50 Cent And Tony Yayo diss the fuck outta Ghostface records

[The-Leak (aka) kingwell (bka) JULES]

Go here to read the whole interview: http://www.spin.com/features/magazine/2007/07/0707_50cent/


What about the MCs -- Chamillionaire, Ghostface Killah, Master P -- who have said that they're not going to curse in their music anymore, in response to the post-Imus outcry?
None of those people sell records.

Chamillionaire sold more than a million records.
Let him go sell gospel records, if he's so fuckin' righteous. I can write around the curses if I want to, but you can't tell me to write around the curses. First of all, there's a clean version of the record available, anyway, if people don't want to hear that content. This is adult entertainment. Why is pornography legal? Wouldn't you say that the women who do pornography are hos? They get paid $1,000 to fuck on tape. You understand? And we can't say 'ho'? And who's the leading consumer for pussy on a tape? Middle-aged white men.

The peanut gallery: "White men, yeah. They buy all of it. They're spending way more."

These white men are buying the pussy from the hos because they aren't being sexually fulfilled by the women they have in their traditional lifestyle at home. And they go outside for the thrills without any attachment, so when they go home, there's no phone number or nobody calling who can ruin their fuckin' lives. So it's understandable why pornography is the way it is. But after all that, why is somebody worried about me saying 'ho'? I make up different terminology all the time. I made an effort to make a reference to a male organ without being disrespectful in a woman's presence on "Candy Shop." If you say "penis, cock, dick," whatever way you want to say it, that's going to be disrespectful in the presence of some women, so I said, "the magic stick" and "the candy shop" is the bedroom and the "amusement park" is the bedroom, trying to come up with a way to do it where you're not being disrespectful. But those efforts apparently don't mean very much.

So what do you really think about those guys who say they're not going to curse anymore?
They're just saying it. They're not going to really do it.

Yeah, it's hard to imagine Ghostface is going to stop cursing, especially considering his last couple of records.

The peanut gallery: "Nobody even cares what he does." "Who's listening to him, anyway?" "That was the '90s, B. Kids don't even know Ghostface anymore." "The streets are different now," says Yayo. "Guys like Ghostface don't matter. They don't. They had a run, but it's over."

But can't he just make a great record, even if it doesn't sell, and we can appreciate it as listeners, as hip-hop fans?
No, because a great record is embraced and enjoyed by the public. And it's played in cars and clubs.

What if it sells a couple hundred thousand copies, isn't that valid? Or does it have to sell millions for you to take it seriously?
In my camp, a couple hundred thousand records is a failure. From my perspective, if I sell 200,000 copies, after selling 12 million records, it's considered terrible.

But maybe he's trying to make a different kind of record?
What, the kind people don't buy?

No, one with incredible, detailed storytelling that's moving and powerful, and isn't dependent on some obvious hook.
Look, I understand all that. But if you're on a major record label, and he [Ghostface] is, and you sell a couple hundred thousand records, that was a failure. Your fuckin' photos and videos aren't recouped with 200,000 copies sold.

OK, but can you at least acknowledge that a commercial flop, like, say, [Ghostface's] Supreme Clientele, can still be an artistic achievement?

"He didn't even write that album, man," says Yayo, his eyes narrowing.

What?

Yayo: "He didn't write it. That kid from Far Rockaway -- Superb -- he wrote that record. You know Superb from Far Rock?"

No, and that's a pretty serious charge.

[Elevz]

lmao @ 50's pathetic position. He has become the masses, instead of standing above them. What a pathetic show for an idol aka leader.

[The Watcher]

50 is normally smart in his interviews, but that was just fuckin retarded

[Tommy Illnigga]

someone is gonna get his jaw broken

[UKnowWhatItIs: welcome to my traps....game over]

^lol anyways both yayo & 50 have rapped on 2 Wu-tang beats plus on 50's song "Too Hot" there's a Ghostface sample. Also there's a song off The Massacre that has the same beat as Ghostface's song. I think it was Metal Lungies. 1 last thing, on his (50's) song with UGK (as the worlf turns) he rapped something like "whoever's in the game for the fame gotta be a lame" or something like that. 50 lost.

[StevenQBosell]

Aw man, I can't wait to hear the Tony Stark/Carlton Fisk attack record.

And honestly, Ghost could kill 50, lyrically, even without cussing

[K.Dub]

And honestly, Ghost could kill 50, lyrically, even without cussing

[187Proof]

But maybe he's trying to make a different kind of record?
What, the kind people don't buy?

LMAO.....

I don't really like 50 Cent or Yayo's music that much, but they really do have a point.

Ghostface ain't been relavent to anyone in the industry in quite sometime.

[Diabolical]

Who even care what 50 or any of his hangers on think?

Ghostface ain't been relavent to anyone in the industry in quite sometime.

Are you serious?! He made one of the best records of last year.

[Don Mega]

"Who's listening to him, anyway?" "That was the '90s, B. Kids don't even know Ghostface anymore." "The streets are different now," says Yayo. "Guys like Ghostface don't matter. They don't. They had a run, but it's over."

Yayo's right, Kids dont listen to Ghostface... Grown ups do... kids listen to Yayo.

[The-Leak (aka) kingwell (bka) JULES]

But maybe he's trying to make a different kind of record?
What, the kind people don't buy?

LMAO.....

I don't really like 50 Cent or Yayo's music that much, but they really do have a point.

Ghostface ain't been relavent to anyone in the industry in quite sometime.

WTF ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT SON? 

[Elevz]

"Who's listening to him, anyway?" "That was the '90s, B. Kids don't even know Ghostface anymore." "The streets are different now," says Yayo. "Guys like Ghostface don't matter. They don't. They had a run, but it's over."

Yayo's right, Kids dont listen to Ghostface... Grown ups do... kids listen to Yayo.

lol, damn true

[The-Leak (aka) kingwell (bka) JULES]

lol @ yayo saying its hurting the music when u put out whack albums.


I GUESS HE SHOULDNT HAVE PUT OUT PREDICATE FELON THEN.

[K.Dub]

LMAO.....

I don't really like 50 Cent or Yayo's music that much, but they really do have a point.

Ghostface ain't been relavent to anyone in the industry in quite sometime.

 

[Lunatic]

and they took shots at chamillionaire as well (i believe same interview)

sad part is these 2 camps was fucking with eachother for a hot a minute, not 2 long...gunit and there ways