Hip-hop star 50 Cent is keen to emulate his pal Eminem - by taking a break from the music scene.
The rapper, who delayed the U.S. release of his album Curtis from 26 June until September, insists he still loves making records, but will take his time to craft any new work.
He says, "For me, right now, I feel like I love music, so (fans) should expect me to make music afterwards.
"But I'll make it organically, like (Dr.) Dre makes a record. It may take five or seven years. ... They'll be looking for my record, like, 'Yo, come on, when you making a record?'
"Em ain't put out an album in five years. It builds anticipation because he's away. And he really doesn't enjoy what comes with the success. He likes to just be away a lot more, just be shy toward people. And then the less common you appear, the bigger your celebrity. So then he isolates himself, (and) he becomes more popular. People are more excited."
Wednesday, June 6, 2007
50 Cent to emulate Eminem?
New Bob Dylan Flick Gets Cool Poster, 50 Cent Plans For the Future, Lily Allen’s Alcoholism
What seems to be the poster for hotly anticipated Bob Dylan inspired film I’m Not There has appeared online. We recognize Cate Blanchett from earlier photos, so the other Bobs shown must be Christian Bale or Richard Gere or Heath Ledger or one of the other actors (six in total) playing incarnations of Dylan in the Todd Haynes-directed flick.
The Game is in potentially serious trouble after formal charges of making a criminal threat and possessing a firearm in a school area have been filed. The charges stem from the rapper’s arrest on May 11th when his house was searched by police. He could face as many as five years in jail.
Never one for the avoidance of melodrama, Lily Allen has said that life on tour and all the drinking that comes with it, may kill her if she keeps at it. “I’m an alcoholic now. It’s not good and that’s why I want to get back into the studio,” the pop star lamented. “I’ve actually pulled myself aside and said it will kill me if I keep it up. I’ve got to stop abusing myself because as far as I’m concerned every loon hates me now.”
50 Cent says he has two albums in the hopper, Curtis, which is now coming out in September, and Before I Self Destruct, which he’s close to finishing. After those two records, though, we may not hear from the guy for a while. “For me, right now, I feel like I love music, so [fans] should expect me to make music afterwards,” 50 said. “But I’ll make it organically, like [Dr.] Dre makes a record. It may take five or seven years. … They’ll be looking for my record, like, ‘Yo, come on, when you making a record?’”
Ryan Adams plans to release what promises to be a rather awesome boxset. The collection will include unreleased albums unreleased albums 48 Hours, The Suicide Handbook, and Bedhead, as well as songs from the Easy Tiger sessions, and live tracks. No word yet on an exact release date for the collection.
Game Charged For Alleged Threat, Plus Mya, 50 Cent, Andre 3000, Fall Out Boy, Pink, Too Short & More In For The Record
The Game has been charged for allegedly making a criminal threat and possession of a firearm in a school zone during a pickup basketball game in February, The Associated Press reports. The rapper was arrested on the charges last month and subsequently released on $50,000 bail. He is scheduled to be arraigned Tuesday in Los Angeles, and faces more than five years in prison if convicted. ...
Mya tells Vibe Vixen that she learned a lot about the music business — and the kind of woman she wanted to be — while touring with Dru Hill in 1997. "Seeing the thrill, the lifestyle, seeing them with different girls all the time, I remember saying to myself, 'I don't want to be one of those girls.' " Mya also revealed in the interview published in the June/July issue that she was taught a harsh lesson about the industry at 17. "Someone that was instrumental in my career harassed me," she said. "I wasn't going to entertain it, but also didn't know how to say, 'F--- you, leave me alone.' I just internalized it." Those days are over, and in recent years, Mya's made a point of standing up for herself. After 50 Cent claimed — in the 2006 dis track "Not Rich, Still Lying," aimed at the Game — that he had sex with her, Mya denied his story both in the press and to his face. "I saw him and addressed him about it in person at Violator [Management offices]." Mya said. "He said, 'You're gangsta right now. You're the talk of the town.' ... I just let him know how I felt." ...
Andre 3000, Pink, Fall Out Boy's Andy Hurley, Carrie Underwood, GZA, RZA, AFI's Davey Havok, Joss Stone and Prince join last year's winners Natalie Portman and Benji Madden and dozens of other musicians, actors and athletes up for the "World's Sexiest Vegetarian" title on Peta2.com. ... The "High School Musical" soundtrack was a chart-topping success without a physical single, but Disney is switching it up for the sequel. "What Time Is It" will be released as a CD single on July 17, ahead of the August television premiere of "High School Musical 2." The track features Corbin Bleu, Monique Coleman, Zac Efron, Lucas Grabeel, Vanessa Hudgens and Ashley Tisdale. ...
You know Don Imus made a major mistake when Too Short, of all people, is chastising the fired shock jock. In the raunchy rapper's newly launched "$hort Stories" column in Ozone Magazine, Short explained the same people responsible for firing Imus — corporate suits — pushed him to record material that used similarly vulgar language. "I did an album called You Nasty with naked women on the cover, and almost every song on it was nasty," he wrote of his 2000 LP. "That was not my idea. The president of the label asked me to make the nastiest album I could, so I did it, not realizing how important the positive songs are to my career." Short later noted his own influence on rap in regards to vulgar words, but he called for better clarity in deciding the context of entertainment. "If it becomes illegal to make those kinds of songs, is it going to be illegal for comedians to say [explicit content] in their jokes?" he said. "Can it be said in movies or on TV? Will it become illegal to show murders and rapes on TV, or will the ban be on rappers only?" ...
A judge ruled Monday (June 4) that attorneys cannot use Lana Clarkson's diary-like writings in the Phil Spector murder trial, AP reports. The writings were found on the late actress' computer and included "The Story of My Life," a composition in which she discussed having drug problems and talked about having visions of a dead actress who committed suicide. "I don't consider anything in this particular document to be significant," Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Larry Paul Fidler concluded. ... Charles Patton, who is a business associate of Lupe Fiasco and co-owns their 1st & 15th record label, was sentenced to 44 years in prison last month, according to the Chicago Sun-Times. Patton, a Desert Storm veteran, allegedly used funds from heroin trafficking to start up the company, an assistant state attorney told the paper. In 2003, Patton was arrested at his home — while Fiasco was present — after authorities discovered $1 million dollars' worth of cocaine in a storage locker belonging to him. Representatives for Fiasco have not responded to requests for comment. ...
