G-UNIT RECORDS

'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

History

Roster

Artists

DJs and producers

Joint venture artists

Former artists

Discography

Past releases

Upcoming releases

Unreleased albums

Affiliated labels

References

External links

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.

Roster

Artists

★ 50 Cent

★ G-Unit

★ Lloyd Banks

★ Tony Yayo

★ Young Buck

★ 40 Glocc

★ M.O.P. (Billy Danzenie & Lil' Fame)

★ Mazaradi FOX

★ Mobb Deep (Havoc & Prodigy)

★ Nyce

★ Spider Loc

★ Young Hot Rod

DJs and producers

The following DJs and producers are signed to G-Unit Records

★ DJ Whoo Kid

★ Lab Ox ^[1]

★ Nick Speed ^[1]

★ Sha Money XL ^[1]

Joint venture artists

★ Freeway (Roc-A-Fella Records)

★ Lil' Scrappy (BME Recordings)

★ LL Cool J (Def Jam Recordings)

Former artists

★ Olivia

★ The Game

Discography

Past releases

Album information
G-Unit – ''Beg for Mercy'' ★ Released: November 14 2003 ★ Chart position: #3 U.S.[4] ★ U.S. sales: 2 million+[5][6] ★ Worldwide sales: – ★ 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 positions: 1 U.S.[7] ★ U.S. sales: 1 million ★ Worldwide sales: 2 million[8] ★ RIAA certification: Platinum[9] ★ Singles: "On Fire", "I'm So Fly", "Karma"
Young Buck – ''Straight Outta Ca$hville'' ★ Released: August 24 2004 ★ Chart position: #3 U.S.[10] ★ U.S. sales: 1 million ★ Worldwide sales: – ★ RIAA certification: Platinum[11] ★ Singles: "Let Me In", "Shorty Wanna Ride", "Look At Me Now"
The Game – ''The Documentary'' ★ Released: January 18 2005 ★ Chart position: #1 U.S.[12] ★ U.S. sales: 2.3 million [13] ★ Worldwide sales: 5.2 million[14] ★ RIAA certification: 2× Platinum[15] ★ 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.[16] ★ U.S. sales: 800,619 ★ Worldwide sales: – ★ 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.[17] ★ U.S. sales: 3 million[18] ★ Worldwide sales: – ★ RIAA Certification: Platinum[19] ★ Singles: "Hustler's Ambition", "Window Shopper", "Have a Party", "Best Friend"
Mobb Deep – ''Blood Money'' ★ Released: May 2 2006 ★ Chart position: #3 U.S.[20] ★ U.S. sales: 514,000[21] ★ Worldwide sales: 552,550 ★ 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.[22] ★ U.S. sales: 469,000 ★ Worldwide sales: 504,175 ★ 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.[23] ★ U.S. sales: 529,147 ★ Worldwide sales: – ★ 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.[24] ★ U.S. sales: 381,0002007 albums to date, U.S. and Worldwide sales. ClickItalian. Accessed 23 July 2007 ★ Worldwide sales: 409,575 ★ RIAA Certification: Gold ★ Singles: "I Know You Want Me", "Get Buck", "U Ain't Goin' Nowhere"

Upcoming releases

★ Young Hot Rod – ''Fast Lane'' – November 13, 2007

★ G-Unit – ''Locked & Loaded'' – 4th Quarter of 2007^[25]

★ Freeway – ''Free at Last'' – September 25 2007^[26]

★ 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^[27]

★ Lloyd Banks – ''Gang Green'' – 2007/2008^[28]

★ M.O.P. – ''Yearly Physical'' – 2007/2008

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.[29]

Affiliated labels

''See Universal Music Group.''

★ Aftermath Entertainment

★ Interscope Records

★ Shady Records

References

1. . MySpace. Accessed August 6 2007.
2. . MySpace. Accessed August 6 2007.
3. . MySpace. Accessed August 6 2007.
4. Joe D'Angelo (November 19 2003). ''Beg for Mercy'' chart position. VH1. Accessed 26 July 2007
5. Lamy, Jonathan (December 18 2003). 2003 Ends With a Bang!. RIAA. Accessed July 10 2007.
6. Ed. Angela M. Pilchak (November 27 2006). 50 Cent Biography: Contemporary Musicians. eNotes. Accessed July 18 2007.
7. ''Billboard''. Artist Chart History – Lloyd Banks. ''Billboard''. Accessed July 9 2007.
8. Winning, Brolin (October 3 2006). Exclusive Interview with Lloyd Banks. MP3.com. Accessed July 31 2007.
9. Gold and Platinum search results - "The Hunger For More". RIAA. Accessed July 31 2007.
10. Joe D'Angelo (September 1 2007). ''Straight Outta Ca$hville'' chart position. VH1. Accessed 26 July 2007
11. Gold and Platinum search results – "Straight Outta Cashville". RIAA. Accessed August 24 2007.
12. James Montgomery (January 26 2005). ''The Documentary'' chart position. VH1. Accessed 26 July 2007
13. Rooley, Peter (January 5 2006). ★ class=wikiexternal target=_blank>aceshowbiz
★ .com/news/view/00002623.html The Top 10 Best-Selling Albums of 2005. Ace Showbiz. Accessed January 26 2007. <---Wikipedia detects link as spam. Remove asterisks to view page.
14. Santa Monica (September 26 2006). The Game Continues. PR Newswire. Accessed January 26 2007.
15. Gold and Platinum search results – "The Documentary". RIAA. Accessed January 26 2007.
16. Chris Harris (September 7 2007). ''Thoughts of a Predicate Felon'' chart position. VH1. Accessed 26 July 2007
17. Chris harris (November 16 2005). 50 Cent Gets A Billboard Beating From Zellweger's Ex. VH1. Accessed August 24 2007.
18. Johnson, Dick (August 10 2007). Pulse Report. SOHH. Accessed August 11 2007.
19. 50 Cent Timeline. Rock on the Net. Accessed May 24 2007.
20. Chris Harris (May 10 2006). Tool, Pearl Jam Claim Billboard Chart In The Name Of Rock. VH1. Accessed 27 July 2007.
21. Total 2006 Releases to Date. Click Italian. Accessed August 7 2007.
22. Chris Harris (October 18 2006). Lloyd Banks Can't Catch Rod Stewart's Classics In Race For Billboard #1. VH1. Accessed August 24 2007.
23. "Tracie J." Murphy (December 14 2006). Hip-Hop Charts: Ciara Hits The Jackpot, Eminem "Re-Ups," Jay-Z Slides Down. SOHH. Accessed August 1 2007.
24. UrbanConnects (April 4 2007). Top Album Sales ANALYSIS 04/04/2007. UrbanConnects. Accessed August 13 2007.
25. G-Unit-Locked and Loaded. G-UnitWorld. Accessed August 8 2007.
26. RocaFella. Freeway – Philidelphia Freeway. RocaFella. Accessed August 23 2007.
27. FULLMETAL (February 27 2007). Yayo goes off, Young Buck gets ready. DefSounds. Accessed July 31 2007.
28. Hip Hop Headlines (June 12 2007). Sha Money Talks About Lloyd Banks, Banks New Album & More. TboHipHop. Accessed 24 July 2007
29. Carl Chery (December 25 2007). Best Of '06: Lloyd Banks Loses New Album During Threesome, Addresses Cassidy Beef. SOHH. Accessed July 29 2007.

External links

★ Official G-Unit Records website

★ G-Unit Group Website

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★ G-Unit at YouTube