Media Chin-Check

this has already been done. Going to prison or jail does not make you gangsta. 50 never went to actual prison, he went to boot camp for 7 months, because he was a first time felon and a young 19 yr old kid. Marvin Benard, aka Tony Yayo was in Manhattan Detention Center and the center had 24 hr protective custody. He just had some warrants for carrying an unregistered firearm. I do not know why the black media honors people that go to prison of jail or bootcamp. Prison is supposed to be rehabilitation and for the most violent, to keep them from harming citizens. There is nothing cool being a convicted felon, when you get out on full release or parole, society treats you even worse than before you went, society is already going to treat you wrong because
1. you're BLACK
2. you're a BLACK CONVICTED FELON.
So all I have to say about Elliot, no hatred, if you want to trick yourself out to interscope cool, but don't come with this putting others down and shit.

PEACE

Am I the only one that sees how greasy ya boy 50 cent is sayin' he'll beat Eminems ass or someone will come shoot 'em??, It's funny as hell but it also shows how trife dat nigga iz. Dis man got homeboy out da hood and is responcible for the whole G_UNIT eating good right now cause if fifty would have got signed to any other label 1) Loyd banks woulda went gold 2) fifty woulda went 1x's platinum 3) Yayo would be broke and 4) Young Buck would still be runnin shit! Fifty is chewing the arm off that feeds him.

fuck that boy 50.Nigga cant even rap good. he only had one good cd and his new that is out is a bust cuz hes just signing the same shit that he sang on his other cd. so fuck 50. Em should drop that nigga and go scout some realler nigga.

fuck all these spoiled ass niggas,

Yeah, I just read that Editorial, and son sure was talking to you...that's crazy how these little blog things can get the Editor-in-Chief of XXL all riled up huh?

man ya niggas are bandwagon bitches. the weather these days is cloudy with some elements of ehaterade....man i read the issue, they were actually doing their best to downplay the jail myths with saigon and the others....it was really good issue...man where is the love?

FUCC 50 HE WACC. TONY YAYO IS WACC. I AGREE WITH WHAT THE OTHER DUDE SAID TO IF 5O WAS SIGNED TO ANYBODY ELSE THE WHOLE G UNIT WOULD NOT BE SELLING. AND 50 WENT TO THE SHOCK PROGRAM. AND SO DID TONY YAYO.I DONT IT WAS A JAIL ISSUE BUT THEY GOT TWO NIGGAZ WHO DID SIX MONTHS IN SHOCK AND WHO ARE FREE. FUCC HOW MUCH MAGAZINES U SELL. THROW SOMEBODY IN JAIL ON THE COVER SPOONY D, C-MURDA, OR SHYNE. DAMN I THINK INTERSCOPE RUNS THE XXL SOMETIMES. I READ THE XXL BUT WHEN I SAW 50 ON IT I WAS LIKE DAMN THAT NIGGA OB DAT SHIT AGAINNNNNNNN

ITS AS SIMPLE AS THIS.YAYA GOT THE ADVANTAGE CUZ HE ROLLIN WIT 50. IF THIS CATS ON ANOTHER LABEL HEZ WORKIN HARDER THAN A MUHHFUCCA TO BOOST HIS ALBUM SALES.HIS RHYMES OR NOTHIN I HAVENT HEARD. HES ANOTHER EXAMPLE OF A MIXTAPE CAT THAT CANT MAKE A ALBUM. BUT LOOK AT IT THIS WAY..IF HIS ALBUM DONT DO SHIT BY G-UNIT,SHADY,AFTERMATH,INTERSCOPE STANDARDS, HE CAN HOLD DOWN THE UNDERGROUND WIT OLIVIA.
I'M HI AS A KITE.....

YEAH AND WHATS THIS BOUT 50 SAYIN HE'LL BUST EMINEM AND GAMES ASS OR POP THEY ASS IF HE LOSE.

DAMN HOMIE,IN 03 U WAS THE MAN HOMIE....

In other, Simpler words, FUCK MAINSTREAM MEDIA. Thank you, spread the word.