Hi-Five singer Tony Thompson was found dead in Waco, Texas, on Friday night, AP reports. He was 31. Zomba Label Group CEO and President Barry Weiss released a statement of condolence, saying, "His rich vocal tone and artistry were readily apparent even at the young age of 15, when we signed him at Jive." Friends of Thompson's speculated that the death may have been an accidental overdose, according to a report in the Waco Herald-Tribune. Thompson had recently returned to Waco from Dallas and was working on new music. Hi-Five debuted in 1990 with a self-titled debut album that went multiplatinum thanks to the hits "I Like the Way (The Kissing Game)" and "Can't Wait Another Minute." ...
After a plea went out over the weekend to help find missing Ra Ra Riot drummer John Pike, police in Fairhaven, Massachusetts, said they recovered Pike's body on Sunday off the coast of Buzzard's Bay, local NBC affiliate WHDH reported. Pike, 23, was last seen at around 3 a.m. Saturday, leaving a party he attended after a show in Providence, Rhode Island. He sent a text message to his girlfriend early Saturday morning but was not heard from after that. An autopsy will be performed this week to determine the cause of death. A message on the Syracuse, New York, band's MySpace page read, "We will always love and miss you, John." ...
MySpace filed a request in a Pennsylvania state court on Monday, seeking legal guidance on how to provide local authorities with the e-mail addresses of convicted sex offenders who had used the social-networking service, Reuters reports. Federal law prevents Internet service providers such as MySpace from revealing users' communications without a search warrant. The request comes after MySpace agreed last month to cooperate with a group of U.S. attorneys general seeking information on predators who have used the site. ...
A new Federal Communications Commission policy that penalizes broadcasters for accidentally airing profanities was declared invalid by a federal appeals court on Monday, AP reports. The court ruled 2-1 in favor of a Fox-led challenge to the policy but did not outlaw the policy outright. Instead, the court returned the case to the FCC. The new policy was put in place after Bono's F-bomb at the Golden Globe Awards aired in January 2003. ... The highly anticipated Apple iPhone will hit stores on June 29, according to TV ads that began running Sunday night. The keyboard-less touch-screen phone/music player will be available at Apple and AT&T stores.
Master P Plans Album War With 50 Cent
Veteran rapper MASTER P is releasing his new album on the same day as 50 CENT's compilation to give "kids a freedom of choice" - and not to ignite another row between the feuding pair.
Master P branded 50 Cent - real name Curtis Jackson - "immature" for criticising his decision to stop using racist and sexist language in his music.
But the hip-hop star - Percy Robert Miller - denies releasing new album Hip-Hop History on the same day as Jackson's Curtis to rile the star.
Miller tells MTV.com, "The date was not chosen to compete with Curtis Jackson's delayed release, but rather to create balance in the marketplace and give kids a freedom of choice."
Miller added proceeds from the album will fund scholarship programs in the U.S.
RIHANNA'S ROLLIN' WITH 'UMBRELLA': Songs Hits the Trifecta on Billboard's Hot 100, Pop 100 and Digital Songs Chart.
New York, NY -- RIAA platinum, award-winning SRP/Def Jam recording artist – and CoverGirl spokesperson – Rihanna takes over the top of the charts this week as her current single “Umbrella” (featuring Jay-Z), with over 80 million audience, scores a perfect trifecta at #1 on the Billboard Hot 100, Pop 100, and Hot Digital Songs charts.
Last week, the song made chart history in the U.K. as Rihanna’s first #1 there. The video for “Umbrella,” directed by Chris Applebaum, stays at #1 on iTunes and the AOL Music Top 40 Videos chart, and is in heavy rotation on MTV, BET and VH-1.
“Umbrella” is the introduction to Rihanna’s new album, GOOD GIRL GONE BAD, which arrives in stores tomorrow, Tuesday, June 5th, a day that will be capped off with an appearance on NBC’s The Tonight Show with Jay Leno.
TV continues with NBC’s The Today Show (June 8th), ABC’s The View and MTV’s TRL (both June 11th), BET’s 106 & Park, climaxing with the global broadcast of the historic all-star Live Earth concert on Saturday, July 7th.
Rihanna’s third album release in less than two years, GOOD GIRL GONE BAD is the follow-up to 2006’s RIAA platinum A Girl Like Me, with the back-to-back #1 hits, “S.O.S.” and “Unfaithful”; and her RIAA gold debut from 2005, Music Of the Sun, featuring the worldwide smash, “Pon De Replay.” GOOD GIRL GONE BAD boasts the production skills of Timabland, C. “Tricky” Stewart, Stargate, and the team of Evan Rogers and Carl Sturken (responsible for “S.O.S.” and “Pon De Replay”), as well as songwriting contributions from Justin Timberlake and Ne-Yo, among others.
In June, 19-year old Barbados native Rihanna will be seen in her first ads as the newest CoverGirl, joining the ranks of Queen Latifah, Molly Sims, Christie Brinkley and Keri Russell. The long list of famous CoverGirl models (starting in 1961) also includes Cheryl Tiegs, Rachel Hunter, Tyra Banks, and Niki Taylor.
Personally signed by Def Jam president and CEO Shawn “Jay-Z” Carter, Rihanna is a unique role model for West Indians back home and around the world. She created The Rihanna Foundation, a public charity organization dedicated to assisting terminally ill children worldwide. Its mission is to assist and inspire children who suffer from life-threatening diseases including cancer, leukemia and AIDS. The Foundation raises funds and awareness for medical research, as well as for individual and institutional medical needs. The vision of the Foundation is to achieve what Rihanna has always strived for in her remarkable music career – “to inspire with hope, courage and love.”
