''T·O·S (Terminate on Sight)'' is the second and final studio album by rap group
G-Unit
G-Unit (short for Guerilla Unit) was an American hip hop group formed by longtime friends and East Coast rappers 50 Cent, Tony Yayo, and Lloyd Banks. After amassing a string of self-released mixtapes in the early 2000s, the group released ...
. It was the group's first album in five years since their previous album, ''
Beg for Mercy''.
[Slava Kuperstein (February 5, 2008)]
50 Cent Speaks on New Mixtape, Paris Hilton
HipHopDX. Accessed February 5, 2008.[Lyrical Thought (October 18, 2007)]
. Def Sounds. Accessed October 18, 2007. The title of the album was originally announced to be ''Shoot to Kill'' and then ''Lock & Load'', with the eventual name being ''Terminate on Sight''.
[ The album was originally scheduled to be released on June 24, 2008, but was rescheduled to July 1.
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Concept
The album's title has been acknowledged by HipHopDX who said "As the title suggests, they aren't exactly aiming for joy." In an interview with MTV
MTV (Originally an initialism of Music Television) is an American cable channel that launched on August 1, 1981. Based in New York City, it serves as the flagship property of the MTV Entertainment Group, part of Paramount Media Networks, a di ...
, Tony Yayo
Marvin Bernard (born March 31, 1978), better known by his stage name Tony Yayo, is an American rapper. He is best known as a member of G-Unit, a hip hop group he formed with his childhood friends 50 Cent and Lloyd Banks. Yayo released his deb ...
revealed the reason behind the title saying that it "describes the aggressiveness."[Andres Tardio (November 7, 2007)]
Tony Yayo Discusses G-Unit Album and Court Case
HipHopDX. Accessed November 7, 2007.
50 Cent commented on the method of songwriting and recording that the group are using. He said:
In another interview with MTV
MTV (Originally an initialism of Music Television) is an American cable channel that launched on August 1, 1981. Based in New York City, it serves as the flagship property of the MTV Entertainment Group, part of Paramount Media Networks, a di ...
, 50 Cent spoke about the album. He said:
In an interview,