage, Get Rich or Die Tryin' debuted at number one on the Billboard 200, selling over 872,000 copies in its first week of sales. 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. Prior to the album, 50 Cent released several mixtapes alongside the Trackmasters on an unreleased album widely believed to be his debut in 2000.
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The album also contains guest appearances from Eminem, Young Buck, and Nate Dogg, as well as features from G-Unit co-members Lloyd Banks and Tony Yayo. Porter, Rockwilder, Dirty Swift, Megahertz, and more. Additional production is provided by Mike Elizondo, Sha Money XL, Mr. Dre, with the duo acting as the album's executive producers, who worked to combine the gangsta rap and R&B combo prevalent in New York hip hop.
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After signing with Eminem, 50 Cent also worked heavily with Dr. Dre's Aftermath Entertainment, Eminem's Shady Records, and 50 Cent's G-Unit Records.
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It was released on February 6, 2003, by Interscope Records, Dr. Since 2003, the rapper has appeared on tracks by Obie Trice, Busta Rhymes, Avant, Nipsey Hussle, Young Chris, Joe Budden and Havoc.Get Rich or Die Tryin ' is the debut studio album by American rapper 50 Cent. Back in 2003, his first collaborative album 'Beg for Mercy' with G-Unit ( 50 Cent and Young Buck) was certified 2x Platinum by the RIAA. The new album reached #45 on Billboard's R&B/Hip-Hop chart and features guest appearances by Freddie Gibbs, Roc Marciano, Benny the Butcher, Styles P, Ransom and Vado. Additional markets should be announced in the near future, so stay tuned for updates.īanks released his fourth studio album 'The Course Of The Inevitable' on June 4th, 2021 via Money by Any Means, Inc. The 12-city journey kicks off August 10th in Atlanta and runs into September making additional stops in Silver Spring, Philadelphia, Boston, Cincinnati, Detroit, Chicago, Minneapolis, Denver, Santa Ana, Berkeley and Los Angeles. Postponed: Queens rapper Lloyd Banks has announced a summer 2021 tour across America behind his brand new album 'The Course Of The Inevitable'.