For once, 50 Cent is saying there shouldn't be any controversy.
Avid listeners of mixtapes raised a red flag when 50 released his single "Amusement Park" a few weeks ago. Their Spidey senses went off because it had the same track from a Jim Jones song called "Your Majesty," a featured record on a DJ Drama/ Jim Jones Gangsta Grillz mixtape last year.When 50 sat down with MTV News recently to discuss the hubbub, he said he had not heard Jones' record and doubted that most other people had either.
"Well, actually, the producer for the record is under my production [company]," he explained. "So, I don't know how they actually got the record. But it happens. ... People take the records without actually purchasing the music from the producer and it leaks out. But 'Your Majesty,' I didn't know it was on there until you said it just now. But, um, it didn't get very much airplay, so I guess my version is better."Last week, the track's producer, Chris Styles — whose Dangerous LLC production company is under the G-Unit umbrella — confirmed that Jones and company never owned the beat."The beat was done for 50," Styles said via a statement. "I never sold the track to anyone. This only reveals just how much heat Dangerous LLC is bringing to the industry. We create the type of tracks that artists with completely different styles can vibe to. I appreciate 50, he's the big homey and he's like a mentor and a big brother to me. He was the first one to give my joints an ear and bring it to the people. We make a great team. This is my sixth release with 50 and G-Unit Records, not including mixtape and video game tracks. We have a history of creating hits together. I look forward to people hearing the hot joints we have coming for the next album." ...
Hip Hop Culture: It's a Family Matter by Yvonne Bynoe
Recently I was watching the talk show "My Two Cents" that airs on BETJ and the discussion was about the "Talented Tenth." Scholar-Activist, W.E.B. DuBois asserted that it was the top ten percent of Blacks, those people with vision, perseverance and education who would lift the masses from ignorance and poverty. Later in his career DuBois discarded this theory after observing that middle and upper income Blacks were not necessarily enlightened or even interested in helping their less fortunate brothers and sisters....Anyway back to the cable program. When one guest stated that 50 Cent was a leader I immediately bristled up. As far as I was concerned 50 Cent is a multi-millionaire entertainer, but I was not aware that he supported any cause other than fattening his pockets. I have no indication that he was putting anything on the line to contribute to the advancement of Black Americans. Then as I sat back and gave it some deep thought. I had to admit that 50 Cent is a leader, not because he has done anything, but because Black folks have made him one.
In my book Stand & Deliver: Political Activism, Leadership & Hip Hop Culture, I talked a great deal about how Black people, to our detriment, have shifted our concept about leadership from "show and prove" to "who's got the biggest mic." In our longing to have Black heroes and spokesmen, we uncritically allow folks to step up as our leaders despite the fact that they don't have a clue and never deliver and we also grab on to folks who have no interest in leading anyone but themselves. I suppose my real question is whether Hip Hop has the strength and frankly the capacity to make a course correction. Anyone who says that mainstream rap music or Hip Hop causes crime, illiteracy or promiscuity is a liar, but if we are honest, it is also not doing much in the way of solving these problems. As far as I see most folks within Hip Hop are heavily invested in the aspect of the culture that uses art to tell stories, to relay immediate truths. However, these same folks are reluctant to engage the notion that the most significant part of any culture are the beliefs, values and ideals that it transmits from generation to generation. While entertainment industry apologists shrug off critiques of rap music and Hip Hop by saying that it is just entertainment, most of us know better. For many young Black men and women, particularly those in the 'hood, Hip Hop represents a way of life. If culture is a sort of roadmap that guides people on a life long journey, it is not an exaggeration to say that one's culture can fortify that person to excel to her fullest potential or justify that person remaining in the low caste of her birth.
I don't think that it is scapegoating rap music and Hip Hop to say that our preoccupation with telling the grimy truth about street life has prevented it from developing a vision about "Blackness" and "realness" that extends beyond financial and emotional deprivation. Hip Hop boldly and frequently talks about poverty, death, betrayal, injustice and lust, but is more timid about discussing dreams, love, partnership, and gaining knowledge of self and the world that we live in. Recently 50 Cent and KRS-One appeared together of Rap City, not only did they show each other love and respect, it was obvious that they both have a place in Hip Hop. I therefore am not advocating that Hip Hop should censor artists or outlaw particular images, but what I am saying is that we need to balance the present "what is" with the transformative "where do we want to end up". In a more mature and perhaps even progressive Hip Hop, Lupe Fiasco and Brother J would have the same visibility and mass appeal as Jay-Z and Ludacris. In a less sexist Hip Hop Jean Grae, Bahamadia and Mystic would not still be underground rap artists. It is a collective narcissism that makes Black folks believe that cathartic, but ultimately debilitating truth-telling, carries more weight than messages of hope and courage. I am not saying that everything has to be hearts and flowers and that there is no room for gritty reality. But either some faction within Hip Hop has to rise up from the margins, relatively soon, and effectively talk to the masses about how we can improve our lives and communities, or we should stop bullshitting ourselves by saying that Hip Hop is revolutionary and necessary for social change.
Anyone who is vaguely familiar with the Black nationalism of the 1960s has heard the question, "What will you do when the revolution comes?" The only acceptable answer is that you will be a soldier in the fight for liberation. Unfortunately, even if some Messiah rose tomorrow to lead us, the Black nation may not be ready. Almost 40 years ago, France Beal said in her classic essay, Double Jeopardy: To Be Black and Female (1970), "We live in a highly industrialized society and every member of the black nation must be academically and technologically developed as possible. To wage a revolution, we need competent teachers doctors, nurses, electronics experts, chemists, biologists, physicists, political scientists, and so on and so forth. Black women sitting at home reading bedtime stories to their children is not going to make it."
