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The Massacre is the second
studio album by
rapper 50 Cent, released on
March 3 2005 — five days ahead of the original release date due to
Internet leakage.
The album reached number one on the U.S.
Billboard 200 and the
UK Albums Chart that year.
Background
The Massacre has a music video for every track.
The Massacre was re-released on
September 6 2005 with a
remix of "
Outta Control" featuring
Mobb Deep. The re-release included a bonus DVD (with
music videos for all of the songs, and the
trailer for the movie
Get Rich or Die Tryin') and excluded the
G-Unit remix of "
Hate It or Love It", clearly due to the ongoing feud between 50 Cent and
The Game. The re-release helped it re-climb to number two in the United States.
The Massacre was also released in a "
censored" version that censors out most profanity, violence, and all drug content. "Gunz Come Out" has inconsistency in the editing, and contains some profanity. This album wasn't as heavily censored as
Get Rich or Die Tryin', but it's still a very highly censored album ranking in severity with albums such as
Tony Yayo's
Thoughts of a Predicate Felon and
Nas'
Stillmatic.
Sales
The album sold 1.14 million copies in its first four days of release, making it the sixth fastest-selling album since
SoundScan began tracking sales data in 1991. It is the second best opening week for any rap album in history, behind
Eminem's
The Marshall Mathers LP, and finished as the second-best selling album of
2005 with 4.85 million copies sold, behind
Mariah Carey's
The Emancipation of Mimi. It has been certified 6x platinum with over 6 million copies sold in the U.S. and 11 million worldwide.
Reception
The album received generally favorable reviews, however most
music critics agreed that it didn't live up to his
debut. It has less direct Shady/Aftermath production than
Get Rich or Die Tryin', as in-house
G-Unit producers,
Scott Storch (a former keyboardist with
The Roots who had collaborated with Dr. Dre on his comeback album
2001 and other production), and various outside producers handle most of the beats.The Massacre is sold 1o.1 in July of 2005.
The Massacre was nominated at the
2006 Grammy Awards for
Best Rap Album, but lost to
Kanye West's
Late Registration. It was ranked the tenth best album of the year by
Rolling Stone.
Track listing
Information taken from
The Massacre's
liner notes.
Special edition
The DVD includes the video for every song, the "" Video Game trailer and the "
Get Rich or Die Tryin" Movie trailer.
Charts
| Year |
Chart |
Position |
| 2005 |
Billboard 200 |
1 |
| Sweden |
10 |
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