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There are a lot of reasons... but I wanted to point out another one I noticed after seeing an overly expensive video he did with Eminem and the guy from Maroon 5. 50's trying to rap in a different style and supposedly show his "versatility" which he has tried at different points in his career. He's trying to rap all upbeat like some kind of a hipster on the track, lol....But I think that 50 was a 1-trick pony. Everything that he is capable of doing he did on Get Rich Or Die Trying.
50 to me has always been overrated and i saw thru his bullshit when he signed to shady he was just in the right place at the right time and at that time jarule was #1 lolso pretty much em and dre was the reason he blew up em was really really popular round that time to the white people tho retard thought going solo was going to help him just made him worse 50 just really needs to leave music alone he will never reach that spot again hes been done a long time ago
the only living rapper who never once fell off behind the mic is Scarface EDIT: and Pusha T
Quote from: Blood$ on March 27, 2016, 02:01:11 PMthe only living rapper who never once fell off behind the mic is Scarface EDIT: and Pusha TNasXzibitE-40Tech N9neall 20+ years in the game never fell off and at least semi relevant.
Saying that 50 was simply a lucky situation based on Dre & Em to me is downplaying a lot of other facts. Dre and Eminem have gotten behind acts before and the success was not there. Timing was definitely a huge factor but he had everything that was needed to make it all work. He was a combination of everything that the music consumer was looking for at the time and he brought the one thing that Dr. Dre and Eminem have never really succeeded at when it comes to breaking artists and that was the guerilla marketing moves. To call it an Eminem thing doesn't work. Em had been trying to break Obie Trice into his next artist for a minute. The first single/video off of Eminem Show was basically a commercial for Obie. His debut album is actually very underrated and has all the top Shady/Aftermath/G-Unit players on it but the signing of 50 Cent was a bigger deal. Guess Who's Back was gaining some word of mouth and the fact that Dre and Em were co-signing him certainly got people excited but a simple co-sign was not what made 50's career. Everything sort of fell into place. He had an important story. Shot nine times, dropped from his label, basically having to use the underground mixtape scene to launch his career. It was essentially the American underdog tale. The fact that he was jumping on every mixtape, talking to all these websites, getting all these magazine features was crucial in getting him out there. He was also feuding with Ja Rule at a time when the public was tired of hearing him. He was seemingly offering an alternative to what Ja was offering. He was being looked at in a manner similar to what DMX offered in the Bad Boy era. A breath of fresh air. The timing of the Dre-Eminem deal is important too. Em was three albums deep and just finishing up on a movie. He was at the height of his popularity but also, was starting to creatively become burnt out. With an album and a soundtrack in the can in 2002, his solo commitments after that would be less for awhile so the opportunity to work on a new artist was there. With the 8-Mile soundtrack, they had a best-selling vehicle to introduce 50 as an artist and launch him. Fall 2002 was a huge time for 50 Cent and this was before Dr. Dre was really visible in terms of musical influence. With Dre, the timing was good as well. Him and Snoop were not working together as much, the Up In Smoke hype and died down, Xzibit was still there but the momentum was slowing. Another very fortunate timing was The Source going against Eminem in late 2002. This was when XXL came in and offered a truce by giving 50 Cent the cover with Dr. Dre and Em right next to him. This was the icing on the cake. All the pieces were there. He had the perceived street credibility by being shot and surviving. He had the underground market tapped through the mixtapes. The white kids and the mainstream MTV audience saw Eminem holding him down. West Coast heads were interested in the Dr. Dre involvement. He was East Coast so New York was fucking with him. He had a new artist buzz that reminded many of Snoop Dogg and DMX. His first record was "Wanksta", then they dropped that "In Da Club" joint with Dre and it was game over. Him going at Ja Rule brought controversy as did the whole camp's involvement in the Source/XXL beef. As for why he fell, I'd say a multitude of reasons. Where the timing on his first album was impecible. A lot changed for record #2. He became a bigger force out of the gate than Em did. He was a CEO before his first album dropped and was breaking artists while trying to work on a follow-up. Em had a secure enough catalog and career by the time he started working with 50. 50 was trying to break Game within a month or so of putting out his own album and in the middle of it, Game was gone and the audience was divided. Artistically, 50 was working at a quicker pace and placing himself on all the G-Unit projects. He gave his single best record of that time period, "Hate it or Love It" to Game. If he'd put his own record out first and used that as the single to launch Game, the perception would have been different. That is a great 50 Cent record. That was the type of introspective, nostalgic music that would have made the perfect second offering after "Get Rich" but it seemed like he was looking to try and get another "In Da Club" type record.
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