Back in 1999 a lyricist named Curtis Jackson, a.k.a. 50 Cent, released a single called “How To Rob.”

You remember the guy who said, “I’ma get Kirk Franklin for robbin’ God’s people” right? Almost four years and many mix tapes later, 50 Cent returns with his highly anticipated “Get Rich or Die Tryin’.”

Whether you love him or hate him, you will want to pay attention to what this unpredictable individual will say next.

The album opens with “What Up Gangsta?” an anthem for the Bloods and Crips in which 50 rolls over a sadistic bass line like a tank ready to destroy anything foolish enough to step in its path.

Just when you thought the airwaves were safe, the “Shady” one, Eminem, shows up on “Patiently Waiting” to assist his fellow malevolent MC.

It wouldn’t be a 50 album without another barrage on singer/writer/actor/rapper Ja Rule.

One of the main disses comes in the form of “Back Down,” in which 50 raps the words: “Jay put you on/X made you hot/now you run around like you some big shot.”

50 seems to be his own biggest fan as he hints on “High All The Time”: “If David can go against Goliath wit’ a stone/I can go wit’ Nas and Jigga both for the throne.”