Did 50 say that he does not reveal stuff so the police will listen, looks like he's doing it. Hell he has the police as his protection. When 50 got done saying all that popping and ass-whippin, the officer came up to him and told him "STOP LYING"

PEACE

remember when your moms said "dont believe everything you see on TV" ?or "dont believe everything you read"?... no?
some of you people commenting should catch a few fucken clues... you dont get jokes anymore? "i'll bust a cap in a nigga ass" without the "hahaha" typed in front of it just looks serious as hell...and they way shit gets 'edited' these days for 'effect' is crazy. YOU dont know how a nigga said what he said, you're just reading words on pages
and y'all getting so bent outta shape on what 50 was reported saying in an interview like y'all were there and got the shit is fucken funny to me.

fucken drama queens. how much fucken sense would it make for 50 to say something as blatant as shooting eminem... what, like he suddenly went crazy and started seriously saying shit for not reason? whatever. hating-ass losers.

anyway, whatever makes your day more exciting. keep poppin off at the mouth, like anybody really gives a fuck.

A SENATE HALF EAT DICK HOMIE! AINT NO BODY TRIPPIN OFF 50 LIKE THAT, BUT AT THE SAME TIME THERES SHIT U JUST DON'T SAY.AND I THINK U THE NIGGA ON 50 DICK CUZ U GETTIN OVER SENSITIVE.THAT CAT IS A GROWN MAN HE CAN HANDLE SOME CRITICISM,CLOSE YA MOUTH LIL ONE.
WHAT U WASHIN THIS NIGGAZ DRAWERS OR SOMETHIN??

Simply put. Prison is not hot.

I think it's kinda stupid all these fools talk about they got into to rap so they could get outta the ghetto, and they make some cash and blow it or go to prison. I'm also sick and f****** tired of these m*****f*****s rappin about what their fans bought them. That's why I won't buy they albums.
Oh yeah, fucc 50.

A yo yall know XXL is ran by interscope
fuck g-unit, D-Block 4 life

50 is garbage. G-Unit is garbage. Look at all this mess these candy-coated azz rappers done created. Man, hip-hop is on the verge of extinction. Not too much longer, not too much longer...............

PITIFUL
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firsTOFF, YALL ARE HATAS THE ISSUE WAS A VERY GOOD ISSUE, IT TALKED ABOUT HOW JAIL IS NO JOKE, THEY INTERVIEWD RAPPERS I TAUGHT GAVE UP ON THE GAME, BUT R JUST IN THE BING,VERY GOOD ISSUE, AND BUFFIE DIDNT HURT EITHER

SECOND STop ON EVERYTHING 50 TOUCHES NIGGAS DAMN...IF U REALLY HATE THE NIGGA " IT COSTS U NOTHING PAY HIM NO MIND", LET HIM DIE OUT, BUT IT SEEMS LIKE YALL NIGGAS ARE FUKKIN JEALOUS, 50 UUSED TO BE AN AIIGHT LYRICIST, LIKE FLESH OF MY FLESH DMX, BUT HE DUMBED HIS STYLE DOWN, AND DEVELOPED A TALENT FOR MAKIN SOME OF THE MOST MEMORABLE HOOKS IN HIPHOP HISTORY, HE'S NOT MY FAVORITE, BUT I RESPECT THE MAN, LET HIM GET HIS HYPE, CUS THE MORE U HATE, THE BIGGER HE'LL BE,

AND UMM...I AGREE YAYO SUCKS, POUND FOR POUND HE IS THE LESS THAN MEDIOCRE VERSION OF EVERYONE ON GUNIT,

yo get that JOE BUDDEN - IM BACK MIXTAPE its HOT, JOEY GOT NIGGA NICE,
AND HE SHOUTIN US SOHH BLOGGERS FOR SAYIN HE FELL OFF, THAS REAL RIGHT THERE, HE HONED HIS ABILITIES, BUT I ALWAYS THOUGHT HE WAS NICE ANYWAY, ESPECIALLY SINCE I HEARD WALK WIT ME

