Foxy Wins Quote of the Week, Why "Sales Over Quality" is Keeping Rap in a Rut

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"I want commissary! I want potato chips!"

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At least, according to Hiphopcrack, that's what a former Riker's inmate told the NY Daily News Foxy was yelling from behind bars.

Foxy has no money. And if she does, the little chump change she received for her "multi-million dollar deal" with KOCH isn't stretching very far-- nor did it keep the bonding glue in her scalp strong enough to keep her weave in tact, 'cause that's all she's reportedly been whining about.

Foxy is set for release around September 7th, the date for her hearing. Sit your nappy headed ass in jail like everyone else.
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One of the reasons hip-hop sucks is because of this attitude that 50-- one of the biggest, most influential rappers out right now-- carries, repeatedly reiterating "sales over quality, sales over quality. I sell more, I'm a better rapper."

Yeah, you sell more albums. But is it good marketing and strong label push in conjunction with a couple of STRONG singles coated thick with fabrication to help you along? Or is it that you're just a 'good rapper'?

"Kanye West is a talented artist, but I in no way see him as competition," 50 Cent told Newsday. "He's sold a fraction of the records I've sold. It doesn't even make sense comparing the two of us."
We'll see.
"The perception is that Kanye West is exactly the opposite of 50 Cent,' continued 'Fitty.' "His new record is saying, 'As soon as I get my money right,' while my record is saying, 'I get money.'"
50's the type that listens to beats and hooks, all the while oblivious to the message in the lyrics. Son's brain is dumb small. Expand your horizons. You sound like a 17-year-old collecting ringtone rapper albums. And these 17-year-olds believe you, just like the rest of these people who think pop/radio-friendly rap is the only rap there is.

Negro please.

I wish we could fast-forward a week or so. Just to shut this dude up.


122 Comments

50 is the smartest business man alive if he knows how to keep saying shit that keep getting him magazine interviews for addicted "reporters" such as you to post on sites REPEATEDLY, hoping someone like the rest of these folks after me is gonna hateblog 50 to death....... 50 must own SOHH now and got you posting him every other day to stay relevant.

I have no comment on Foxy at the moment. I can't really put it together why all them NY chicks feel like they gotta stunt and be fly all the way to the deathbed (No Offense, I'm Just Sayin....). Foxy knocked in the cuffs and somehow she's still s'posed to be sitting on milles???? Remy Ma and her broke ass shooting these bullshit, porn star home movie quality videos for a mixtape....... Who shoots videos for mixtapes??? Babs Bunny???? Is it wrong for people to see you caught in a crunch, or is that just unacceptable in music in 08???

it's so obvious that 50 will sale more than Kanye on Sept. 11. I'm buyin both albums. He's been the talk of everything that's hiphop related for the past month. If u are hoping and praying for 50 to lose, ur just setting urself up for disappointment, like hoping and praying that the Giants make the playoffs. Some of yall gonna loose faith in yall's God (allah, whateva niggas believe in nowadays).

funny how all the fiddy fans, talking bout "i'ma cop bof albums", just as a excuse for when ye sells more..

you are a bonafied hater,hating on foxy like that im sure she is not broke and has more bread then you!

@Jaysiatic

"50 is the smartest business man alive" Smarter than Bill Gates? Smarter than Jay-Z? Please!

i look at it like this. yea mcdonalds as a company prolly makes more money than most 5 star restaurants but fuck if i'ma eat there. it's trash. i'd rather grub on something good, high quality. i take note of the food on my plate and the food for thought i put in my head. 50 might outsell kanye, i don't care. 50 WILL outsell rappers like Nas, Immortal Technique, Sean Price and so on and so forth but he'll never be respected as a lyricist like they are. dude is so dumbed down it's ridiculous and yall people who buy trash like that are in the process dumbing yourself down. you aint gonna get money like that. he's a better emcee cuz he gets mad guap? the better emcee is the one who's lyrics are timeless, the ones who are quoted by every hiphop head, the ones who 50 and rappers like him sample to make they're hook hot.

Curtis album is fire. Yall get too emotional. Graduation is dope too.

Curtis is fire! Graduation is fire

cop both

lol @ people who think fifty is not a lyricist, if fifty's lyrics are dumbed down then what are you gonna call the frenchise boys or chingie's lyrics?..............fact of the matter is people dont only look for lyrics you have to have a certain charactor that people can asociate you with. thats why people like kanye apeal to gay peopel who will buy he's music cos he dresses all gay and shit and the is nothing special about kanye's lyrics.

