The Massacre
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| Studio album by 50 Cent | ||||
| Released | March 3, 2005 | |||
| Recorded | 2004–2005 | |||
| Genre | Gangsta rap, hardcore hip hop, East Coast Hip Hop | |||
| Length | 77:22 | |||
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| Producer | 50 Cent (exec.), Dr. Dre (also exec.), Eminem (also exec.), Scott Storch, Sha Money XL (also exec.), J.R. Rotem, Disco D, F.B.T., Hi-Tek, Mike Elizondo, Needlz, Buckwild, Cue Beats, Dangerous LLC, Black Jeruz | |||
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| Source | Rating |
| Metacritic | 66/100 |
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| Allmusic |    |
| Entertainment Weekly | B− |
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| NME | 8/10 |
| Pitchfork Media | 7/10 |
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| Spin | B– |
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| The Village Voice | A− |
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| Released | September 6, 2005 | |||||||||
| Recorded | 2004–05 | |||||||||
| Genre | Hip hop, gangsta rap | |||||||||
| Length | 73:47 | |||||||||
| Label | Aftermath, Interscope, Shady | |||||||||
| Producer | 50 Cent (exec.), Dr. Dre (also exec.), Eminem (also exec.), Scott Storch, Sha Money XL, J.R. Rotem, Disco D, F.B.T., Hi-Tek, Mike Elizondo, Needlz, Buckwild, Cue Beats, Dangerous LLC, Black Jeruz | |||||||||
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The Massacre is the second studio album by American rapper 50 Cent. It was released on March 3, 2005, by Aftermath Entertainment, Shady Records and Interscope Records. The album debuted at number one on the US Billboard 200, selling 1.14 million copies in its first week. Upon its release, The Massacre received generally positive reviews from music critics. The album was nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Rap Album, but lost to Kanye West's album Late Registration at the 48th Grammy Awards.
The Massacre has a music video for every track on the special edition version of the album. The original title for the album was revealed as St. Valentine's Day Massacre and was arranged to be released on February 14, 2005. However, it has been postponed, while the album title has been shortened and was later changed into The Massacre. The censored version of the album censors out most profanity, violence, and all drug content. The track "Gunz Come Out" has inconsistency in the editing, and contains some profanity. In comparison, the album is not as heavily censored as his previous album Get Rich or Die Tryin', but it is still a very highly censored album ranking in severity with albums such as Jadakiss' Kiss tha Game Goodbye (2001), along with Tony Yayo's Thoughts of a Predicate Felon (2005) and Nas' Stillmatic (2001).
The Massacre sold 1.14 million copies in its first week, becoming the sixth-largest opening week for an album at the time, since Nielsen SoundScan began tracking sales in 1991. This is the third best opening week for a hip hop album, behind Eminem's The Marshall Mathers LP (2000), which has sold 1.76 million copies in its first week, and The Eminem Show which sold 1,322,000 copies in its first week. In 2015, the album has sold 5.36 million copies in the United States and 13 million worldwide.
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