The rap game has never seen a bully like 50. When Get Rich or Die Trying dropped, it wasn't just a hot album. It was a phenomenon. 50 will always be a legend in my mind.
@@iztheillest Even 50 said at that time BISD was better than GRODT, BISD is Criminally Underrated More Hard Lyrically. But it's NoT About Álbums, this is about his moviment for Hip-Hop in 2009 too, Before I Self Destruct Álbum and Movie Both worldwide, War Angel LP Mixtape, Thisis50 Festival with G-UNiT, The Lox, Dipset.
@@ducatarina if we’re just talking about the hip hop landscape, then the reason why 50’s 2009 was overlooked was because Ye, Wayne, Cudi we’re running shit that year, not to mention everyone was hyped for Em’s comeback too. No one was really paying attention to 50
Man I was 9 when 50 cent came our but was already a hip hop head cause my dad.. 50 still is one of my favorite rappers ever he had a run like nobody else I swore I was in g unit for a few years lol
"The Massacre" is the first CD I ever bought with my own money! It had to be around 2008-2009 so I was around 8 and the album had already been out for a while but I was young and played the hell out of it on one of those big portable DVD players my mom got me. 50 was my favorite rapper for a minute
I witnessed this take over!! The problem was that there was no way in hell he could top get rich or die tryin'.You could let the whole track play.He had club hits,radio hits,TV hits,and hard-core hits on the entire album.He couldn't top that.He could only try to expand on it.His time just ran out and his squad couldn't carry that momentum he set from the beginning.He could only try and stay consistent until his time passed.
To me, it's surreal to think that in 4 years (I consider 2003-2007 to be his prime) 50 managed to accomplish a lot and change the game forever. It was so hard to top "Get Rich Or Die Tryin" but I think that if 50 kept those songs that he gave to The Game then "The Massacre" would've been a lot better musically.
@@cloutcancun very true.It would’ve kept his relevancy a little longer.The high expectations going into his sophomore album was just too high also.Back then,you fed the masses just a taste of music.A feature here a feature there,but THAT ALBUM was his rise and downfall.He wasn’t topping that classic album ever.Also Kanye was starting to peak with his hits and persona.He had more of a related character with his fun style and beats.A lot more people could relate to kanye more than 50’s Gang banger style lol
nigga shut the Fuck up 50 ran the rap Game from 2002 -2009 the blable stop backing him and unfortunately his new deals fell through Sleek, SMS, Boxing and they tried to blackball.... He still had harder tapes better than albums ..GRODT was ILLMatic, Reasonanable Doubt, DoggyStyle .....he could still make music if Nas,Jay,X still had hit albums after a big debut...That had nothing to do with his music ..who the fuck is still stuck on their first ...like Jay said "Ngz like old shit buy my old albums" u cant be stuck in one year or Era...Jay switched it up to reinvent.. 50 just didn't
Hate to say that G-Unit depended on 50 in-stead of moving on there own. Banks 1st album went hard no cap Buck 1st album went hard Game 1st album(my 2nd favorite under GRODT) Even yayo did his thing. Now after that yikes!!!!
I was 13 when this album dropped and man he took over the world instantly. You even heard In Da Club at school events 😂 but 50 and G Unit were monsters man… probably the best short term run in hip hop ever
They tried to stop him Musically, because they thought it would get rid of him outright, but they definitely underestimated him and his TRUE LEVEL OF HUSTLE. He's proven over the years that he can adapt and still make Hit Songs in this Era too. I hope he actually does drop one last one, because I know it's going to be good.
Em from 99-03, Wayne from 06-11, Drake from 15-18 and Pac from 94-96 (pretty sure I’m leaving more runs out) come close but yeah 50 had arguably the best run in hip hop
50 understood the game in n out, the good and the bad and knew this shit wouldn't last forever, he knew he always have a problem with suits as well. He was smart to do other things cause he's hungry and driven like that. He's a legend and he'll be straight for a long time
G-unit/shady-aftermath we’re simultaneously running that era. I remember the whole beef with murder inc. and benzino, they stood no chance against shady and g-unit during that time.