Beal's pronouncement is still relevant today, particularly since in many cities, the high school drop-out rate for Black Americans is more than 50 percent. Within many Black communities, there is a large uneducated population, meaning people who don't read well enough to comprehend a bus schedule. In Washington, DC a recent study said that 1/3 of the population was illiterate. Let's imagine that Black folks won a revolution or finally got some states to create their own country, unfortunately this "Black nation" would not have enough citizens who are equipped to build and sustain the economic, political and cultural institutions necessary to protect our rights and values from a re-subjugation. A Hip Hop that is largely anti-intellectual is not going to help our cause.
I must say that I think that Beal was wrong on key point--- One of the most radical, revolutionary things that a woman (or man) can do, is to not only fight for justice, but also prepare her children (biological or otherwise) to be warriors. This means that we have got to be serious about educating our children so that they can think critically. We also got to be serious about ensuring that our culture, including Hip Hop, strengthens and expands their identities as young men and women, not diminishes them.
I know that Hip Hop alone is not supposed to be a panacea. It is not a substitute for lax parents, failing public schools, dangerous neighborhoods or dead-end jobs. I also know that when I look at my son, I am not still not sure where Hip Hop fits into his young life. I want him to understand the legacy of racial discrimination and social injustice in this country------poverty, crime and lack of education, but I don't want his idea about who he is or who he can become to be confined by it. Right now mainstream Hip Hop just doesn't provide a variety of narratives about being Black: hoochies, thugs and pimps. Some cat rapping about Pythagorean's theorem is not what I want to see, what I yearn for is a Hip Hop that blatantly articulates our collective condition, but also celebrates Black love, acknowledges the ancestors and that encourage us to strive toward excellence.
Maybe Nas is right, Hip Hop is dead if it doesn't have the ability or the interest to school our young people about how to create a life beyond the corner, the strip club or the penitentiary. Then my mind goes on pause when I play something like Pharoache Monch's "Desire," Talib Kweli's "Get By"or Kanye's "Jesus Walks." I then reminisce about all the rap songs that have fortified me since my youth, both the so-called conscious and the so-called commercial. You know what---with the guidance of my parents I turned out just fine. I then realize that Hip Hop, like life and religion, has its share of fakes, crooks, liars, crackpots and extremists but their actions don't alter its spiritual essence. I am not willing to summarily reject Hip Hop because people promote versions of it that don't resonate with me. I feel obliged to continually push Hip Hop to support, in its words and deeds, the ideals of freedom and equality. But in the meantime, I understand that it is my duty as the mother of young Black man to decide which interpretations of Hip Hop are suitable for him because they affirm his humanity and are humorous or soul-filled. Similarly, I will have no problem keeping him from that aspects of Hip Hop that are buffoonish, nihilistic or suggest that intelligence and Blackness are mutually exclusive. I guess, for me, the Hip Hop that does not lead my son closer to the light is dead.
*Yvonne Bynoe is a Senior Fellow at the Future Focus 2020 Center at Wake Forest University. She is also the author of Stand & Deliver: Political Activism, Leadership & Hip Hop Culture and the Encyclopedia of Rap and Hip Hop Culture. She can be reached
HHDX News Bits (50 Cent Vs Mya, RZA & Dave Chappelle)
For those of you craving another fix of Chappelle’s Show, your hit is coming soon. Comedy Central will release The Best of Chappelle’s Show: Top 25 Skits Uncensored tomorrow. Included on the disc are, The Mad Real World, Making the Band 2, and the infamous Rick James skit
50 Cent Performs Tracks from Pushed-Back Album
50 Cent made an unannounced surprise appearance at Boston's Summer Jam last night, performing tracks from his recently pushed-back album, Curtis. 50 rapped through the album's early singles, including "Amusement Park," as well as old hits like "Window Shopper," according to the Boston Herald. His troubled G-Unit compatriot, Tony Yayo, wearing a bulletproof vest, assisted.
Juelz Santana and Jim Jones were also in attendance, though no Dipset-G-Unit beef surfaced onstage - despite 50's performance of "Straight to the Bank," his guffawing Cam'ron diss.
The release date for Curtis was recently pushed back from June 26 to September 4. A postponement is generally a bad sign for an album's fate, and heretofore unheard of from a multi-platinum selling superstar like 50. The rapper released a statement claiming Curtis was pushed to better synergize US and international release dates. "I'm an international artist. My fans worldwide deserve to receive my album at the same time as my fans here in the U.S.," he said. "Taking that into consideration, moving the album to September was a necessary course of action."
Tuesday, May 22, 2007
50 Cent verteidigt Hip Hop
Während einer Pressekonferenz fand sich Fiddy in einem regelrechten Kreuzfeuer wieder und wurde wegen seiner anzüglichen Lyrics kritisiert. Doch er stand wie gewohnt smart und unterhaltsam seinen Mann:
“Jeder hackt nur auf Hip Hop herum. ich weiß ja nicht ob es euch entgangen ist, aber unser Land befindet sich im Krieg. Deshalb ist diese ganze Geschichte nicht wirklich eine Tragödie für mich. Was ist denn mit den ganzen Hollywood Filmen, die genauso Gewalt verherrlichen? Es ist immer angenehmer einzelne Rapper anzubrangern, als gegen Columbia Pictures oder Paramount anzutreten. Ich weiß ja nicht, ob sie George Bush’s ‘Nr. 2 Mann’ kennen?! Aber er musste vor kurzem zurücktreten, weil er eine Art Dating-Service in Anspruch nahm. Vielleicht hing er ja mit den ‘Hoes’ ab, die wir in unserer Musik beschreiben. Wenn euch das nicht davon überzeugt, dass wir über die Realität rappen, dann weiß ich auch nicht. Das ist genauso als würde ich euch sagen, malt ein Bild der amerikanischen Flagge, ohne die Farbe Rot zu benutzen. Das wäre unmöglich oder?”
