The Massacre

Infobox Album
Name = The Massacre
Type = studio
Artist = 50 Cent


Released = March 3 2005
Recorded = 2004–2005
Genre = East Coast hip hop, gangsta rap
Length = 77:32
Label = Aftermath, Interscope, Shady
Producer = Dr. Dre (exec.) , Eminem (exec.) Black Jeruz, Buckwild, Cool and Dre, Cue Beats, Dangerous LLC, Disco D, F.B.T., Hi-Tek, J. R. Rotem, Mike Elizondo, Scott Storch, Sha Money XL
Reviews = *Allmusic rating|3.5|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:acmtk6rxykr3 link]
*"Entertainment Weekly" (B-) [http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,1033973,00.html link]
*"The Guardian" rating|1|5 [http://arts.guardian.co.uk/reviews/story/0,11712,1434677,00.html link]
*IGN (7.0/10) [http://au.music.ign.com/articles/593/593222p1.html link]
*Pitchfork Media (7.0/10) [http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/article/record_review/17712-the-massacre?artist_title=17712-the-massacre link]
*"PopMatters" (8/10) [http://www.popmatters.com/music/reviews/f/50cent-massacre.shtml link]
*RapReviews.com (8.0/10) [http://www.rapreviews.com/archive/2005_03F_massacre.html link]
*"Rolling Stone" Rating|4|5 [http://www.rollingstone.com/artists/50cent/albums/album/7072060/review/7045740/the_massacre link]
*"Stylus Magazine" (B-) [http://www.stylusmagazine.com/review.php?ID=2801 link]
*"The Times" Rating|3|5 [http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/music/cd_reviews/article423141.ece 3/23/05]
*"VIBE" Rating|3|5 [http://www.metacritic.com/music/artists/50cent/massacre link]
Last album = "Get Rich or Die Tryin'" (2003)
This album = "The Massacre" (2005)
Next album = "Get Rich or Die Tryin' Soundtrack" (2005)
Misc = Singles
Name = The Massacre
Type = studio
single 1 = Disco Inferno
single 1 date = 2005
single 2 = Candy Shop
single 2 date = 2005
single 3 = Just a Lil Bit
single 3 date = 2005
single 4 = Outta Control
single 4 date = 2005

"The Massacre" is the second studio album by rapper 50 Cent, released on March 3 2005 — five days ahead of the original release date due to Internet leakage.The album reached number one on the U.S. "Billboard" 200 and the UK Albums Chart that year.

Background

"The Massacre" has a music video for every track except the intro.

"The Massacre" was re-released on September 6 2005 with a remix of "Outta Control" featuring Mobb Deep. The re-release included a bonus DVD (with music videos for all of the songs, and the trailer for the movie Get Rich or Die Tryin') and excluded the G-Unit remix of "Hate It or Love It", clearly due to the ongoing feud between 50 Cent and The Game. The re-release helped it re-climb to number two in the United States.

"The Massacre" was also released in a "censored" version that censors out most profanity, violence, and all drug content. "Gunz Come Out" has inconsistency in the editing, and contains some profanity. This album wasn't as heavily censored as "Get Rich or Die Tryin'", but it is still a very highly censored album ranking in severity with albums such as Tony Yayo's "Thoughts of a Predicate Felon" and Nas' "Stillmatic".

ales

The album sold 1.14 million copies in its first four days of release, making it almost the fastest-selling album since SoundScan began tracking sales data in 1991. [Gundersen, Edna (March 9 2005). [http://www.usatoday.com/life/music/news/2005-03-09-50-cent-sales_x.htm 'Massacre' sales top 1 million] . "USA Today". Accessed June 12 2007.] It is the second best opening week for any rap album in history, behind Eminem's "The Marshall Mathers LP", [Alex Mar, March 9 2005. [http://www.rollingstone.com/artists/eminem/articles/story/7092921/50_sells_over_a_million 50 Sells Over a Million] . "Rolling Stone".] and finished as the best selling album of 2005 with 9 million copies sold. It was also his second album to occupy the No. 1 Billboard spot for 8 weeks in total. The album has sold over 6 million copies in the U.S. and over 11 million worldwide, and has been certificated 6x Platinum by the RIAA. [ [http://www.riaa.com/newsitem.php?news_year_filter=&resultpage=11&id=63425463-23BF-D356-AD95-395367446804 Let’s Be Blunt] . RIAA (March 9 2006). Accessed July 4 2007.] [Associated Press (November 7 2005). [http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,174864,00.html 50 Cent Film Offers New Version of Rapper] . Fox News. Accessed August 12 2007.] [Reid, Shaheem (May 22 2007). [http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1560222/20070522/50_cent.jhtml 50 Cent Says 'Delusional' Cam'ron Is Hurting Diplomats Camp] . MTV. Accessed August 16 2007.]

Reception

The album received generally favorable reviews, however most music critics agreed that it did not live up to his debut. [ [http://www.metacritic.com/music/artists/50cent/massacre 50 Cent: The Massacre (2005): Reviews] . Metacritic. Accessed March 3 2005.] It has less direct Shady/Aftermath production than "Get Rich or Die Tryin"', as in-house G-Unit producers, Scott Storch (a former keyboardist with The Roots who had collaborated with Dr. Dre on his comeback album "2001" and other production), and various outside producers handle most of the beats.

"The Massacre" was nominated at the 2006 Grammy Awards for Best Rap Album, but lost to Kanye West's "Late Registration". It was ranked the tenth best album of the year by "Rolling Stone". [ [http://www.rollingstone.com/special/8952414/the_top_50_records_of_2005 The Top 50 Records of 2005] . "Rolling Stone".]

Track listing

Information taken from "The Massacre"'s liner notes. [http://www.dubcc.com/forum/index.php?topic=65889.0 CREDITS: 50 Cent - The Massacre ] ]

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