50 Cent Mixtape

[Kristin Banyas]

Americanrapper 50 Cent has released five studio albums, ten mixtapes, two video albums, four compilation albums, two soundtrack album, 76 singles (including 26 as a featured artist), and 88 music videos. As of July 2014, he is the sixth best-selling hip-hop artist of the Nielsen SoundScan era with 16,786,000 albums sold in the US.[1][2] 50 Cent signed to Shady Records in 2002 and released his debut studio album, Get Rich or Die Tryin', on February 6, 2003.[3] The album peaked at number one in the US Billboard 200 and performed well in international markets.[4][5][6] It features the number-one singles "In da Club" and "21 Questions"[7] and also includes the singles "P.I.M.P." and "If I Can't". 50 Cent collaborated with American rapper Lil' Kim on "Magic Stick", which peaked at number two in the US.

In 2005, he released his second studio album, The Massacre. The album charted at number one in the US, as well as reaching the top ten on many album charts worldwide, and sold 4.83 million copies in the United States in 2005, the second highest sales count by any album that year.[8] The Massacre includes the US top-three hits "Disco Inferno" and "Just a Lil Bit", and the US number-one hit "Candy Shop", which peaked in the top ten of many charts worldwide. A reissue of The Massacre produced the single "Outta Control", which peaked at number six in the US. In November 2005, 50 Cent starred in the movie Get Rich or Die Tryin', and recorded four singles for the film's soundtrack: the international hits "Hustler's Ambition" and "Window Shopper", and also "Best Friend" and "I'll Whip Ya Head Boy".

In 2007, 50 Cent's third studio album, Curtis, debuted at number two on the Billboard 200, behind Kanye West's album Graduation, after a much-hyped sales competition between the albums.[9] Five singles were released from the album, including international hit "Ayo Technology" and Billboard hits "Straight to the Bank", "Amusement Park", "I Get Money" and "I'll Still Kill". In 2009, he released his fourth studio album, Before I Self Destruct. Music critics described the album as a return to the darker, more intense style of music that 50 Cent exhibited on many of his early mixtapes.[10][11] The album charted at number five on the Billboard 200 and peaked in the top twenty of several album charts worldwide. The album features two singles: the international hit "Baby by Me", which peaked at number twenty-eight in the US, and "Do You Think About Me".

50 Cent Is the Future is the second mixtape by American rapper 50 Cent and first one by his rap group G-Unit. It was released on June 1, 2002 via Street Dance/Thurd World Muzic. The lone guest appearance is provided by UTP, which marks the first collaboration between the group and future member Young Buck.

The mixtape was recorded in 2001 after 50 Cent was dropped from Columbia Records and blacklisted from the recording industry due to his controversial song "Ghetto Qu'ran (Forgive Me)", leaving his debut studio album Power of the Dollar unreleased.[6] He then traveled to Canada to record the mixtape due to being unable to find a studio in the United States that would allow him to record. The project mostly revisits material by Mobb Deep and features Southern hip hop group UTP represented by Skip, Young Buck and Juvenile. After 50 Cent Is the Future, he recorded his 2002 compilation mixtape Guess Who's Back?, which "G-Unit That's What's Up" is included in.

No Mercy, No Fear is the second mixtape by hip hop group G-Unit, released on August 1, 2002.[2] Originally released independently as a free mixtape,[3] it was re-released in 2006 by BCD Music Group.[1] No Mercy, No Fear was recorded after the group's de facto leader 50 Cent had signed a $1 million deal with Aftermath Entertainment and Shady Records following the release of his 2002 compilation album Guess Who's Back?.[4][5] It featured the hit single "Wanksta", which was added onto the 8 Mile soundtrack album and later as a bonus track on his 2003 commercial debut album Get Rich or Die Tryin'.[6][7] It also contained the freestyle to Puff Daddy's song "Victory", from the album No Way Out, which was later used on Bad Boy Records's compilation album Bad Boy's 10th Anniversary... The Hits.