50 Cent: “Seitdem Tru Life ihm auf’s Auge geboxt hat, hab ich nichts mehr von Camron gehört!”
50 Cent vs Camron…. is still ON! Bei BET’s 106 & Park meinte Fiddy auf Cam angesprochen vor kurzem: “Keine Ahnung wo sich Camron rumtreibt. Ich habe nichts mehr von ihm gehört, seitdem Tru Life ihm auf’s Auge geboxt hat. Hat ihn irgendwer gesehen?” - ließ Camron’s Antwort in Form eines Homevideos nicht lange auf sich warten: “Ich hab gerade ne Email bekommen, dass 50 Cent angeblich rumerzählt, ich trau mich nicht mehr auf die Strasse. Mann, siehst du die Palmen hinter mir, ich bin im Urlaub. Am 1. Juni bin ich wieder zuhause und dann wird’s n heisser Sommer für alle. Ach ja, meine Bewährung ist letzte Woche ausgelaufen!” Yea Yea Yea….. Fiddy’s Knie müssen gerade mächtig zittern
Der Countdown läuft!!!
Ab dem 22.06.2007 dürft ihr Fiddy’s neues Album “Curtis” endlich in Händen halten. Bis dahin halten wir euch mit allen Infos, Zitaten und Footage rund um 50 Cent’s mit Spannung erwarteten Longplayer auf dem Laufenden. Wenn ihr also in Sachen 50 Cent immer auf dem neuesten Stand sein wollt, dann ist hier euer “place to be”! Stay tuned
Track
Lyrics
1
Hustlers Ambition
2
What If
3
Things Change - Spider Loc
4
You Already Know - Lloyd Banks
5
When Death Becomes You - M.O.P.
6
Have A Party - Mobb Deep
7
We Both Think Alike
8
Don't Need No Help - Young Buck
9
Get Low - LLoyd Banks
10
Fake ove - Tony Yayo
11
Window Shopper
12
Born Alone, Die Alone - Lloyd Banks
13
You A Shooter - Mobb Deep
14
I Don't Know Officer
15
Talk About Me
16
When It Rains It Pours
17
Best Friend
18
I'll Whip Ya Head Boy
The Massacre(March 3rd, 2005)
Track
Lyrics
1
Intro
2
In My Hood
3
This is 50
4
I'm Supposed to Die Tonight
5
Piggy Bank
6
Gatman And Robbin' f. Eminem
7
Candy Shop f. Olivia
8
Outta Control
9
Get In My Car
10
Ski Mask Way
11
A Baltimore Love Thing
12
Ryder Music
13
Disco Inferno
14
Just A Lil Bit
15
Gunz Come Out
16
My Toy Soldier f. Tony Yayo
17
Position of Power
18
Build You Up f. Jamie Foxx
19
God Gave Me Style
20
So Amazing f. Olivia
21
I Don't Need Em
22
Hate It Or Love It Remix f. G-Unit
G-Unit Beg For Mercy(November 14th, 2003)
Track
Lyrics
1
G-Unit
2
Poppin' Them Thangs
3
My Buddy
4
I'm So Hood
5
Stunt 101
6
Wanna Get to Know You
7
Groupie Love
8
Betta Ask Somebody
9
Footprints
10
Eye for Eye
11
Smile
12
Baby U Got
13
Salute U
14
Beg for Mercy
15
G'd Up
16
Lay You Down
17
Gangsta Shit
18
I Smell Pussy
New Breed (2003)
1
True Loyalty
2
8 Mile Road (G-Unit Remix)
3
In Da Hood
Get Rich Or Die Tryin' (February 6, 2003)
01. Intr o 02. What Up Gangsta 03. Patiently Waiting (feat. Eminem) 04. Many Men (Wish Death) 05. In Da Club 06. High All the Time 07. Heat 08. If I Can't 09. Blood Hound10. Back Down 11. P.I.M.P. 12. Like My Style13. Poor Lil Rich 14. 21 Questions15. Don't Push Me16. Gotta Make It to Heaven 17. U Not Like Me (Bonus)18. Lifes On The Line (Bonus)
No Mercy, No Fear(August 2002)
1
MTV Intro
2
Green Lantern
3
Elementary
4
Fat Bitch
5
Banks Victory
6
Back Seat/Tony Yayo
7
After My Chedda
8
Soldier
9
E.M.S.
10
G-Unit Skit
11
Say What You Want
12
Clue Shit!
13
Funk Flex
14
Whoo Kid
15
Scarlet Skit
16
PT2 & Bump Heads
17
G-Unit/U.T.P.
18
Wanksta
19
Star & Buc Outro
50 Cent is the Future (June 2002)
1
U Should Be Here
2
Bump Dat Street Mix
3
Banks Workout
4
Whoo Kid Kayslay Shit!
5
Just Fuckin' Around
6
G-Unit Soldiers
7
Got Me a Bottle
8
Tony Yayo Explosion
9
Clue/50
10
A Little Bit of Everything U.T.P.
11
Cutmaster C Shit
12
Call Me
13
50/Banks
14
Surrounded By Hoes
15
G-Unit That's What's Up
16
Bad News
Guess Whos Back? (May 2002)
1
Killa Tape Intro
2
Rotten Apple
3
Skit/Drop
4
That's What's Up
5
U Not Like Me
6
50 Bars
7
Life's on the Line
8
Get Out the Club
9
Be a Gentleman
10
Fuck You
11
Too Hot
12
Who U Rep With
13
Corner Bodega
14
Ghetto Qu'ran
15
As the World Turns
16
Whoo Kid Freestyle
17
Stretch Armstrong Freestyle
18
Doo Wop Freestyle
Power of the Dollar (1999)
1
The Hit
2
The Good Die Young
3
Corner Bodega
4
Life's on the Line
5
That Ain't Gangsta
6
As the World Turns
7
Ghetto Qu'ran (Forgive Me)
8
Da Repercussions
9
Make Money by Any Means
10
Material Girl 2000
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Thug Love
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Slow Dough
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Gun Runners
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You Ain't No Gangsta
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Power of the Dollar
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I'm a Hustler
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Love Me
8 Mile Soundtrack
Places to Go
8 Mile Soundtrack
Rap Game
8 Mile Soundtrack
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Follow Me Gangster
Cradle 2 the Grave Soundtrack
Hit 'Em Up
Game Tight (Compilation)
Till I Collapse (Freestyle)
Green Lantern/Shady Records (Promo)
Hail Mary (Ja Rule Diss)
Hail Mary 12"
If I Can't (Remix)
If I Can't (Remix) 12"
Rowdy Rowdy
In Too Deep Soundtrack
P.I.M.P. (G-Unit Remix)
P.I.M.P. (Remix) 12"
P.I.M.P. (Remix)
P.I.M.P. (Remix) 12"
To All My Niggas
To All My Niggas 12"
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To All My Niggas 12"
Tha Realist Killaz
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What Goes Around
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50 Shot Ya
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We All Die One Day
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We Run These Streets
DJ WhooKid
You Want Beef With Me?