P-GAMBIT I DISAGREE WIT SOME OF THE SHIT U SAID BUT BUFFIE DOES HAVE ASS LIKE A MUHHFUCCA THOUGH!50 DIDNT DUMB DOWN SHIT THAT NIGGA JUST LOST HIS DRIVE. HES TOO COMFORTABLE JUST LIKE EMINEM BUT THATS A DIFERENT SUBJECT. ANYWAY I GOT THE XXL ISSUE AND SOME OF THOSE NIGGAZ ARE IN FUCKED UP SITUATIONS AND OTHERS ARE JUST DUMB ASSES LIKE TRAY DEE. HE DOESNT SEEM TO GIVE A FUCK HE GOT 12 YEARS AND THIS NIGGA IS LIKE 40 YEARS OLD AND SHIT.AND THESE DUDES ARE TALKIN BOUT WHEN THEY GET OUT THEY GONNA GET BACK IN THE GAME. HALF THESE NIGGAZ CAREERS ARE NEVER GONNA GET BACK TO WHERE THEY ONCE WERE NOT EVEN FROM MIXTAPES. BUT I GUESS WHAT IM TRYNA SAY IS XXL DID THE "JAIL ISSUE" WIT SOME CLASS. THEY AINT JUST SLAP SOME NIGGAZ ON THERE TO SELL MAGAZINES......THEY GOT 50 FOR THAT.

Damn, it's all making sense now.

The article escaped our attention, but it sounds like people interviewed were allowed to be incredibly frank. It seems that some revealed their hopes for a comeback upon release and it seems that more than a few people were actually enlightened to the fact that jail credentials don't make for good comeback albums. At least not when 10 or more years of isolation from current events of the streets separates the hardcore 10 year jerking-off champ from the rap-consuming law abiding cat that buys 4 CDs a month and for every piece of punani he attempts to entertain, he spends a year per punani trying to get the drawers to come down. Yo, that one piece of punani a year sounds drastically better than no punani for 10 years, whew, forget about being hardcore, we'd rather be without street or jail credentials and hit the softcore punani on an annual basis or sooner but not later. Jail time means your a jerking-off champ or a champion at jerking off. If jerking off on a constant basis makes one hardcore, then why buy studio gangsters' albums?

50 needs to watch the words that he speaks,
he b*tch, come to london, I'll put another hole in your cheek.

G-Unit, Aint none of you killers,
But four monkey face dudes, yeah, you's really are gorilla's.

Going bannanas, thats just one of my bad habbits,
You and your team fake like, the t*ts on Trish Stratus.

F**k G- Unit, salute to Game, salute Dipset, Salute Eminiem, cant mess with his music and cant relate to it but truth be told for flow he's probably best out.

Sunny Abacha fmr. nigerian President. Salute!

^^^^^^^ funny but real

damn damn damn damn damn GGGGG,GGGGGG GGGGG-unit it's a damn shame ya'll grown ass on this post wasting ya'll muthafuckin time talkin bout FIF, them nigga's could give a rats ass bout this site or what we type bout them, I respect everybody's opinion but it's only that, so regaurdless of the hate/love, them nigga's set and alot of rappers should follow suit. G-unit puttin that shit down if FIF was so weak why can't nobody slow him down. Damn he shut Murder{who} the fuck down, Look at all the beef he got, Nas, fat joe, shyne, Game, D-block, joe buddens, ja, and whoever else wants it, why can't nobody shut him down, you would think he was playin himself, but Fif givin and takin careers, and yayo hotter than alot of these nigga's out here, get all they mixtapes and you'll see the boy, talk of new york, can hold his own anytime. now let's put the haterade away and say it 2gether GGGGGGG,GGGGGGG,G-unit
hate it or love, the underdogs on top, and we all see most of ya'll hate it, but more love it cause Fif laughin wit his accountant at ya'll. Don't be mad FIF runnin New York lil nigga the walls have ears and FIF got HIP HOP on smash, keep hatin cause it only fuels the motive. GGGGGG,GGGGGGG,GGGGG-unit
N muthafuckin Boogie, N ta da holla!!!
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If 50 is so untouchable, then why hasn't he even sold half as many copies of the Massacre as Get Rich Or Die Tryin? Ya know, "Fif" ain't runnin New York, even he admitted that. And why do people keep talkin like "keep hatin, its good for business" and shit like that? I don't have any idea where that idea came from, but hopefully, its the last one coming from there. The more people there are who hate him, the less records he sells. The saddest thing is that at this point, I have more respect for Nelly than I do for 50, because they essentially make the same music for the same audience, except that Nelly really doesn't act like he's something that he's not, he knows he's not a thug, so all he does is dress like it. "Fif" on the other hand, dresses, acts, talks, and looks like she's a thug, but I don't think he realizes how fake he is, someone should drop him a line.

50 is guilty of making garbage music, true, but like most everyone else he is still capable of changing his garbage status if he really experienced the hardships he so claims. We've just established that dude is intelligent enough to disregard our opinions so we might logically be able to infer that just as he can ignore the majority of our opinions of him, he is also able to distinguish between people that currently support on his albums and the people who are disappointed with the direction of those albums and who are going to support Styles P and the like for releasing substantial songs like "I'm Black".

