G-Unit's done more for the West Coast than any label since Death Row??

[Conan]

Yeah, I'm probably gonna catch some flack for posting this one, but just read the post first before some of you decide to put me on blast.

Firstly, think back to when The Game was first signed to Aftermath. Sure, he had a buzz around him but, as I said in the article on Game    that I wrote for DubCNN, it was only when he was signed by 50 that he was opened to a much larger audience, as a result became such a force on the mixtapes and his name really started growing on a global scale. I'm sure many would agree with me on that point. When he was riding solo with the Doc, his name was well known on the internet fan sites like this, but when the G-Unit affiliation came he started getting those magazine covers and radio appearances well in advance of "The Documentary" dropping. Finally on The Game side of things, and this is speculation but still, if you believe 50 than The Game's debut was stuck in Aftermath limbo before he became involved and got "the wheels moving", as I remember him putting it. If you believe that, and even if you don't, it's hard to deny that 50 had a pivotal role in the resurrection of the West Coast commercially that was achieved by "The Documentary".

Now, look at G-Unit currently. They are giving up-and-coming acts from the West Coast, rappers like 40 Glocc, Spider and, if the rumours prove to be true, Jayo Felony, the chance to be part of a commercial juggernaut that can guarantee them the kind of exposure many aspiring artists could only dream of. The same rule applies to producers - how many other A-List rappers from the East Coast have you seen work with DJ Khalil, Jelly Roll, and Fredwreck? Exactly - no-one. I can't thing of a single non-West rapper that has shown the West Coast so much love in recent times.

And for the record, I am NOT attempting to dick ride 50 here. Anyone who knows me will tell you that I'm far from one of 50's biggest fans, and the only Unit albums in my possession are "Get Rich..." and "The Documentary". That doesn't mean, however, that I'm about to ignore all that 50 has done for the West Coast rap scene.

People can say "G-Unot" all they want - the fact is that valuable West Coast players like Snoop, Dre (no CONFIRMED feuding between them on Dre's part), Nate and Fred aren't going to go out of their way to distance themselves from G-Unit because, even if the empire has shown unavoidable signs of crumbling (they're on the downfall for sure), they probably recognize what 50 Cent has done for the West's music scene. That, and 50 personally still sells by the bucket load...

Look at it like this: "Aftermath" is supposed to be the go-to label on the West Coast, yet they only have two West Coast acts in Bishop and The Game. G-Unit has three: Spider, 40, Game (50 claimed he's still co-contracted, even if he's not in the faction) and maybe even Jayo.

Now that's a pretty damn sad state of affairs...

[Detox Iz Not Active]

Now that's a pretty damn sad state of affairs...

well, the west is in a sad state of affairs



if you're a rapper from the west you will start beef with another rapper from the west just to move units, pretty sad

[Shawn Nutt]

Couldn't have said it better. These new West Coast artists have to come with some straight hustler/gangsta shit. Fuck all that beef shit, it get's you nowhere except the graveyard.

[Turf Hitta]

G unit aint doin shit for the west coast. 50 helped Game but Dre is the man behind it all and on top of that the west is not "back" becayse Game went plat. Xzibit went plat without g unit, nobody givin Columbia credit for bringin the west back so why would g unit get any credit just because a west coast rapper they worked with went platinum? As far as the other west coast "rappers" signed to g unit, so what? None of those guys will ever release an album, so what is it really doing for the west coast to have cali rappers tied down releasing nothing and unable to release anything through any other company? Not to mention 50 is trying to represent cali by using the worst rapper on earth (spider) and is tries to use the same tired 15 year old cali stereotypes that barely even exist anymore. OK so maybe g unit is doin more for cali, but the things they are doing are not positive things. I'd rather we just have our own guys doin nothin instead of lettin an outsider do negative shit.

[cobra]

G unit aint doin shit for the west coast. 50 helped Game but Dre is the man behind it all and on top of that the west is not "back" becayse Game went plat. Xzibit went plat without g unit, nobody givin Columbia credit for bringin the west back so why would g unit get any credit just because a west coast rapper they worked with went platinum? As far as the other west coast "rappers" signed to g unit, so what? None of those guys will ever release an album, so what is it really doing for the west coast to have cali rappers tied down releasing nothing and unable to release anything through any other company? Not to mention 50 is trying to represent cali by using the worst rapper on earth (spider) and is tries to use the same tired 15 year old cali stereotypes that barely even exist anymore. OK so maybe g unit is doin more for cali, but the things they are doing are not positive things. I'd rather we just have our own guys doin nothin instead of lettin an outsider do negative shit.

huh? columbia brought the west back?
so are they or not?
fuck what them niggaz got going on as far as beefs...they putting our produces on...good. they lettin west coast niggaz shyne..great...nothings stoping these niggaz from building their own companies after  some work wit g-unit. its a good look.
he helping niggaz on the east just as well, mobb deep, mop etc.. and wit b.g. and lil scrappy going over there looks like the south too...that nigga trying to take over the whole muthafukin game...who's gonna stop him?
i got a few ideas.....

