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Wednesday 4 May 2011

power of the dollar


Straight up I would like to review an album that most people never heard about. Although everyone should know who released it. 50 Cent's "Power Of the Dollar" (2000) was his debut album and explosive entrance into the Hip Hop scene. Although it was never officially released onto the commercial market, this album is one of my favourites for it's amazing lyrical content.

Now your probably thinking how did he become so successful when his first album basically failed? Well, like all the greats in the history of Hip Hop, somebody wanted him dead. If your familiar with the portrayal/movie of his life "Get Rich or Die Tryin", you would know he lives a tough life and pisses off the wrong dealers. He is then shot 9 times, with one of the bullets leaving him with a speech impediment. He then makes a full recovery and ends up on top. (Who said cliché?) 

The first thing I noticed when I heard this album is how different he sounds compared to his more recent albums. A much clearer 50. The song "Ghetto Qu'ran" was supposedly the motive behind his shooting. The lyrics of this song name and judge high class figures of the NYC elite, and he obviously wasn't giving shout outs. 

Anyway, after he was shot his record label at the time dropped him expectantly and 50 was forced to bootleg his own album and spread it unofficially. Some of the notable songs on this album that are worth a listen include; "Ghetto Qu'ran", "Thug Love (feat. Destiny's Child)", "Ya Life's on the Line" and "I'm A Hustler".

Give this album a listen and try to concentrate on 50's lyrics, they're something special.


12 comments:

  1. I never knew, the talk of his shooting in school never reached my ears but honestly I think most rappers need to use the influence given to positively influence others and 50 has done this to some extent but some argue, not enough.

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  2. This Video is not available in your country. :/

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  3. i don't really like 50 cent...but that's alright

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  4. 50 cent is a good rapper, but i think he has slowly gone down over the years. Bring back the OG

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  5. Nice vid, thanks for the share!

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  6. He has a video game out, called blood on the sand. not bad surprisingly haha

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  7. His story is pretty inspirational, might as well give some of these songs a listen to

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  8. Not a huge 50 fan, but that is cool.

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  9. Great vide thanks man. I've played blood on the sand it was quite enjoyable.

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  10. I remember when he lost 54lbs. of bullet-deflecting muscles to play that cancer patient.

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  11. i use to like 50 cent. but after his song "lollipop" i just didn't like him anymore.

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