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Beg for Mercy 
Studio album by G-Unit Released November 14, 2003 Recorded 2003 Genre Hip hop, gangsta rap Length 68:37 Label G-Unit / Interscope Producer 50 Cent (executive), Sha Money XL, Dr. Dre, Hi-Tek, Scott Storch, Sha Money XL, No I.D., Thayod Ausar, Eminem, Luis Resto, DJ Twins, Denaun Porter, Red Spyda, Dirty Swift, Bruce Waynne, Fusion Unltd, Jake One, Nottz, Megahertz, 7th EMP, Big-Toni, Jesse XL, DJ Khalil, Needlz, Sam Sneed, The Alchemist, Lil Jon, Black Jeruz G-Unit chronology Beg for Mercy
(2003)T.O.S: Terminate on Sight
(2008)Singles from Beg for Mercy - "Stunt 101"
Released: September 23, 2003 - "Poppin' Them Thangs"
Released: November 4, 2003 - "My Buddy"
Released: 2003 - "Wanna Get to Know You"
Released: January 13, 2004 - "Smile"
Released: April 8, 2004
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linkRapReviews.com (7.5/10) link Blender linkE! (B) link PopMatters (favorable) link Rolling Stone linkBeg for Mercy is the debut album by hip hop group G-Unit, composed of rappers 50 Cent, Lloyd Banks, and Young Buck, with support from Tony Yayo. The album was released in November 2003, 10 months after 50 Cent's debut album Get Rich or Die Tryin'.
Contents
Background
"I've been promoting G Unit since before I even had a record deal", says 50. "All the music I put on the mixtape circuit was 50 Cent and G Unit."[1]
As the album was recorded, Tony Yayo was sentenced to jail on charges of gun possession, and so makes only two appearances on the entire record, on the tracks "Groupie Love" and "I Smell Pussy". His image is seen on the brick wall of the album cover because he could not be photographed due to the jail sentence.
At the time of the album's release The Game was put in G-Unit therefore he is not photographed nor does he make an appearence on the album, he does however make cameos in the videos for Stunt 101, Wanna Get To Know You & Poppin' Them Thangs. He was also mentioned in Poppin' Them Thangs when Young Buck states "You ain't no Crip like Snoop you ain't no Blood like Game".
Sales and certifications
In its first week of sales, Beg for Mercy sold 377,000 copies. It placed third, behind Tupac Shakur's eighth posthumous release, Tupac: Resurrection, which moved 430,000 albums, and Jay-Z's The Black Album, which sold 463,263 copies. Its bow was moved up from November 18 to thwart piracy as was G-Unit's "Beg for Mercy".[2] It sold 327,000 copies in its second week to peak at number 2 on the Billboard 200,[3] and 193,000 in its third week.[4] It has now sold 2 million units in the U.S.[5] and over 3 million copies worldwide.[6][7] It has been certified 2× platinum by the RIAA.[8]
Tracks listing
# Title Producer(s) Length Samples 1 "G-Unit" (Young Buck, 50 Cent & Lloyd Banks) Hi-Tek 3:29 "Million Dollars" by Triumvirat 2 "Poppin' Them Thangs" (50 Cent, Lloyd Banks & Young Buck) Dr. Dre & Scott Storch 4:01 3 "My Buddy" (Lloyd Banks, 50 Cent & Young Buck) Thayod Ausar, Eminem, Luis Resto 3:44 "Agony or Ecstacy" by Ennio Morricone, contains audio clips from the film Scarface 4 "I'm So Hood" (50 Cent) DJ Twins, Eminem, Luis Resto 2:26 5 "Stunt 101" (50 Cent, Lloyd Banks & Young Buck) Denaun Porter 3:52 6 "Wanna Get To Know You" (Young Buck, Lloyd Banks & 50 Cent Feat. Joe) Red Spyda 4:25 "Come Live with Me Angel" by Marvin Gaye 7 "Groupie Love" (50 Cent, Tony Yayo & Lloyd Banks Feat. Butch Cassidy) Dirty Swift, Bruce Waynne 4:14 "Simply Beautiful" by Al Green 8 "Betta Ask Somebody" (Lloyd Banks, Young Buck & 50 Cent) Fusion Unltd., Jake One 3:53 "Blue Leopard" by Pierre-Alain Dahan 9 "Footprints" (Young Buck & 50 Cent) Nottz 4:21 "Walk with Me" by Martha Bass 10 "Eye For Eye" (Lloyd Banks, Young Buck & 50 Cent) Hi-Tek 3:56 "Hello Love" by Eden Raskin. 11 "Smile" (Lloyd Banks & 50 Cent) No I.D. 3:38 "I Too Am Wanting" by Syreeta 12 "Baby U Got" (50 Cent, Young Buck & Lloyd Banks) Megahertz 4:04 13 "Salute U" (Young Buck & Lloyd Banks) 7th EMP 3:00 "Brandenburg Concerto #1 in F Major (Allego Moderato)" by Johann Sebastian Bach 14 "Beg For Mercy" (50 Cent, Young Buck & Lloyd Banks) Big-Toni, Jesse XL 2:39 "Back Down" by 50 Cent 15 "G'd Up" (50 Cent, Lloyd Banks & Young Buck) Dr. Dre & Scott Storch 4:47 16 "Lay You Down" (50 Cent, Young Buck & Lloyd Banks) DJ Khalil 4:03 "Doctor Marvello" by Klaatu 17 "Gangsta Shit" (50 Cent, Young Buck & Lloyd Banks) Needlz 4:12 18 "I Smell Pussy" (Tony Yayo, Lloyd Banks & 50 Cent) Sam Sneed 3:58 "The Greatest Sex" by R. Kelly References
- ^ http://www.rapnews.net/artists/GUnit/Biography/
- ^ http://business.highbeam.com/3860/article-1G1-111615257/jayz-back-black-album-bows-no-1
- ^ http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1480826/20031126/spears_britney.jhtml
- ^ http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1480914/20031203/jay_z.jhtml
- ^ Crosley, Hillary (April 24, 2008). G-Unit, The Game Push Back New Albums. Billboard. Accessed May 10, 2008.
- ^ New York Post, Return of the Rap Pack. NYPost. Accessed June 30, 2008
- ^ Jeffery-Coker, Mesai. Featured Interview: Tony Yayo. Rap Fanatic magazine. Accessed August 31, 2007.
- ^ RIAA Searchable Database - "G-Unit". RIAA. Accessed May 10, 2008.
G-Unit 50 Cent · Lloyd Banks · Tony Yayo
The Game · Young BuckAlbums Beg for Mercy · T.O.S: Terminate on SightSingles "Stunt 101" · "Poppin' Them Thangs" · "My Buddy" · "Wanna Get to Know You" · "Smile" · "I Like the Way She Do It" · "Rider Pt. 2" ·Related articles Categories:- 2003 albums
- Debut albums
- G-Unit albums
- G-Unit Records albums
- Interscope Records albums
- Albums produced by Dr. Dre
- Albums produced by Scott Storch
- Albums produced by Hi-Tek
- Albums produced by Jake One
- Albums produced by No I.D.
- Albums produced by Eminem
- Albums produced by DJ Khalil
- "Stunt 101"
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