[Teddy Roosevelt]

I can't say G-Unit bruoght the west back. All the West Coast cats on G-Unit aren't going to realse an album or they're going to flop. As far as Game goes, if 50 didn't agree to work with game, then he probably would have never released an album. So I'll give 50 props for that. But that's not enough to say G-Unit has done more for the west since death row, because Dre released 2001 and the documentry on Aftermath. So despite Aftermath doing relitivaly little for the west, imma have to go with Aftermath, not G-Uint.

[J Bananas]

you guys are all fuckin trippin i thought this was gonna be a joke thread

[Turf Hitta]

G unit aint doin shit for the west coast. 50 helped Game but Dre is the man behind it all and on top of that the west is not "back" becayse Game went plat. Xzibit went plat without g unit, nobody givin Columbia credit for bringin the west back so why would g unit get any credit just because a west coast rapper they worked with went platinum? As far as the other west coast "rappers" signed to g unit, so what? None of those guys will ever release an album, so what is it really doing for the west coast to have cali rappers tied down releasing nothing and unable to release anything through any other company? Not to mention 50 is trying to represent cali by using the worst rapper on earth (spider) and is tries to use the same tired 15 year old cali stereotypes that barely even exist anymore. OK so maybe g unit is doin more for cali, but the things they are doing are not positive things. I'd rather we just have our own guys doin nothin instead of lettin an outsider do negative shit.

huh? columbia brought the west back?
so are they or not?
fuck what them niggaz got going on as far as beefs...they putting our produces on...good. they lettin west coast niggaz shyne..great...nothings stoping these niggaz from building their own companies after  some work wit g-unit. its a good look.
he helping niggaz on the east just as well, mobb deep, mop etc.. and wit b.g. and lil scrappy going over there looks like the south too...that nigga trying to take over the whole muthafukin game...who's gonna stop him?
i got a few ideas.....

Pay attention.

[Diggfinger]

Good read man.

I think you are right. I thing that I always wondered is where the fuck is Dre in all this? He found Em, cool, he made a MEEEGA hit with 50 and worked with him. But isnt it Aftermath you is getting all this young new talent out in the mainstreme?? All Dre seems to be doing is first off to take forever to put Detoz out. He was about to sign Cube, Eve and Busta which never really happened anyway.

Where Dre at

[Meho]

I can't say G-Unit bruoght the west back. All the West Coast cats on G-Unit aren't going to realse an album or they're going to flop. As far as Game goes, if 50 didn't agree to work with game, then he probably would have never released an album. So I'll give 50 props for that. But that's not enough to say G-Unit has done more for the west since death row, because Dre released 2001 and the documentry on Aftermath. So despite Aftermath doing relitivaly little for the west, imma have to go with Aftermath, not G-Uint.

[stinga4lyfe]

G unit aint doin shit for the west coast. 50 helped Game but Dre is the man behind it all and on top of that the west is not "back" becayse Game went plat. Xzibit went plat without g unit, nobody givin Columbia credit for bringin the west back so why would g unit get any credit just because a west coast rapper they worked with went platinum? As far as the other west coast "rappers" signed to g unit, so what? None of those guys will ever release an album, so what is it really doing for the west coast to have cali rappers tied down releasing nothing and unable to release anything through any other company? Not to mention 50 is trying to represent cali by using the worst rapper on earth (spider) and is tries to use the same tired 15 year old cali stereotypes that barely even exist anymore. OK so maybe g unit is doin more for cali, but the things they are doing are not positive things. I'd rather we just have our own guys doin nothin instead of lettin an outsider do negative shit.

That's real talk right there...  Fucc 50, Dre the one got Game the major buzz.  If 50 was so much an influence on people, the rest of them knuckleheads on his label would be selling like Game!  Spider loc will not sale that many albums, "MARK MY WORDS!"

[doubletrouble™]

Yeah, I'm probably gonna catch some flack for posting this one, but just read the post first before some of you decide to put me on blast.

