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50 Cent Interview with Funkmaster Flex (Speaks on Kanye,Taylor Swift, Buck, Game & Jay-Z vs Beanie Sigel)

Chozen — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 20:09:15 +0000

50 Cent interview with Funkmaster Flex, speaks on Kanye West, Taylor Swift Beyonce. He gives his full perspective on the Beanie Sigel and Jay-Z issue.

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50 Cent Interview On Jimmy Kimmel (Interview and Performances)

Chozen — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 20:01:33 +0000

50 Cent talks about going to watching Twilight, his album, his book among other things. He performs with “Baby By Me” and “Do You Think About Me”.

Video:50 Cent & Floyd Mayweather With Rick Ross Baby Mother & Child

Chozen — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 20:42:33 +0000

Yow I don’t care what anyone says Rick Ross is finished, I don’t wanna hear no shit talking from the Officer until he addresses this baby mother and son with Floyd Mayweather issue. It doesn’t matter how you slice it that’s a loss especially if he don’t respond.

Ultimate fail for Ricky, real bosses keep there baby momma in check.

50 Cent & Floyd Mayweather With Rick Ross’ Baby Mother & Son

Chozen — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 21:47:58 +0000

This guy man, how does he pull shit like this off? 50 Cent has no boundaries when it comes to competing but hey Ricky stated it so now he has to deal.

50 Cent Promoting BISD in Miami

Chozen — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 21:34:44 +0000

50 Cent down in Miami promoting Before I Self Destruct….

Beanie Sigel ft. 50 Cent – I Go Off (Jay-Z Diss)

Chozen — Sat, 14 Nov 2009 18:35:10 +0000

Shiiiiiiiiiit I can’t front this shit is kinda hard (PAUSE!), I feel a bit conflicted I’m a fan of all of them. Not surprised though 50 Cent and Jay-Z have subliminally been at war for years now.

The first verse from Beanie is actually from a song he did with Freeway and Young Chris called the Last Two.

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Download:Beanie Sigel ft. 50 Cent – I Go Off

50 Cent – Before I Self Destruct Album Review

Chozen — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 18:13:07 +0000

As I’ve written before, hip-hop had become only a fraction of 50 Cent’s empire. The epitome of hip-hop hyper masculinity, 50 Cent had morphed from a hungry street emcee into a media personality, a corporate CEO, an actor and a Vitamin Water spokesman, but he was only nominally a rapper, and not surprisingly, his music suffered. Sure, he could still crush any rapper who dared offend him, but he did so with the weight of his media empire, not his rhymes. Perhaps sensing his microphone credibility slipping, 50 has returned to the basics for his new, fatalistically titled album Before I Self Destruct, a work that puts aside previous attempts to pander to radio (oh, hi Amusement Park, I didn’t see you there) and focuses instead on something so simple 50 Cent had seemingly forgotten it; making dope music.
Before I Self Destruct was originally supposed to drop in 2007, but apparently Fiddy wasn’t feeling self destructive enough at the time and instead released Curtis (a.k.a. the album Kanye crushed him on), saying he would hold Self Destruct until the time was right. The time still isn’t quite right – security isn’t tight enough around the G-Unit fortress and the album leaked on the internet several weeks early – but one way or another, Self Destruct has been unleashed upon the world. He won’t want me to put it this way, but this is a comeback album for 50, an album that’s his best since Get Rich or Die Trying, and possibly his best ever.
For most fans Crime Wave was the first “oh s**t, is 50 back?” moment. From the moment the track’s concrete heavy bass line dropped 50’s bad intentions were clear, and more importantly, he did the track’s devastating beat justice, dropping intentionally blunt and blistering lines that are more declarations of war than rhymes: “I’m not telling you to shoot somebody, but if somebody try to shoot you, shoot em.” Not exactly advice you’ll hear at school. Even better is Stretch, a track that not only harkens back to 50’s days as a street level drug dealer but reveals more about the album’s title: “I’m not supposed to be the boss, I’m supposed to be an enforcer.” 50 apparently believes it’s only a matter of time before his violent tendencies overwhelm his CEO responsibilities, and I’m not inclined to disagree. On occasion 50 takes his need to be intimidating a little too far, most notably on Psycho, a track that’s only too appropriate for guest artist Eminem but doesn’t quite work for 50, who’s far too calculating to truly pull off “psycho,” but when he misses on Self Destruct, at least 50 misses while trying to hit the right target.
Where Curtis really fell apart was when 50 turned his attention to the ladies, but on Self Destruct he mercifully avoids any attempts at reviving Candy Shop, and when he does turn his thoughts to women he does so with relative skill. Case in point, Baby Be Me, the album’s lead single and a track that softens 50’s killer persona without turning him soft, giving him a catchy beat by Polow da Don to work over and bringing in the always classy Ne-Yo to polish things off. Every modern hip-hop album that wants to sell big needs at least one track for the ladies, and Baby By Me should get the job done nicely, especially if gold-digging groupies officially adopt it as their anthem. While 50 never gets as sexy-romantic again on Self Destruct, the album does touch on relationships a few more times: on the soulfully regretful Do You Think About Me and the unintentionally hilarious Could’ve Been You, though most of the hilarity predictably comes from R. Kelly’s hook (“cause I be smellin my s**t too, now how you like that?”). In fact, the album’s only flat-out love song is Hold Me Down, and there the object of 50’s affection is his gun. Women weren’t weakening 50’s game, his desire to make radio hits for them was, and thankfully on Self Destruct he desire is mostly dead.
More important that what Self Destruct says about 50 as a public persona, or his place in the rap game, Before I Self Destruct is a hip-hop album that actually seems to care about hip-hop. Hell, the man even does a semi-quasi-cover of the Sugarhill Gang’s seminal Rapper’s Delight with his Gangsta’s Delight. So how long will it be until 50 once again forgets hip-hop in favor of a new clothing line or corporate deal? If history is any judge, not long. But for now, he’s just a damn good street rapper – exactly what we were all waiting for him to become again.