When 50 hears people opt to not openly show disdain for his music, he is able to rest assure that his worst will surf, yet to express disappointment with the status quo of his music or anything else for that matter makes a stink amongst ciphers in regards to his clout of markettable product. So by all means, if you don't like what 50 is feeding you, like Dr. Dre said "Express Yourself". Jay-Z said "A closed mouth don't get fed" Either you know enough hip hop to see how it came from the attitude of lyrics like these or you do not know enough about hip hop to even be worthy of comment about anything slightly related. To think that it is worthless to honestly comment on 50, is to give up on a person. The criminal justice system did not see fit to give up on 50, that's why he's free now.

Half the cats on here think he not really hard to the core anyway, well, maybe not, and that's all the more reason that he may be capable spewing other than his alleged fictitious lyrics. After all, he's really just an entertainer, so what if he's not hardcore, even if he was and anybody that buys his music had beef, it's not like he would come to your aid just because you bought his album. That's why the true authenticity of an artist is in no way dependent upon being gangster, some people just feel and think it matters, and that's sad actually, because they rob themselves of the hero within themselves when they limit the model of brave to just one type or figure, excluding their own personal figure of a hero. We are all sufficiently heroic with braveness exclusively designed to fit our own caliber of expression. We all respond meaningfully to what really means something to us.

The best of us have a little bad side to ourselves and the worst of us have a some good in us. Sometimes smoking weed disproportionately distorts the balance of the good/bad duality of our humanity and people are subject to play themselves. 50 is not serious enough for us to want to play ourselves by assaulting him and then spend mad time jerking off while dude recooperates once again to some chick who can't wait to say she banged 50 while he was recouping. Face it 50 Cent is a tough cookie and dude ain't gone crumble. Peace to 50 cent, Curtis Jackson is all right, we just differ in our methods to attain what all men can surely appreciate, Peace.

Like the movie "Hero" with Jet Li, the ultimate growth of the warrior is evident when he lays down his sword and his noble motive is still established and true greatness is established with bravery to face death without perpetuating death, giving birth to a Warrior's Heart. It's not a brave warrior that picks up a gun to face an armed enemy, that's actually a stand-off between two uncivilized cowards, both as equally afraid of each other as both are equally armed. Truly brave is the warrior that walks amidst the fearfully armed, while he is armed only with the courage of a warriors heart. Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I shall fear no evil, for thy rod and staff comfort thee. To kill is of fear and fear is the darkside. Power recognizes power. Those who seek to use great force against you recognize your power and see fit to amplify their power by arms, for only when armed are they a match for the unarmed man. Only the powerful are challenged, for to defeat one less powerful than one's self, is to gain nothing.

To be the best, one must challenge the best, Nas also espouses such truths. To agree to disagree is still an agreement. Everyone gets upset but to be moved to anger is to be out of control. That which angers you controls you. You can only hate what you love. If you have no feelings for a thing then it arouses no passion within you to hate it. Hate is inspired by the control factor of a thing. People tend to hate those things that are beyond control. Peace to each, we all need a piece of peace so we do not go to pieces. PEACE

uggghhh SHUT UP!!!

