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Quote from: Chamillitary Click on May 30, 2012, 10:02:40 AMSome of you guys gotta go back & listen to "Beg For Mercy" again if you don't agree.Then Banks', Buck's, Game's debuts?Everything went platinum right? They were just constantly dropping heat.Everything went wrong when 50 started beefing with rappers like Kiss & Nas (Fat Joe and Cam'ron could add to the list but those two were the ones who had enough followers and respect to turn 50 from a messiah to a villain of the rap scene.) Then G-Unit thing kinda became irrelevant to the public when one of their rapper were going hard at them (Game).I think what ended 50 massappeal was when he had an competition with Kanye. He lost the bet and eventually made a fool of himself. It might have helped 50 sell records in short term but his image as an artist was ruined.
Some of you guys gotta go back & listen to "Beg For Mercy" again if you don't agree.Then Banks', Buck's, Game's debuts?
I think its pretty obvious what went wrong. The 2003-2005 period was one of total overexposure focusing on one sound and 50's hooks. After that 50's hooks got stale, the hip-hop sound moved on and G Unit became irrelevant.
Quote from: BlueSwan on June 03, 2012, 04:02:34 AMI think its pretty obvious what went wrong. The 2003-2005 period was one of total overexposure focusing on one sound and 50's hooks. After that 50's hooks got stale, the hip-hop sound moved on and G Unit became irrelevant.The hiphop sound "moves on" all the time. Yet shitty postmortem Pac albums sold throughout 2007, Eminem still has albums that are among the best-selling in the genre, Jay-Z still puts out albums that go #1 in the first week, etc
The unit is dead and good riddance. Just a couple half ass rappers riding on 50's coattails.
Man the G-Unit album was overrated
300 bars happend to them. 50 had a good run tho, jay z, nas, kiss, fat joe, Murder inc - but game fuckin killed them, they didnt respond prober and people took games side. I still bumb some 50 songs tho - I whoop ya head boy, riddin thru the hood, and so on..Man the G-Unit album was overrated - some of the cornyst lyrics of all time is on there. - Banks used to be the king of punch lines wtf happend to the kid to lose that talent tho..-JL