Firstly, think back to when The Game was first signed to Aftermath. Sure, he had a buzz around him but, as I said in the article on Game    that I wrote for DubCNN, it was only when he was signed by 50 that he was opened to a much larger audience, as a result became such a force on the mixtapes and his name really started growing on a global scale. I'm sure many would agree with me on that point. When he was riding solo with the Doc, his name was well known on the internet fan sites like this, but when the G-Unit affiliation came he started getting those magazine covers and radio appearances well in advance of "The Documentary" dropping. Finally on The Game side of things, and this is speculation but still, if you believe 50 than The Game's debut was stuck in Aftermath limbo before he became involved and got "the wheels moving", as I remember him putting it. If you believe that, and even if you don't, it's hard to deny that 50 had a pivotal role in the resurrection of the West Coast commercially that was achieved by "The Documentary".

Now, look at G-Unit currently. They are giving up-and-coming acts from the West Coast, rappers like 40 Glocc, Spider and, if the rumours prove to be true, Jayo Felony, the chance to be part of a commercial juggernaut that can guarantee them the kind of exposure many aspiring artists could only dream of. The same rule applies to producers - how many other A-List rappers from the East Coast have you seen work with DJ Khalil, Jelly Roll, and Fredwreck? Exactly - no-one. I can't thing of a single non-West rapper that has shown the West Coast so much love in recent times.

And for the record, I am NOT attempting to dick ride 50 here. Anyone who knows me will tell you that I'm far from one of 50's biggest fans, and the only Unit albums in my possession are "Get Rich..." and "The Documentary". That doesn't mean, however, that I'm about to ignore all that 50 has done for the West Coast rap scene.

People can say "G-Unot" all they want - the fact is that valuable West Coast players like Snoop, Dre (no CONFIRMED feuding between them on Dre's part), Nate and Fred aren't going to go out of their way to distance themselves from G-Unit because, even if the empire has shown unavoidable signs of crumbling (they're on the downfall for sure), they probably recognize what 50 Cent has done for the West's music scene. That, and 50 personally still sells by the bucket load...

Look at it like this: "Aftermath" is supposed to be the go-to label on the West Coast, yet they only have two West Coast acts in Bishop and The Game. G-Unit has three: Spider, 40, Game (50 claimed he's still co-contracted, even if he's not in the faction) and maybe even Jayo.

Now that's a pretty damn sad state of affairs...

 

[Turf Hitta]

G unit aint doin shit for the west coast. 50 helped Game but Dre is the man behind it all and on top of that the west is not "back" becayse Game went plat. Xzibit went plat without g unit, nobody givin Columbia credit for bringin the west back so why would g unit get any credit just because a west coast rapper they worked with went platinum? As far as the other west coast "rappers" signed to g unit, so what? None of those guys will ever release an album, so what is it really doing for the west coast to have cali rappers tied down releasing nothing and unable to release anything through any other company? Not to mention 50 is trying to represent cali by using the worst rapper on earth (spider) and is tries to use the same tired 15 year old cali stereotypes that barely even exist anymore. OK so maybe g unit is doin more for cali, but the things they are doing are not positive things. I'd rather we just have our own guys doin nothin instead of lettin an outsider do negative shit.

Dre the one got Game the major buzz. 

Actually if you wanna get technical JT The Bigga Figga gave Game his buzz. If it wasn't for JT Dre wouldnt even know who Game is.

[Shawn Nutt]

G unit aint doin shit for the west coast. 50 helped Game but Dre is the man behind it all and on top of that the west is not "back" becayse Game went plat. Xzibit went plat without g unit, nobody givin Columbia credit for bringin the west back so why would g unit get any credit just because a west coast rapper they worked with went platinum? As far as the other west coast "rappers" signed to g unit, so what? None of those guys will ever release an album, so what is it really doing for the west coast to have cali rappers tied down releasing nothing and unable to release anything through any other company? Not to mention 50 is trying to represent cali by using the worst rapper on earth (spider) and is tries to use the same tired 15 year old cali stereotypes that barely even exist anymore. OK so maybe g unit is doin more for cali, but the things they are doing are not positive things. I'd rather we just have our own guys doin nothin instead of lettin an outsider do negative shit.

Dre the one got Game the major buzz. 

Actually if you wanna get technical JT The Bigga Figga gave Game his buzz. If it wasn't for JT Dre wouldnt even know who Game is.

True. The first thing I heard from Game was Untold Story (produced by JT). I was hooked. Street Kingz is bangin'.

"Beef wit' the kid click clack mothafucka. Let the bullets burn ya six-pack mothafucka. Get jacked mothafucka, when you come to Compton. Get a Mac mothafucka when u come to Compton."

This was before West Side Story and Higher.

[realz]

G-Unit is doing stuff for the west as well as destroying,Spider loc and Game are now feuding becuz of G-Unit,