2:00 - intro 2:53 - The hit 5:40 - The Good Die Young 8:50 - Corner Bodega (Coke Spot) 10:12 - Life’s on The Line 14:09 - That Ain't Gangsta 17:25 - As the World Turns (ft Bun B) 21:08 - Ghetto Qur'an (Forgive Me) 26:18 - Da Repercussions 28:50 - Money by Any Means (ft. Noreaga) 32:11 - Material Girl (ft. Dave Hollister) 35:27 - Thug Love (ft. Destiny's Child) 38:14 - Slow Doe 41:00 - Gun Runner 42:48 - You Ain't No Gangsta 46:10 - Power Of The Dollar 49:32 - I'm a Hustler 52:29 - How To Rob (ft. The Madd Rapper) There's a song that you got to listen to it's call Rowdy Rowdy by 50
Hi, I come from Germany and I associate something very emotional with this album. My uncle used to go on business trips to New York a lot. We both really enjoyed listening to American rap back then. When my uncle came back from New York one day, he brought me a copy of this album. I absolutely loved this album. 50 Cent's flow was unique at the time. About a year later "In da Club" was released in Germany and I was shocked because 50 Cent's voice was different. I learned that he was shot in the face and that's why his voice changed. "The Power of the Dollar" is, in my opinion, an absolute masterpiece. I still listen to the album regularly today. For me it is one of the best albums of all time.
This was supposed to be his debut album. But he got shot and was dropped from the label. Him having destiny's child means that song was supposed to be a hit single for the album
This wasn't a mixtape. This was supposed to be his actual retail album executive produced by Trackmasters that didn't come out because the label dropped him. This was before his mixtape run.
yeah its got the best couple songs from this plus all the good stuff that got 50 hot, this was like his warm up, learn how to rap in the studio kinda almost a practice album since it never got a proper release
My brother went down to New York City and bought this for $5 on the corner. When he brought it back to the Roc we lost our minds. We knew he was going to be the next great hip hop artist. This was like 99 I think
The album was underground cause it never got officially released...but yeah, he was signed to Trackmasters/Columbia. I think Destiny's Child was on Columbia too. So this is his 1st album...but not his debut album, cause wasnt officially released. Like Em 1st album is Infinite, but wasnt commercially released, so his debut is Slim Shady LP. 50 Cent official debut album is GRODT. He released 3 singles off of this. Life's On The Line. How To Rob...tò generate a little buzz for him..and Thug Love. Im guessing once they did the video and pushed it, they wouldve released the album....but him getting hit got them scared, so he got dropped and album got shelved. And he was blackballed by Irv Gotti...along with ppl fearing to work with him cause his real serious street beef. Em didnt care. Took his mixtape to Dre and said He It. So the rest is history.
* This was his first album that never officially came out. 50 made some noise with How to Rob and Your Life’s on the Line in 1999. The next single was supposed to be Thug Love ft Destiny’s Child, which they were about to shoot a video for days after he got shot. After the shooting his label dropped him, his buzz died down and his career got put on hold. Once he recovered, 50 started started his insane mixtape run in about 2001. When Wanksta dropped in summer of 2002, 50 became the hottest rapper without having an album out. That same summer he signed to Shady/ Aftermath. And the rest is history.
That's exactly what I was about to say to you my guy, he has more of a Jay z type style back then. It was like he was talking to you only rapping with it
It would be cool if 50 made a song using AI to make his voice sound like it did before he got shot for the first verse and the second will be 50 now talking to his younger self
I grew up with 50 on 134 guy brewer southside jamaica Queens...he was official in the streets from 15/16 yrs old. You gotta react to more lloyd banks too lil homie 👍🏾🔥🔥🔥
The Mad Rapper aka D-Dot is also a very accomplished producer. Hes behind bangers, like "how to rob", "24 hrs to live", "all about the benjamins", "money, power, respect", "been around the world", "jayz - where im from", "black rob - whoa"....i can keep goin. Check out his interview on My Expert Opinion
The difference is 20-30 years ago that shit would get you shot. The whole world is different now. When that song came out Supreme Team was still very much active.