I dont even know why Im on this site, one big gossip column for all MTV/Ringtone rapper fans out there. Its so many tight mcs/artists who get NO CORPORATE LOVE, (ahem hem Sohh.com) thats why I'm more likely to read a full page about Fiddy's bunions than about the tight ass Heltah Skeltah concert in Berlin a couple days ago, fa instance.
Fiddy?
Kan Yeezy?

Who gives a shit?? Its all Hip-Pop anyway.

I think there is room for a few dumbed down party songs on any album in any genre, but are yall saying that 50's albums are full of that and has no substance? I don't know. I have never heard a 50 album because the songs I have heard from him don't compel me to buy his music.
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As for Foxy, I'm wondering if her year-long rampage was just a media stunt since this behavior is fairly new. As we see she doesn't jail well. But where did she think her actions were leading? And doesn't she have friends that can stock her commissary account?

LOL at these nigga's going over board on how smart 50 Is. yes he knows how to sell a record but the smartest business man alive? LOL these little ignorant niggas don't see anything outside of rap. Step your knowledge game up before speaking some real Ish. NO one is Hatin of 50's Money, Just everyone is sick and tired of hearing his stans say he's a genious. Damn if your roll model is 50 than i feel sorry for you.

FUCK BOTH THESE NIGGAS BECAUSE "40 CAL
BROKENSAFTY 2" COMES OUT THAT DAY AND ALLTHO IT WONT SELL AS MUCH AS 50,IT DAMN SURE WILL HAVE 100% QUALITY MUSIC. 'THE REWIND THAT KING' IS BACK BITCHES.&HOW MANY NIGGAZ NOWADAYS
BE HAVIN YOU REWINDING
THEY SHIT BACK GOING "OMG THIS NIGGA IS CRAZY"ITS HARD TO FIND GOOOD WORDPLAY THESE DAYS.AND ANYWAYS, 50 "COULDNT BRING NEW YORK BACK IF HE WAS FLAVOR FLAVE".
AH HA GET IT!

Why does SOHH talk about 50 everyday then?

why not post some stuff about some irrelevant true hiphop artists out there??

thats right no one will read yah blog if yah dont mention 50.

fuck outta here,

That Curtis is Fire!!!

Sept 11th

DIPSET ALL MUTHAFUCKINDAY says...
FUCK BOTH THESE NIGGAS BECAUSE "40 CAL
BROKENSAFTY 2" COMES OUT THAT DAY AND ALLTHO IT WONT SELL AS MUCH AS 50,IT DAMN SURE WILL HAVE 100% QUALITY MUSIC. 'THE REWIND THAT KING' IS BACK BITCHES.&HOW MANY NIGGAZ NOWADAYS
BE HAVIN YOU REWINDING
THEY SHIT BACK GOING "OMG THIS NIGGA IS CRAZY"ITS HARD TO FIND GOOOD WORDPLAY THESE DAYS.AND ANYWAYS, 50 "COULDNT BRING NEW YORK BACK IF HE WAS FLAVOR FLAVE".
AH HA GET IT!


August 31, 2007 9:02 AM
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you must be the last of the dip shit stans.
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@WHOAAAA
i co-sign
YO RECK EVERY OTHER SITE WILL HAVE THESE SAME TOPICS SO GO LEFT FIELD................ DO SOME REAL WORK


50 sells more record because he backs his marketing prowess up with a super hot album,period.this is the ent.bizz,and no matter what u think about 50, when u pick up a fifty cd,u get entertained.and he had a gospel song on his last album.

Lol 2 all of u.50's new album is crack,just like his last 2 albums,go cop that.

B'KLYN TEEN & MA RAPED BY BLOODS
By PHILIP MESSING
August 31, 2007 -- Three armed members of the Bloods street gang are being sought for storming into a Brooklyn apartment early yesterday and raping a teenager and her mother.

The mayhem unfolded around midnight when the cold-blooded gang-bangers forced their way into an apartment on Sterling Place in Crown Heights, sources said.

The thugs, two of whom were armed with pistols and a third who was brandishing a shotgun, unleashed a three-hour frenzy of violence.

They began by pistol-whipping a 14-year-old boy, his dad, 41, and another man, 22. All three were tied up.

Demanding money, the attackers then raped a 17-year-old girl and her 43-year-old mother. The older victim was also the mother of the 22-year-old pistol-whip victim, himself a suspected Blood.

The ordeal ended at about 3:15 a.m. when the gunmen fled with about $1,500 cash.

The home invasion is believed to be tied to an unpaid debt from a drug deal.


