New 50 Cent album release date moved to Feb. 6
01-31-03, 10:40 PM
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New 50 Cent album release date moved to Feb. 6
Due to bootlegging, the new 50 Cent album will be released Thursday, Feb. 6th, moved up from the previous set Feb. 11th date.
I'll be picking this up, hope all you hip-hop fans do to!
I'll be picking this up, hope all you hip-hop fans do to!
02-01-03, 02:05 PM
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from [BILLBOARD.COM]
Update: 50 Cent Album To Hit Net, Stores Early
With the upcoming 50 Cent album "Get Rich or Die Tryin'" already available through illegal downloads on the Internet, Interscope has pushed its release date forward from Feb. 11 to Feb. 6. In addition, the label is planning to put the set up online on Tuesday (Feb. 4), Billboard Bulletin reports. According to sources, tracks from the Shady/Aftermath/Interscope set -- which is shaping up to be one of the year's big releases -- will be sold as downloads for 99 cents apiece, via Pressplay, Liquid Audio, and other online services.
The moves are seen as defensive tactics so that Interscope can capture some of the sales that otherwise would be lost to piracy. Additionally, when the album hits stores, it will carry a DVD bonus on the first 500,000 units. Interscope is said to be expecting to ship up to 1 million units of the album. Label representatives could not be reached for comment.
Interscope employed a similar tactic last summer with Eminem's "The Eminem Show" after rampant pre-release bootlegging. The set was available in stores on Sunday, May 26, nine days prior to its original release date.
As for 50 Cent, he is already burning up the charts with the "Get Rich" lead cut "In Da Club," which is No. 1 on Billboard's Hot Rap Tracks chart and No. 2 on Billboard's Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles & Tracks tally. The rapper's 2002 Full Clip album, "Guess Who's Back," jumps 77-43 this week on The Billboard 200.
Update: 50 Cent Album To Hit Net, Stores Early
With the upcoming 50 Cent album "Get Rich or Die Tryin'" already available through illegal downloads on the Internet, Interscope has pushed its release date forward from Feb. 11 to Feb. 6. In addition, the label is planning to put the set up online on Tuesday (Feb. 4), Billboard Bulletin reports. According to sources, tracks from the Shady/Aftermath/Interscope set -- which is shaping up to be one of the year's big releases -- will be sold as downloads for 99 cents apiece, via Pressplay, Liquid Audio, and other online services.
The moves are seen as defensive tactics so that Interscope can capture some of the sales that otherwise would be lost to piracy. Additionally, when the album hits stores, it will carry a DVD bonus on the first 500,000 units. Interscope is said to be expecting to ship up to 1 million units of the album. Label representatives could not be reached for comment.
Interscope employed a similar tactic last summer with Eminem's "The Eminem Show" after rampant pre-release bootlegging. The set was available in stores on Sunday, May 26, nine days prior to its original release date.
As for 50 Cent, he is already burning up the charts with the "Get Rich" lead cut "In Da Club," which is No. 1 on Billboard's Hot Rap Tracks chart and No. 2 on Billboard's Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles & Tracks tally. The rapper's 2002 Full Clip album, "Guess Who's Back," jumps 77-43 this week on The Billboard 200.
02-01-03, 09:06 PM
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for all you bootleggers out there, courtesy of
http://www.hiphopsite.com/NEWS/
the third paragraph down, for some reason i couldnt copy and paste the news item
That album is gonna do big buisness. hell, he has a MIXTAPE in the billboard top 50 for crying out loud!
http://www.hiphopsite.com/NEWS/
the third paragraph down, for some reason i couldnt copy and paste the news item
That album is gonna do big buisness. hell, he has a MIXTAPE in the billboard top 50 for crying out loud!
02-02-03, 12:49 AM
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Originally posted by ericb21
for all you bootleggers out there, courtesy of
http://www.hiphopsite.com/NEWS/
the third paragraph down, for some reason i couldnt copy and paste the news item That album is gonna do big buisness. hell, he has a MIXTAPE in the billboard top 50 for crying out loud!
for all you bootleggers out there, courtesy of
http://www.hiphopsite.com/NEWS/
the third paragraph down, for some reason i couldnt copy and paste the news item
That album is gonna do big buisness. hell, he has a MIXTAPE in the billboard top 50 for crying out loud!
02-02-03, 09:21 PM
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and just so u know the cd on the net now is rumored to be a bogus cd...there are supposed to be 8 more songs on the cd, plus the next single (magic stick) isnt on the bootleg version...if it is true that there will be a different track list then thats sweet. and this cd is so much better then the eminem show
02-02-03, 11:25 PM
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patiently waiting is a dope track...definetly one of the best on the cd, im also feelin high all the time, Dont push me, Poor lil' rich, bloohound, of course in da club...dam the whole cd is hot...and if 80% of these werent on the final cut of the album then dam the official version is just gonna be blazin
02-03-03, 04:01 PM
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Originally posted by MIKE VICK#7
patiently waiting is a dope track...definetly one of the best on the cd, im also feelin high all the time, Dont push me, Poor lil' rich, bloohound, of course in da club...dam the whole cd is hot...and if 80% of these werent on the final cut of the album then dam the official version is just gonna be blazin
patiently waiting is a dope track...definetly one of the best on the cd, im also feelin high all the time, Dont push me, Poor lil' rich, bloohound, of course in da club...dam the whole cd is hot...and if 80% of these werent on the final cut of the album then dam the official version is just gonna be blazin
02-04-03, 04:24 PM
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Originally posted by the aftermath
Yep, he's gonna be hiphop's next big thing.
Yep, he's gonna be hiphop's next big thing.
02-04-03, 04:29 PM
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Originally posted by Rogue588
Could someone possibly explain WHY...?
Could someone possibly explain WHY...?
- He was signed by Eminem's Shady Records. Any association with Em whatsoever will help his profile.
- He's got Dr. Dre producing his album.
02-04-03, 04:54 PM
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Originally posted by the aftermath
- He was signed by Eminem's Shady Records. Any association with Em whatsoever will help his profile.
- He was signed by Eminem's Shady Records. Any association with Em whatsoever will help his profile.
... maybe a couple a copies in DETROIT]
02-04-03, 05:37 PM
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Originally posted by gerrythedon
yeah but it didn't HELP D12 and nobody gonna buy OBIE's album [ ... maybe a couple a copies in DETROIT]
yeah but it didn't HELP D12 and nobody gonna buy OBIE's album [
... maybe a couple a copies in DETROIT]
D12 went platinum, that's pretty good for a bunch of average rappers who wouldn't have made in on their own.
Originally posted by MIKE VICK#7
im gonna go but O.Trice... he's got mad talent. also its not shady records...its SHADY/AFTERMATH(em& Dre's label)
im gonna go but O.Trice... he's got mad talent. also its not shady records...its SHADY/AFTERMATH(em& Dre's label)
02-04-03, 07:23 PM
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Originally posted by gerrythedon
yeah but it didn't HELP D12 and nobody gonna buy OBIE's album [ ... maybe a couple a copies in DETROIT]
yeah but it didn't HELP D12 and nobody gonna buy OBIE's album [
... maybe a couple a copies in DETROIT]
And obie is going to be hot.
02-05-03, 01:33 AM
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Originally posted by SnoopDogg
Um Devils Night sold like 3 Million!?
And obie is going to be hot.
Um Devils Night sold like 3 Million!?
And obie is going to be hot.