sike nah.. good point...i think

FIF ON HIS WAY TO SELLIN 15 MIL, HOW MANY MAN, COME ON NOW HOW MANY RAPPERS CAN SAY THEY EVEN SOLD 5 MIL OFF TWO ALBUMS. NO MATTER WHAT ANYONE SAYS G-UNIT RUNNIN THE GAME POINT BLANK. NAME A CAMP THAT CAN GO AGAINST CURTIS INTERSCOPE JACKSON, G-UNIT, EMENIM, DRE
THE QUINCY JONES OF HIP HOP, BUSTA RHYMES, THE GAME, HE STILL WIT DRE, EVE, M.O.P., MOBB DEEP, SPIDA-LOC, KOKANE, WHO THE FUCK CAN SHUT THEM DOWN, NOT JUST LYRICALLY, BUT ALL THE WAY AROUND THE BOARD, PLEASE TELL ME SON, IT CAN'T HAPPEN, IT WON'T HAPPEN, ALL THE RAPPERS NEED TO MAKE A WE ARE THE WORLD ALBUM CAUSE THEY NEED TO LEAVE INTERSCOPE JACKSON THE FUCK ALONE, AND I'M BUMPIN G-UNIT MIXTAPES, RIGHT NOW, MAN THESE NIGGA'S BANANAS 'YA HEARD
SLIDIN THREW THE RUCKAS/ WIT PRADA ON THE CHUCKA'S/ SOON AS SPRING BREAK HOES HOME FROM COLLEGE WANNA FUCK US/ I AIN'T HERE TO DROP KNOWLEDGE ON YOU SUCKAS/ I'LL SICK ROCWEILLER ON YOU FUCKAS/ COPS FOLLOWIN TRYIN TO CUFF US THAT'S BANKS RIGHT THERE HERE GO SOME MORE
NIGGA'S LOVE TA HATE YOU WHEN YOU HERE/
BUT LOVE YOU WHEN YOU DISAPPEAR/ CATCH ME ON A BOAT WIT WEED SMOKE AND OFFICAL GEAR/ HEAVY WHEN I TOTE C-NOTE FROM DIFFERENT YEARS/ BESLY IN THE ROBE RE-MOTES FOR LIFTIN CHAIRS/ DAMN THEM NIGGA'S, SON FUCK WHAT YA'LL TAKIN BOUT DEM NIGGA'S HOT DON' FUCK THAT GGGGGGG-UNIT FOLLOW SUIT CAUSE LIKE ALL THE OTHER NEW YORK RAPPERS, YA'LL GETTIN LEFT BEHIND, JUST WAIT TIL THE END OF THE YEAR AND LET'S SEE WHERE G-UNIT IS THEN, COMPARED TO NOW
THEY SAY THAT I'M NO GOOD, CAUSE I'M SO HOOD, RICH FOLKS DO NOT WON'T ME AROUND/ CAUSE IT MIGHT POP OFF AND IF SHIT POP OFF SOMEBODY GETTIN LAID THE FUCK OUT/ THE CALL ME NEW MONEY, THEY SAY I HAVE NO CLASS/ I'M FROM THE BOTTOM/ I CAME UP TO FAST/ THE HELL IF I CARE/ I'M JUST HERE TO GET MY CASH/ BOUGIE ASS BITCHES YA'LL CAN KISS MY ASS/ ONE!!!! N TA DA!!! DAMN HOMIE

I dont know why people are hating on 50 or G-Unit. From what I understand, Game was the first to bring their differences to the public. I dont think 50 would have done that, in fact he says this in the interview with Flex. I think his beef w/Nas, Jadakiss, and etc, all except sweetboy JaRule, could possibly end in the future. Maybe even Game. I think Game is upset because 50 in suing his manager for the Original 50 Cent DVD (which is great). For more background on 50, the Dvd Who Dares Wins, Bangum talks about how 50 was the biggest youngest drug dealer in his area. And how feared he was. I also hope he makes up with Bangum, the DVD also talks about how Bangum started a beef w/50. It seems like everybody is so jealous of this dude. What is the problem. If 50 couldnt rap, I dont care what color you are, unless your just out and out stupid, you wouldnt spend your money on the CD. Also, The massacre as already reached over 6 million units sold. It took Get Rich or Die Tryin from Feb to October to reach that. And he is still in the top 10...DAMN. As 50 said, keep hatin,. Why would anyone hate on someone who is at the bottom? This proves to him that he is doing right (except for the beefs). I just hope he is not burning bridges.

Where are your trackbacks, yo? I thought this was a REAL blog.

what the fuck Curtis Interscope Jackson? what that nigga aint shit. nigga couldnt even get his on nickname but had to take someone elses cuz he couldnt build his own rep. why ? cuz nigga is weak. he aint nothing with out em and dre. and he wouldnt be shit with em and dre. and fuck that nigga 50. nigga biting off the hand that feed his ass. so fuck that nigga. i got game over that fake ass nigga.

Kiki, you need to get your facts in order before you try to say them. 50 hasn't even sold 4 million records yet. You want to check the latest Sound Scan stats?

This is from Thursday's "Hip Hop Charts":

"Moving up one spot to # 8 is 50 Cent's The Massacre. Despite, The Game's tirade at Hot 97's Summer Jam, The Massacre dished out an additional 74,749 records this week. In total, the album has sold 3,786,493 copies."

