50 Cent's first single was the controversial 'How To Rob', which detailed how he was going to relieve some of the biggest rappers of the time, like Bobby Brown and Will Smith, of their wealth. The single got 50 Cent's name into the media, even though he didn't have an album out, and before long he'd been taken under the wing of producers Samuel 'Tone' Barnes and Jean-Claude 'Poke' Olivier - a.k.a. Trackmasters - who decided to record a whole album based on Cent's previous experience with armed drug dealers, gun fights, and robbery. They recorded 36 tracks in just two weeks, and hand-picked 18 of them to go on the debut album, which was to be released on the Columbia label. However, just before he was due to film a video for 'Thug Love', he was gunned down in Queens, and shot nine times, with one of the bullets piercing his cheek, giving his later rapping a distinctive slur, (which is obviously not evident on this album as it was recorded before the incident). As soon as the label found out about the shooting they suddenly got cold feet, feeling that they preferred a studio gangsta on their label to an actual one. They cancelled their contract just weeks before the proposed release of the album, and shelved it permanently, leaving it to the bootleggers to allow us to hear these unique recordings from 50 Cent, featuring guest appearances from Destiny's Child, Noreaga, Dave Hollister, Bun B and The Madd Rapper.
Track listing 01 Intro 02 The Hit 03 The Good Die Young 04 Corner Bodega 05 Your Life's On The Line 06 That Ain't Gangsta 07 As The World Turns 08 Ghetto Qu'ran 09 Da Repercussions 10 Money By Any Means Ft. Noreaga 11 Material Girl 12 Thug Love Ft. Destny's Child 13 Slow Doe 14 Gun Runner 15 You Ain't No Gangsta 16 The Power Of The Dollar 17 I'm A Hustler 18 How To Rob Ft. The Madd Rapper Suggested by 'The Greatest Albums You'll Never Hear' by Bruno MacDonald
I actually own a physical copy of this...now whether it is a legit copy or a well-made bootleg, I can't say, and if I could figure out how to upload a picture, I'd prove it LOL
I actually own a physical copy of this...now whether it is a legit copy or a well-made bootleg, I can't say, and if I could figure out how to upload a picture, I'd prove it LOL
ReplyDeleteif it doesn't look like this https://www.discogs.com/50-Cent-Power-Of-The-Dollar/master/379382
Deletethen it's a bootleg which means it probably looks like
https://www.discogs.com/50-Cent-Power-Of-The-Dollar/release/4211946