On February 6, 2003, @50Cent released his classic debut album ‘Get Rich Or Die Tryin’.

Singles include:
“In Da Club”
“21 Questions”
“Many Men”
“P.I.M.P.”
“If I Can’t”

“Wanksta” was included as a bonus track.

What was your favorite track on the album? pic.twitter.com/e0aRe2i5MJ

— HOT 97 (@HOT97) February 6, 2020

For a white kid from the burbs, this album was like being transported to another world. I love Jay-Z, but was probably just a little too young to really understand what The Blueprint was about when it was released. When Curtis Jackson came out of nowhere in 2003, co-signed by Eminem, he took off like a rocket because he was authentic with a wild origin story to back him. In what is nearly an urban myth at this point, 50 cent was shot 9 times and lived to tell the tale.

There were FIVE singles from his debut album, three of which I’ve heard on the radio within the last week – 17 years after their release. Get Rich or Die Tryin’ had one of the greatest B-sides of an album I can remember too.  What Up Gangsta, Patiently Waiting, High All the Time, Heat, Like My Style, Don’t Push Me, Life’s On the Line are all still bangers to this day. I feel like I forgot about a lot of these early 2000s albums once they stopped putting CD players in cars. I have like 50 CDs in my trunk with no way to play them. Damn technology.

Hey Google, play 50 Cent radio!