50 Cent exploded onto the rap scene in 2003 with Get Rich Or Die Tryin’, his celebrated debut album. The Dr. Dre and Eminem-assisted project debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 chart with over 872,000 copies sold in its opening week. Two years later, he followed up with The Massacre, which also landed at the top of the chart with a whopping 1.15 million copies sold, firmly cementing 50 Cent’s legacy in the process.
While the subsequent album, 2007’s Curtis, debuted at No. 2, it still sold nearly 700,000 copies. 50 Cent hasn’t released a full-length effort since 2014’s Animal Ambition; he’s been focused on his lucrative television endeavors. But last month, 50 Cent shared an Instagram post suggesting his next album will likely be his last.
“Smile my next album might be my last,” he wrote. “I terrorized hip hop for 14 years, don’t believe me Nielsen, the numbers will never lie but I’m nobody’s favorite. Smh. Nah I’m Top 10 dead or alive and I’m not done.”
In a recent interview with The Talk, 50 Cent clarified his remarks but doubled down on his final album statement. However, that doesn’t mean he’s completely done making music — it will just be packaged differently.
“I probably think I’ll deliver one more full-length album, then the other things that I do will be connected to film and television in a different way,” he said. “I’m having so much success in this area that I have opportunities to keep releasing music through the projects that I’m bringing.”
Last summer, 50 Cent provided an update on the long-delayed effort Street King Immortal album, which was originally expected to drop in 2011. Speaking to the Independent, he revealed he’d scrapped the original version of the project.
50 Cent Calls Himself 'Top 10 Rapper Dead Or Alive' While Teasing Retirement + New Album
“That original version is not [being released], but I’m releasing new music in September,” he said, before confirming the album would not feature Eminem. “I didn’t finish the tracks with him … I’m not gonna tell who’s on it because I’m the most exciting person [on the album].”
More recently, he dropped “Powder Power Respect” with Jeremih and Lil Durk, the theme song for Power Book IV: Force. The video has racked up over one million YouTube views since its January 16 release. Check it out below.
Everybody rejoice.
He is top 10 dead or alive. He got billboard hits.
Billboard hits makes noone top 10 all time in anything. Its content, quality and longevity. Grodt is a top 5 HH album of all time but hes not in my top 10.
Probably going to scrap this version too
Im hoping for focused, gutter 50 and not the 3 lazy, recycled, generic verses w a pop singer on the hook 50 bc he thinks will hit the radios. Time will tell.
You talkin bout 50 or Em?
This fool trash, self proclaimed everything. If you top 10 anything, you wouldn’t have to say shit, everyone else would say it.
Yeah…just like The Game already had a last album. No one believes this last/retirement shit any more. Soooo 2010
Naw 50 you had hip hop for about 3 years, then you faded out like the fad you were.
Go ahead and get that 5% residual from Power and keep dissing Puffy while you promote LGBTQ themes in your show.
You act like there aren’t LGBT people in real life though. Yall see one kiss between men for 3secs on one show out of hundreds of shows on every day and swear the TV is tryna turn the world gay ??
People who have problems with other peoples sexualaloty usually have insecurities about their own
The fuck is sexualaloty??
My point wasn’t about LGBT. It was about 50 Cents hypocrisy an the people who co-sign his trolling
whatever i spent 35 years never seeing any of that ish, now its unavoidable its to the point where apparently only fruity pebbles watch tv, cant even watch it anymore no real man trying to watch 2 dudes getting it on, these shows form women and the fruity crowd so be it real men arent the buying demographc its cool we not buying or supporting it so i understand, and kids shouldnt be seeing it either, they even got cartoons with this filth, to each they own, like a kid with a horror movie you watching something thats kinda enjoyable then gotta change the channel cover eyes or look away because it makes normal folks wanna puke, and its not normal its less than 10% born that way, nothing wrong with it do what you do but the world doesnt care that you like getting your face painted by other dudes not interested in seeing straigh couple make out in public either, on tv its a joke cuz its not a turn on straight or fruity if i wanna see that i watch adult content
Confirms? He did everything BUT confirm! ?
Whenever I make a goat list I never even think about 50. Grodt was dope from start to finish. But I only liked a couple joints on massacre, curtis and before I self destruct and animal ambition. Shouldbe been 2 albums instead of 4.
can’t understand why no street king album 50 doesn’t say why.
50 cent releasing the album “Before I rammed it up his ass” co-starring Tony Gayo and Lloyd Skanks, waiting for that double wood certification
1 episode of power pays this man more than an album sales would for the entire history of the album no $ in penny per streams
If that was true he wouldn’t be making this. How much is his pay per show??
love of the craft, hype, promotion, maybe a hit comes out of it which breeds a tour which can make some millions but add up the time and promotion even at his level an album is lucky to bring back 100K
This album is gonna be shittier than Chance The Rapper’s album
50 don’t release album thanks.
1- Guess who’s back
2- The Anthem 2022 ft Lloyd Banks, Tony Yayo and Young Buck
3- .22 Special
4- East Coast, West Coast ft The Game
5- Queens’ Kings ft Nas and Mobb Deep
6- Still Shady ft Eminem, Dr. Dre and Obie Trice
7- G-Block ft Jadakiss
8- Still Pimpin ft Snoop Dogg and Dr. Dre
9 Forever Gangsta