After reading this review over at DJBooth, I really couldn’t have done a better job so I just decided to publish it here.

Get the album:Before I Self Destruct

I give this album a 4……Leave your rating and feedback below.

50 Cent Regrets Being Featured On Mobb Deep’s “Pearly Gates”, Says Young Buck and Game Are Still Signed To G-Unit

Chozen — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 15:49:28 +0000

“Buck is still signed to G-Unit Records… I hope he can come up with a record. Iif he comes up with a song, I can get my money back. Game is still on G-Unit Records, they gotta pay me not to put a logo on it.”

50 Cent – Mans World

Chozen — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 19:14:51 +0000

This is a bonus track off Before I Self Destruct, in stores November 16th.

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Download:50 Cent – Mans World

50 Cent with Tehiry and Joe Buden with His New Girl Somaya Reece

Chozen — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 17:49:03 +0000

Tehiry will be in 50 Cent’s new video and Joe Budden with his new girl Somaya Reece, it looks like a win win but something tells me this won’t end well. Hats off to Joe he sure know how to pull a bad chick.

50 Cent Covers XXL (Dec/Jan Double Issue)

Chozen — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 13:54:29 +0000

As one of the game’s most influential artists, Curtis “50 Cent” Jackson has the honor of holding down not one but two separate covers of XXL’s special year-end double issue. In the December/January cover story, the G-Unit CEO breaks bread with XXL to talk about his new album Before I Self Destruct, his big year on the Web with his site thisis50.com, his role in hip-hop and much more. Also included is a 10-year anniversary tribute to the making of the record that first brought 50 to the public, “How to Rob.”
Other features in the first-ever Internet Issue are XXL’s list of the 100 Best Hip-Hop Web sites, articles on Snoop Dogg and OJ Da Juiceman, as well as tribute pieces to rap legends ODB and Mac Dre to commemorate the fifth year anniversary of their passing. For the first time ever XXL has two candidates for Eye Candy of the Year, complete with a reader contest to vote for your favorite. But wait, there’s more as XXL reviews the new Gucci Mane album, The State v. Radric Davis.
XXL’s December/January double issue hits newsstands on December 1.

50 Cent – Stretch (Crime Wave Part 2)

Chozen — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 21:26:27 +0000

50 Cent shit sounding real 03 – 05 lately on these tracks.

50 Cent Speaks On Possibly Bringing Beanie Sigel To G-Unit

Chozen — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 16:25:30 +0000

Not so fast. After Beanie Sigel and 50 Cent sat down for a joint interview with Philadelphia radio station Power 99 earlier this week, the streets thought Sigs signing with G-Unit was already a done deal. According to 50, they did talk about it, but still have a long way to go.
“I had a meeting with him today,” 50 said Thursday. “First we gotta start with the music — where’s the music? Then we have to get into what it would take to bring him over to G-Unit as a record company. You can’t sign a deal in a conversation — it’s a process. We’ll see what happens.”
Fif did note that he thinks Beanie is capable lyrically and looks forward to hearing what he has in his vaults. “I would listen to what he has,” Fif explained. “His skills haven’t diminished. Nine times out of 10, he’ll have something workable already on deck. When you’re dealing with artists who have been established longer than you, it’s a process. You have to figure out exactly where they are at before you commit to being a part of those projects, because they have habits and they’ve been conditioned for something different. You have to figure out exactly what that is before you dive in.”
The Broad Street Bully isn’t the only established MC Fif is thinking about extending an invitation to. “I got artists who I’m looking at,” he said. “A few of them aren’t actively available for me to do different things with them. But I’m looking to sign new artists into the actual company.”
Link:MTV

