Get Rich or Die Tryin' [Explicit Lyrics]

50 Cent

Product Details

• Audio CD (February 6, 2003)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Explicit Lyrics
• Label: Interscope Records
• ASIN: B000084T18
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  Audio Cassette  |  Vinyl  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 3.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1,108 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #1,382 in Music (See Bestsellers in Music)

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Track Listings

1. Intro

2. What Up Gangsta

3. Patiently Waiting (feat. Eminem)

4. Many Men (Wish Death)

5. In Da Club

6. High All the Time

7. Heat

8. If I Can't

9. Blood Hound (feat. Young Buck of G Unit)

10. Back Down

11. P.I.M.P.

12. Like My Style (feat. Tony Yayo of G Unit)

13. Poor Lil Rich

14. 21 Questions (feat. Nate Dogg)

15. Don't Push Me (feat. Lloyd Banks of G Unit & Eminem)

16. Gotta Make It to Heaven

Editorial Reviews

Amazon.com

He’s been shot nine times. Incarcerated. And stabbed up and down. And that’s only what’s happened on 50 Cent’s down time. Hands down, 50 Cent is the biggest buzz emcee since Eminem (who just happens to be his label CEO), and Get Rich also features Dr. Dre on production, so it’s a can’t-miss record, right? Well, mostly. Get Rich is not filled with midtempo, radio-friendly numbers like "Wanksta," his thinly veiled Ja Rule dis first heard on the 8 Mile soundtrack. Instead, Cent brings the heat, not heater. He sheds his inner thug on "21 Questions," featuring G-funk crooner Nate Dogg showing some semblance of respect to the hotties, and then reverts right back to his thug persona on "In da Club," where he boasts "I’m into having sex, I ain’t into making love." There’s no "How to Rob, Pt. 2" here, although "Many Men" comes close, as he addresses some of the haters who may not fully get why he’s now rap’s big cheese. Surprisingly, the two Eminem-produced joints--"Patiently Waiting" (which thematically is very much like Em’s "Lose Yourself"), and "Don’t Push Me"--almost rival the beats supplied by Dre. Then again, it seems his most well-known cuts ("High All the Time" and "Wanksta," for example) are actually some of the weakest of the lot. Sure, Get Rich could never have lived up to the hype, it’s nowhere near Biggie's Ready to Die or Nas's Illmatic, but there's no fast-forward material here, a near miracle in these times. --Dalton Higgins

Product Description

Australian pressing (identical to U.S.) of his smash hit 2003 album features three hidden bonus tracks, 'Wanksta' (from his currently unavailable album, 'No Mercy, No Fear'), 'U Not Like Me' (from his 'Guess Who's Back?' album) & 'Life's On The Line' (from his deleted EP, 'Power Of The Dollar'). Universal.

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22 of 26 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars A Lil Bit Overhyped...but still packs the "Heat"..., March 5, 2003

By	Andrew Jacob (Brooklyn, New York) - See all my reviews

The moment 50 broke into the scene with "Wanksta" (Ja Rule Diss). He immediately became the "next big thing"...then news broke out that his album would be dropping. February then came, and the album was released.

The question is: Should We Believe The Hype?

Well, you should and you shouldn't. 50 Cent has excellant production, but he has failed to have done anything ground breaking or new. Now, don't get me wrong, i COMPLETELY respect how he got into the game, but most of the subjects he talks about have already been done. Also, they're are many tracks that weren't added to the album. Where was "The Realest" & "In The Hood" ? They were high quality, yet i don't find them anywhere else except on bootleg cds

But, Don't worry, there are some good tracks. "Many Men" is a song about life. 50 Cent isn't everybody's best friend, and he knows it. It's your basic "i'll get you before you get me" scanario. "In Da Club", although is played out, talks about...well...being in the club. Its a track of 50 Boasting of what he has, what he does, and what he can do. "If I Can't" is a track of "i could do it better than you can"...nothing new, although the beat is hot! "What Up Gangsta" is like a lil anthem, short but good. "Wanksta", one of 3 bonus tracks, is the famous (but not known throughly) as the Ja Rule Diss. Its catchy i admit that, but doesn't show the full potential of 50 Cent. "21 Question" is probably one of the better & decent tracks...lyric-wise. Its a change from the "i'm better than you" personna since it talks about fame & love. "Blood Hound" has a nice flow, nice rhymes, nice beat, one of the better songs...

With the good, comes the bad. "Patiently Waiting" is one of the most overhyped tracks. Just because Eminem's name is near "featuring" doesn't guarentee it as a classic. People assume too much and hype up too much medium quality stuff. While Eminem does have a good verse, its still not enough to bring this song up where it needs to be. People, Stop Frontin!!!...well...i'm not even gonna get into that. The song is mediocre, but the world treats it as if it was a classic...please. "Like My Style" sounds very rushed, incomplete, since the hook sounds a lil bit off sync with the beat. Also, only almost all of the songs, 50 Cent attempts going vocal. Face it, that seems to be the trend these days, rappers that sing. I'll admit, sometimes it does flow nicely...but other times, he tends to just repeat the title of the song...and thats it...no effort at all. Why do rappers keep singing?! I Still don't understand that.

If your looking for some tracks laced with nice beats (thx to dr. dre), this is the album your probably looking for. Has good rhymes, not great, but good enough to flow with the beats nicely (in most cases). 50 Cent can come off arrogant at times...but thats just how he is. This album is definantly not bad, but i can't say its a classic. 50 Cent has the production down, but he still needs to work on those rhymes, since his rhymes seem shallow & once again, arrogant-sounding. On "Patiently Waiting", he says quote "When I Die, They'll Read This And Say A Genius Wrote It"...highly doubtful. I mean, i'll admit, 50 Cent does know how to make hits...but this makes him seem more like P. Diddy rather than Tupac, Biggie, Rakim, or Nas...

[Beats 90/100] - Strong point of album
[Lyrics 80/100] - I've heard better
[Creativity 75/100] - Lots of Repeating
[Flow 90/100] - I'll admit they're catchy
[Overall 80/100] - Its good...but not THAT good. He shouldn't have rushed it... He probably got a little hype over the success of "Wanksta"

9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Just another one of Dre's exploits, July 16, 2003

By	ntech1 (Atlanta) - See all my reviews

There are so many talented rappers out there that have substance, and intelligence, but who gets a free ride? You guessed it 50 cent. His success is solely due to the fact that Dre decided to pimp him for a profit. There is one thing that is accurate about his handle, fifty cents is about how much the guy's music is worth. Why doesn't MTV put on some real talent, instead of exploiting mindless garbage music?

9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Pure genius?... or just more of the same old crap?, July 10, 2003

By A Customer

Wow! what an incredible departure from the usual nonsense spewed forth from every "rapper" on this planet! even the title blows my mind-"get rich or die tryin'"- that's some pretty deep stuff...anyways, i actually think this is just more of the same old-same old and i wish that these poor fools("rappers" in general)would hurry the hell up and DO SOMETHING DIFFERENT, something UNIQUE for god's sake. it's really quite ridiculous and sad how these so called artists keep repeating themselves over and over and over and the masses lap it up like the sheep that they are....WHY?