Track 01 · 2003
In Da Club
50 Cent
- club
- g-unit
On the charts
#1 on the Hot 100 for nine weeks. Get Rich or Die Tryin' sold 872K in its first week.
Why it mattered
Dr. Dre's stripped-down beat and 50's birthday-shout chorus made this the unavoidable record of 2003. Every basketball arena, every dorm, every Best Buy — for a few months it was the only song that existed.