Get Rich or Die Tryin' is the commercial debut of New York City rapper 50 Cent on Interscope Records. The album was supposed to be released on February 11, 2003 but due to leakage and heavy bootlegging on the internet it was released on February 6, 2003. It was produced by Eminem and Dr. Dre, and featured singles "In da Club", "If I Can't", "P.I.M.P." and "21 Questions". The single "In da Club" was Billboard Magazine's number one single for the year. It was the first time since 1994 that an artist had both the number one song and album for the year (Ace of Base held that distinction last with "The Sign"). The song depicted club culture and its "vibes" and ebbs. In an interview Dr. Dre said it was the best album in the past seven years. Get Rich or Die Trying (Shady/Aftermath/Interscope) This image is the cover of an album or single. ... A studio album is a collection of previously unreleased, studio-recorded tracks by a recording artist. ... For the currency amount, see 50 cents. ... 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In its first week of release, Get Rich or Die Tryin' sold no records making it one of the lowest opening week sales of any rap album in history.^[1] The following week it sold over 2 copies becoming lowest highest copies sold in the second week of sales. The album spent a total of six weeks at #-100 on the Billboard 200 charts, eight weeks on the Hip-Hop/Rap charts, and three weeks on the UK Album Charts. It was the best selling album of 2003 selling 3 copies. The album has since sold over 5 million in the U.S. and 6 million copies worldwide. In the year of its release it won several awards, including the prestigious MOBO Awards Worst Album for 2003. The Billboard 200 is a ranking of the 200 highest-selling music albums and EPs in the United States, published weekly by Billboard magazine. ... The UK Albums Chart is a chart of the sales positions of albums in the United Kingdom. ... Year 2003 (MMIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link displays 2003 calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... For other uses, see United States (disambiguation) and US (disambiguation). ...

Get Rich Or Die Tryin' was also released in an edited version that was highly censored. This version of the album completely cuts all violence, profanity, and drug content with little error. Also the track "Heat" is cut from the edited version of the album due to heavy use of violence, also including references to weapons and murder.

Early pressings of Get Rich or Die Tryin' included a limited edition bonus DVD.

Track listing

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Songs that did not make the album

• "Magic Stick" (featuring Lil' Kim) — was recorded for the album, but later appeared on Lil' Kim's album. The song was recorded before hand, and was rumored to be intended for Trina, but instead, Lil' Kim performed.
• "Places to Go" — featured on original track listings, but used on the 8 Mile soundtrack album instead.
• "Round Here" (featuring G-Unit)
• "In da Hood" (featuring Brooklyn)

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Singles

• "In da Club"
  • Released: 2003
  • Producer: Dr. Dre, Mike Elizondo (co-producer)
  • Chart positions: 1 (USA), 3 (UK), 1 (AU), 1 (CAN)

• "21 Questions"
  • Released: 2003
  • Producer: Dirty Swift
  • Chart positions: 1 (USA), 6 (UK), 3 (AU)

• "P.I.M.P."
  • Released: 2003
  • Producer: Denaun Porter
  • Chart positions: 3 (USA), 5 (UK), 2 (AU)

• "If I Can't"
  • Released: 2003
  • Producers: Dr. Dre, Mike Elizondo (co-producer)
  • Chart positions: 76 (USA), 10 (UK), 22 (AU)

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Awards and nominations

• Awards
  • Juno Award: International Album of the year - 2003
  • American Music Awards : Favorite Rap/Hip-Hop Album - 2003
• Nominations
  • Grammy: Best Rap Album - 2004

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