In regards to the as the world tunes song and how sounded… 50’s grandparents are from the Carolina’s so his southern slang he uses at times comes from the house he grew up in he was one of the only New York dudes saying “finna” and the pimp lingo comes from him being around one of his og’s “mike” who was a pimp.
Ghetto Quaran, How to Rob, I'm a hustler, Corner bodega, etc. fire tracks. His voice is different because it was before he got shot in his face and his voice and flow changed a little after. This is an underrated album 💯🔥 I think a couple of tracks from here were used on GRODT album. You gotta do next the 8 mile soundtrack (16 tracks) Em and 50 says some wild stuff on that album.
As far as I know the real reason 50 cent got shot was his beef with ja rule. Supreme of the Supreme Team was involved in the murder inc label and he let 50 multiple times know to stop playing with his bread, but 50 didn't gave a fuck. The Power of the Dollar Album is easily in his top 3 albums. 50 Cent doesn't get the credit he deserves. They always think because of his mainstream hits he's wack and dont know about his early stuff or his mixtape era. The 50 before he got shot was more aggressive and had a way colder flow, but 50 after he got shot was dope too and he's one of the best songwriters we've ever had in rap!
This is how he rapped before he got shot after that they dropped him from the label where he did power of the dollar and took it off the shelves, but he can't rap like that anymore cause after the shoooting he has a bullet fragment in his tongue so he had to rap slower and change the way he rapped for it to sound good.
He had this album done but he didnt have a buzz so he made how to rob and people went crazy. Jam Master Jay put him on. He said he only made $5000 from this deal and was still in the streets and got dropped after he got shot so it never came out. That's when he went the mixtape route and Em picked him up from there. Still his best album to me.
I can’t speak for Jay, but I can speak for 50. We grew up together and he was down for all the smoke! 50, Mutt, Kev Brock (RIP), Whitey (RIP)! Those were the days.
The crazy fact about this was supposed to be debut album and 50 was supposed to do thug love ft destiny child video two days before he got shot which set to be canceled cause of his absence for being in the hospital
Keep in mind, while they did have some hits, this was still fairly early for Destiny's Child, dont think about who Bey is today. They were on their 2nd album. Around that same time, they featured on Cam's 2nd album, which Cam references on his Jay-Z diss "You Gotta Love It." Before that, they were on Silk the Shocker's 2nd album, so they were making their rounds. I believe Cory Rooney, who's also from out here (Southside), excutive produced the album, and he has industry connects, along with Trackmasters, who made majority of the beats.
50 was on fire when he got shot. That not only messed up his deal but it also messed up ghostwriting gig he had with Diddy. Diddy got spooked and said he couldn’t work with him anymore. That’s why 50 was talking so reckless when he crawled back.
he switched his style because one of the bullets hit his cheek and his voice was different after that. you should check out StompDaShitOutChu CNN (Capone and Noreaga) and M.O.P. EDIT: "I'm about a dollar what the fuck is 50 cent" Jay-z... check out Stir Crazy, Madd Rapper and Eminem
Yo this is dope but you gotta check out Guess Who’s Back. 50 came back after getting shot on a fucking mission! He was a legend off that shit before ever getting with Em and Dre. 50 was really undeniable. He’s honestly criminally underrated theses days.
This was supposed to be his first album through Columbia. Had a legit coming soon ad in Vibe and the Source. His buzz was on top at the time, but when he got shot, Tommy Mottola had to drop him. 50 reminded the record company of Tupac, too much of a liability. That's when Eminem said he.was a big fan of 50 and got him signed to Aftermath, thus Get rich or die trying.
You got to do Aaliyah first album Age Ain’t Nothing But A Number it would be nice to do it with Mom Dukes written and produced by R. Kelly except At Your Best by The Isley Brothers
30:12 - FACT: Can't say Nore stumbled across this flow because it's ALL him (much like ODB). You'll be surprised how many TRIED to emulate Nore and was influenced by his flow during that era. I could give specific examples. Note: CNN x Mobb Deep x 25 to Life (Tragedy Khadafi and his movement) all original sound crews out of Queens that don't get spotlighted enough BUT possibly the heaviest influence/threat in the 90's.
