Power of the Dollar

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|rev1 = AllMusic

|rev1score = {{rating|3|5}}[{{AllMusic|class=album|id=r443387|pure_url=yes}} link] All Music Guide review of Power Of The Dollar. Accessed Aug 17, 2008.

|rev2 = The Source

|rev2score = {{rating|3.5|5}}{{cite magazine|last=Bonanno|first=Jonathan "Gotti"|date=August 2000|issue=131|title=Record Report: 50 Cent – Power Of The Dollar|magazine=The Source|pages=227–228|location=New York}}

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AllMusic writes that the tracks utilize "penetrating wit and funk-infused beats, accompanied by grand orchestrations of commanding horns, pronounced percussion, and various string elements".

The album's lead single, "How to Rob", was released on August 10, 1999, and was also included on the Power of the Dollar EP and the soundtrack to the film In Too Deep. The single attracted significant controversy due to its content, which was him comically telling how he would rob several high-profile hip-hop & R&B artists.

The second single, "Thug Love" featuring Destiny's Child, was released on September 21, 1999, and was also featured on the EP release.[https://web.archive.org/web/20080313223528/http://www.mtv.com/music/artist/50_cent/albums.jhtml?albumId=607098 50 Cent | Thug Love CD | Album]. MTV. Accessed May 21, 2008. Days before 50 Cent was scheduled to film its music video, he was attacked by a gunman in the infamous shooting incident that left him with nine gunshot wounds and gave him his dimple scar; an event that 50 Cent often references in his lyrics.Ninja (December 2002). [http://www.dubcnn.com/interviews/50cent 50 Cent Interview]. Dubcnn. Accessed May 21, 2008.Admin (December 9, 2002). [http://www.sixshot.com/interviews/1161 50 Cent - Teflon MC] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100102041326/http://sixshot.com/interviews/1161/ |date=2010-01-02 }}. Sixshot. Accessed May 21, 2008. While hospitalized, he signed a publishing deal with Columbia Records; however, he was dropped from the label after it was discovered that he had been shot.Jonah Weiner, April 2005. [http://www.blender.com/guide/articles.aspx?id=1534 Dear Superstar: 50 Cent] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081218211908/http://www.blender.com/guide/articles.aspx?id=1534 |date=2008-12-18}}. Blender. Accessed May 21, 2008. The track, "Ghetto Qur'an (Forgive Me)", has been speculated to be the reason for the shooting.[http://www.thesmokinggun.com/archive/0906051murder2.html Surveilling 50 Cent] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070509042411/http://www.thesmokinggun.com/archive/0906051murder2.html |date=2007-05-09}}. The Smoking Gun (September 6, 2005). Accessed May 21, 2008. In 2003 50 Cents mixtape 24 shots was released, which includes 8 tracks from the Power of the Dollar LP.

The third and final single, "Your Life's on the Line", was released in 1999. The song was produced by Terrence Dudley, and was perceived as a diss song to Ja Rule, which would begin their highly publicized feud on records. 50 mocks Ja Rule's catchphrase "Murdaa!", on the chorus of the song, rapping "Murdaa, I don't believe you/Murdaa, Fuck around and leave you/Murdaa, I don't believe you/Murda Murda, your life's on the line". A music video for the song was shot on the streets of New York in 1998. The song was included on the Power of the Dollar EP, and would later be included on both 50 Cent's debut mixtape, Guess Who's Back?, and his officially released debut album, Get Rich or Die Tryin', in 2003, as a bonus track.

Of the 19 songs featured on both the EP and album versions of Power of the Dollar, 9 have been officially released.

• "Thug Love" (feat. Destiny's Child) was released as a single and was featured on Power of the Dollar EP
• "I'm a Hustler" was featured on Power of the Dollar EP
• "Da Heatwave" (feat. Noreaga) was featured on the Power of the Dollar EP and was not set to feature on the album
• "Your Life's on the Line" was released as a single and was featured on Power of the Dollar EP, Guess Who's Back?, and Get Rich or Die Tryin'
• "How to Rob" (feat. The Madd Rapper) was released as a single and was featured on Power of the Dollar EP, In Too Deep, and Best of 50 Cent
• "The Good Die Young" was featured on the B-side of the "Your Life's on the Line" single
• "Corner Bodega" was featured on Guess Who's Back?
• '"As the World Turns'" was featured on Guess Who's Back?
• "Ghetto Qur'an (Forgive Me)" was featured on Guess Who's Back?