DJ WhooKid
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Bump Heads
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Sexy Lil' Thug (Remix)
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Magic Stick
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I'm Gonna Be Alright (Remix)
Lopez, Jennifer
Work It (Remix)
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Jerk
Next
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Tired of Being Broke
The Product G&B
Cry Me a River (Remix)
Justin Timberlake
50 Cent's real name is Curtis Jackson.
The name 50 Cent is a metaphor for change and was also the name of a notorious Brooklyn drug dealer.
His mom, Sabrina, gave birth to him when she was only 15. She sold drugs, which later made it easier for 50 to get involved with dealing.
She was killed at the age of 22, 50 was only 8 years old.
At the age of 12 he started selling drugs.
He used to be a boxer.
He was discovered by Jam Master Jay.
50 Cent signed a deal with Columbia Records in 1999 with the help of The Trackmasters.
On May 24 2000, he was shot in front of his grandma's home on 161st Street in the Jamaica section of Queens NY. He got into a friend's car, then was asked to go back in to get some jewelry. When he returned and slid into the car, another car pulled up. Someone crawled out of the back and came up on 50's left side with a gun cocked. A few weeks later, the shooter was murdered. 50 denies responsibility. He was shot 9 times, in the jaw, hand, chest, and legs at close range, and spent 13 days in the hospital.
When 50 was shot in the face his jaw had to be wired shut for six weeks, and he lost over 60 pounds.
Power Of The Dollar, was never released by Columbia. He signed a new deal with Warner/Chappell while he was in the hospital for $250,000.
The deal fell through and he got to keep half of his advance from the record company.
Ja Rule was stabbed at a Queens club and suspected 50 Cent was behind the attack. His crew retaliated by stabbing 50 outside the Hit Factory recording studio in 2000.
His underground album "Guess Who's Back?" sold 70,000 copies on the independent label Full Clip Records.
After underground success in June of 2002, 50 Cent was signed by Shady/Aftermath Records with the help of Eminem.
The tracks 'Wanksta', 'Love Me', and 'Places To Go' were all on the 8 Mile soundtrack released in October 2002.
50 Cent was arrested for gun possession in New York in December 2002.
In January 2003 a performance in San Francisco by 50 Cent had to be cancelled after thousands of fans without tickets showed up outside the concert hall.
He drives a bulletproof and bombproof Jeep Cherokee. He also has a Mercedes G-500, BP Suburban, and a motorcycle.
There are always at least four to six body guards with 50.
He has a jacket with '50 Cent' on the back that has a line through the 'C'.
In February 2003 50 topped the Billboard Hot Rap Singles, Top 40, and R&B/Hip-Hop charts with his single 'In Da Club'.
'Get Rich Or Die Tryin'' includes guest appearances from Eminem, Nate Dogg, Young Buck, and Tony Yayo and Lloyd Banks of G-Unit. Get Rich Or Die Tryin was produced by Dr. Dre and Eminem.
Get Rich sold over 872,000 copies in its first week and topped the Billboard 200 and Hot R&B/Hip-Hop charts an the LP charts in Canada.
Billboard 200 and Hot R&B/Hip-Hop charts an the LP charts in Canada. It's also the best-selling debut album since 1991 and sold more than all the other top 10 albums for that week combined.
50's favorite song from Get Rich or Die Tryin is 'Many Men'. His favorite musicians are 2 Pac, Notorious B.I.G., and Eminem. One of his favorite shows is Chappelle's Show.
50 Cent topped the Billboard Year-End Charts in 2003 as the Top Pop Artist (singles & albums), Top Pop Artist - Male (singles & albums),Top Billboard 200 Album, Top Billboard 200 Album Artist - Male, Top Hot 100 Singles Artist, Top Hot 100 Singles Artist - Male, Top R&B/Hip-Hop Artist (singles & albums), Top R&B/Hip-Hop Artist - Male (singles & albums), Top R&B/Hip-Hop Album Artist, Top R&B/Hip-Hop Album Artist - Male, Top Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles & Tracks Artist, Top Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles & Tracks Artist - Male, Top Hot Rhythmic Top 40 Artist, Top Hot Rap Artist - and with the Top Billboard 200 Album Artist and Top R&B/Hip-Hop Album (Get Rich Or Die Tryin''), and the Top Hot 100 Singles & Tracks, Top Hot 100 Airplay Track, Top Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles & Tracks, Top Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Airplay, and Top Hot Rap Single ("In Da Club").
He had the biggest selling LP of 2003 - Get Rich Or Die Tryin' - which sold over 6.5 million copies during the year in the US.
50 Cent had the Top Music Video Sales title of the year (2003) with The New Breed.
Readers of Rolling Stone named 50 Cent as the Best New Artist
50 CENT IN...Get Rich or Die Tryin�An Interscope ProductionA Jim Sheridan FilmExecutive Producers: Van Toffler, David GaleProduced by: Jimmy Iovine, Paul Rosenberg & Chris LightyDirected by Jim Sheridan
Trailers & PicturesTeaser Trailer Theatrical Trailer Pictures From The Movie SynopsisCurtis �50 Cent� Jackson, one of the biggest and most popular stars in hip-hop, is the charismatic driving force behind �Get Rich or Die Tryin�� a hard-hitting drama directed by six-time Oscar� nominee Jim Sheridan about an orphaned street kid who makes his mark in the drug trade but finally dares to leave the violence behind and become the rap artist he was meant to be. Marcus (Jackson) has always known he was going to be a rapper, but when his mother is murdered, he turns to dealing � hustling drugs pays the rent. As his world spirals out of control, he begins to apply the same manic intensity to his writing as he does to dealing; he has to write down his words to stay sane. For years, he endures this living hell until a tragedy that nearly kills him gets Marcus to change his life.
