G-Unit Records

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G-Unit Records is an American record label founded by 50 Cent and his manager, Sha Money XL. It operates as a subsidiary of, and is distributed through, Universal Music Group's Interscope Records.

Contents 1 History 2 Roster 2.1 Artists 2.2 DJs and producers 2.3 Joint venture artists 2.4 Former artists 3 Discography 3.1 Past releases 3.2 Upcoming releases 3.3 Unreleased albums 4 Affiliated labels

[edit] History

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, Spider Loc was signed to the label. As a result of 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 record label. However, later that year, the opportunity to sign Mobb Deep and M.O.P. came up.

Since then, G-Unit Records has signed 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.

As of February 2008, it was announced that M.O.P will be leaving G-Unit Records due to creative differences. Laze Elliot, the group's manager, said of the departure that "50 has been good about letting us move on […] I still believe that we would work together. The relationship is much better from a creative standpoint."^[1]

[edit] Roster

[edit] Artists

• G-Unit
• Lloyd Banks
• Tony Yayo
• Young Buck
• Mazaradi FOX
• Mobb Deep
• Nyce
• Spider Loc
• Young Hot Rod
• 40 Glocc

[edit] DJs and producers

• DJ Whoo Kid
• Lab Ox^[2]
• Nick Speed^[3]
• Sha Money XL^[4]

[edit] Joint venture artists

• Freeway (Roc-A-Fella Records)
• Lil' Scrappy (BME Recordings)
• LL Cool J (Def Jam Recordings)

[edit] Former artists

• M.O.P.^[1]
• Olivia^[5]
• The Game^[6]

[edit] Discography

[edit] Past releases

Album information
G-Unit – Beg for Mercy Released: November 14 2003 Chart position: #3 U.S.[7] U.S. sales: 2.3 million[8][9][10] Worldwide sales: 4 million[11] RIAA Certification: 2× Platinum[12][9] Singles: "Stunt 101", "Poppin' Them Thangs", "My Buddy", "Wanna Get to Know You", "Smile"
Lloyd Banks – The Hunger for More Released: June 29 2004 Chart positions: #1 U.S.[13] U.S. sales: – Worldwide sales: 2 million[14] RIAA certification: Platinum[15] Singles: "On Fire", "I'm So Fly", "Karma"
Young Buck – Straight Outta Cashville Released: August 24 2004 Chart position: #3 U.S.[16] U.S. sales: 1.1 million[17] Worldwide sales: 2.3 million[18][19] RIAA certification: Platinum[20] Singles: "Let Me In", "Shorty Wanna Ride", "Look At Me Now"
The Game – The Documentary Released: January 18 2005 Chart position: #1 U.S.[21] U.S. sales: 2.5 million[22] Worldwide sales: 5.2 million[23] RIAA certification: 2× platinum[24] Singles: "Westside Story", "How We Do", "Hate It or Love It", "Dreams", "Put You on the Game"
Tony Yayo – Thoughts of a Predicate Felon Released: August 30 2005 Chart position: #2 U.S.[25] U.S. sales: Worldwide sales: 800,000[26] RIAA Certification: Gold Singles: "So Seductive", "Curious", "I Know You Don't Love Me"
Soundtrack – Get Rich or Die Tryin' Released: November 8 2005 Chart position: 2 U.S.[27] U.S. sales: – Worldwide sales: 3 million[28] RIAA Certification: Platinum[29] Singles: "Hustler's Ambition", "Window Shopper", "Have a Party", "Best Friend"
Mobb Deep – Blood Money Released: May 2 2006 Chart position: #3 U.S.[30] U.S. sales: 269,000[31] Worldwide sales: RIAA Certification: Singles: "Have a Party", "The Infamous", "Put 'Em In Their Place", "Give It To Me"
Lloyd Banks – Rotten Apple Released: October 10 2006 Chart position: #3 U.S.[32] U.S. sales: 329,000 (by June 13 2007)[33] Worldwide sales: – Canada sales: 50,000+[34] RIAA Certification: – Singles: "The Cake", "Hands Up", "Help"
Lil Scrappy – Bred 2 Die Born 2 Live Released: December 5 2006 Chart position: #24 U.S.[35] U.S. sales: – Worldwide sales: – RIAA Certification: Singles: "Money in the Bank", "Gangsta Gangsta", "Oh Yeah (Work)", "Livin' in the Projects"
Young Buck – Buck the World Released: March 27 2007 Chart position: #3 U.S.[36] U.S. sales: 347,000[37] Worldwide sales: – RIAA Certification: – Singles: "I Know You Want Me", "Get Buck", "U Ain't Goin' Nowhere"
Freeway – Free at Last Released: November 20 2007 Chart position: #42 U.S.[38] U.S. sales: 36,000[39] Worldwide sales: – RIAA Certification: – Singles: "Roc-A-Fella Billionaires", "Lights Get Low"

[edit] Upcoming releases

• G-Unit – Lock and Load – TBA^[40]
• Tony Yayo – I Am 50’s Tax Write-off – 2008^[41]
• Lloyd Banks – Gang Green – 2008^[42]
• Young Hot Rod – Fast Lane – First quarter of 2008^[43]
• Spider Loc – World Wide Web^[44]
• Prodigy – H.N.I.C.2 Aprill 22nd ^[45]
• Mazaradi FOX - "Unknown Title" - Early Summer ^[46]

[edit] Unreleased albums

• Lloyd Banks – The Big Withdraw
• Olivia – Behind Closed Doors

[edit] Affiliated labels

See Universal Music Group.

• Aftermath Entertainment
• Cashville Records
• Interscope Records
• Shady Records

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