50 Cent’s “Power” Cologne Ad

Chozen — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 03:00:36 +0000

“Making music is art,” he continues. “It doesn’t change who you are as a person. It doesn’t mean you’re entitled or you’re above the law. You still treat people as human beings. It doesn’t change the laws of the universe. Life has a balance and for every action there is a reaction. So if you put negative energy in, negative energy comes back to you. You have to live your life within the laws of the universe and I haven’t lost sight of that.Related posts:

50 Cent Says Jay-Z Blocked An $800,000 Offer For Beanie Sigel

Chozen — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 14:00:42 +0000

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[7:10-7:40] Beans was the better artist out of the actual crew, the stronger artist. That’s why when he did the year and a day, I was like “as soon as he comes home, I’m bringing that project over here.” He would of got at least $800,000. Jay was telling him he didn’t want to lose him.
Jay & Puffy had these feelings towards me at one point. They didn’t want to lose anything to me… It was like “I’m losing something, to him?”
[8:35-9:10] I think that he does a great job at manipulating the system. When he had the Def Jam building, Nas got like $2 million dollars. Jay got a $15 million dollar marketing plan. He was like “This is for you. This is for me. This is for you. 1, 2, this is for me. This is for you. 1, 2, 3, this is for me.” Until his whole marketing plan is the real one. You know that “Wave, wave, wave.” [Show What Me What You Got] That was the wrong record. If you got $15 million in marketing, you can make the wrong record feel like right record.

Do you guys even know anything about the secret society? Shit is crazy you better look it up, I’ve heard things about Jay-Z being affiliated with it but nothing solid. 50 Cent impressed me with the “Glasses, None Confrontational Vibe” thing, I didn’t expect him to pick that up that’s the type of things you learn in psychology, that boy must be reading some books because he wasnt’t this sharp coming in.

Beanie Sigel & 50 Cent on Power 99

Chozen — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 04:10:24 +0000

Beanie Sigel and 50 Cent chop it up on Power 99, Beanie Sigel is coming to G-Unit?

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50 Cent Breaks Down Over Triple C’s Sales

Chozen — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 19:01:33 +0000

This guy man! 4,000 is bad though man, I know cats around the way that move more than that.

50 Cent – Baby By Me Video

Chozen — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 18:39:04 +0000

It’s been a little shaking the last couple joint but 50 cent got a banga with this one and the album is surprisingly better than I thought it would be. Directed Chris Robinson.

50 Cent Speaks On The Jay-Z vs Beanie Sigel Beef & His Album Leak (”Since He Lost To Nas He Hasn’t Competed”)

Chozen — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 15:40:02 +0000

50 Cent speaks on the leak of the album and pushing up the release date. He speaks on Jay-Z dodging beefs and say he lost to Nas. Also states he understands Beanie Sigel’s situation and that there was big money for him if he had got released, he also confirms Beanie Sigel’s story about seeing him in jail every month.

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50 Cent Explains The Album Delays, Working With Eminem & Dr.Dre & Says Ross Is Dead In 6 Months (Sales)

Chozen — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 01:39:01 +0000

“Tampa’s Most Connected DJ,” DJ Ekin sits down with the G-Unit Boss…50 Cent. Talk on the new album, working with Em & Dre, & well you know…the bizness!

50 Cent – So Disrespectful (Shots at Jay-Z, Game and Young Buck)

Chozen — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 23:15:30 +0000

So much for all that new unity shit, I really thought him a Game was gonna patch things up, then I woke up. Even though it’s a shot at one of my favorite rappers I gotta say I like how 50 Cent is sounding on this joint, he sounds pre Curtis on this one. Track produced by Tha Bizness.

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Download:50 Cent – So Disrespectful

50 Cent ft. Eminem – Psycho

Chozen — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 22:51:35 +0000

Haven’t heard a collaboration from Eminem and 50 Cent for quite some time. As you may have heard by now Before I Self Destruct has sprung a leak a month before it’s release date, It goes without saying that he’s going to go ape shit on Interscope just think back when that track with him and Robin Thicke Follow My Lead leaked, he damn near burn the building down.

Just like Jay-Z album I’ll post a couple but not all, you should already know why.

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Download:50 Cent ft. Eminem – Psycho

Before I Self Destruct The Movie (Trailer)

Chozen — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 17:33:04 +0000

Before I Self Destruct album in stores November 2rd 2009.