Bootlegs don't count, you might want to remember that, because otherwise Jadakiss would probably be triple platinum by now.

from all that I said you're concentrating on sales. Damn.

Whether it outsells GRODT or not, it doesnt matter. My main point was why do people hate on him? How does anyone know that he is fake or not, if they havent talked directly with him or grew up with him. I personally dont care. I enjoy his music. Im not obsessed though, hell, I bought GRODT after the Massacre came out. But why post comments like 7-1-3. This must be therapy for some people.

what thug music sold other than death row or pac, like g-unit. That nigga broke records 4 singles in the top 10, damn homie. Ya'll just refuse to give this nigga his props, I fuckin never said he the best or anything close to it. B.I.G. then Nas, Jigga, and Styles P are the best in the game ever lyricly. All I'm sayin is for years we argue about who the rawest, but now since Fif came and changed the game muthafucka's cryin he garbage. Walk wit me, lets say rap is the crack game, it doesn't matter who has the best coke, nigga's can have garbage and still make more money than the nigga's wit the purest shit. It's how you market yo shit, damn Fif shit ain't garbage either, but look at the nigga marketing skills. Quit fronting like sales don't mean shit, labels put alot of gwop into these artist only to make profit for both parties, artist put time, energy and alot of planning into these projects hoping to make enough money to pay the label back and make a good piece of change for themself. This shit is all about that gwop, any rapper that say they in it for anything else is fuckin lying it cost millions to promote and market these artist, so why not get what you can since the labels own the masters and been raping nigga's for years. I wish Nas, The Lox, and every other raw rapper could be rich, but it's not about how raw you are, the old school proved that, it's about how fuckin smart you are. Master p booty as hell, but I respect his paper hustle, Baby booty, but he gettin his paper. Look at jigga, I respect his game more than Fif even though it took him a minute jigga didn't let these labels rape roca-fella, so it's about your business savy, not your accountants hustle game but yours, lets face it don't blame Fif for doing what rappers should've been doing, don't hate the player hate the fuckin game. God I'm only what you made me and on that note I'm rich bitch!!!! and how the game got a butterfly tatoo talkin bout change then go right back to dissin Fif, he so damn confused.
I WAKE UP, LOOK AT THE CEILING/ I'M ALIVE, WHAT A BEUTIFUL FEELING/
GGGGGGGG-unit peace da 14th letter
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50 is the top dogg. Point blank. He reminds me of Stone Cold Steve Austin from WWE. Stone Cold was on top and stomped over basically all of his competition and so a lot of the other wrestlers hated on him. Same wit Interscope Jackson. When you're as successful and arrogant as him you're bound to get hated. Admit it, if 50 only went 2x plat on Get Rich and 1x plat on Massacre nobody would hate him. But since he's so insanely successful niggaz straight up try to disrespect every facet of the dudes life, music, and persona. Somebody explain to me how he's a snitch? How is he "fake?" Y'all haters just listen to whatever comes out of Jada's Black, dark, wesley snipes ass lips (jada's lips is so damn BLACK). If he's a snitch, what did he do? Who'd he snitch on? He's fake because he wears vests and can't roll around his hood? That's the dumbest shit i've ever heard. If you were as successful as that nigga, you wouldn't wanna go back to the hating hood either. 50 is like Barry Bonds. Top of his game and must endure immense amount of hate because of his position of power. I don't hate though i congratulate.

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AKRONSFINEST...

ANY NIGGA THAT COMPARES THE RAP GAME TO SOMETHIN AS COMMERCIALIZED AND FAKE AS THE WWE...MUST BE STUPID...

50 WENT WACK ..AND THAT IS THAT ..G-U NOT...

I give mad props to Eminem for gettin' 50 outta tha hood, and look at him now. If it wasn't for Eminem, G Unit wouldn't be around. Eminem and Dr. Dre are runnin' tha game right now, they makin' bank!!!!!