Brooklyn B,

Damn man you ruined my day with that one.

B'KLYN TEEN & MA RAPED BY BLOODS
By PHILIP MESSING
August 31, 2007 -- Three armed members of the Bloods street gang are being sought for storming into a Brooklyn apartment early yesterday and raping a teenager and her mother.

The mayhem unfolded around midnight when the cold-blooded gang-bangers forced their way into an apartment on Sterling Place in Crown Heights, sources said.

The thugs, two of whom were armed with pistols and a third who was brandishing a shotgun, unleashed a three-hour frenzy of violence.

They began by pistol-whipping a 14-year-old boy, his dad, 41, and another man, 22. All three were tied up.

Demanding money, the attackers then raped a 17-year-old girl and her 43-year-old mother. The older victim was also the mother of the 22-year-old pistol-whip victim, himself a suspected Blood.

The ordeal ended at about 3:15 a.m. when the gunmen fled with about $1,500 cash.

The home invasion is believed to be tied to an unpaid debt from a drug deal


"AND THEY SAY ITS THE WHITE MAN I SHOULD FEAR, BUT ITS MY OWN KIND DOIN ALL THE KILLIN HERE"---------TUPAC

@BROOKLY B

If i'm not mistaking them dipset niggaz claim bloods right?...So why would you support niggaz that claim to be apphiliate with bullshit like this???......ask yourself

@DNUCKS
@BROOKLY B

If i'm not mistaking them dipset niggaz claim bloods right?...So why would you support niggaz that claim to be apphiliate with bullshit like this???......ask yourself
August 31, 2007 10:03 AM
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Ask your self what the fuck you talking about?
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@bird
yeah that shits fucked up, but from what i read it seems like the steam of the problem comes from that 22 year old.
that shit reminded me of that shit that happen in FL about the boys that rapped that haitian and mad her suck her 12 year old son off

@Bird

I have something that will cherr you up. Go to the rumurs section of allhiphop.com to see pictures of PZ throwing up the Delta/ Rocafella Diamond sign!


The baby SEALS have finally made it famous

@Xclusive BK Dude
what about that toni brax pic on the rumor section
deeeemmmmnnnnnn!

Brooklyn B says...
@Xclusive BK Dude
what about that toni brax pic on the rumor section
deeeemmmmnnnnnn!

August 31, 2007 10:14 AM

co fucking sign

Nobody respects that guy 50.

Kanye got the thugs and the nerds loving his shit.

I always just read these blogs to see what's the mindstate of the people, but after reading the blog today...whoa!..."son's brain is dumb small. Expand your horizon's." Dumb small?! Money is a business man. Point blank. Don't get me wrong, I ain't sayin lyrically, 50 is the best, but to say his brain is dumb small...LMFAO! That negro knows EXACTLY what he's doing. This is the business of music, period. In this day and age we should be thankful to get artistry such as Kanye, Common, Thunda One, Talib, but ultimately it's still entertainment, so you will have the not so talented succeed. Not because they are "nice" emcee wise, but because they know how to keep the people entertained. If you need a better explanation, watch "Bamboozeled".
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Man ya'll brothas need to do your homework. you're calling 50 cent the smartest business man alive when people like Warren Buffet have given away more money then every African American "mogul" you hold near and dear are worth COMBINED. We have very few African American business men and women who have reached that ever desirable third comma. To date I believe we have three Oprah, Bob and Sheila Johnson (his ex wife). Buffet gave away 30 BILLION dollars; Gates is worth in the 60's and was surpassed by a Hispanic MOGUL in the cellular world. We think so damn small 50's business moves are phenomenal in comparison to his competition but there is a level so far above him that's not being acknowledged when you say he is the best business man ever that if you tried to see it you'd get a neck cramp. Bill Gate's weed carrier/hype man (in other words one of his guys that’s under him) has a 350 million dollar yacht and that's just one of ultra expensive his toys. It’s estimated that the maintenance on a yacht is 10% of its value annually. That’s 35 million dollars a year on up keep. Most people's "top 10" couldn’t afford to maintain his boat for one year without liquidating everything they own.

I'm glad someone else see this cause this motherfucka sucks I don't gve a shit how much he sells I won't buy it!

New sound,new era...vibe with me.
Fresh beats +
uncensored video of Lil Dap "Steady Frontin" produced by Zoober Slimm
and a special remix of King Kong.
http://www.myspace.com/zooberslimm

FOXY HAS ONLY BEEN IN JAIL A COUPLE OF DAYS.ANYBODY WHO EVER BBEN LOCKED UP KNOWS YOU ONLY GO TO COMMERSARY ONCE A WEEK.HER PLAN JUST BACKFIRED ON HER ASS.SHE AINT AS THROWED AS SHE THOUGHT.

