50 Cent Is the Future is the first official mixtape of the American hip-hop group G-Unit , which includes rappers 50 Cent , Lloyd Banks and Tony Yayo . On the cover of the album they are located from left to right. The mixtape was recorded after the unreleased album 50 Cent - Power of the Dollar [3] . The recording took place in Canada. According to XXL magazine, this mixtape was the best ever [4] .
| 50 Cent Is the Future | ||||
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| Mixtape 50 Cent with G-Unit | ||||
| Date of issue | June 1, 2002 | |||
| Recorded by | 2002; Canada | |||
| Genre | Hardcore Rap , East Coast Hip Hop | |||
| Duration | 49:37 | |||
| Producers | DJ Whoo Kid Sha money xl DJ Clue DJ Kayslay | |||
| A country |  USA | |||
| Label | Street dance | |||
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| Timeline 50 Cent with G-Unit | ||||
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The site that distributes mixtapes DatPiff assigned it a golden status (assigned after 100,000 downloads). As of May 2015, the number of mixtape downloads from this site exceeded 112 thousand [5] .
Mikstape took sixth place in the list of “Top Ten Mixtape List Of All Time” ( Rus. 10 best mixtapes for all time ), which was composed by XXL magazine [6] and first place in the list of “The 50 Best Rapper Mixtapes” ( Rus. 50 best rap mixtapes ) from the magazine Complex [7] .
In addition, Complex magazine in the list of 100 best albums of the decade put this mixtape in 51st place, considering it better than many studio albums [8] .
In 2012, on the occasion of the 10th anniversary of this mixtape, 50 Cent released the mixtape The Big 10 . During coverage of this news, Spin 's Marc Hogan named 50 Cent Is the Future still the best mixtape of 2002. [9]
Content
List of Songs
- In brackets next to the name are the performers.
| No. | Title | Duration | Samples |
|---|---|---|---|
| one | U Should Be Here ( G-Unit ) | 3:33 | “Be Here” ( Rafael Sadik with D'Angelo) |
| 2 | Bump dat Street Mix ( 50 Cent and Tony Yayo ) | 3:06 | Bump Dat ( Mobb Deep ) |
| 3 | The Banks Workout ( 50 Cent and Lloyd Banks ) | 4:01 | Lyrical Exercise ( Jay-Z ) |
| four | Whoo Kid / Kay Slay Shit ( 50 Cent ) | 2:33 | Crawlin '( Mobb Deep ) |
| five | 50 Cent Just Fucking Around ( 50 Cent ) | 2:12 | “What You Want” ( Mase when you learn Total ) |
| 6 | G-Unit Soldiers ( G-Unit ) | 3:06 | “Losin 'Weight” ( Cam'ron with Prodigy ) |
| 7 | Got Me a Bottle ( 50 Cent and Lloyd Banks ) | 2:52 | “Got Me a Model” (RL (Next) with the participation of Erick Sermon ) |
| eight | Tony Yayo Explosion ( 50 Cent and Tony Yayo ) | 2:45 | Eye for a Eye (Your Beef Is Mines) ( Mobb Deep ) |
| 9 | Clue / 50 (50 Cent) | 1:30 | |
| ten | “A Lil Bit of Everything UTP” ( G-Unit with UTP and Young Buck ) | 4:09 | |
| eleven | Cut Master C Shit ( 50 Cent ) | 2:56 | No Nuts, No Glory ( Geto Boys ) |
| 12 | Call Me ( 50 Cent and Tony Yayo ) | 3:03 | Call Me ( Tweet ) |
| 13 | 50 / Banks ( 50 Cent and Lloyd Banks ) | 2:45 | “They Ain't Ready” ( Ruff Ryders ) |
| 14 | Surrounded by Hoes ( 50 Cent ) | 2:10 | Round & Round ( Jonell ) |
| 15 | G-Unit That's What's Up ( G-Unit ) | 4:13 | Y'all Been Warned ( Wu-Tang Clan ) |
| sixteen | Bad News ( G-Unit ) | 4:33 | Good To You - ( Talib Kweli ) |
Chart Positions
| Chart (2004) | Higher position |
|---|---|
| UK Top 75 Albums | 65 |
| Swiss Albums Chart | 59 [10] |
Notes
- ↑ Review 50 Cent - 50 Cent is the future by RapReviews Neopr . Archived July 1, 2013.
- ↑ Review 50 Cent - 50 Cent is the future by Hip Hop Reviews . Archived July 1, 2013.
- ↑ Adam Matthews (May 24, 2000). SOHH Exclusive: "50 Cent Shot in New York . " SOHH. Accessed September 18, 2007.
- ↑ XXL Staff (April 17, 2006). Top Ten Mixtape List Of All Time . Accessed July 18, 2013.
- ↑ 50 Cent - 50 Cent is the future .
- ↑ Top Ten Mixtape List Of All Time by XXL . Archived July 1, 2013.
- ↑ The 50 Best Rapper MixtapesComplex Neopr . Archived July 1, 2013.
- ↑ The 100 Best Albums of The Complex Decade . Archived July 1, 2013.
- ↑ 50 Cent Posts New Track, Boasts, Types 'LOL' . Archived July 1, 2013.
- ↑ HitParade. G-Unit - 50 Cent Is The Future, Swiss Charts . HitParade Accessed July 12, 2008.
Links
- 50 Cent Is the Future Billboard . Accessed August 11, 2007.
- 50 Cent Is the Future on Allmusic
- HipHopDX 50 Cent Interview on 50 Cent Is the Future
- Sha Money XL Producer Interviews XXL Magazine on 50 Cent Is the Future