@@theresecullen5742 whatever drill rapper is currently hot for the next few minutes, but you currently don’t have a roster of rappers that really are running the rap game like the early thousands the last camp that really did their thing was young money/cash money and well no other roster really came up after them.
Joe Budden talked about this a few years back, he was blacked balled. I don’t care if you drop a critically bashed album, as a label if you have an artist who’s just dropped 3 back to back multi million selling albums and a platinum group album you put money behind his next group album and solo project. They didn’t do that, they let him his next two albums with no promotion and then let him go on a 5 year hiatus
It’s cuz 50 got smart. He wanted more money. He was asking more questions. Game was desperate. They worked with Game, and made whatever money they could make with 50. [+]
I dont think his career was sabotaged, around "Curtis" , the industry was going thru a shift and then when we saw Kanye beat him in sales, we saw him in a losing position which may have hurt his momentum.
50 was signed to Eminem AND Dr Dre but yeah he was getting lots of heat seekers in NYC And YO before the signed big major label dealships but he was not known on a country basis or global base before signing to Shady/Aftermath/Interscope yeah
It’s his image that got ruined. People actually think Game is more successful than 50, 😂. Public perception was ruined for 50. People actually believe ri(C)k r(O)ss is more successful than 50, 😂. 50s winning but people don’t see it. [+]
50 scheme was get RICH or Die Trying. He succeeded. Rap stopped and he found another lane to get rich. I think he focused more on other things than just rap you feel me. But overall he still the goat. My favorite rapper of all time.
50 is one of the artist in the game that is a game changer. He brought that gangsta rap back to the forefront and made hip hop competitive again and more importantly made mixtapes a thing .
I like his 2nd album more than the first. I can't front tho. Get Rich era was crazy(2003). That was like the new Illmatic. Meaning all 5 Boros was rooting for 50
I think the industry was trying to move to a new genre of music with new artists to make more money . 50 was always on top if you like to agree or not, his songs flows lyrics features, at least he helped gunit with making their own carees and people knowing their name. 50's A Beast
I believe you man 50 career was sabotaged because 50 feared no artist in the industry when he came out. And people hated him because of his persona so I believe that caused a stur with the label and the label wouldn't stand behind him or support him with issues with other artists. So 50 was left doing everything for himself as always because he was straight hood.
Jimmy Iovine and Interscope is the reason. They wanted a second album from him in the same year as GRODT and he said no he wants to do a G-Unit album. They had no faith in his 2nd album and wasn’t trying to help or promote it
2003-2005 was absolutely amazing for 50 & G-Unit. The man couldn’t miss. But he shouldve regrouped when things started reaching oversaturation. He had a movie, video games, album releases, sneakers, & clothing line. Then the Vitamin Water deal hit which clearly now looks like his stake was seriously exaggerated lol. But at the time, we all thought he walked away with $400 million which clearly wasn’t the case. He shouldve just seriously focused on the quality of the music of the label instead of the beefs & antics. The beefs & antics honestly started making him look a bit silly & out of touch. Then the beefs with his own crew just made things look worse. Thank God for him making Power tho. 50 is still a very smart man.
2007 too he was bigger than ever with that curtis album and the kanye competition even tho the curtis album was mad underrated if you ask me.. but he was very big in 07 too
@@DeathRowMakaveli Yeah but he lost his number one spot that is why many people say that he was on top musically with his first two studio albums because they both went number one on the billboard charts while his third album and albums after that never went number one again
I'm From Queens , and Queens always had Hip Hop on Locked down since the 80s without Queens Rap wouldn't be what it is today and 50 cent is part of that reason. He almost even shut down Jay Z and 50 ruined his own career with all the beefs he started hes lucky he wasnt blacklisted.
