Guess Who's Back?

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Guess Who's Back?
Compilation album of 50 cents

Publication
(s)

April 26, 2002

Label (s) Full clip

Format (s)

CD , LP

Genre (s)

Gangsta rap

Title (number)

18th

running time

56:11

production

chronology
Power of the Dollar
(2000)
Guess Who's Back? Get Rich or Die Tryin '
(2003)

Guess Who's Back? ( English for guess who's back? ) is a compilation album by the American rapper 50 Cent . It was released on April 26, 2002 on the independent label Full Clip Records.

background

The compilation is the first officially released album by 50 Cent. His actual debut album, Power of the Dollar , was not released due to a shootout that 50 Cent was involved in in 2000, and he was also released from his contract with Columbia Records . When the rapper Eminem heard the album, he got in touch with 50 Cent and signed him to his label Shady Records . The music producers Trackmasters , DJ Clark Kent, Sha Money XL , Red Spyda, Terence Dudley, Fantom of the Beat and Chop DIESEL were involved in the production of the album .

Guest Posts

reviews
Reviews
source rating
Rolling Stone
allmusic
RapReviews

In addition to 50 Cent, other artists can be heard on four tracks on the album. So That's What's Up , a collaboration with his rap crew G-Unit , while the rapper Bun B in the song As the World Turns is represented. The rappers Nas and Nature support 50 Cent on the track Too Hot . In addition to the rap group Bravehearts, the former also made a guest appearance on Who U Rep With .

Cover design

The album cover is designed in black and white and shows 50 Cent holding a pistol in both hands that he aims at a target not in the picture. At the top left of the cover are the words 50 Cent and The Future in black and white.

Track list

# title Guest musician length
1 Killa tape intro 2:58
2 Rotten Apple 3:08
3 Skit / drop 0:16
4th That's what's up G Unit 4:09
5 U not like me 4:10
6th 50 bars 3:33
7th Life's on the line 3:38
8th Get out the club 4:22
9 Be a gentleman 2:40
10 Fuck you 3:55
11 Too hot Nas and Nature 3:45
12 Who U Rep With Nas and Bravehearts 4:21
13 Corner Bodega 1:34
14th Ghetto Quaran 4:29
15th As the world turns Bun B 4:15
16 Whoo Kid Freestyle 1:15
17th Stretch Armstrong Freestyle 1:19
18th Doo Wop Freestyle 2:25

Chart success and award

Chart positions
Explanation of the data
Albums
Guess Who's Back?
  UK 82 02/22/2003 (5 weeks)
  US 28 01/11/2003 (10 weeks)

Guess Who's Back? reached number 28 in the US charts and stayed in the top 200 for ten weeks. In the United Kingdom, the album was awarded silver in 2013 for more than 60,000 copies sold .

Country / Region Award Sales
Awards for music sales
(country / region, Award, Sales)
United Kingdom (BPI) United Kingdom (BPI) Silver record icon.svg silver 60,000
All in all Silver record icon.svg 1 × silver
60,000

Individual evidence

  1. 50 Cent - Interview
  2. Rating: Rolling Stone
  3. Rating: allmusic.com
  4. Rating: RapReviews
  5. album cover
  6. Chart sources: DE ( Memento from December 6, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) AT CH UK US
  7. Guess Who's Back? at billboard.com
  8. UK: silver