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Get Rich or Die Tryin' (by 50 Cent, Rap)

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Tough, raw, and X-rated street rap.


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What parents need to know

Parents need to know that this CD should be reserved for mature teens, and may offend all but the most rap-hardened parents.

Positive messages: Not applicable.
Violence: Not applicable.
Sex: Not applicable.
Language: Not applicable.
Consumerism: Not applicable.
Drinking, drugs, & smoking: Not applicable.

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Talk to your kids
Families can talk about 50 Cent's tough tongue. Although his music is available in edited form (with bleeps reminiscent of the Osbournes), don't kid yourself. Teens mostly get what he's talking about, so find a way to discuss it with them so you at least get your 2 cents' worth.

What's the story?

What's the story?
GET RICH OR DIE TRYIN' begins with the sound of a 50-cent piece spinning on a table. That's the last sound some parents will feel comfortable with in this raw and energetic album produced by rap icons Dr. Dre and Eminem. "Don't Push Me" sizzles: "Pistol in hand homie, I'm down to get it popping/ Once I squeeze the first shot/ No I ain't stopping till my clip is empty." Teens seem to like the way 50 Cent scornfully observes the world of the street. Drug users, prostitutes, label-obsessed consumers, and religious converts -- everyone gets skewered. In "Heat," the rat-a-tat of automatic weapons and the squealing tires of a car chase are set to hymn-like chords, a "dis" to gangstas who find themselves seeking God only after bullets penetrate their vital organs.

Is it any good?

Is it any good?
 
50 Cent creates a one-stop shop of crude references to genitalia, drugs, violence, obscenity of the 4- 10-, and 12-letter variety, and, in the CD's explicit version, the N and F words. The album lives up to its prerelease buzz, thanks to 50 Cent's clever lyrics and the swagger born of surviving the hood, multiple stabbings, nine bullets, and time in the joint -- or, as he drawls in "In Da Club," "Been hit wit' a few shells but I don't walk wit' a limp."

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Released on: February 6, 2003
Label: Interscope Records
Genre: Rap
Parental advisory: Yes
Edited version available: Yes

This review was written by Cynthea Riesenberg
 
 

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saber
adult
 
i liked it
Yall can't change my mind. let kids do what they want

Stephy
adult
 
Great without instruments! Alright ! wake up and smell the coffee!
50 Cent's music is the one of the best music out there. But it's not for children under 12. Rap is creative music and I think he just expresses what he feels about life. FREEDOM OF SPEECH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Rock can just be as bad as rap. (MARIYLN MANSON) People curse around children all the time and even children curse. 50 Cent is the best rapper/artist in the world!HOLLA!! PLEASE RATE THIS ARTICLE. He has won many awards! G-UNIT!!!!!

SLUMDOG
teen, 14 years old
 
profane but overall just another rap cd
this album breakes no new major ground except with the songs don't push me , paitiently waiting , 21 questions and the best song on the album the hit in da club. all these songs prove he is one of the best rappers the rest are just fillers

 
Amazing but explicit
A ton of language, sex, drugs and violence.

jweezy
teen, 17 years old
 
Good album
This is the only 50 cent album i listen to. the other are not very good. The lyrics do have violence, and sex, and profanity but the music is genius. the beats are great and this probably 50 cent's best album. There are lines like "I'm into having sex but not into making love." great album pretty profain but i love it.

flare33
adult
 
mostly stupid rap he can do better.
the only time 50 is ok is when he is rapping with eminem. why so much violence, cursing, and sex dont ask me all i know is that this dude falls flat.

 
awsome X rated street rap is not for kids

 
A Masterpiece.
This CD is what a rap cd should sound like. 50's gun talk and catch phrases are amazing. I still can listen through this whole cd, 6 years after it came out. Paitently Waiting, High All The Time, Heat, Back Down, Your Life's On The Line, Wanksta, and Poor Lil Rich are all classics. If your 16 and you can deal with the content, Buy it and listen to it.

 
GET RICH OR DIE TRYIN'
I do have to say that i really enjoyed this CD and no offense but whatever we say here, it doesn't matter. My 13 year old brother has the parental advisory and believe me my parents aren't that easy. PA Version: Sex-7 1/2: Sexual content is usual for a PA CD but not nearly as expilicit as someone like Lil' Kim Violence-8: All I have to say is: Read the title. Language-10: Extremely explicit language Drug Lyrics-9 1/2: Drug references including drug dealing cocaine etc. Behavior- Unacceptable: I would not like my child to act this way. Edited Version: Sex-4: Mellowed down from PA but still here Violence-6: Not as much but also still here Language-2: Not NEARLY as much language as PA. Drug Lyrics-0: Had to be edited Behavior-Unexceptable: Even though edited, bad behavior still pushes through.

 
Great stuff not for kids

berksierra
teen, 16 years old
 
a good rap album, but very inapropreant . apsulutley not for kids!
rapper 50 cent is not for people under 17, be it music or movies. when it comes to this cd, common sence* hit all the beats. tough raw and x-rated is right. if kids want to listen to it, be sure they nderstand what he's talking about. for kids who want to listen to rap, give them Bow Wow, and Lil' Romeo.

 
HORRIBLE!
I HATE 50 CENT HE HAS THE WORST LYRICS!

 
Nothing Really Worth Listening To
Well, in a world where rap and pop has taken over music, people have been divided. As for me I don't like rap, I think that it is boring. Background loops and angry poetry is dull. Now if they were actually singing that might be different and they had instruments my opinion would be different. Personally I think this CD is bad, too bad my cousin likes this kind of music.

 
great album
Well this is about as good as 50 cent will ever get in his career. We finally see what he can talk about besides women and money and he does a good job. The song patiently waiting with the guest appearance of eminem is a milestone in hip hop. Overall a great album lots of violence and sex talk but whatever

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