I think sales over quality is a statement that breaks us down to the core. I mean if quality doesn't matter and profit is the goal than I think we're all doomed to a point. Example... You have families that new Michael Jackson was the way he was and still let their kids spend the night over his crib, 1st of all I wouldn't let my son spend the night at no grown ass mans house that didn't have kids of his own and over night. These parents chose money over quality of their childrens lives. But It makes money so it makes sense right? I mean if we sell a lot of records and we telling people to kill someone else it's all good. I think I'm very tired of the bullshit and it seems like it's at every corner. Everyones killing and using hammers to solve their problems; the bigger problem is that not ever problem is a nail and we need to change the block. I was listening to the audio tapes of the arrest of that senator that got caught attempting to have sex with the undercover pig, in the audio the pig says to the senator that he didn't appriciate him lying to him and that he "would expect that from someone from the hood but not a U.S. Senator" Makes me think; Wow what do you really expect from some one from the so called hood, and what do hood people look like, where did the word originate? They out to imprison us all and vail the contributions you've made to the American society, completely delete any wrong doing on their part and raise themselves up as so called originators. Put Quality in your shit demand Quality and respect new shit. Then you'll find that you will change. Remember you can loose yourself chasing someone elses style but you'll never loose yourself creating your own. Be Quality. Be the 1st people I'm out

Power to the People!

I'm CAPITALISM's biggest fan. And it's always good to see BROTHERS making money and most importantly, maintaing money. I see absolutely nothing wrong with that.

But, at the end of the day, will one man's music be remebered more than the next man's? My point is this. Who on here doesn't know ALL of the lyrics and precisely placed chords to The Chronic(92)? Who on here won't start to bob their heads when Love's Gonna Getcha is played?

Now, contrast that to 50 and other modern-day artist. When a 50 track is played, the first thing that comes to my mind is Suge Knight dangling Vanille Ice by his ankles over a hotel balcony. In that analogy, 50 plays two parts. The first is that 50 is the modern Suge. He's an intimidating dude who'll DESTROY anyone who gets in his way of making money. (listen to Hustler's Ambition) Second, 50 is the modern Vanilla Ice(only with a few more hit singles). But, those hit singles don't have the affect that the CLASSICS have. I remember most of 50's beats, but if his lyrics had more soul and substance to them, I'm sure I would remember complete songs from him.

FOXY BROWN IS DEAD AND STINKIN.

50 CENT'S ATTITUDE IS WHAT IS REALLY KILLING HIP-HOP

RUFF RIDERS GOT CAUGHT WITH 1 1/2 KEYS AND A LOADED 45 CAL.--SEE YA IN 8-10 MY DUMB ASS NICCAS-RIDING DIRTY WIT A BROKEN TAILLIGHT PUMPING WHERE MY DOGS AT

MIKE VICK JUST KEEPING IT REAL FOR THE THUG HOMIES IN THE HOOD HOLDING IT DOWN PUTTING IN WORK WHILE MAKING IT DO WHAT IT DO----TRANSLATION HE A SUPER DUMB ASS NICCA LIKE TYSON

PLIES IS THE TRUTH IF U A REAL DOPE BOY

THUGS VS NICCAS PART 2 THE SEQUAL SEE WWW.PERSIANKITTY.COM

KANYE'S BREATH BE STINKING

USHERS WIFE'S NICKNAME IS FRED

USHERS WIFE HAS A ADAMS APPLE YALL SHE GETTING HER TRANNY STROLL ON IN ATL AT SPRING AND 3RD BABY!

FOXY BROWN R.I.P.

No Reckless I wish you would stop being 50 biggest dick ryder....WHY THE FUCK DO YOU TALK ABOUT HIM IF YOU DON'T LIKE HIM....like everything you bring up is old. And 50 is a good rapper.....YOU CANT SELL ALBUMS OR BE A FORCE IN THE INDUSTRY IF YOUR NOT A GOOD RAPPER...."I hate SOHH NYC"...but i'm here posting....see how much of a fuckin idiot that makes me look? well thats you... and I was being sarcastic i actually enjoy reading SOHH NYC....to laugh at how fuckin retarded you are LLOLOLOLOLOL....good thing ur a blogger for a living?...looks like a pretty cool job that makes you millions of dollas annually?

fuckin clown ass media nigger
yea i said nigger and i'm a black i just dont like real niggers

Just hire a sniper to get 50. One less nigga to worry about. And get Bush while the sniper's at it. One less Redneck to worry about.

