I think his Get Rich movie was top-notch. So to hear another businessman to another say, I admire what you’re doing, it’s a big thing. In my eyes he’s an MC, businessman, all that. I was flattered, coming from 50, because he’s a businessman.
I said, ‘What’s up brother?’ He was real calm and saying how he loved the way we’re doing business. I went up to do a interview with Jack Thriller. Tech N9ne: I met a couple years ago for the first time. Where Were You When “Get Rich or Die Tryin'” Dropped? ( Complex) I remember going to one meeting when a guy’s leg was shaking as he met with us. We had the soldiers on deck, just in case we’d meet someone that we don’t like in the industry… we was ready.
We had a crew with us, and we’d go to every office with the guns in the car-wildin’. I would drive 50 to the city, and we would roll out together. Sha Money XL: I basically took every meeting. Get Rich Or Die Tryin’ Ten Years Later: An Oral History ( HipHop DX) 6, 2003 all over again.Ĭheck out our 10 favorite Get Rich or Die Tryin’ tributes after the jump…ġ. So, dust off the CD, pull out the durag and yell, “We say you a wanksta and you need to stop frontin’!” like it was Feb. To commemorate the success, impact and lasting influence of Fif’s debut album today, many of our friends from around the Internet have penned their own tributes, re-reviewed the 16-track LP, dug up unreleased trivia, gathered the memories of 50’s peers and even sat-down with the man himself to look back on his blockbuster record. And, let’s not forget how it made him Public Enemy number one for paranoid suburban parents. Culturally, the record didn’t fare too bad, either, introducing Curtis Jackson as the archetype of an authentic street MC to a new generation of rap fans around the globe and cementing him as a future hip-hop Hall of Famer. ( hard to believe, but today marks the 10th Anniversary of one of hip-hop’s best-selling albums of all-time, 50 Cent’s Get Rich or Die Tryin‘ (makes you feel old, doesn’t it?) Commercially, it was a storming success: The album sold 872,000 first-week copies (over 12 million to date), spawned three top 10 singles (“In Da Club,” “21 Questions,” “P.I.M.P.”), and earned 50 a joint North American tour with rap titan Jay-Z.
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