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The Massacre | 
| Artist: 50 Cent
Label: Aftermath
Category: Music
List Price: $13.98
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Rating:  558 reviews
Sales Rank: 2100
Format: Explicit Lyrics
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.3
Dimensions (in): 5.3 x 4.9 x 0.4
UPC: 075021038851
EAN: 0075021038851
ASIN: B0007P3582
Release Date: March 3, 2005
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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| Tracks:
| • | Intro | | • | In My Hood | | • | This Is 50 | | • | I'm Supposed to Die Tonight | | • | Piggy Bank | | • | Gatman And Robin | | • | Candy Shop - 50 Cent, 50 Cent, Olivia, Olivia | | • | Outta Control | | • | Get in My Car | | • | Ski Mask Way | | • | Baltimore Love Thing | | • | Ryder Music | | • | Disco Inferno | | • | Just a Lil Bit | | • | Gunz Come Out | | • | My Toy Soldier - 50 Cent, 50 Cent, Tony Yayo | | • | Position of Power | | • | Build You Up - 50 Cent, 50 Cent, , Jamie Foxx | | • | God Gave Me Style | | • | So Amazing - 50 Cent, 50 Cent, Olivia, Olivia | | • | I Don't Need 'Em | | • | Hate It or Love It [G Unit Remix][*] - 50 Cent, Lloyd Banks, 50 Cent, , Game, The Game, Tony Yayo, Young Buck |
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50 Cent is now a full two dollars, according to pop culture exchange rates. His sheer influence on music charts, and thugs hearts, changed things. So why then on Massacre is the 'hood drama that one would think he'd want to leave behind even more front-and-center than on Get Rich or Die Tryin'? It's hard to say, but 50's developed a questionable gun fetish here. With firearms plastered all over the liner notes, and throughout most of his lyrics--on "In My Hood" he retorts "…I don't go nowhere without my strap"--apparently his nouveau rich status has only accelerated the number of enemies he's accumulated. On "I'm Supposed to Die Tonight" he even awkwardly forecasts Notorious B.I.G.-like, Tupac-ian rap game death scenarios. "Piggy Bank," a virtual diss fest further cements his "How to Rob" persona as Nas and Fat Joe get the lyrical smack down; so does A-list actor Vivica Fox ("Get In My Car") for even daring to consider their rendezvous to be anything more than a fling. Despite beat contributions from Aftermath hombres (Eminem, Dr. Dre), some of the better beats come courtesy of lesser-known beatsmiths like Disco D ("Ski Mask Way") and the always consistent Hi-Tek, whose "Ryder Music" is a sick concoction of keys and haunting vocals. At 22 tracks (with no inane interludes), it's worth the loot, but it doesn't cover up 50's artistic regression since Get Rich. --Dalton Higgins Co-Conspirators' Greatest Hits 
The Eminem Show, Eminem | 
The Chronic, Dr. Dre | 
Olivia, Olivia | 
The Slim Shady LP, Eminem | 
Hi-Teknology, Hi-Tek | 
Straight out tha Trunk, Disco D |
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Showing reviews 1-5 of 558
 This will sell regardless of how uneven the Massacre is March 4, 2005
Scott D. Gribble (Baltimore MD)
127 out of 147 found this review helpful
Aside from a couple of shining moments, you're crazy if you've ever thought 50 was lyrically that good. His success is mainly due to his style/swagger, stellar beats, and undeniable hooks. Not like I'm trying to take anything away from him, but if you're expecting a whole lot of solid rhymes, let alone ones that don't involve guns & sex, 50 never has nor will be the place to go. He hasn't changed a whole lot in two years, but is he still doing it as good as he has?
"In My Hood" gets the album off to a solid start, it's a typical 50 Cent hood song and has a great beat by C. Styles & Bang Out. Overall it's good, but it's nothing special (although the Saxophone part that closes the track is real nice). "This Is 50" has a pretty grimy beat, but 50's drawl at the end of every line seems all too formulaic, taking a page right out of "Blood Hound" from "Get Rich...". It could easily grow on the listener though. Lyrically 50 copies his previous effort again with "I'm Supposed To Die Tonight" (aka "Many Men" Pt. II). That being said it's one of the better tracks on the album with Eminem's production being the perfect marriage for the 50's subject matter.
"Piggy Bank" is Massacre's diss track, where the clunky beat won't really draw you in as much as the venom he spits at Fat Joe, Jadakiss, Shyne, & Nas. To be honest this is not a big winner, the beat's not really that great but the big thing is while he disses these rappers he doesn't really say anything remotely harmful/embarrassing/clever/whatever. All this track is gonna do is make enemies & create some buzz, but he didn't have a single diss line that was memorable at all. This is a soft diss track at best, sorry no memorable "Back Down" on here.
