G-Unit Records | |
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Parent company | Universal Music Group |
Founded | 2003 |
Founder | 50 Cent, Sha Money XL |
Distributor(s) | Interscope Records (U.S.) |
Genre | Hip hop |
Country of origin | United States |
Location | Rochester, New York |
Official website | www.g-unitrecords.com |
G-Unit Records is a record label founded by 50 Cent and his manager Sha Money XL. After the debut of the album Get Rich or Die Tryin', 50 Cent was granted his own label. Since 2003, his label became successful for not only himself, but his appointed label artists. Due to the success of G-Unit, Dr. Dre was impressed and offered to work alongside 50 Cent with the then Aftermath Entertainment artist, The Game. After the well publicized departure of the rapper in early 2005, Olivia was signed to the label. After the problems that 50 Cent encountered with The Game, he was not sure whether or not to sign any new artists to his "family", which was how he perceived G-Unit and the records company. However, later that year, the opportunity to sign Mobb Deep and M.O.P. came up.
Since then, G-Unit Records has signed on a new roster of talent to the growing label and 50 Cent has expressed interest in working with artists outside of G-Unit. Freeway and LL Cool J are currently working with 50 Cent for the release of their albums, whilst Lil Scrappy released his album in December 2006.
G-Unit Records roster
Artists
- G-Unit (50 Cent, Lloyd Banks, Tony Yayo & Young Buck)
- M.O.P. (Billy Danzenie & Lil' Fame)
- Mazaradi FOX
- Mobb Deep (Havoc & Prodigy)
- Spider Loc
- Young Hot Rod
DJs and producers
- Dangerous LLC[citation needed]
- DJ Whoo Kid
- Lab Ox[1]
- Nick Speed[2]
- Sha Money XL[3]
- Vitamin D
Joint venture artists
Former artists
Discography
Past releases
Album information |
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G-Unit – Beg for Mercy
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Lloyd Banks – The Hunger for More
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Young Buck – Straight Outta Ca$hville
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The Game – The Documentary
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Tony Yayo – Thoughts of a Predicate Felon
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Soundtrack – Get Rich or Die Tryin'
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Mobb Deep – Blood Money
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Lloyd Banks – Rotten Apple
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Lil Scrappy – Bred 2 Die Born 2 Live
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Young Buck – Buck the World
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Upcoming releases
- 50 Cent – Before I Self Destruct – 2008
- 50 Cent – Curtis – September 11 2007[13]
- 50 Cent – Greatest hits album – 2008
- Freeway – Free at Last – 2007
- G-Unit – Locked & Loaded – December 4 2007
- Lloyd Banks – Gang Green – 2007/2008
- M.O.P. – Yearly Physical – 2007/2008
- Mobb Deep – Two Years Richer... – 2007
- Sha Money XL – Sha Money XL Presents Money Management – 2007
- Spider Loc – The West Kept Secret – 2007
- Tony Yayo – Godfather of the Ghetto – 2007/2008
- Young Hot Rod – Fast Lane – November 13 2007
Unreleased albums
- Lloyd Banks – The Big Withdraw
- Olivia – Behind Closed Doors
Affiliated labels
Record labels distributed by G-Unit
- 150 Entertainment
- Ca$hville Records
- Dumout Records
- G'$ Up
- G-Unit West
- Infamous Records
See also
References
- ^ Template:MySpace
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- ^ Beg for Mercy chart position
- ^ The Hunger for More chart position
- ^ Straight Outta Ca$hville chart position
- ^ The Documentary chart position
- ^ Thoughts of a Predicate Felon chart position
- ^ Get Rich or Die Tryin' soundtrack chart position
- ^ Blood Money chart position
- ^ Rotten Apple chart position
- ^ Bred 2 Die Born 2 Live chart position
- ^ 50 Cent’s Curtis Pushed Back to September 11. XXL magazine (July 13 2007). Accessed July 14 2007.