50 is tha man right now, The Massacre already sold 4 million records in tha U.S. alone in 4 months.....that's ill. It's all about SHADY/AFTERMATH/G-Unit Records right now!!! They runnin' the whole game.....Fuck that fat nigga Fat Joe and Jadakiss, they suck at rappin'......Jadakiss didn't even break a million is record sells....50 Cent broke 1.5 million records in 2 days....Fat Joe is the fruitiest rapper ever....loose some weight homie.....Fat Joe's new All Or Nothing album is shit...only good song is Lean Back Remix...don't buy his record....Go out and buy Bizzare's new CD Hannicap Circus and Stat Quo's Statlanta!!!!! SHADY/Aftermath/G-Unit!!!!!!!!!!

whats up yo your a ggggggggggaaaaaaaaaannnnnnnnnnnnnnggggggggggggssssssssssstttttttttttaaaaaaaaaaa yooooo

hey all you people have the right to an opinion but your antagonism of 50 only makes his fanbase stronger, he is a great businessman who has made his eternal mark on the music industry. he could show his obvious talent and rap like the 50 of old or make a marketable album that's gonna sell tonnes, what would you do?

I THINK YALL NEED TO POST PICTURES UP AND CHANGE THE BACK GROUND BECAUSE IT'S VERY DULL AND I THINK YALL TO LISTEN TO THIS

As a leader, Curtis has no equal in the music business of Hip hop and arguable in all of music – save Jimmy Iovine. As a leader of a record label, Curtis is superior to Dre, Jay-Z, Em, (please don’t mention Nas), Damon Dash, and Diddy. G-unit, the record label, has achieved more than any other label within the first 2-3 years of existence and it is certainly the most successful label today. A great leader must be visionary while not loosing sight of reality, focused on results but attentive to others, show courage at all times while admitting his fear, manage, motivate and develop his people, be respected and followed by this people, and be knowledgeable about the business. He must know the strength and weakness of his people and himself, and must be able to acquire resources that will make up for any weakness. Above all, a great leader must show result. The result of great leadership should be visible in the organization is doing in good times and in bad times, how motivated and successful are the people, and how much attention the competition is paying to the organization. It is against this background that I considered Curtis a great leader, and a superior leader to Dre, Em, Dre, and Diddy. Again, Nas (one of the greatest MC of all time) and the self-proclaimed leaders like Yukmouth, Jada, Camron, and Game do not count, so I’m not going to mention them in this context going forward. Keep in mind that being rich does not make you a good leader. Donald Trump is rich (now at least) but he is a terrible leader. His company has filed for bank 2-3 times, and only the surge in NYC real estate in the past year that has saved him. Damon Dash is another terrible leader that is rich. His people hates him, he piggy-banked (no pun intended) on Jay-Z’s success and the fact that in the early days there we no real business people in rap besides Puff and Russell Simons.

Evaluating the leadership of 50 Cent

VISION: What was the first thing 50 said on his first LP? He said “G-unit”. Not 50 not Shady not Aftermath. Yes, he supposedly rose to the top too first, but that is because unlike his competitors, he had a vision; to build G-Unit as a national/global brand. He stayed true to that vision, by taking almost $600K less per album to sign with Em and Dre as opposed to the other labels. Why? He knows Em had a national and broader audience, and that G-Unit is already known in the streets. In addition, he knows Dre is a great producer and that Dre can spread the G-Unit name in the West. Again, he signed Buck to build his rep in the South. In fact, he has been talking to Buck well before he signed with Em, and told him that when he pops, he will come looking for Buck. Can you see how Curtis translated vision into strategy and how he implements the strategy?

FOCUS: Curtis is also focused and is well respected by his people. Whether he is beefing with others or creating music for others or developing a clothing line, he never loses sight of the end-goal which is to deliver quality product and be successful with it. Let’s take “beef” with other artist for example. Whereas this guys drop everything they are doing and focus their energy on the beef, Curtis focuses on his work, and deals with the beef in the context of his work. Nas dissed 50 in August 2004, Ja/Jada/Fat Joe released “New York, New York” in later 2004. 50 waited until March 2005 to respond. Why, that was when it was convenient and appropriate for him. Releasing diss records don’t sell albums, but releasing good and compelling records on an album sells albums. So 50 created a diss record, put it on his album and sold it. He made “I run New York”, put it on a mixtape, and sold it.