@ Big Sun
You need to start your own blog. It's obvious that you are capable of writing better blogs than the majority of the sohh writers.

http://blogs.sohh.com/sohhleftcoast/2007/08/thats_all_folks.html
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SOHH Eighty is officially GONE. See what happens when you disrespect me on MY website. HAHAHA. I run SOHH.

I doubt seriously if Foxy needs commissary, you know how folks like to start ish when you get locked up.

A yo 50 doin things to keep a buzz= A Smart Ass Buisness Man.

wusup my peeps

hey before I weight in on fif vs ye some words for brooklyn b shut you faggot ass up your not from brooklyn disrepecting nyc and bk bigging up the bitch set nobody in nyc likes gaysta rap no get at me if you got a problem now on ye vs fif ye gonna win fif songs have no substance any more he's not the fif I remember coping on jamaica ave

".....YOU CANT SELL ALBUMS OR BE A FORCE IN THE INDUSTRY IF YOUR NOT A GOOD RAPPER...."

That's YOUR opinion...So I guess the more you sell, the better rapper you are, right?

Y DO U SOHH BLOQQERS HATE ON 50 SO MUCH???

DONT BE MADD CUZ HIZ SON GOT MORE MONEY THEN UR GAY ASSES....HES PROBABLY BUYIN SUPERMARKETS WHILE UR ASS IZ PROBABLY ON LINE RITE NOW TRYIN TO GET FOODSTAMPS U FUKKIN PRICKS....SHUT THE FUCK UP AND STOP HATIN

Cop neither. Download them both like most of yall are gonna do anyway. And fuck Real Talk. Punk Bitch.

doctor69 says...
hey before I weight in on fif vs ye some words for brooklyn b shut you faggot ass up your not from brooklyn disrepecting nyc and bk bigging up the bitch set nobody in nyc likes gaysta rap no get at me if you got a problem now on ye vs fif ye gonna win fif songs have no substance any more he's not the fif I remember coping on jamaica ave

August 31, 2007 1:09 PM
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1st fag im from brooklyn nigga born and raised fag boy, dont get made cause your stuck nigga.
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2nd where the fuck is niggaz gettin' this notion that im biggin' up some damn dip set?
Try this read for COMPREHENSION dumb nigga

You straight up hate 50 I see...and you blog for the NYC section.....you need to find another hobby dude or rep NYC right ...what kills me about this section that they never give news of other NY rap artists....just like to shit on the ones that are in the spotlight......that's one thing I give the SOHH West section props.....they give various news on other West coast artist and not gossiping bullshit like this guy.....

I hate Kanye for being over-confident... I love 50 for being cocky

Shouts to the real

fuck no ididn't say wsup no peeps cuz none of the niggas here is my peeps...I don't roll wit haters...
S ome
O nline
H aters
H atin'

^^^^^
clowns

I think my homie Jaysiatic was meant to say "50 is one of the most smartest business man alive and yes he's right, 50 is one of those people.


I don't really read Big Sun shit that much but brother did made a very good important valid points about the sale and quality. Since i knida agree with most of Big Sun shit, most of y'all abandon "sale" like as if is not important in hip hop or in music genre. Ok, i understand and i agree quality music must be the first priority in hip hop but i also understand "sale" is important" as "quality." No offense but if my man Nas, Talib, Scarface, Wu Tang, Common, Crooked I, Style P, Sean Price were to go plat in the first week sale most y'all will quickly jump and say....yesss they ruling hip hop,.. right? When my man Jay went gold first week most of y'all were jumping up and down, dissing the south ( i aint from the south though) like as if the man pay your bills including Reckless. Nevertheless, as soon 50 says "he make good music and sell more records than your favorite rapper most of yall quick to say he suck, he dump, he shit, he's not lyricist. Yes, 50 might not be lyricist but he surely know how to make a hit. If am wrong go ask doja a.k.a. the game.


Last but not lease if D- Block start selling Reckless and their bandwagon will say "ohh they back on their grind."


Reckless is like tough talker who talk shit on a blog but if he was to interview 50, he wont talk that shit to his face but act casual like Bill O'reilly.

Dre Guevara says...
I hate Kanye for being over-confident... I love 50 for being cocky

Shouts to the real

August 31, 2007 1:44 PM

Ladies & Gentlemen,
Give it up 4 my gay stan.

He's such a faggot ass homo, don't U agree?

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