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G-Unit Records
G-Unit Records
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Parent company	Universal Music Group
Founded	2003
Founder	50 Cent & Sha Money XL
Status	Active
Distributor(s)	Interscope Records (U.S.) ; Polydor Records (Outside U.S.)
Genre	Hip hop
Country of origin	United States
Location	Rochester, New York
Official website	www.g-unitrecords.com

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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.

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 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 company. 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.

G-Unit Records roster

Artists

DJs and Producers

DJ Whoo Kid
Nick Speed ^[1]
Sha Money XL ^[2]
Lab Ox ^[3]
Vitamin D

Joint venture artists

Former artists

Discography

Past releases

Album information
G-Unit – Beg for Mercy Released: November 14 2003 Chart position: #3 U.S.^[4] U.S. sales: 2,402,732^{[citation needed]} RIAA Certification: 2x Platinum 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 position: #1 U.S.^[5] U.S. sales: 2,100,000^{[citation needed]} RIAA Certification: 2x Platinum Singles: "On Fire", "I'm So Fly", "Karma"
Young Buck – Straight Outta Ca$hville Released: August 24 2004 Chart position: #3 U.S.^[6] U.S. sales: 1,750,187^{[citation needed]} RIAA Certification: Platinum Singles: "Let Me In", "Shorty Wanna Ride", "Look At Me Now"
The Game – The Documentary Released: January 18 2005 Chart position: #1 U.S.^[7] U.S. sales: 2,000,500^{[citation needed]} RIAA Certification: 2x Platinum 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.^[8] U.S. sales: 800,619^{[citation needed]} 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.^[9] U.S. sales: 1,356,254^{[citation needed]} RIAA Certification: Platinum Singles: "Hustler's Ambition", "Window Shopper", "Have a Party", "Best Friend"
Mobb Deep – Blood Money Released: May 2 2006 Chart position: #3 U.S.^[10] U.S. sales: 350,274^{[citation needed]} RIAA Certification: Gold 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.^[11] U.S. sales: 469,000 ^[12] Worldwide sales: 504,175^[12] RIAA Certification: Gold Singles: "The Cake", "Hands Up", "Help"
Lil Scrappy – Bred 2 Die Born 2 Live Released: December 5 2006 Chart position: #24 U.S.^[13] U.S. sales: 529,147^{[citation needed]} RIAA Certification: Gold 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.^{[citation needed]} U.S. sales: 381,000^[14] Worldwide sales: 409,575Cite error: The opening `<ref>` tag is malformed or has a bad name (see the help page). RIAA Certification: Gold Singles: "I Know You Want Me", "Get Buck", "U Ain't Goin' Nowhere"

Upcoming releases

50 Cent – Curtis – September 11 2007^[15]
Young Hot Rod – Fast Lane – November 13, 2007
G-Unit – Locked & Loaded – December 4 2007
Freeway – Free at Last – 2007
Sha Money XL – Sha Money XL Presents Money Management – 2007
Spider Loc – World Wide Web – 2007/2008
Mobb Deep – Two Years Richer... – 2007
Tony Yayo – Godfather of the Ghetto – 2007/2008
Lloyd Banks – Gang Green – 2007/2008
M.O.P. – Yearly Physical – 2007/2008
50 Cent – Before I Self Destruct – 2008
50 Cent – Greatest hits album – 2008

Unreleased albums

Artist	Album	Reason
Olivia	Behind Closed Doors	Behind Closed Doors was Olivia's first planned G-Unit Records album. However she was dropped from the G-Unit Records roster.
Lloyd Banks	The Big Withdraw	The Big Withdraw was intended to be Lloyd Banks's second album. The album was leaked to the internet after Banks left the CD at a women’s house.^[16]

Affiliated labels

See Universal Music Group.

References

^ Template:MySpace. MySpace. Accessed August 6 2007.
^ Template:MySpace. MySpace. Accessed August 6 2007.
^ Template:MySpace. MySpace. Accessed August 6 2007.
^ Beg for Mercy chart position . VH1. Accessed 26 July 2007
^ Artist Chart History. Billboard. Accessed July 9 2007.
^ Straight Outta Ca$hville chart position. VH1. Accessed 26 July 2007
^ The Documentary chart position. VH1. Accessed 26 July 2007
^ Thoughts of a Predicate Felon chart position. VH1. Accessed 26 July 2007
^ Get Rich or Die Tryin' soundtrack chart position. VH1. Accessed. 27 July 2007
^ Blood Money chart position. VH1. Accessed 27 July 2007
^ Rotten Apple chart position
^ ^a ^b 2006 albums. ClickItalian. Accessed 27 July 2007
^ Bred 2 Die Born 2 Live chart position. SOHH. Accessed August 1 2007.
^ 2007 albums to date, U.S. and Worldwide sales. ClickItalian. Accessed 23 July 2007
^ (July 13 2007). 50 Cent’s Curtis Pushed Back to September 11. XXL magazine. Accessed July 14 2007.
^ Best Of '06: Lloyd Banks Loses New Album During Threesome, Addresses Cassidy Beef. SOHH. Accessed July 29 2007.

External links

[1] Template:MySpace. MySpace. Accessed August 6 2007.

[2] Template:MySpace. MySpace. Accessed August 6 2007.

[3] Template:MySpace. MySpace. Accessed August 6 2007.

[4] Beg for Mercy chart position . VH1. Accessed 26 July 2007

[5] Artist Chart History. Billboard. Accessed July 9 2007.

[6] Straight Outta Ca$hville chart position. VH1. Accessed 26 July 2007

[7] The Documentary chart position. VH1. Accessed 26 July 2007

[8] Thoughts of a Predicate Felon chart position. VH1. Accessed 26 July 2007

[9] Get Rich or Die Tryin' soundtrack chart position. VH1. Accessed. 27 July 2007

[10] Blood Money chart position. VH1. Accessed 27 July 2007

[11] Rotten Apple chart position

[2006_Albums-12] 2006 albums. ClickItalian. Accessed 27 July 2007

[13] Bred 2 Die Born 2 Live chart position. SOHH. Accessed August 1 2007.

[12-14] 2007 albums to date, U.S. and Worldwide sales. ClickItalian. Accessed 23 July 2007

[15] (July 13 2007). 50 Cent’s Curtis Pushed Back to September 11. XXL magazine. Accessed July 14 2007.

[16] Best Of '06: Lloyd Banks Loses New Album During Threesome, Addresses Cassidy Beef. SOHH. Accessed July 29 2007.

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+*[[50 Cent]]
+*[[Lloyd Banks]]
+*[[Young Buck]]
+*[[Tony Yayo]]
 *[[Mobb Deep]] ([[Havoc (musician)|Havoc]] & [[Prodigy (rapper)|Prodigy]])
 *[[Spider Loc]]

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