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The album does include two "bonus tracks from the film": the puppy-love song "Best Friend," plus a somewhat less romantic composition, "I'll Whip Ya Head Boy." (Do those two titles tell you everything you need to know about the film's plot?) And, not coincidentally, he relies more upon narrative than club tracks: the hip-hop hypotheticals of "What If," the criminal vignettes of "When It Rains It Pours," the singsong taunts of "Window Shopper." So does 50 Cent rap in character, the way Eminem did on the "8 Mile" soundtrack? When character and persona are this close, it's hard to tell. But just about every track sounds unmistakably 50 Cent-ish, with grim but playful rhymes that laugh at death and sneer at success, too. Like many ambitious CEO's, this rapper from Queens has diversified: G-Unit now includes a West Coast representative (Spider Loc), some New York veterans (Mobb Deep and M.O.P.), even a rapper-turned-minister-turned rapper (Ma$e). On the soundtrack, you can hear 50 Cent even when he's not rapping. A few years ago, he was known mainly for his famous story (the one about the nine bullet holes), but now he's got something subtler and perhaps more lucrative: a famous sensibility. If a rapper creates a persona loosely based on his life, then stars in a film loosely based on that persona, then creates a soundtrack loosely based on that film, what's the result? In this case, the result is yet another showcase for 50 Cent and the rappers signed to his label, G-Unit.
Various Artists "Music From and Inspired by 'Get Rich or Die Tryin',' the Motion Picture" (G-Unit/Interscope Records)
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