50 Cent – Baby By Me (Preview)

Chozen — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 00:32:03 +0000

Fif said he also had his eyes on Columbian model/actress Sofia Vergara, who was at Los Premios too. “I had some ideas,” 50 said. “Actually, I was talking to Sofia. I presented with her at the actual awards, and her schedule didn’t allow for her [to participate].
Kelly was getting ready to fly back to Miami. I was lucky enough to catch her. I kinda begged my way into her doing it. I didn’t want to do the normal video situation, where you have the vixen or somebody no one knows from anywhere. I think it intensifies the whole song.” -MTV

50 Cent – Crime Wave Video

Chozen — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 17:24:21 +0000

Music video from 50 Cent for his Crime Wave single….

50 Cent Says He Didin’t Devide NYC, Says He’s Cool With Fabolous

Chozen — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 22:01:42 +0000

50 Cent insists that despite publicly expressing “disappointment” in Fabolous recently over Twitter comments, the two have no problems.
“Yeah, we’re cool,” 50 said recently on the set of his video for “Baby by Me.” “Fab particularly is an artist I’ve interacted with twice. He’s [opened] two international runs [for the G-Unit]. It wasn’t specifically to try and help him broaden his international presence, but obviously it would help for him to be there and be in front of the audience internationally and put his best foot forward first. Give a good show and people become Fabolous fans at that point.”
Via his Twitter, Fab questioned 50’s motives for having former mic rivals like the Lox and the Diplomats perform at his ThisIs50 Festival that took place earlier this month. In the wake of his comments, Fab insisted that he was not dissing Fif.
“He reached out to tell me he didn’t mean it in that derogatory way,” 50 confirmed. “People misinterpret what you type in the text. I’ve misinterpreted what people were trying to send to me, sending me messages before as well. Before we utilize devices we use to communicate with each other intimately on Twitter and other Web sites, you can forget you’re making a public statement. You can feel you’re having barbershop talk or just saying your personal take on something, and it’s a public statement and people start to resent you for it.
“He kind of felt a little backlash on it,” 50 added about Fab. “People responded negatively to it because they were like, ‘Finally [these artists are performing together]‘ and he’s going, ‘Wasn’t I a part of dividing New York City?’ I wasn’t a part of dividing New York City. New York City wasn’t accepting me initially.”
50’s Before I Self Destruct LP arrives on November 23, but the G-Unit General said he might drop another mixtape before then.
“I have a tape I didn’t put out yet,” he said. “It’s called The 50th Law. I’ve been sitting on it. I’m gonna put it out soon. I’ve been so wrapped up in the presentation for this actual album, I haven’t released it.”

Pictures From 50 Cent, Chris Brown & Trey Songz Upcoming Music Videos

Chozen — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 00:09:24 +0000

Pictures from from Chris Brown’s, “I Can Transform Ya,” & Trey Songz’, “I Invented Sex,” are above. Pics of 50 Cent’s, “Baby By Me,” along with 50 talking about his video. The Chris Brown video in particular looks like it’s gonna be tight.

50 Cent – Crime Wave (Dirty)

Chozen — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 23:21:36 +0000

New music from 50 Cent titled Crime Wave, nothing special.

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Download:50 Cent – Crime Wave (Clean) | 50 Cent – Crime Wave (Dirty)

50 Cent Speaks on Why He Won’t Work with The Game

Chozen — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 16:10:51 +0000

Half of you didn’t even know that back story to the whole beef but whatever, go ahead and call me a G-Unit groupie and side with the Bi Polar stripper. (I could give 2 shits)

50 Cent Says “Before I Self Destruct Is Like The Prequel To Get Rich or Die Tryin”

Chozen — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 13:25:24 +0000

50 said that just because he’s got a song with a crooning chorus doesn’t mean he’s abandoned a street edge for his upcoming Before I Self Destruct LP.
“Not particularly this song, but the entire project … I meant for it to be a little harder and what I fell in love with about hip-hop and within hip-hop,” Fif said on the song’s video set Saturday. “I accomplished it. Before I Self Destruct is absolutely harder than Get Rich or Die Tryin’ or other projects in between. The Massacre had some real aggressive content on it, but there were other things I wanted to do, like ‘Ryder Music,’ ‘Baltimore Love Thing,’ ‘Build You Up,’ featuring Jamie Foxx. This project [Before I Self Destruct], I kept all of those things out of it. I just made it what I wanted it to be. This album is my album right now. It’s like the prequel to Get Rich — the things I missed on that project.”
Before I Self Destruct is slated for a November 23 release.
via:MTV

Yeah, so what does that make Power Of The Dollar?