RESPECT: On the respect issue, many will disagree with me. However, I say a lot of the people who supposedly does not respect people are the haters. Certainly Banks, Buck, Yayo, D-Tay, and Olivia respects 50, but some will say that is because they are on his label. Well, if MOP and Mobb Deep does not respect 50, why sign with him? Ok, someone said it was about the money, if that was the case, why did they not sign with Aftermath or Shady? After all Dre and Em have money and power at Interscope too. Further more, if you listen to their interviews you can easily conclude that most Southern artist like Luda, Lil Flip, TI, Usher, Lil John, Triville, Lil Scrappy, and Slim Thug respects 50. Busta, Snoop, Dre, and Em certainly respect 50. If Dre did not respect 50, he will not share executive producer credit with 50 on Game’s album or even cede the same to 50 on the Massacre (see the back of the CD). If fact Dre respect 50 enough to given him access to his entire library of beats- past and present. Finally, Jay-Z respects 50 enough to state that “Nas, Em, and 50” are the best lyricist today! Diddy respects 50 enough to put him on a record with Biggie.

MANAGING/MOTIVATING Others: Just look at the success of Banks, Bucks, Game, and singles from Yayo and Olivia, and it takes little to see that is a good manager. He turned all those guys into individual starts. They can all go do shows without 50, and the shows will sell. They are also all getting paid; all millionaires. Hell, Yayo was getting paid during the Roc the Mic tour even though he was in jail. (Just a slight digression, Jay-Z and 50 Cent co-headlined the Roc the Mic tour. It was not just Jay-Z. So next time some tells you Jay-Z has the highest grossing Hip Hop concert, tell them that is not true, it belongs to 50 and Jay-Z). Bottom line is 50 takes care of his people. They are all getting paid on the AM3 tour and the side G-unit.

How does 50’s leadership compared to Dre, Em, Jay-Z, Diddy, and Damon Dash?

Em and Dre are great musician and producer respectively, but they do not have the leadership skills of 50 Cent. One can argue that the leadership skills that I outlined above are subjective, but one cannot argue with the result. Curtis develop new and unknown artists into multi-platinum artists – Banks, Game, Buck, 50 Cent and (soon to be) Yayo. While managing these artists, Curtis is also signed to G-Unit as a solo artist. Compare G-Unit to Shady, and you will quickly see that Em is the only artist that most people care for on that label. Also, G-Unit is a global brand in a way that Shady cannot come close to at all. People in Asia, Africa, South America and Europe can identify the G-Unit brand. Compare G-Unit to Aftermath, and you will see that Dre never developed/turn any average talent into starts. Pac, Snoop, Em and 50 are (I did not include Game because, I believe G-Unit made Game and not Dre, even though we all give credit to Dre because we respect him), are all great talent that Dre produced for, but I do not believe he made them. Now before the morons on these forum tell me Game is this and that, keep in mind that Dre could not do shit with Game for more than 2 years while Game was signed to just Aftermath, but once he signed with G-Unit (yeah, check his album cover for an official record not some bullshit claim by Game that he was not signed to G-Unit) 50 made Game famous in only 8 months (just 8 fucking months! Damn 50 is a leader) including more than 6-months recording in 50's studio in Long Island. Spider Loc just signed with G-Unit last November, and he's slowly buzzing. Who knew him when he was signed to Death Row? Look at Buck, 6-7 years with Cash Money and UTP, what did he achieve? Nothing! Now 3 years with G-unit, he's a multi-platinum artist and can travel the whole North America headlining a show by himself. Fat Joe and Jadakiss can't even sell tour tickets like Buck Marley. Word!

I don’t think Dre actively managed and shape this people. This is evident in how Dre reacts to conflicts amongst his people: he basically does nothing, which is not a sign of a great leader. Remember the problems Pac had and his ultimate death, Snoop troubles with Death Row, and recently Game’s shenanigans. Perhaps Dre has grown and that is why Em and 50 are more successful than Pac and Snoop, but how then does one explains the Game’s idiosyncrasies? Just because Dre created great beats and is a good musician does not mean he is a great leader. Dre clicked with Em and Curtis because those guys are great talent. I don’t know any average talent that Dre has turned into a star. Yes, he is working with Busta and Eve now, but what has he done with them? Yet, Busta is one of the finest MC around. Blame it on label red tape or whatever, the fact is as a leader Dre should be able to navigate that label red tape and deliver for his artist. After all, Curtis and Em could.

Compare G-Unit to Bad Boy, and you will see that Biggie what the element that made Bad Boy hot. As soon as Biggie died, we all saw how all the artist left and feuded with Diddy. Not a sign of a good leader. As per Roc-a-Fella, I’ve always thought that Jay-Z made them hot, and the other artists were just also-rans. They could not even leverage Jay-Z’s popularity to develop the other artists. I admit that the jury is somewhat out on Jay-Z.

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