Talk:The Massacre

Quality

The article is really lacking in quality. 50 cent did not sell 16 million albums he did 8 million and he did not get certified two times plantinum since india has no CERTIFICATION PLICY DUHH.. The reviews on there seem bias because we all know that this album was not favoured by critics

Reviews from the hip-hop/rap press

I wanted to add reviews of this album from hip-hop/rap press (e.g. THE SOURCE, VIBE, RapPages, etc.), can anyone help me?

-- Jalabi99 11:05, 26 January 2006 (UTC)

"It was released on March 3, 2005 - five days ahead of the original release date of March 13"

Hmm Something Not Right

-- CanucksRule

the reviews are biased, as in, someone removed all the negative reviews to make this page and/or 50 Cent look better. 74.12.217.59 17:22, 5 July 2007 (UTC)

Other use

Just to specify the reason for the otheruse template I added at the top, which may not be immediately obvious... The Doctor Who serial entitled "The Massacre of St Bartholomew's Eve" is often referred to simply as "The Massacre," as shown here. That article is also where The Massacre (Doctor Who) redirects. Rob T Firefly 16:08, 8 March 2007 (UTC)

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle

In a website, it says that the album cover of the massacre, 50 Cent with bold lines on his chest, is to represent a Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle, which it says that he likes the cartoon, along with his son- SCB '92 15:28, 5 July 2007 (UTC)

50 cent —Preceding unsigned comment added by 82.209.145.97 (talk) 15:51, 20 May 2008 (UTC)

Dr. Who Disclaimer

Is it really necessary to have a Dr. Who disclaimer at the top of the article? -- MISTER ALCOHOL ^{T C} 04:06, 8 October 2008 (UTC)

I don't think so, it should be removed. Blsupr (talk) 03:21, 5 June 2009 (UTC)

I third that, and it has been removed. C43S4R (talk) 01:04, 16 June 2010 (UTC)

Add more

I think more content should be added to this article, such as...

An image of the special editon version of the album under the singles.

Something about the song "Piggy Bank."

Something about all the music videos not being on the edited version of the special edition album. Blsupr (talk) 03:24, 5 June 2009 (UTC)

Los Angeles Times review

Transcription using Google News Advanced News Archive Search. Los Angeles Times (Dreisinger, Baz. E.2. March 2, 2005) review of The Massacre (2005):

"The Massacre" (Shady/ Aftermath/ Interscope). * * *. 50 Cent's sophomore album, the most anticipated rap release of 2005 so far, is guided by a simple mantra: If it ain't broke, why fix it? "It" would be the musical formula that helped the rapper's debut, "Get Rich or Die Tryin'," move nearly 1 million units in one week. A brazen capitalist -- "being broke is against my religion," he rhymes on a new track -- 50 doubtless approached his follow-up effort pragmatically: Artistic growth is good, but more of the same is even better.

So we get "The Massacre" (in stores Thursday), a joyride of an album that's as fun as it is familiar. The cover photo speaks a thousand words. It features the shirtless rapper whose gleaming pectorals we know well -- from the near-identical cover of "Get Rich or Die Tryin'" -- but here, the muscles have been stenciled over, giving 50 the look of a comic book character: Behold "Supergangsta!"

And before you know it, the amoral Supergangsta -- "Don't know if I'm God's child or I'm Satan's angel," he raps -- has you cheerfully humming along to lyrics about how to "lock and load" and pop AKs. Such is the allure of 50's formula, which is so puckishly congenial, you can't blame him for repeating it.

His beats -- a handful from hit-makers Dr. Dre, Eminem and Scott Storch, most others by smaller-name producers -- are insistent, mechanical and stadium-appropriate. His terse hooks, usually sung boldly off-key by 50 himself, resemble warped nursery rhymes: Who else can craft a catchy chorus from a line like "I'm Supposed to Die Tonight," or transform the "Batman and Robin" theme into a spunky duet with Eminem, about gangsters named "Gatman and Robbin'?" Even the current single "Piggy Bank," full of pointed barbs at other rappers, sounds less like a "diss" track than a playful, grade- school taunt.

"The Massacre" feels about six songs too long, but ultimately, excess is its greatest asset: By being so relentlessly over-the-top in his gangsterism, 50 Cent succeeds in defusing its vulgarity. He may be caught up in real-life drama (he was near the scene of a shooting at a radio station), but on record, 50's gangsta music sounds less like reality rap and more like jolly good fun.

— Baz Dreisinger

Dan56 (talk) 02:36, 26 December 2009 (UTC)

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