Is Get Rich or Die Tryin' a "classic?"

[Blu]

All I have to say is that I don't think it is.

I just want to know your opinion's.

'Scust.

[12characters]

Personally, maybe.

Globally, I would think so. (yes)

[Trimss]

Smh. I was ready to post a thread about GRODT but then deleted it. I listened again yesterday and today and I have to say that album is fucking dope.

Your life's on the line is such a dope song.

[Man1x]

I listened to it today, and yes it is. Timeless.

[Trimss]

I listened to it today, and yes it is. Timeless.

Exactly.

[Steve Spag]

Yeah I recently re-listened to it as well, it was just as fresh as the day it dropped. That's classic!

[limea]

No, I don't like 50's monotone ass voice and his cliche gangsta album. And any album with "In Da Club" in it is automatically disqualified from being a classic.

And here is a sexy EminemBase post that ethers 50 shit's career

I think he's gotten worse every album and totally fucked himself from complete and utter lack of true self-awareness or intelligence.

He thinks he's self-aware because he expands on things logically or, attempts to but he doesn't follow his own advice. He reeks of desperation, has massive ego issues - Wants everybody to love him and him only, cannot stand another person being loved more.

This is evident in many interviews with him and Em where he interrupts Em constantly and opens his fat face about his next steaming pile of shit album or silly little playground beef. His career has been built on image and drama and very little talent.

At first the image and drama blinded people, everyone was tricked into thinking this man had supreme influence through his talent when in fact it was everything but. His music is a by-product of his success not the driving force.

People like Eminem and Nas will be remembered for their incredible lyricism and creativity. And despite all of the equally stupid, personal bullshit that's been focused on with both of them and others alike, history will largely forget it all. Their talent towers far above the rest of it.

With 50, it's the other way around. He's nothing without the image and drama. That's why every album he goes out of his way a few months before to re-hash an old beef, try to shock the public with an outrageous comment or randomly insulting another artist to create a new beef.

Obviously people are beyond used to it now and that's why everyone sees his music for what it is now. The other crap fades more and more with time and he exposes his shitty music more and more.

The Power of the Dollar had his best flows and lyricism. Get Rich was great but largely due to production, it totally drove the album. The Massacre was a heap of shit. People let him get away with having a handful of good tracks and calling it a good album. Where as Em has to have 15 flawless tracks or it's another Encore. Curtis was as useful as a coaster and a little less interesting and Before I Self Destruct was average at best. His content just doesn't cut it.

Artistically, he stinks. Back when he was on his way up, he had some nice wit and technique. All he truly brought to the table though was the mixture of dark melodic hooks with rhythm and rhyming. But, it gets old quick and the richer he gets, the more deluded he gets and the worse his music gets.

He's totally self-destructed (intentional) any glimmer of unique talent he started out with and has become lost and bewildered. Believing his own hype, thinking he's way way way above his station, totally overrating and exaggerating his impact and significance.

The guy is a self-obsessed bore. Over the course of four albums, he's repeated himself more than LL's "Rock the Bells" when it was scratched by Jazzy Jeff at the Def Jam ceremony. Not only has he repeated himself but he's not expanded on any of his views or content, nothing about him has truly evolved or become new in any sense of the word. He's beyond predictable.

The best next move he could make would be to put the mic down for good, stop fucking up Em's tracks and image by association and go stick his bowling ball head in a buffer until it comes out shiny. Maybe the whizzing mechanics will entice his noggin to conjure up some lyricism which isn't about hoes and riches and transform him into the rapper he wrongly thinks he is. Make him be what he's always thought he is but never has been: INTERESTING.

Gangsta this, hollow tip that, HI My Name's 50 - I can't fucking rap!

50 Cent will not be remembered as a great rapper or even approaching the realm of the top fucking ten. He'll be remembered as a gangsta clown who punched way above his weight with a lot of help from a pair of hip-hop giants. Oh yeah, don't forget... He's been shot 9 times. Sorry, just thought I'd let you know again, in case you hadn't heard it any of the 56,789 times mentioned from 2003-now with any news or promotional clip involving his name.

edit: and here's an excerpt of a sexy VBV post that ethers GRODT,

GRODT is praised because of the Dre beats not his mostly shitty lyricism.

More sexy posts

The only difference between GRODT and 50's later shit albums were the amazing Dre beats and the catchy hooks.

[Jdubem]

Yes every song is good and theres more range on this album then people give it credit for. 21 questions, many men, and in da club are all really well known memorable tracks, but totally different from one another. Not to mention the song that ended ja rules career. fucking classic

[Man1x]

I agree with EmBase but he was at one time an amazing rapper, and although GRODT wasn't his best work artistically or lyrically it is still a classic because it is timeless. Yes, the catchiness and production drive the album. Also, he won't be a legend but when he dies he will sell a shit load. It's important to note, however that he has talent, he just doesn't use it any more.

[Mr.DGAF]

Yeah, 50 actually used to be a good rapper. He still can make good music, but I think GRODT is undeniably his best work, and I do believe it's a classic.

[Man1x]

Yeah, 50 actually used to be a good rapper. He still can make good music, but I think GRODT is undeniably his best work, and I do believe it's a classic.

Couldn't agree more.

[Emadyville]

the album was a classic and is a classic. it's damn near perfect to me, the bonus tracks add a lot to it, but even without them its a classic imo

[I'mShady]

Of course it's a classic fucking album. A classic has such a huge impact that it changes the genre in this way or another. Get Rich Or Die Tryin' paved the way for Drake to sing his wack ass through songs that he perceives as "tough". Drake is a product of Hov and 50 put together, acquiring a lot from 50 a a little from Jay, plus a little of Jay's self-awareness. He and Kanye which albums came arounds same time made beats more important than lyrics.Fact. Some people consider this a good thing, NOT ME, but whatever. It still created a trend that lasted like 7 years. And heaps more but I can't be fucked writing about it, see I'm not EmBase with a diff account lol.

[flyingmonkey10]

i'd say so
not my fav but meh, it's loved?

[N.W.A.]

Def a recent classic, like the past 10 years or so. Not sure how it ranks all time though. You start talking MMLP, 2001,Chronic,Illmatic,Ready to Die,Doggystyle,I dont think its in that league.