NotesDirector Jim Sheridan is a six-time Oscar� nominee. In 1989, �My Left Foot� garnered him nominations for best director and screenplay; in 1993, he received three nominations as the director, writer and producer of �In the Name of the Father� and in 2003, �In America� brought him a third best screenplay nomination.
Filmogrpahy:
Television
"The Simpsons" Pranksta Rap" as Himself (2005)
Spike TV's Video Game Awards (2005) as the Host
Films
" Get Rich or Die Tryin'" (2005)
" Home of the Brave" (2006)
"The Dance" (2008)
"New Orleans" (2008)
50 Cent - Your Life Is On The Line50 Cent - Rowdy Rowdy(xxx)50 Cent - In Da Club50 Cent - Wanksta50 Cent - Heat (Street Version)50 Cent - Heat (Gamehall Version)50 Cent - If I Can't50 Cent - Many Man (Wish Death)50 Cent - Disco Inferno (xxx)50 Cent - Just A Lil Bit50 Cent - Piggy Bank50 Cent - In My Hood50 Cent - A Baltimore Love Thing50 Cent - Get In My Car50 Cent - God Gave Me Style 50 Cent - Gunz Come Out50 Cent - I Don't Need 'Em50 Cent - I'm Supposed To Die Tonight50 Cent - Outta Control50 Cent - Position Of Power50 Cent - Ryder Music 50 Cent - Ski Mask Way50 Cent - This Is 5050 Cent - Heat (Street Version)50 Cent - Heat (Game Version)50 Cent - Hustler's Ambition50 Cent - Window Shopper50 Cent Feat Nate Dogg - 21 Questions50 Cent Feat G-Unit & Snoop Dogg - P.I.M.P. (Remix) (xxx)50 Cent Feat Tony Yayo - Backseat (xxx)50 Cent Feat Olivia - Candy Shop50 Cent Feat Mobb Deep & Nate Dogg - Have A Party50 Cent Feat Mobb Deep - Outta Control (Remix)50 Cent Feat Olivia - So Amazing50 Cent Feat Eminem - Gatman & Robbin50 Cent Feat Jamie Foxx - Build You Up50 Cent Feat Tony Yayo - My Toy SoldierLloyd Banks Feat 50 Cent - SmileLloyd Banks Feat 50 Cent - On FireLloyd Banks Feat 50 Cent - Hands UpLloyd Banks Feat Avant & Tony Yayo - Karma/Ain't No ClickLloyd Banks Feat Keri Hilson - HelpLloyd Banks - I'm So FlyLloyd Banks - CakeTony Yayo Feat 50 Cent - So SeductiveTony Yayo Feat Joe - Curious/PimpinTony Yayo Feat 50 Cent, Lloyd Banks & Young Buck - I Know You Don't Love MeYoung Buck Feat 50 Cent - Let Me InYoung Buck - Shorty Wanna Ride/StompYoung Buck Feat Mr. Porter, 50 Cent & Tony Yayo - Look At Me Now/Bonafide HustlerYoung Buck Feat Jazze Pha - I Know You Want MeG-Unit - Poppin Them ThangsG-Unit - Stunt 101G-Unit - My BuddyG-Unit Feat Joe - I Wanna Get To Know Ya
Appearances With Rapping:Busta Rhymes Feat Lloyd Banks, Rah Digga, Mary J Blige, Missy Elliot, Papoose & DMX - Touch It (Remix)Daddy Yankee Feat Lloyd Banks & Young Buck - Rompe (Remix)Eminem Feat 50 Cent, Lloyd Banks & Cashis - You Don't KnowJoe Feat G-Unit - Ride Wit ULil Scrappy Feat Young Buck - Money In The BankMissy Elliot Feat 50 Cent - Work It Out (Remix)Mobb Deep Feat Young Buck - Give It To MeOlivia Feat 50 Cent - Best Friend (Remix)Olivia Feat Lloyd Banks - Twist ItOnyx Feat 50 Cent - ReactThe Game Feat 50 Cent - How We DoThe Game Feat 50 Cent - Hate It Or Love ItThree 6 Mafia Feat Young Buck, 8Ball & MJG - Stay Fly
Appearances Witout Rapping:Bizarre - Rock Star (50 Cent)Eminem - Ass Like That (50 Cent)Eminem - Mosh (Lloyd Banks)Eminem - Mosh (alternative ending) (Lloyd Banks)Eminem - Sing For The Moment (50 Cent)Eminem - Toy Soldiers (50 Cent)Method Man Feat D'Angelo - Break Ups 2 Make Ups (50 Cent)Monica - U Should've Known Better (Young Buck)Olivia - So Sexy (50 Cent)Shareefa - Cry No More (Young Buck)Stat Quo - Like Dat (Young Buck)
50 Cent -Power of the Dollar [EP] Released: on September 12, 2000 Guest apperances from: Bun B, Noreaga, Destiny's Child, Madd Rapper and others. Label: Sony Music Order this item at amazon.com 50 Cent / G-Unit - Guess Who's Back
Released: on May 21, 2002Guest apperances from: Lloyd Banks, Tony Yayo, Bravehearts, Nas, Bun B and others
Label: Full Cup Records
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50 Cent / G-Unit 50 Cent is the Future
Released: on June 1, 2002
Guest apperances from: Lloyd Banks, Tony Yayo and others
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50 Cent - No Mercy, No Fear
Released: on June 1, 2002
Guest apperances from: Lloyd Banks, Tony Yayo and others
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50 Cent - Get Rich Or Die Tryin
Released: on February 6, 2003
Guest apperances from: Lloyd Banks, Tony Yayo, Eminem, Dr.Dre, Young Buck, Nate Dogg
Label: Shady / Interscope Records
Debuted at #1 on both Pop and Rap Billboard charts, sold more than 870.000 albums within the first week.
