50 Cent - The Massacre turns 20 today

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  • NoFace

    saved up some allowance to buy this cd. it was stolen from my mom’s car like two weeks later lmao im still mad about that s***

    Lmao I was too young to buy the explicit at the time so I had to have my grandfather go in to buy that s*** for me

    I wonder what the cashier thought of an old white man buying that

  • Mar 4
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    Dark Zack

    lol shut up

    ??

  • Mar 4
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    Chip Skylark

    Loved this song growing up

    !https://youtu.be/0xBBW4xRlpA?si=czivCc6r2sM0BOzK

    Same. And Gunz Come Out

  • You did it baby!
    Congratulations, homie!
    You made history!
    1.1 million in a short week!

  • Mar 4
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    Classic album

  • Good album

    I appreciate all the commercial singles more now then when it dropped back in the day

    Outta Control, Candy Shop, Piggy Bank, I'm Suppose to Die Tonight >>

    The album was overall inconsistent and too long but I still bump alot of songs

  • Bobby_96

    Not sure if I'd call it a classic cause the initial reception was very polarizing.

    But the album isn't quite the sophomore slump that rap nerds back then made it out to be.

    The biggest issue with the album was The Documentary. 50 gave away some of his best songs to the Game.

    Also, 50 was beefing with everybody at the time when Piggy Bank dropped so all eyes were on him. He was a peak supervillain who gave zero f***s.

    But when 50 dropped Disco Inferno and Candy Shop as the lead singles, it gave tons of fodder to his rivals and haters. They said he was copying Ja Rule, selling out, and losing his edge.

    The singles barring Outta Control Remix played a major role in many people writing off the album and claiming it's "way worse" than GRODT. Not saying the other singles were bad but they were a fall from grace compared to GRODT's singles.

    But as a whole album, The Massacre is arguably 50's peak as a songwriter and versatile artist.

    Songs like This Is 50, I'm Supposed To Die Tonight, In My Hood, Baltimore Love Thing, Position Of Power, God Gave Me Style, Ski Mask Way, and Ryder Music are all great deep cuts that many casuals overlooked. And I'd argue the deep cuts here are slightly stronger than GRODT's.

    However, there are some duds too like Gatman, Toy Soldier, and the throwaway single attempts with Build You Up and So Amazing.

    Overall, Massacre ain't GRODT. It's much more inconsistent and bloated. Also, 50 damn near trolled niggas by claiming every song had a music video but the videos turned out to be Smack DVD levels of cheap lol.

    But it's still a solid album when you focus on all of the good songs on it.

    Ironically, this album and Encore by Eminem damn near suffer from the exact same issue: Weak lead singles, bloated tracklist, and inconsistency despite having many gems on them. You can tell the Shady/Aftermath wave was coming to a halt by the end of 2005.

    very accurate

  • Niggas screw they face up at me, on some real s*** son they don't want beef.

    I cock that, aim that s*** out the window
    I spray, there ain't a shell left in my heat

  • Bad Finger Boogie

    You mean Straight Outta Cashville? Or is there a Buck mixtape I'm forgetting?

    Lol yeah I meant straight outta cashville

    Outside of GRODT and The Documentary, Buck had the best debut album

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    WT777

    Looks like a masterpiece next to peep show and psycho tho

    Eminem and 50 collabs on 50s side only really hit on grodt

    Patiently Waiting is arguably Em’s greatest verse ever

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    DaeHan

    Patiently Waiting is arguably Em’s greatest verse ever

    Nah I wouldn't even rank it above Renegade and Forgot About Dre as far as features go.

  • BRUNTZ

    ski mask way is a all-timer

  • BMZ

    Also the em collab on this was genuinely terrible

    The worst collab between them

    Edit: I take that back this the second there was that one single for the 50 album he never dropped that was super mid

  • Mar 5
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    classic

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    Bobby_96

    Nah I wouldn't even rank it above Renegade and Forgot About Dre as far as features go.

    The f*** u mean “wouldn’t even” bro those are arguably his best verses u just listed lol.

  • Bobby_96

    Nah I wouldn't even rank it above Renegade and Forgot About Dre as far as features go.

    I just went back and listened to all three feats, and I can’t call it. They’re all 10/10

    I can’t even rank them

  • BMZ

    The f*** u mean “wouldn’t even” bro those are arguably his best verses u just listed lol.

    Tone don't translate well in text.

    I didn't mean it like that. I was implying that it doesn't even factor in his best verses on his own songs.

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