50 Cent Album: “Massacre [Bonus Track]”

Some of you people out there seem to be surprised by how weak 50's new album is. Let me explain to you all how this works. When 2pac died he had a lot of unreleased music that he recorded. What this tells me is that artists record music that they hold on to and wait till the right time to release. When 50's first album came out he had to bring the goods to build a fan base. As you know most albums have 3 or 4 good songs and the rest is just filler. If an artist put all his good songs on one album, then his next album would be complete garbage (a.k.a. filler). Its all about money/record sales. 50 knows that all of his fans/suckers will run down to Best Buy and grab his latest cd. So he'll give you a few singles to listen to on the radio 45 times a day to get you hyped. Then when his album drops its PAYDAY. You think he would put some more hot tracks out for the fans who MADE him a millionaire, but no. We have to wait till his next cd for 3 or 4 more good songs. I used to be a fan/sucker too. But I haven't bought a rap cd in 3 years because of this BS. Just download the songs you like best and save your money so that you can waste it on a crappy movie like Be Cool. CLASS DISMISSED

Remove the sleeve of the deluxe edition of 50 Cent's THE MASSACRE, and you'll see a photo of the artist aiming a gun at the camera, surrounded by a display of firearms of all kinds. Look further and you'll find an insert advertising Reeboks, complete with discount coupon. The booklet in the edited version includes a photo of the artist pouring water into a lovely, scantily-clad woman's cleavage instead of the gun picture...And then you get to hear the album, which begins with a girl's voice sighing over a valentine, followed by blasts of gunfire.

Strong language and constant references to guns, violence, drugs, and explicit sex with objectified women combined with monotonous backing tracks and monotone delivery make THE MASSACRE a hard album for any parent to love. With an intensity so overdone that it would seem like self-parody if his lyrics weren't so deadly serious, 50 Cent weakens the power of his talent by indulging in this fierce and fatal machismo. The edited version had to be SO edited that is sounds like nonsense.

It's too bad, because 50 Cent is a good songwriter, The instrumental tracks are beautifully produced and sometimes even mesmerizing; the lyrics are the work of an obviously intelligent, hard-working man. But they are also unrelentingly nasty, especially if you happen to be female, and these songs send a loud-and-clear message that problems are best solved with violence. There isn't a young person in the world who really needs to hear this CD, and that's a shame.

First off let me start by saying that I am a 50 cent fan. Since "Get Rich or Die Trying" dropped I have been feverishly anticipating his next LP. However "The Massacre" is nothing what I expected. The beats are really the only thing keeping this CD from being the worst album of the year. The whole "diss err body and they momma" thang is played out and his ABC rhymes are worse than ever. I knew that 50's negative attitude toward other artists was kinda shady but I always thought that him being talented would give him clout to do so, but that is no longer the case. COME ON 50!!!

Let me start of by saying that Get Rich was one of the best albums of the past few years. Every track was a bomb waiting to drop. This album sounds like some dude that let fame and steriods go to his mellon. He takes no advice from Em when that is really the only person who he should be listening to.

Let's cover the dis-track Piggy Bank first (actually this may be the only one I need to cover). This is the worst dis track in the history of diss tracks. When you hear some of the underground stuff that Eminem has done where he devotes minutes upon minutes ruthlessly destroying everyone from Ja Rule, to Benzino, to Dialated, to Everlast you realize the lyrcial skill he has to be able to deconstruct artists until there is basically nothing left for them to reply to because they have been destroyed. On this 3+ minute track the only clear diss is to Jadakiss, (something to the effect of don't test me if you want to eat...or something weak like that). He should have never started that with such a week track..Actually if I was Jada, I would not waste my time replying to this schlock. If I was Ja Rule I would just sit back and laugh about what happens when muscle heads try to do something other than lift weights.

If you are still thinking of purchasing this...I would recommend R.U.L.E. At least R.U.L.E has New York on it which is tight. I think that the 100 guns and 100 clips need to be aimed at 50.

So, as I have said Piggy Bank is WEAK. Disco Inferno is OK and pretty much every other track is junk. Gatman and Robin the worst thing I have ever heard, if I was Em I would walk away fast from that one. The album is too loose and the only thing that works on it is the production. If I was Game I would take every track on this album rip it my own way and put that on the shelves to see what sells better.

If 50 did not have a major lable supporting him and he was selling this album out of his trunk..he would be driving a broken down chevy nova and wearing british knights and cross colors.

So, to finish, rather than buy this album you are better off doing one of the following: 1. Buy Young Buck's Album, 2. Buy The Game's album, 3. Buy them both a second time before you ever consider getting curious enough to pick up this trash.

dont buy this album, its phucckin worthless, theres only 3 songs that are halfway decent on here. dont waste your money buying it, just download off limewire or rhapsody and give it a listen. if u like it, buy it. DO NOT BUY IT UNLESS YOUVE HEARD IT, SAVE YOUR MONEY FOR REAL SHXT.(like KRS-One or Eazy-E)