Described by Billboard magazine as a classic,[7] No Mercy, No Fear was released during 50 Cent's and G-Unit's 2002 mixtape run,[8] in anticipation of his debut album.[9] According to Billboard, the mixtapes caused "tremendous buzz amongst hip-hop fans and artists".[10] Vancouver Sun wrote that the mixtapes "widely circulated" for several years after the release.[11] By rapping over instrumentals from other artists and then releasing it for free, with No Mercy, No Fear and the other contemporary releases 50 Cent revolutionized hip hop mixtapes,[12] creating a blueprint for later artists, such as Lil Wayne, Young Jeezy, and Drake.[13] The mixtape was ranked No. 5 on XXL's Top 20 Mixtapes list.[citation needed]

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Despite diligent scorekeeping from Internet watchdogs, there were no losers in the beef between Rick Ross and 50 Cent from earlier this year. Certainly not Ross-- befitting his completely dysfunctional relationship with reality, he took 50 as a serious threat to his non-existent credibility and somehow ended up with the best album of his life. Not 50 either-- hilarious transmissions from ThisIs50.Com served as better promotion for When I Get Around to It (or whatever he's calling his TBA follow-up to Curtis) than any of his recent singles. And if you were a fan who didn't feel the need to choose sides, or young enough to consider Hacksaw Jim Duggan and Ricky Steamboat the equal of KRS and Rakim in 1988, it was rap-as-Wrestlemania at its finest.

So why the *War Angel LP? *50's gone on record saying the LP appendage in the title is necessary to let rappers know they need to act like 50's competing with them for a record deal, mixtape or not. Granted, he's been popping this "back to basics" shit since before Curtis (we saw how that ended up), and the biggest problem is how 50 is trying to get back to a version of himself that never existed. Even with Power of the Dollar, you didn't rely on 50 for hot punchlines, detailed street narratives, or thoughtful wordplay. You could tell from the start that he was primed to embody the New York Yankees state of mind-- when they're winning, their arrogance and loose spending make them a fantastic heel; when they're losing, you just get pissed that you're still forced to care. He's at his best when he's at his most mercenary (as if you have to be reminded, he's made two albums called Get Rich or Die Trying), and on War Angel, 50 raps like someone who knows better than to give quality shit away for free.

Sure, it's an internet-only mixtape whose sole cost is about 30 minutes of your time, but what makes this truly depressing is how close it sounds to his actual studio records-- turns out he's partial to short-arms/deep-pockets imitation of Dre whether Interscope is financing it or not. We can't even get the kinds of diss tracks we should expect from a guy who'll never run out of money: You'd think he'd at least use "London Girl" as a vessel for, I dunno, a decent Estelle gag or subliminals at Kanye, but instead you get five seconds of the worst British accent ever heard.

That's really the worst part of this project: On earlier mixtapes, 50 castigated rappers who took themselves too seriously. But here he comes off like another guy whose stint on Aftermath took all the fun out rapping. It's not surprising that "I'll Do Anything" is the lone passable track on War Angel, since 50's area of expertise as of late is making sex-for-financial-security songs so condescending that they actually manage to attain a bizarre sincerity.

"I can't fit in with these niggaz, man!/ I mean niggaz got mohawks!/ And wearin' skinny jeans." That's about as clever of a skewering as we get here, not even worth the effort of pointing out that it's a curious attack on rap masculinity from a guy who has never shot an album cover with a shirt on. In actuality, 50 Cent fits in absurdly well in today's rap-is-pop landscape, lest we forget that "Best I Ever Had" will never catch on with your little sister and parents like "In Da Club" or even "P.I.M.P." did. It's not that he doesn't fit in, he's been passed by and is now hip-hop's easiest rite of passage: outsold by Kanye, ignored by Wayne, artistically outstripped by Rick fucking Ross, and even the Game can't seem to be bothered these days. Good thing Relapse came out, because that seems like the only way we'll hear 50 Cent on a platinum record in 2009.

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50 Cent became one of the highest selling rappers ever with the release of his first three albums. His albums were responsible for record-breaking first week sales, even when he lost a sales battle to Ye.

Known for his undeniable talent, boss moves, captivating storytelling and unapologetic demeanor, 50 Cent is an iconic figure in pop culture. With an impressive discography spanning over two decades, he has released several albums and mixtapes that have left an indelible mark on hip-hop.

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