Curtis (50 Cent Album)
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September 11, 2007 |
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Shady Records , Aftermath Entertainment , Interscope Records |
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Title (number) |
17th |
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55:45 |
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Curtis is the third studio album by the American rapper 50 Cent , which he named after his first name. It was released on September 11, 2007 on the Shady Records and Aftermath Entertainment labels .
Production and samples
The album was produced by many different producers. This is how Dr. Dre contributed the beats to Come & Go and Fire , while Peep Show was produced by Eminem . The beat to I'll Still Kill was created by DJ Khalil and the songs Fully Loaded Clip and Curtis 187 were produced by Havoc . Jake One produced the tracks Movin 'on Up and All of Me , while Apex was responsible for the background music for I Get Money . The duos Adam Deitch and Eric Krasno or Detroit Red and Don Cannon produced the songs My Gun Go Off and Man Down and Timbaland produced the song Ayo Technology in collaboration with Danja . Ty Fyffe worked with Dr. Dre am Beat to Straight to the Bank and Tha Bizness produced Follow My Lead . It was also Amusement Park produced by Dangerous LLC and K-Lassik beats for the production of Touch the Sky responsible.
In the intro dialogue from the film Shooters used in 2002. Furthermore, four tracks on the album contain samples of songs by other artists. So contains Man Down elements from Scooby Doo Theme and I Get Money samples the song Top Billin ' by Audio Two. Come & Go includes a sample of the track Just Be Good to Me , while Movin 'on Up samples the track Give Me Just Another Day .
Cover design
The album cover shows a black and white photo of 50 Cent, who claps his hands over his head and looks at the viewer. The title curtis is in the middle at the bottom of the picture.
Guest Posts
Other artists are also represented on seven songs on the album. The rapper and singer Akon can be heard on I'll Still Kill and the R&B singer Robin Thicke appears on Follow My Lead . On Ayo Technology , 50 Cent is supported by Justin Timberlake and Timbaland , while G-Unit member Tony Yayo raps a verse on Touch the Sky . The song Peep Show is a collaboration with 50 Cents explorer and label boss Eminem and the R&B singer Mary J. Blige is represented on All of Me . In addition, the ex-G-Unit rapper Young Buck and the singer Nicole Scherzinger can be heard on Fire .
Track list
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| # | title | Guest Posts | Producer (s) | Duration |
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| 1 | Intro | 0:50 | ||
| 2 | My Gun Go Off | Adam Deitch and Eric Krasno | 3:12 | |
| 3 | Man down | Detroit Red and Don Cannon | 2:49 | |
| 4th | I'll still kill | Akon | DJ Khalil | 3:43 |
| 5 | I get money | apex | 3:43 | |
| 6th | Come & Go | Dr. Dre | 3:28 | |
| 7th | Ayo Technology | Justin Timberlake and Timbaland | Timbaland and Danja | 4:07 |
| 8th | Follow my lead | Robin Thicke | Tha bizness | 3:17 |
| 9 | Movin 'on Up | Jake One | 3:24 | |
| 10 | Straight to the bank | Ty Fyffe and Dr. Dre | 3:10 | |
| 11 | Amusement park | Dangerous LLC | 3:09 | |
| 12 | Fully Loaded Clip | Havoc | 3:13 | |
| 13 | Peep show | Eminem | Eminem | 3:52 |
| 14th | Fire | Young Buck and Nicole Scherzinger | Dr. Dre | 2:49 |
| 15th | All of Me | Mary J. Blige | Jake One | 3:51 |
| 16 | Curtis 187 | Havoc | 3:57 | |
| 17th | Touch the sky | Tony Yayo | K-Lassik beats | 3:10 |
Chart successes and singles
Curtis rose to number 2 in the German charts in the 39th calendar week of 2007 and occupied position 11 in the following weeks; 11 and 23. Overall, the album stayed in the top 100 for ten weeks. In the US, the album also climbed to number 2 and stayed in the charts for 27 weeks.
The songs Straight to the Bank (DE # 33, 9 weeks), Amusement Park , I Get Money , Ayo Technology (DE # 3, 20 weeks) and I'll Still Kill were released as singles .
Sales figures and award
The worldwide sales of Curtis amount to more than 3.4 million copies, so that the album could not quite build on the great commercial successes of the two predecessors. Curtis received a gold record in Germany for over 100,000 units sold .
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 Australia (ARIA)
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 gold
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35,000 |
 Belgium (BEA)
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gold
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15,000 |
 Germany (BVMI)
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gold
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100,000 |
 France (SNEP)
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gold
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100,000 |
 Ireland (IRMA)
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 platinum
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15,000 |
 New Zealand (RMNZ)
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gold
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7,500 |
 Austria (IFPI)
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gold
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15,000 |
 Poland (ZPAV)
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gold
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10,000 |
 Russia (NFPF)
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3 × platinum
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60,000 |
 Hungary (MAHASZ)
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gold
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3,000 |
 United Kingdom (BPI)
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platinum
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300,000 |
| All in all |
8 × gold 5 × platinum |
670,500 |
Main article: 50 cents / awards for music sales
reception
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| Metacritic | 58% |
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| laut.de |
 
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| Rolling Stone |
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Curtis received mostly average ratings from critics. The side Metacritic calculated from 22 reviews of English-language media is a section of 58%.
Alexander Engelen from laut.de rated the album with two out of a possible five points. 50 Cent copied himself to Curtis "and forgets to shift up a few gears." So no song reaches "the intensity of Get Rich or Die Tryin ' or the self-assured hit feeling of The Massacre ." The rapper has "not only with its flow significantly reduced. It seems he's just run out of ideas. Little or nothing can be heard from his patented knack for catchy hooks. "
Individual evidence
- ↑ Album cover on amazon.de
- ↑ Chart sources: DE AT CH UK US
- ↑ Chart tracking Curtis ( Memento of the original from September 28, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. at musicline.de
- ^ Curtis at billboard.com
- ↑ Singles ( Memento of the original from October 18, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. at musicline.de
- ↑ Chart tracking Ayo Technology ( Memento of the original from March 13, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. at musicline.de
- ↑ Worldwide album sales on statisticbrain.com, March 24, 2015, English. Retrieved November 1, 2015.
- ↑ IFPI : search result gold and platinum awards of 50 cents
- ↑ Rating: metacritic.com (English)
- ↑ a b Evaluation: laut.de
- ↑ Rating: Rolling Stone
- ↑ Rating: allmusic.com
- ↑ Rating: RapReviews
