''50 Cent Is the Future'' is the second

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by American rapper

50 Cent Curtis James Jackson III (born July 6, 1975), known professionally as 50 Cent, is an American rapper, actor, and businessman. Born in the South Jamaica neighborhood of Queens, Jackson began pursuing a musical career in 2000, when he produced ...

and first one by his rap group

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. It was released on June 1, 2002 via Street Dance/Thurd World Muzic. The lone

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is provided by UTP, which marks the first collaboration between the group and future member

Young Buck David Darnell Brown (born March 15, 1981), best known by his stage name Young Buck, is an American rapper. He heads his own record label, Cashville, and was a member of the former hip hop group G-Unit. Early life Brown was born in Nashville, Te ...

. In September 2004, the album was charted at number 59 in Switzerland and at number 65 in the United Kingdom. In 2006, the album was ranked at #7 on the 'Top Ten Mixtape List Of All Time' by '' XXL,'' and at #22 on 'The 50 Best Rap Mixtapes of the Millennium' by ''

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''.

Background

The mixtape was recorded in 2001 after

was dropped from

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and blacklisted from the recording industry due to his controversial song "

Ghetto Qu'ran (Forgive Me) "Ghetto Qur'an" is a song by 50 Cent from his unreleased Columbia Records debut album ''Power of the Dollar''. The song was leaked in early 2000. The song mentions drug dealers from the 1980s in his neighborhood of South Jamaica, Queens. "Ghett ...

", leaving his debut studio album ''

Power of the Dollar ''Power of the Dollar'' is the unreleased debut studio album by American rapper 50 Cent. Originally set to be released as his major-label debut in 2000 by Columbia Records, the album's release was cancelled after Columbia discovered that 50 Cen ...

'' unreleased. He then traveled to

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to record the mixtape due to being unable to find a studio in the

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that would allow him to record. The project mostly revisits material by

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and features

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group UTP represented by Skip,

and Juvenile. After ''50 Cent Is the Future'', he recorded his 2002 compilation mixtape ''

Guess Who's Back? ''Guess Who's Back?'' is a debut official mixtape by American rapper 50 Cent, released May 21, 2002 on independent label Full Clip Records in the United States. It is his first official release after his 2000 effort '' Power of the Dollar'' ...

'', which "G-Unit That's What's Up" is included in.

Track listing

Charts

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:50 Cent Is The Future G-Unit albums 50 Cent albums 2002 mixtape albums