50 Cent Is the Future

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50 Cent Is the Future is the first official mixtape released by 50 Cent and G-Unit. The mixtape was recorded after his unreleased album Power of the Dollar was recorded and 50 Cent was dropped from the label and blacklisted from the recording industry due to being shot. He then travelled to Canada to record the mixtape. The mixtape revisits material by Jay-Z and Raphael Saadiq. After 50 Cent Is the Future, he recorded his 2002 compilation album Guess Who's Back?, which "G-Unit That's What's Up" is included in. The mixtape was named the #1 best mixtape of all time in the XXL Top 20 Mixtapes.

Track listing

#	Title	Length	Performer(s)	Samples
1	"U Should Be Here"	3:33	G-Unit	"Be Here" by Raphael Saadiq featuring D'Angelo
2	"Bump Dat Street Mix"	3:06	50 Cent & Tony Yayo
3	"The Banks Workout"	4:01	50 Cent & Lloyd Banks	"Lyrical Exercise" by Jay-Z
4	"Whoo Kid/Kayslay Shit"	2:33	50 Cent	"Crawlin" by Mobb Deep
5	"50 Cent Just Fucking Around"	2:12	50 Cent	"What You Want" by Mase featuring Total
6	"G-Unit Soldiers"	3:06	G-Unit	"Losin' Weight" by Cam'ron featuring Prodigy
7	"Got Me a Bottle"	2:52	50 Cent & Lloyd Banks	"Got Me a Model" by R.L. (Next) featuring Erick Sermon
8	"Tony Yayo Explosion"	2:45	50 Cent & Tony Yayo	"Eye for an Eye (Your Beef Is Mines)" by Mobb Deep featuring Nas & Raekwon
9	"Clue/50"	1:30	50 Cent
10	"A Lil Bit of Everything U.T.P."	4:09	G-Unit, U.T.P.
11	"Cut Master C Shit"	2:56	50 Cent
12	"Call Me"	3:03	50 Cent & Tony Yayo	"Call Me" by Tweet
13	"50/Banks"	2:45	50 Cent & Lloyd Banks	"They Ain't Ready" by Ruff Ryders
14	"Surrounded by Hoes"	2:10	50 Cent	"Round and Round" by Jonnell featuring Method Man
15	"G-Unit That's What's Up"	4:13	G-Unit ft dazhuck	"Y'all Been Warned" by Wu-Tang Clan
16	"Bad News"	4:33	G-Unit	"I'm Feeling Good" by Nina Simone

Chart positions

Charts (2004)	Peak position
UK Top 75 Albums	65
Swiss Albums Chart	59

External links

• 50 Cent Is the Future Billboard. Accessed 11 August 2007.