Em produces and drops a verse for the great concept track "Gatman & Robbin". Both Mcs fit the quick paced beat quite well, Em's verse in particular will take several listens to break down.
Say what you want about the `hit' "Candy Shop", but the Scott Storch beat is simply hypnotizing and will be in the clubs for a long time. The subject matter gets a bit old (it's basically "Magic Stick" Pt. II), but the masses aren't even gonna listen to the lyrics anyway.
There is one serious problem you can see from reading the liner notes. While his previous effort was driven by four incredible Dr. Dre cuts, the producer's presence is greatly missed here as he only contributes two tracks. A Dre beat tends to bring out the best in 50, it did on "Get Rich" and the same holds true here. "Outta Control" is another classic shoulda-been Detox track and 50's hook comes off incredibly well, as it matches the high-pitched organs in the background. The strings and thumping bass in the background only add more intensity. While 50's verses aren't nearly as catchy as the hook, they certainly don't take away from this stellar track.
For "Get In My Car" Hi-Tek used a slight G-funk sound too it, and accompanies typical 50 pimping rhymes. The hook definitely has the potential to be used by every guy by the end of the summer. Disco D provides the stellar beat for "Ski Mask Way" which sounds like the score from an old Blaxploitation film, with its creative use of an O'Jays sample. This proves to one of the best tracks on here, and 50's Kool G Rap robbin' style rhymes works better than almost any other verse on the album. It's only further complete with the great hook that's doesn't have a hint of radio play in it. "Ski Mask Way" is definitely 50 at his best and most respectable.
50 actually shows some creativity on the concept "A Baltimore Love Thing". While it's not a new concept to compare Drugs with Love, 50 pulls it off quite well (to spell it out for you, he's rapping as if he were heroin). Plus it's such a huge change of pace for him it's almost a shock at first. "Ryder Music", while not bad, just sounds completely uninspired. It's pretty much just lazy filler, and it doesn't even fit the title very well.
Dre somehow does not produce "Disco Inferno", instead again it's C. Styles & Bang Out. The beat and 50's hook really make this song. It's already a club hit and you either love it or hate it. Unlike that track, you can tell from the opening seconds that "Just A Lil Bit" is a typical Scott Storch production. 50 kicks some seductive rhymes (all too similar to "Candy Shop") to fit.
The final Dre track only makes you want more from the two. "Gunz Come Out", which is your less than typical Dre track, is just that dark hard-thumping gun-talk track that worked so well for "Heat". Slow horns play throughout that sound like a processional march and pounding pianos come in to compliment it. Overall it's another classic Dre & 50 track, but kinda unsatisfying knowing this is the only other spot from Dre. More of the same gun talk, comes from the high energy "My Toy Soldier" that you can't help but compare to "My Buddy" from the G-Unit album. Tony Yayo drops the all to frequent quick verse at the end of the track.
"Position of Power" has a pretty nice piano loop, although the hook is not the best. 50's typical lyrics fit nicely with the beat and are slightly more light hearted (more of a hustler song).
The album, which was carrying along pretty well, has a lot of faults towards the end.
The Scott Storch "Build You Up" has a pretty nice beat, but the Thug Luv type track is defiantly gonna be another love it or hate it track. Jamie Foxx's chorus isn't nearly as memorable as the one for "Slow Jams", it basically could have been sung by any typical R&B singer.
"God Gave Me Style" is pretty forgettable, though some might argue his cheesy lyrics here show "depth" or whatever... I'm not buying it.
"So Amazing" is SO much like a Ja Rule/Ashanti track it's sick. How could 50 possible put this song after he ripped JA for releasing this same garbage? This track is a huge disappointment, I'm not sure at all what he was thinking (nor how could Dre or Em let him put this out.)
If that wasn't bad enough, the "I Don't Need Em" COMPLETELY jacks Ghostface's "Metal Lungies" on the Pretty Toney Album. Did he think that no one would notice?? I cannot believe 50 did this, considering Ghostface's album wasn't even released more than a year ago. This really leaves the album off on a sour note for a real rap fan.
Both regular & collector's editions have the 'bonus' track "Hate It Or Love it (Remix)". The original is a great song and both the Game and 50 brought some great lyrics. Here, both 50's verses are the same, the Game's first verse is different (and actually better), the rest of G-Unit adds on a small verse, but they really sound out of place. They don't work well on the track, making this Bonus not very rewarding.
Before concluding the review of the album - despite the fact it doesn't cost much more, THE COLLECTORS EDITION IS NOT ANY BETTER. You're better off saving the $5 bucks or so and skipping the nude photos included (which is really the only difference i can see).
