Yesterday was the 15 year anniversary of “Get Rich or Die Tryin’” 💰 Certainly a “game-changer” but is it a “classic”❓ What's your definition of a “CLASSIC”⁉️ #HipHopHistory
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For a trip down memory lane, SWIPE RIGHT 📲
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TRIVIA:
- 50 was 27 years old when “Get Rich or Die Tryin’” dropped.
- It was the best-selling album of 2003.
- It was the tenth highest-selling rap album of all time in the country. The album was certified 6× platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) in 2003 for shipping six million copies in the US.
- 50 was ranked the sixth-best artist of the 2000s and the third-best rapper (behind Eminem and Nelly) by Billboard.
- “Back Down" and "Heat" were instrumentals originally composed by Dr. Dre. They were both originally intended to be used on Rakim's debut Aftermath album, “Oh My God”, but due to creative differences was not released.
- Dr. Dre did not want to include “21 Questions” on the album. According to 50 Cent, "Dre was, like, 'How you goin' to be gangsta this and that and then put this sappy love song on?'" 50 Cent responded saying, "I'm two people. I've always had to be two people since I was a kid, to get by. To me that's not diversity, it's necessity."
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Collage by📱: #VanStylez
@ianvanzile 🤑 Album artwork for #50Cent #GetRichOrDieTryin by
@slanginc 📸. Album features the following singles: #InDaClub (lead single) #21Questions (2nd single) #PIMP (3rd single) #IfICant (final single). #RIPNateDogg #RIPJamMasterJay #RIPChrisLighty 🙏🏾 “GRODT” dropped on February 6, 2003 via #ShadyRecords Aftermath Entertainment, Interscope Records, and Universal Music Group. #GUnitRecords & Violator Records were also involved. Album features #Eminem #DrDre #NateDogg #GUnit (#TonyYayo #LloydBanks #YoungBuck) & #SnoopDogg on the #PIMPRemix (Re-Release Bonus Track). Production by #ShaMoneyXL #DJQuick #Rockwilder #MrPorter (of
@d12 ), Darrell "Digga" Branch, Rob "Reef" Tewlow, Sean Blaze, Dirty Swift of (#TheMidiMafia), Luis Resto, DJ Rad, Terence Dudley, Mike Elizondo, John "J-Praize" Freeman, #RedSpyda, Dr. Dre, Eminem.
