On the occasion of the 20th anniversary of Get Rich or Die Trying, 50 Cent reflected on his collaboration with Dr. Dre and Eminem, saying he felt “fortunate” to have collaborated with such legendary artists.
The G-Unit boss chose not to take the spotlight as his smash debut celebrated its significant milestone on Monday (February 6), instead praising his longtime partners and referring to them as “the 3 headed monster.”
“When you have a team like this it’s hard to lose, I’m so blessed to have worked with the best ever,” 50 wrote on Instagram. “You can re-write a book, you can re-write a song but you can’t re-write history. The 3 headed monster EM, DRE and 50cent. Boom.”
A vintage video of 50, Eminem, and Dr. Dre being interviewed by MTV News on the set of his “In Da Club” music video shoot in 2003 accompanied his post.
“50’s album, in my opinion, is going to compete with all the classic Hip Hop records that have come out over the last 10 years — Illmatic, The Chronic, Ready to Die, The Marshall Mathers LP — it’s right up there,” Dre said in the clip. “And that’s no bullshit … It’s hot!”
Eminem made a joke about the popular Queens, New York rapper breaking his record after the Aftermath founder stated that he and 50 Cent co-wrote seven songs in their first five days of working together in the studio.
“50 beat my record from the first time I was in the studio with Dre ’cause I did three songs in one day, and he did seven songs in like five days,” he said
50 humbly replied: “But one of his first songs was hot. ‘My name is!’ And then look at the sales, so don’t put that kind of pressure on me.
“It’s no pressure!” Slim Shady responded in kind. “I wish my first album was this hot. That’s all I can say. I’m not trying to sell the album; the album’s gonna sell itself.”
