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G-Unit continued to record and released several mixtape series which earned them attention in the rap industry, [4] including 50 Cent Is the Future, God's Plan (album), No Mercy, No Fear and Automatic Gunfire.
G-Unit (short for Gorilla-Unit) [1] was an American hip hop group formed by longtime friends and East Coast rappers 50 Cent, Tony Yayo, and Lloyd Banks.After amassing a string of self-released mixtapes in the early 2000s, the group released their debut album Beg for Mercy in 2003, which went on to ship over four million copies in the US and was certified quadruple platinum by the Recording ...
God's Plan is the third mixtape by hip hop group G-Unit, released on November 1, 2002. [3] Originally released independently as a free mixtape, [4] it was re-released in 2006 by BCD Music Group. [2] The remix of Missy Elliott's song "Work It", from her album Under Construction, which features 50 Cent, is included in the mixtape. [5]
Described by Billboard magazine as a classic, [7] No Mercy, No Fear was released during 50 Cent's and G-Unit's 2002 mixtape run, [8] in anticipation of his debut album. [9] According to Billboard , the mixtapes caused "tremendous buzz amongst hip-hop fans and artists". [ 10 ]
After being dropped by Interscope Records in 2009, Lloyd Banks announced on Friday, August 13, 2010, on MTV News that EMI Label Services has signed a deal with 50 Cent's label, G-Unit Records, in which EMI will distribute and promote releases on the G-Unit roster in North America including Lloyd Banks third album H.F.M. 2 (Hunger for More 2). [33]
[4] [5] G-Unit's commercial debut, Beg for Mercy, sold 377,000 copies in its first week of release in 2003. [6] It has now sold over 2.7 million units in the U.S. [7] and 6 million copies worldwide. [8] It has been certified double platinum by the RIAA. [9] 50 Cent and G-Unit's successes allowed other members and artists of G-Unit to release ...
Pages in category "G-Unit Records singles" The following 43 pages are in this category, out of 43 total. ... Here We Go Again (Governor song) Hold On (50 Cent song) I.
This category covers articles on the subject of G-Unit, which is an American hip hop group originating from New York City. G-Unit emerged on the New York hip hop scene by independently releasing several mixtapes. The name of the group is short for "Guerilla Unit", as well as "Gangsta Unit".