The Massacre

The Massacre
Studio album by 50 Cent
Released	March 3, 2005
Recorded	2004
Genre	Hip hop
Length	77:22
Label	Aftermath, Interscope, Shady
Producer	50 Cent (exec.), Black Jeruz, Buckwild, Cool & Dre, Cue Beats, Dangerous LLC, Disco D, Dr. Dre (also exec.), Eminem (also exec.), F.B.T., Hi-Tek, J. R. Rotem, Mike Elizondo, Needlz, Scott Storch, Sha Money XL
50 Cent chronology
Get Rich or Die Tryin' (2003) The Massacre (2005) Curtis (2007)
Singles from The Massacre
"Disco Inferno" Released: November 28, 2004 "Candy Shop" Released: January 15, 2005 "Just a Lil Bit" Released: May 10, 2005 "Outta Control (Remix)" Released: September 6, 2005

The Massacre is the second studio album by American rapper 50 Cent, released March 3, 2005 on Aftermath Entertainment and Interscope Records in the United States. Its initially planned release was pushed five days ahead to avoid Internet leakage. The album debuted at number 1 on the U.S. Billboard 200 chart, selling over 1.14 million copies in its first week. Upon its release, The Massacre received generally positive reviews from most music critics. It was nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Rap Album,^[1] losing to Kanye West's Late Registration at the 48th Grammy Awards.^[2]

Contents 1 Background 2 Reception 2.1 Commercial performance 2.2 Critical response 3 Track listing 4 Personnel 5 Chart history 5.1 Chart positions 5.2 Certifications 5.3 Chart procession and succession 6 References 7 External links

Background

The Massacre has a music video for every track on the special edition version of the album. The original title for the album was St. Valentine's Day Massacre and was arranged to be released on February 14, 2005, but was postponed and the album's title was shortened to The Massacre. It 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 album 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 is still a very highly censored album ranking in severity with albums such as Tony Yayo's Thoughts of a Predicate Felon and Nas' Stillmatic.

Reception

Commercial performance

The album sold 1.14 million copies in its first week of release, making it the sixth highest-selling album since SoundScan began tracking sales data in 1991.^[3] It is the third best opening week for any hip hop album in history, behind Eminem's The Marshall Mathers LP which sold over 1.79 million copies in its first week and The Eminem Show which sold 1.32 million copies for its first week.^[4]

Critical response

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[5]
Robert Christgau	(A-)[6]
Entertainment Weekly	(B-)[7]
Los Angeles Times	[8]
The New York Times	(favorable)[9]
Pitchfork Media	(7.0/10)[10]
PopMatters	(8/10)[11]
Rolling Stone	[12]
USA Today	[13]
The Village Voice	(favorable)[14]

Upon its release, the album received generally positive reviews from most music critics, based on an aggregate score of 66/100 from Metacritic.^[15] Vibe gave The Massacre a 3½ out of 5 disc rating and wrote "Full of finger-pointing panache, 50 delivers a taut, albeit less explosive, album aimed at both silencing his detractors and keeping the ladies satisfied".^[16] 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.^[17]

Track listing

• All songs were co-written by 50 Cent.

Additional notes

• The DVD includes the video for every song, the 50 Cent: Bulletproof video game trailer and the Get Rich or Die Tryin' movie trailer.
• "Outta Control" is replaced by a remix featuring Mobb Deep, which serves as the fourth single, in the re-released edition.
• The remix of "Hate It or Love It" is removed from the re-release edition, due to the feud between The Game and G-Unit.

Personnel

Credits for The Massacre adapted from Allmusic.^[18]

