50 Cent's Numbers Are A Massacre
It’s been a retail Massacre, all right.
Call it thunder-stealing, shade-throwing, or whatever you want, but 50 Cent has crushed all comers in a show of retail force rarely seen these days. His new album, The Massacre (Shady/Aftermath/Interscope) has been selling in rapid fire since its release last Thursday (2/3) and at this point looks like it will have easily moved over a million units once the counting’s done.
Indeed, The Massacre’s number could potentially move as high as 1.1 or 1.2 million, though it’s too early to tell. Regardless, 50 Cent is untouchable on this week’s album chart. Who else could do that and find time to excommunicate someone from his or her crew?
50 Cent's Next Single - "Outta Control"
50's bullet-riddled resume provides cover for the fact that he's a major piece of hip-hop beefcake. He works that angle more than ever on The Massacre, the follow-up to 2003's Get Rich or Die Tryin'. The new album's first two singles -- the lascivious, midtempo grinder "Candy Shop" and speaker-shaking party track "Disco Inferno" -- are mostly for the ladies. The tracks display how 50 has it both ways: Only a rapper who's been shot nine times can get away with describing the dance floor as "hot as a tea kettle." That's not G Unit, it's G-rated. The next single, "Out of Control," produced by Dr. Dre, is the best of the party tracks: As 50 chants the hook of the Eighties electro-funk classic "Set It Off," Dre pumps up the tension -- like "In Da Club," it's the kind of track that seems to bear down on you while you listen.
DVD: "The Infamous Times - Volume I: The Original 50 Cent"
Representing: The 'hood
411: We told you months ago that this DVD was coming, and it finally hit the streets this week. "Infamous Times" definitely lives up to its name, primarily focusing on the never-before-told story of one the street's most notorious gangsters.
50 Cent opens up about his name: In plenty of early 50 Cent interviews, when asked about his moniker, he said it represented a change. Well, on this DVD he goes in depth about being named after one of BK's most feared stick-up kids. Both 50s have a lot in common. 50 the gangster was shot 23 times over nine different occasions. And the nine-times-shot 50 Cent the rapper says he, too, believes in getting money by any means to provide for himself, just like the street legend.
* 50 Cent the gangster's life: The documentary goes through the gamut of the original 50's life, starting with his early days when he robbed everything from liquor stores to rappers and people at parties. Surprisingly, with all the chaos he caused, 50 was only 5 feet 2 inches tall. DJs Eric B and Scratch are among those giving testimonial interviews.
* The murder of the original 50 Cent, and the shooting of 50 Cent the MC: The documentary tells the story of how the original 50's exploits caught up to him and he was ultimately shot several times in a project hallway. That was only the beginning, though, of the events that led to his death. "Infamous Times" also takes another look at what happened to 50 the MC when he was shot in Queens in front of his grandmother's house. Although 50 doesn't speak too much about the identities of those who shot him, the DVD gives its own theories and even shows a picture of one of the alleged assailants.
It’s been a retail Massacre, all right.
Call it thunder-stealing, shade-throwing, or whatever you want, but 50 Cent has crushed all comers in a show of retail force rarely seen these days. His new album, The Massacre (Shady/Aftermath/Interscope) has been selling in rapid fire since its release last Thursday (2/3) and at this point looks like it will have easily moved over a million units once the counting’s done.
Indeed, The Massacre’s number could potentially move as high as 1.1 or 1.2 million, though it’s too early to tell. Regardless, 50 Cent is untouchable on this week’s album chart. Who else could do that and find time to excommunicate someone from his or her crew?
50 Cent's Next Single - "Outta Control"
50's bullet-riddled resume provides cover for the fact that he's a major piece of hip-hop beefcake. He works that angle more than ever on The Massacre, the follow-up to 2003's Get Rich or Die Tryin'. The new album's first two singles -- the lascivious, midtempo grinder "Candy Shop" and speaker-shaking party track "Disco Inferno" -- are mostly for the ladies. The tracks display how 50 has it both ways: Only a rapper who's been shot nine times can get away with describing the dance floor as "hot as a tea kettle." That's not G Unit, it's G-rated. The next single, "Out of Control," produced by Dr. Dre, is the best of the party tracks: As 50 chants the hook of the Eighties electro-funk classic "Set It Off," Dre pumps up the tension -- like "In Da Club," it's the kind of track that seems to bear down on you while you listen.
DVD: "The Infamous Times - Volume I: The Original 50 Cent"
Representing: The 'hood
411: We told you months ago that this DVD was coming, and it finally hit the streets this week. "Infamous Times" definitely lives up to its name, primarily focusing on the never-before-told story of one the street's most notorious gangsters.
50 Cent opens up about his name: In plenty of early 50 Cent interviews, when asked about his moniker, he said it represented a change. Well, on this DVD he goes in depth about being named after one of BK's most feared stick-up kids. Both 50s have a lot in common. 50 the gangster was shot 23 times over nine different occasions. And the nine-times-shot 50 Cent the rapper says he, too, believes in getting money by any means to provide for himself, just like the street legend.
* 50 Cent the gangster's life: The documentary goes through the gamut of the original 50's life, starting with his early days when he robbed everything from liquor stores to rappers and people at parties. Surprisingly, with all the chaos he caused, 50 was only 5 feet 2 inches tall. DJs Eric B and Scratch are among those giving testimonial interviews.
* The murder of the original 50 Cent, and the shooting of 50 Cent the MC: The documentary tells the story of how the original 50's exploits caught up to him and he was ultimately shot several times in a project hallway. That was only the beginning, though, of the events that led to his death. "Infamous Times" also takes another look at what happened to 50 the MC when he was shot in Queens in front of his grandmother's house. Although 50 doesn't speak too much about the identities of those who shot him, the DVD gives its own theories and even shows a picture of one of the alleged assailants.
