User Score
8.5

Universal acclaim- based on 313 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Negative: 28 out of 313

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  1. RobertoM
    Mar 18, 2003
    10
    It's Great! I Love Every Song! 50Cent Rules!
  2. ThomasH
    Mar 15, 2003
    10
    50 cent da best!
  3. jesseg
    Mar 10, 2003
    10
    this cd is awesome i wish that 50 cent would come up with new songs because he has some potential and a good voice that he shouldnt waste.
  4. shayvoniar
    Mar 8, 2003
    10
    I love 50. I was with him when he 1st came out. I love his voice. his lyrics are so real. I know eminem is so pleased he found a winner in 50 cent
  5. JoshD
    Feb 26, 2003
    10
    50 Cent is the shit. His CD sounds a lot like something Tupac might release.
  6. YeseniaA
    Feb 25, 2003
    10
    I gonna give dis CD a perfect 10, beacuse i loved the work 50 Cents had put in dis CD, and da way he had rapped wit other like Emimem and Dr.Dre, and G-unit. I love 50 Cents for being him.Im jus sayin dat dis album is da best out of my years.
  7. JeffD
    Feb 22, 2003
    10
    Love it!
  8. MarcL
    Feb 20, 2003
    10
    Dis cd here kicks ass so much, whoever don't have it now u have to get it.
  9. RainP
    Feb 19, 2003
    10
    "50" is one of the greatest rappers ever.
  10. stanleyc
    Feb 19, 2003
    10
    this cd is hot keep them coming 50
  11. CrystalM
    Feb 18, 2003
    10
    50 cent is so fine a no matter what that b**** Ja Rule has to say about him I still love his fine ass!
  12. winstondjanred
    Feb 18, 2003
    10
    50 cent obviously isnt as good as tupac but then no one is and no one ever will be but judged on his own merits this album his excellent
  13. RonnieD.
    Feb 18, 2003
    10
    This CD Is off the hook It is the best CD of the year................
  14. RachelleDavies
    Feb 13, 2003
    10
    Awesome!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
  15. Mac
    Feb 12, 2003
    7
    Pretty good, especially the non-commercial tracks. It's a nice break from the crazy, brutal rap artists we hear so much of today. Oh - and Rolling Stone gave it four stars, not 4 1/2. Just to let you all know... Which makes more sense. It's good, but not THAT good.
Metascore
73

Generally favorable reviews - based on 19 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 15 out of 19
  2. Negative: 0 out of 19
  1. Unless you are the president of the NRA or addicted to Cops-type tales, 50 Cent's debut is strictly small change.
  2. More sonically adventurous than its mainstream look suggests.
  3. Only intermittently justifies the buzz surrounding the rapper's career.