50 Cent – executive producer, author Bang Out – producer Jeff Bass – keyboards, producer Mark Bass – producer Steve Baughman – engineer, mixing Akane Behrens – engineer Black Jeruz – producer Buck Wild – producer Jeff Burns – mixing assistant, assistant Dave Cabrera – keyboards Tony Campana – engineer Larry Chatman – project coordinator Lindsay Collins – voices, speech/speaker/speaking part Cool – producer Ruben Cruz – vocals (bckgr) Cue Beats – producer Dion – vocals (bckgr) Disco D – producer Dr. Dre – producer, executive producer, mixing Mike Elizondo – bass, guitar, keyboards, sitar, producer Eminem – producer, executive producer, mixing Nicole Frantz – creative assistance Brian "Big Bass" Gardener – mastering Yvette Gayle – publicity Zach Gold – photography Scott Gutierrez – assistant engineer, assistant Tiffany Hasbourne – stylist Adam Hawkins – engineer Marcus Heisser – A&R Hi-Tek – producer Lionel Holoman – keyboards Kameron Houff – engineer Eric Hudson – bass Mauricio "Veto" Irragorri – engineer, mixing Tyrue "Slang" Jonas – artwork Rouble Kapoor – assistant engineer, mixing assistant, assistant

Steven King – bass, guitar, mixing Marc Labelle – A&R Chris Lighty – management Steve Lininger – assistant engineer, assistant Jared Lopez – engineer Mike Lynn – A&R Andrew Mains – editing Tracy McNew – A&R Kyla Miller – engineer Riggs Morales – A&R Needlz – producer Traci Nelson – vocals (bckgr) Alex Ortiz – engineer James Oruz – management Conesha Owens – vocals (bckgr) Kirdis Postelle – project coordinator Chuck Reed – engineer Luis Resto – horn, keyboards, producer Robert "Roomio" Reyes – assistant engineer, assistant Roberto Reyes – assistant J.R. Rotem – producer David Saslow – video Kelly Sato – marketing coordinator Ed Scratch – engineer Les Scurry – production coordination Sha Money XL – producer, engineer, executive producer, mixing Randy Sosin – video Nancie Stern – sample clearance Scott Storch – producer Chris Styles – producer Rob Tewlow – producer Patrick Viala – mixing Che Vicious – programming Barbara Wilson – vocals (bckgr) Brandon Winslow – assistant Ravid Yosef – editing

Chart history

Chart positions

Chart (2005)[19]	Peak Position
Australian Albums Chart[19]	2
Austrian Albums Chart[19]	2
Belgian Flanders Albums Chart[19]	3
Belgian Wallonia Albums Chart[19]	9
Canadian Albums Chart[20]	1
Dutch Albums Chart[19]	2
Danish Albums Chart[19]	8
European Albums Chart[20]	1
Finnish Albums Chart[19]	7
French Albums Chart[19]	3
Hungarian Albums Chart[21]	11
Italian Albums Chart[19]	13
New Zealand Albums Chart[19]	1
Norwegian Albums Chart[19]	3
Portuguese Albums Chart[19]	5
Spanish Albums Chart[19]	32
Swedish Albums Chart[19]	10
Swiss Albums Chart[19]	2
UK Albums Chart[22]	1
U.S. Billboard 200[20]	1
U.S. Billboard R&B/Hip-Hop Albums[20]	1

Certifications

Country Certification Sales/shipments Germany Platinum [23] 200,000 Japan Gold[24] 100,000

Chart procession and succession

Preceded by Hot Fuss by The Killers	Ireland number-one album March 10–17, 2005	Succeeded by Shots by Damien Dempsey
Preceded by In Between Dreams by Jack Johnson	New Zealand number-one album March 14–21, 2005	Succeeded by In Between Dreams by Jack Johnson
Preceded by O by Omarion	Billboard 200 number-one album March 19 – April 29, 2005	Succeeded by The Emancipation of Mimi by Mariah Carey
Preceded by G4 by G4	UK Albums Chart number-one album March 21–26, 2005	Succeeded by Language. Sex. Violence. Other? by Stereophonics

References

External links

• The Massacre at Discogs
• The Massacre at Metacritic

50 Cent Studio albums Get Rich or Die Tryin' The Massacre Curtis Before I Self Destruct 50 Cent's fifth studio album Other albums Power of the Dollar Guess Who's Back? Get Rich or Die Tryin OST Mixtapes 50 Cent Is the Future No Mercy, No Fear God's Plan War Angel LP Forever King Video games 50 Cent: Bulletproof Blood on the Sand Concert tours The Anger Management Tour 3 The Invitation Tour Related articles Discography Awards and nominations Eminem Dr. Dre G-Unit Shady, Aftermath, G-Unit 50 Cent: The Money and the Power Fourmula 50 Cheetah Vision

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