{{track_listing

| headline = Unreleased LP

| extra_column = Producer(s)

| title1 = Intro

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| title2 = The Hit

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| extra2 = Randy Allen

| length2 = {{duration|m=3|s=41}}

| title3 = The Good Die Young

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| extra3 = Al West

| length3 = {{duration|m=4|s=2}}

| title4 = Corner Bodega (Coke Spot)

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| extra4 = L.E.S.

| length4 = {{duration|m=1|s=36}}

| title5 = Your Life's on the Line

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| writer5 = {{hlist|Jackson|Terence Dudley}}

| extra5 = Terence Dudley

| length5 = {{duration|m=3|s=38}}

| title6 = That Ain't Gangsta

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| extra6 = Trackmasters

| length6 = {{duration|m=3|s=25}}

| title7 = As the World Turns

| note7 = featuring Bun B

| writer7 = Ron Francois

| extra7 = Red Spyda

| length7 = {{duration|m=4|s=20}}

| title8 = Ghetto Qur'an (Forgive Me)

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| writer8 = {{hlist|Jackson}}

| extra8 = Trackmasters

| length8 = {{duration|m=4|s=34}}

| title9 = Da Repercussions

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| extra9 = Kurt Gowdy

| length9 = {{duration|m=3|s=28}}

| title10 = Money by Any Means

| note10 = featuring Noreaga

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| extra10 = {{hlist|Trackmasters|Teflon}}

| length10 = {{duration|m=4|s=3}}

| title11 = Material Girl

| note11 = featuring Dave Hollister

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| extra11 = Trackmasters

| length11 = {{duration|m=4|s=35}}

| title12 = Thug Love

| note12 = featuring Destiny's Child

| writer12 = {{hlist|Jackson|Rashad Smith|Joshua Michael Schwartz|Brian Kierulf|Nycolia "Tye-V" Turman}}

| extra12 = {{hlist|Rashad Smith|Joshua Michael Schwartz|Brian Kierulf}}

| length12 = {{duration|m=3|s=16}}

| title13 = Slow Doe

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| extra13 = Trackmasters

| length13 = {{duration|m=3|s=54}}

| title14 = Gun Runner

| writer14 = {{hlist|Jackson}}

| extra14 = Trackmasters

| length14 = {{duration|m=1|s=55}}

| title15 = You Ain't No Gangsta

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| writer15 = {{hlist|Jackson|Clervoix}}

| extra15 = Sha Self

| length15 = {{duration|m=3|s=37}}

| title16 = Power of the Dollar

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| extra16 = Trackmasters

| length16 = {{duration|m=3|s=26}}

| title17 = I'm a Hustler

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| extra17 = DJ Scratch

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| title18 = How to Rob

| note18 = featuring the Madd Rapper

| writer18 = {{hlist|Jackson|Jean-Claude Olivier|Samuel Barnes|Deric Angelettie|Harry Wayne Casey|Richard Finch}}

| extra18 = Trackmasters

| length18 = {{duration|m=4|s=25}}

| total_length = {{duration|m=63|s=1}}

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{{track_listing

| headline = Released EP

| extra_column = Producer(s)

| title1 = Thug Love

| note1 = featuring Destiny's Child

| writer1 = {{hlist|Curtis Jackson|Rashad Smith|Joshua Michael Schwartz|Brian Kierulf|Nycolia "Tye-V" Turman}}

| extra1 = {{hlist|Rashad Smith|Joshua Michael Schwartz|Brian Kierulf}}

| length1 = {{duration|m=3|s=16}}

| title2 = I'm a Hustler

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| writer2 = {{hlist|Jackson|George Spivey|C. Elliot|Rufus Blaq|K. Kiss}}

| extra2 = DJ Scratch

| length2 = {{duration|m=3|s=46}}

| title3 = Da Heatwave

| note3 = featuring Noreaga

| writer3 = {{hlist|Jackson|Erick Sermon}}

| extra3 = Erick Sermon

| length3 = {{duration|m=3|s=56}}

| title4 = Your Life's on the Line

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| writer4 = {{hlist|Jackson|Terence Dudley}}

| extra4 = Terence Dudley

| length4 = {{duration|m=3|s=44}}

| title5 = How to Rob

| note5 = featuring the Madd Rapper

| writer5 = {{hlist|Jackson|Jean-Claude Olivier|Samuel Barnes|Deric Angelettie|Harry Wayne Casey|Richard Finch}}

| extra5 = Trackmasters

| length5 = {{duration|m=4|s=24}}

| total_length = {{duration|m=19|s=6}}

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