#Get rich or die tryin album covers professional#
Main article: 50 cents / awards for music sales reception Professional reviews The Grammy Awards 2004 was Get Rich or Die Tryin ' in the category Best Rap Album nominated, but lost Speakerboxxx / The Love Below by OutKast. Get Rich or Die Tryin ' has sold over nine million copies in the United States, earning it nine times platinum. The album received a gold record in Germany for more than 100,000 units sold. Get Rich or Die Tryin ' sold around 15.6 million copies worldwide. In Da Club received triple gold status for more than 450,000 units sold in Germany. In the German annual charts for 2003, the sound carrier was ranked 23rd.Īs singles were wanksta, In da Club, 21 Questions, PIMP and If I Can not decoupled. 1 and stayed in the Top 200 for 106 weeks with interruptions. In the United States, the album debuted at No. In total, Get Rich or Die Tryin ' stayed in the Top 100 for 42 weeks.
The album entered the German charts at position 45 in the 10th calendar week of 2003 and improved to number 21 in the coming weeks 10 and 5 before reaching the highest position 4. The remix for the song PIMP, which is included on some versions of the album, also features guest appearances by Snoop Dogg, Lloyd Banks and Young Buck.ġ Template: Infobox chart placements / maintenance / NR1 link 50 Cents discoverer Eminem can be heard on the song Patiently Waiting and alongside Lloyd Banks on Don't Push Me. The G-Unit -members Young Buck ( Blood Hound ) and Tony Yayo ( Like My Style ) appear on each one song. įive tracks on the album feature guest contributions from other rappers. The background is red, with Get Rich Or Die Tryin ' at the top left and 50 Cent at the top right. On the album cover, 50 Cent can be seen bare-chested, in the foreground a pierced glass pane. Many Men (Wish Death) samples the track Out of the Picture by Tavares and 21 Questions contains elements of It's Only Love Doing It's Thing by Barry White. Two songs on the album contain samples of songs by other artists. Porter ( PIMP ), Rockwilder ( Like My Style ), Sha Money XL ( Poor Lil Rich ), Dirty Swift ( 21 Questions ), Megahertz ( Gotta Make It to Heaven ), John Freeman ( Wanksta ), Red Spyda ( U Not Like Me ) and Terence Dudley ( Life's on the Line ) with each represented one beat. There are also Rob Tewlow ( What Up Gangsta ), Darrell Banch ( Many Men (Wish Death) ), DJ Rad ( High all the Time ), Sean Blaze ( Blood Hound ), Mr. Both acted as executive producers on the album. Dre created the beats for the songs In da Club, Heat, If I Can't and Back Down, while 50 Cents label boss Eminem produced the songs Patiently Waiting and Don't Push Me. Various producers were involved in the production of the album. Recurring themes are violence, drugs and the pursuit of wealth.
The album belongs to the gangsta rap genre.