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G-Unit - Beg For Mercy
Released: on November 14, 2003
Label: G-Unit / Interscope Records
G-Unit's Beg 4 Mercy sold 368,802 copies its first week (Friday-Tuesday).
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The Massacre
Released: on March 3, 2003
Label: Shady / Aftermath / Interscope Records
Follow-up to Multi-platinum debut, sells outwards of 5 Million in US Alone.
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Get Rich Or Die Trying OST
Released: on November 8, 2005
Label: G-Unit / Interscope Records
Soundtrack to the Motion Picture Film
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Curtis SSK
Released: on June 19, 2007
Label: G-Unit / Interscope Records
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More so than any other music since the blues, hip-hop is all about stories. And its stories are both criminal minded and grand, making them enthralling and unbelievable, but also making them only as interesting and convincing as the teller. That's why, despite being blackballed by the industry, without a major-label recording contract, heads still gravitated to Jamaica, Queens' realest son, 50 Cent, like the planets to the sun. 50 Cent, born Curtis Jackson 26 years ago, is the real deal, the genuine article. He's a man of the streets, intimately familiar with its codes and its violence, but still, 50, an incredibly intelligent and deliberate man, holds himself with a regal air as if above the pettiness which surrounds him. Couple his true-life hardship with his knack for addictive, syrupy hooks, it's clear that 50 has exactly what it takes to ride down the road to riches and diamond rings. 50 is real, so he does real things.
Born into a notorious Queens drug dynasty during the late '70s, 50 Cent lost those closest to him at an early age. Raised without a father, 50's mother, whose name carried weight in the street (hint, hint, dummies), was found dead under mysterious circumstances before he could hit his teens. The orphaned youth was taken in by his grandparents, who provided for 50. But his desire for things would drive him to the block. Which in his case was the infamous New York Avenue, now known as Guy R. Brewer Blvd. There, 50 stepped up to get his rep up, amassing a small fortune and a lengthy rap sheet. But the birth of his son put things in perspective for the post adolescent, and 50 began to pursue rap seriously. He signed with JMJ, the label of Run DMC DJ Jam Master Jay and began learning his trade. JMJ would teach the young buck to count bars and structure songs. Unfortunately, caught up in industry limbo, there wasn't much JMJ could do for 50.
The platinum hitmakers Trackmasters took notice of 50 and signed him to Columbia Records in 1999. They shipped 50 to Upstate NY where they locked him up in the studio for 2 1/2 weeks. He turned out 36 songs in this short period, which resulted in "Power Of A Dollar," an unreleased masterpiece that Blaze Magazine judged a classic. 50's stick up kid anthem "How to Rob" blew through the roof and playfully painted him as a deliriously hungry up-and-comer daydreaming of robbing famous rappers. But 50 and the fans were the only ones laughing. Unable to take a joke, Jay-Z, Big Pun, Sticky Fingaz, and Ghostface Killah all replied to the song. "It wasn't personal. It was comedy based on truth, which made it so funny," says 50 Cent.
In April of '00, 50 was shot 9 times, including a .9mm bullet to the face, in front of his grandmothers house in Queens. He spent the next few months in recovery while Columbia Records dropped him from the label. 50 didn't fold, he flew. Right into the zone. He banged out track after track, despite no income or backing, with his new business partner and friend Sha Money XL. The two recorded over 30 songs, strictly for mix-tapes, with the soul purpose of building a buzz. 50's street value rose and by the end of the spring of '01 he'd released the new material independently on the makeshift LP, "Guess Who's Back?". Beginning to attract interest, and now backed by his crew, G-Unit, 50 stayed on his grind and made more songs. But it was different this time. Rather than create new songs as they had before, 50 decided to showcase his hit-making ability by retouching first-class beats which had already been used. They released the red, white and blue bootleg, "50 Cent Is the Future," revisiting material by Jay-Z and even Rapheal Saadiq.
That's when the unbelievable happened, and hip-hop history was written. The energetic CD caught the ear of supa MC Eminem, and within a week Em was on the radio saying, '50 Cent is my favorite rapper right now.' Em looked to mentor Dr. Dre to confirm his belief in the young hitmaker, and the good doctor co-signed. Floored by the appreciation of the greats, 50 didn't hesitate in signing with the dream team. In the wake of his acquisition, 50 Cent has become the most sought after newcomer in almost a decade. Not since the summer of '94, when radio would play absolutely anything Notorious B.I.G. related, has hip-hop seen buzz like this.
Ever the clever businessman, 50 didn't let the opportunity escape him and quickly released another bootleg of borrowed beats, "No Mercy, No Fear." The CD featured only one new track, "Wanksta," which was certainly not intended for radio, but the streets couldn't wait for the official single and within weeks "Wanksta" became New York's most requested record. Thankfully, the stellar cut has found a home on the multi-platinum soundtrack to Eminem's smash movie, "8 Mile." With several huge hits already under his belt, 50 Cent is poised to be the artist to beat next year. He's coming with over ten incredible tracks stashed from last spring and newly recorded winners courtesy of Eminem, who's really cut his production teeth of late, and hip-hop's greatest, highest-selling producer Dr. Dre. "Creatively, what more could I ask for?" he asks jokingly. "You know if me and Em is in the same room then it's gonna be a friendly competition, neither of us wanna let the other one down. And Dre??? C'mon." Promising an LP of the caliber of rap classics like "Illmatic," "Ready to Die," and "Reasonable Doubt," 50 Cent's debut promises to set the pace for hip-hop in coming years. The product of his unrelenting drive, talent and, frankly, his real-ness, 50's official first album promises to do for him just what it says. With his infectious flow and viciously funny I-don't-give-a-fuck personality, there is no doubt that 50 Cent will Get Rich or Die Trying.
