East coast rapper 50 Cent was best known for his extremely enlarged gangster image and crude insults against almost all of his fellow rappers. This tried and tested method did him no harm; his previous album Get Rich Or Die Tryin 'broke several sales records. He became one of the most talked about rappers in the media, partly because of a shooting in 2000 in which he was riddled with bullets. He
… barely survived. And also during the release of The Massacre there is again enough food for the press. Just before the release, rapper The Game, who also participated in G-Unit (the group of 50 Cent to which Lloyd Banks also belonged) was kicked out. After the announcement, a shooting followed between The Game and its entourage and that of 50 Cent. And the music of The Massacre? Produced and co-written with Dr. Dre and Eminem. The album mainly contains languid beats with a lot of gun sounds and ditto raps. The singles Candy Shop (with singer Olivia) and Disco Inferno are among the best tracks on the 21 track CD. (JdD)more