As good as this album can be at times, it equally falls flat in other areas. The album is just too long (1 hour and 17 min!), especially when it has more than it's fair share of duds. The Massacre would get some serious help if it was a bit more picky with the track selection, in paticular towards the end.
Fans can expect the same from 50 lyrically for the most part, which is either good or bad depending on how you look at it. Another slight problem is you almost can't help but compare a lot of the tracks from "Massacre" to 50 or G-Unit's previous work, because they just sound like they fit the same formula all too well.
Bottom Line: There's plenty of material on here that is good quality (from 50 Cent standards) and fans will end up loving the album because of this. Despite the fact that there are way too many weak tracks, the strengths will satisfy just as they did on "Get Rich", and "Massacre" will probably go at least 4x Platinum. This album as a whole is merely ok, because the good and bad balance out pretty evenly, but even knowing ahead of time won't stop anybody from picking up "The Massacre".
 Godawful piece of crap. November 30, 2005
Denzel Lockheart (Edmonton, Canada)
12 out of 12 found this review helpful
I wrote this song for the 50 man.
I'll hit you with the retard car
I'l see how so far you are
I'll have you quitting all hip-hop
Keep quitting 'til you hit the spot (woah)
You can have it your way, how crappy you do it
You gon' back that thing up or should i push up on it
Temperature lowing, okay lets laugh at you
Dance floor jam empty, cold as ice
I'll break it down for you now, 50 it's hard
If you be a moron, haha to bad
In the hotel or in the back of the rental
On the beach or in the park, it's no wonder nobody loves you
Got the crappy stick, I'm the dreck doctor
Have your friends teasin you 'bout how sprung I gotcha
I don't want you to show me how you work it 50
Get on top then get to bouncing round like a chicken writer
I'm a 50 hater when it come to this s**t
After you work up a sweat you can't play with my stick
I'm tryin to explain 50 the best way I can
I'll hate you forever, even if I can'tan(ha ha).
See how better I am at rapping than 50 cent?
A nasty piece of work from a nasty piece of work June 14, 2006
Mr Alan Williamson (All over the place!)
19 out of 21 found this review helpful
The only thing being massacred here are my ears! Mr Cent should thank his lucky stars there are so many idiots out there who are prepared to buy this rubbish.
As Jigga would say, "Had a spark when you started, but now you're just garbage" December 9, 2005
Jim Mathews (USA)
11 out of 11 found this review helpful
50 Cent is simply a joke. "The Massacre" is only his second album, and he's already got nothing to rap about. But he's obviously still hungry for money, so what did he do? He went pop. This album contains some songs about guns, some garbage dance songs and the rest are all "I-need-you-in-my-life-baby" kind of songs. It's funny how he's making exactly the type of music he dissed Ja Rule for making. Oh, it also has that diss song "Piggy Bank" which, frankly, is weak as hell. I can't believe 50 Cent thinks he's so good, he has the nerve to start feuds with rappers whom actually have alot to talk about, and whom have been around much longer than him. He disses Jadakiss, Nas, Shyne, Fat Joe, Kelis, and drops even more names on that one song "Piggy Bank." All of these artists have responded back to him, and they can actually record entire diss songs towards him, not drop one line like he does.
He also kicked The Game out of G-Unit just because Game is friends with Jadakiss and Nas. 50 Cent acts like he's in elementary school. If he knows what's good for him, he'll quit while he's behind with all these beefs. Don't waste your money on this CD.
50 cent just wants cash November 3, 2005
lyrical rapper (brooklyn)
11 out of 11 found this review helpful
alright when i first listened to 50 cent(which was get rich or die tryin) i thought he was a alright rapper with tight beats, ok flows, and got dr. dre on his beats, and eminem for support and frienship. i thought he was gonna be a really good rapper. at the time people were always talkin about how tight he was and his flows. so when tha massacre came out i was hella excited to get it. i bought it and 50 cent has 22 songs(one is the intro)and they are all tha same to me. same topics, no new ryhmes, same words, and is it me or do i feel he doesnt open his mouth when he raps. let me tell ya this is ABSOLUTE GARBAGE!!!!!!!!! Personally i feel he is ruinin hip hop. I really wished eminem did not sign him. because we have to deal wit g-unit. also all of the g-unit rappers is better than 50 lyrical wise. I DO NOT RECOMMEND THIS TO ANYONE. 50 cent IS REALLY REALLY STUPID. im tryin not to be a hater but he needs to quit and sell shoes. he all talks about SH@# like he will kill people that does good in his hood(song called in my hood) so wack. if u want actual good rap, go for tupac(not his new albumn), nas, jay-z, tech n9ne, big L, talib kweli, mos def, run dmc, biggie, lil wayne, ice cube etc goes on and on. just dont get this snitchen B@#$@
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