As 50 Cent commemorates the 20th anniversary of his iconic debut, "Get Rich or Die Tryin'," the G-Unit leader has disclosed his least favorite song from the album that propelled him to fame.
During a conversation with Rebecca Judd on Apple Music 1 backstage at the final London O2 show of his Final Lap Tour, 50 Cent explained why "Many Men" initially didn't resonate with him.
"At that point, 'Many Men' was my least favorite because musically, we were in the boom-bap phase," Fif shared. "We were in that hard-hitting intensity, the energy on the records, and it's the slowest song on 'Get Rich or Die Tryin'. And it's now the tempo that the artists are rapping to. So the fast tempo, hard-hitting beats, that was that era, that time period. And the whole album had it."
In 2020, 50 Cent acknowledged the enduring influence of "Many Men" after Spotify named it the most influential song of the year.
"They made it that for me," 50 said, crediting 21 Savage and Pop Smoke for putting their own spin on the song. "The younger artists doing it over, they made it that. And it's because they feel the same way."
Fif added, "'Many Men' was the slowest track on 'Get Rich or Die Tryin',’ which is fitting for today’s music. Because it fits production-wise now. Musically now, things are slower. They like rapping to R&B beats. So it provides more space for them to make changes in the cadences."
