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Even a child could see through the charade. Nervous after being outshined by the debut of his labelmate, The Game, 50 resorted to the tired gangsta rap formula of starting beef with another rapper (or three). Clikkity clank! And for good measure, on the eve of his album release, 50 Cent headed to New York City’s Hot 97 “urban” music station to air out more beef (or promote his album) by publicly excommunicating The Game from his G-Unit crew—calling him, amongst other things, a fake gangsta. Clikkity clank...
This LP is essentially a carbon-copy of Get Rich Or Die Tryin’. There’s the party song “Disco Inferno” (“In Da Club”), the beef song “Piggy Bank” (“Wanksta”), the shoot-’em-up song “Gunz Come Out” (“Heat”), and the sex song “Candy Shop” (“P.I.M.P.”). Even the album cover, which shows...
...beef stuff gets really old really fast, and thankfully, toward the middle of the album comes “A Baltimore Love Thing,” a creative and haunting track in which 50 personifies heroin and purrs to a female addict, “When we first met, I thought you’d never doubt me/ Now you tryin’ to leave me, you’ll never live without...
...don’t know if they’ll ever go cold. This whole feud between 50 Cent and the Game, meanwhile, was sort of shocking, although I guess one could have predicted mutiny since there simply are no other, non-affiliated rappers in the world left to beef with. Now that the whole thing’s over, though, it’s become completely clear that the whole thing was just a publicity stunt. An amazing...
...tech. It’s beats like, ‘let me listen to it three times and it’s hot,’ not just right there in your face like the first album…he’s got more to talk about, more beef, more lady stuff. It’s more diverse, there’s a formula to it but it’s branching off a little...