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Get Rich Or Die Tryin = Weedplate and One of the Most Overrated Albums Ever?

I know its old but i don't see how ppl actully call this album a classic come to think its not even old it only came out 5 yrs ago & it has NOT aged well at all ppl already call it old this is a noter reason why its not a classic

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too long to read, sorry!!
excuse me i don't speak english very well because i'm italian...and the passage is too long to read, sorry!! .....i also very like 50 cent and all rap...american
I see you put a lot of thought into this, but I gotta disagree with you. Get Rich or Die Trying had mean production on it, and was a crazy debut album. It definetly hits hard. Had you said the same for any of his following albums, I might've had to agree with you, because AFTER GRODT, his quality decreased more with every album.
The album is old now so whats the problem? In your opinion it was overrated but you clearly bought it and now want to rip it to shreds 5 years later. 50 did his thing on his album and it let people know who he was so it served a purpose for him.
the album was a classic even Nas said it was one of the best hip hop albums
Esco when are you gonna write a book? In any case, I agree with most of what you say. 50's lyrics rival those of Dr. Seuss. He voice is as monotonous as Timbaland's when he tried to rap back in '97. P.I.M.P. is one of the worst songs I have EVER heard...period. He accused Ja Rule of being to "love song, R&B" but then he comes out with 21 questions?? To make matters worse, "Magic Stick." Nuff Said there. He proceeded to make the exact same song in his next album with "candy shop," an equally terrible song. On the other hand, I am a moderate fan of dre's production from da chronic days leading into snoop and em and some of the stuff he did with NaS. But leave it to 50 to absolutely destroy some decent production
50's best stuff was Guess who's back album. What happen was hip-hop/ rap game became pop on gangsta raps shoulders and MC's got phased out by the next new gangsta. Instead of the next nice MC like it used to be. I respect 50's hustle, but if he does make anymore songs I'm good. Dr. Dre is a legend, but he is overhyped Primo fades him easy. crack money booty shaking wheres the poems, stories Punch line after punch line Nowadays
well 50 does get type boring after a minute bu u cant deny him of his skill he killed the career of 2 rap artist ja rule and jada they been tryiin to come out for the longest but that aiint gonna happen and he ran fat joe outta of ny. what was fat joe reppin like 4 years ago. 50 dropped dat dis record and what his he reppin now miami
i have to disagree with u dude i think grodt was a greeat album one of the best debuts from hip hop that year the production was crazy his lyrics though not filled with metaphors had some nice punchlines and i think the production boosted his lyrics that much more sorry i jst cant agree with u on that
I totally agree with you on this one Escobar. In Da Club was a decent enough party track and Many Men was passable, but apart from that, there was nothing on that album (imo, anyway), to herald the coming of a new King of Hip Hop the way some people made it sound. I bought that album and wanted my damned money back! Production wise, I don't think Dre was too sure about this guy and it sounds like he's given him his second best beats because he didn't think he was worthy of his top notch stuff. And Em is an incredibly talented emcee, but he's no producer. P.I.M.P was one of those tracks that just had me shaking my head in disgust. Not because it personally offended me (it's not like I even know the guy), but because I spend so much time defending hip hop when people call it misogynistic, and then the biggest album of the year has that f*****g track on it! And for a guy who claims to be such a pimp, it's weird to me that his album seemed to be pretty much a love letter to Ja Rule. Talk about obsessed - I swear, if Ja had pigtails, 50 would pull them. 50's songs all fall into 1) I hate (insert rapper name) 2) I got shot you know, I'm so hard. 3) Have sex with me right now and then I'll call you a hoe in the morning. I know people think he fell off after GRODT, but after hearing it, I didn't have any hopes for him anyway.
yeah i never thought of it as a classic. it was good but not great. i never got that whole it's a classic thing. A classic to me would be a album that has every song on there that you can listen to without skipping. I guess 1 song to skip would still be good. However this is just my opinion. I couldn't agree with you more that is surely is a very over rated album.
don't hate..I love that cd..It's my favorite drink coaster...
esco you crazy if you think somebody gon read all them shits... and i hope that was copy and paste, cuz if not, you care way too damn much. its just one album lol
im noy gonna lie...that was my ish back in the day. but then again, i was listening to 50, ja rule, and all those other wack mcs. as of now though, the only track from that album (pretty much his whole career) i was SLIGHTLY feeling was many men, just because i liked how it sounded, not really because of his "lyrical genius." but hey, thats just me.
man your opinions are very subjective this is just hating IMHO i liked GRODT, no bias i just liked the way he flowed on each song and i respected his style even though it was kind of slow and basic, he pulled it offf well this is the reason why all the albums after are sooo wack GRODT was like the standard that he wont be able to reach anymore your opinions are in hindsight, which is unfair when GRODT came out it was hot and it sounded raw of course now its gonna sound lame, especially after 50 released all that trash after now you can say, he talks about the same ish over and over but when GRODT came out it was the first time most people ever heard of him, and it came raw and hard