All of 50s albums are underrated excluding Get Rich. Massacre has so many hits. Curtis shows his growth. Self Destruct, has so many hidden gems. Animal Ambition, was him exploring/experimenting. It’s just not cool to like 50. It’s cool to not like him. [+]
@@elplebeuchiha1996 GRODT is 50s only classic album while BISD was solid but 50 has multiple classic leveled mixtapes like Guess Who's Back, No Mercy No Fear, God's Plan, Automatic Gunfire, 50 Cent Is The Future, And G Unit Radio yeah.
He was a one dimensional rapper , he sounded outdated quicker than other rappers. That's why he moved to the movie screen and the series he has in production. 50 took the bag and evolved not many MC can drop classics late in their careers so far Nas is the only one dropping revelalant material
1. Over saturation - by 2007 G Unit and 50 was over pumped with the video game, movies, soundtrack, clothing and release. 2. The Game was a G Unit black sheep that became the most successful of the crew. So that was a big crack in the g unit armor when parted ways 1st. Showing finally that 50 wasn’t invincible. 3. New York was divided by the beef while the South multiplied and the west rode along in their resurgence. 4. 50 thought he could steamroll other artists the way he did Ja Rule. We also realize the other beefs we’re not as mainstream or interesting. 5. Kanye shifted the musical platform by late registration and gangster rap started loosing it’s appeal. 6. The Lil Wayne mixtape YMCMB era rewrote the rules of gangster rap, regional appeal and had no beef allowing the unprecedented run. New York was no longer considered the Mecca of lyricst.
See the difference is they steamrolled ja becuase he told the whole world that ja is a 🤡 when apparently it was the other way around and always has he is a hypercryte he thinks he is hard lost most of his beefs got the brady aftermath 🏕 ⛺ in the beef so everyone was dickryding them plus got the feds involved he couldn't do that with lox fat joe wu tang especially 🎮 which was the 🔨 in the ⚰ other artists he knew he couldn't handle plus Kanye and Wayne took over everyone got tired of his mentally eventually all that pettiness dies down and you are your own downfall I dont like Kanye or Wayne like that but at least they kept they distance and barely beefed with anyone
I never seen a album hit as hard as get rich did plus his buzz before it dropped was crazy. But I think what hurt 50 the most was he started doing everything he criticized ja rule for. Once he came out with candy shop he opened the door for people who didn’t just hate on all the success he was having.
50 did fall off depending on your definition. He arguably didn’t fall off depending on your definition. 50 fell off, as in, he didn’t have the main stoplight. Ye had it. Wayne had it. Drake had it. Cole had it. Kenny has it, right now. Kendrick has the spotlight and the attention, right now. So depending if this is your rubric for deciding who fell of, then yes, 50 fell of. If falling off is decided by income then of course 50 never fell off [+]
@@elplebeuchiha1996 oh ok you mean musically. A lot of people confuse him stopping doing music as falling off, even tho Power was one of the most popular shows on television. So was For Life, so is BMF. 50 has been in several hit movies as well & usually his shows are sold out. Even tho he quit doing music he has still been relevant enough to where you can't say he fell off in my opinion
This is a great video! Yes, the leaking of albums and songs definitely contributed to his musical decline. His story is a reminder that no one is invincible.
your video got me looking at this different . I always felt 1) The bully act definitely got stale. He should’ve left it at Ja and instead worked with all of the NY Legends & up and comers. Cause Ik they wanted to work with him & his crew, vice versa. 2) by 05, he was everywhere. It was scary. He’s probably the first rapper to ape his 360 deal. He brung platinum artists in as a group and solo, launched Game’s career, vitamin water, had a movie, clothes, sneakers, MADE A CRAPPY GAME THAT STILL SOLD 2 MILLION COPIES & most people forget, but he continued his tape run after Get Rich under G Unit Radio until 06 when each G Unit member, including the new ones like Mobb Deep & Mase, dropped their own themed GUR tape! So the world was 50’d out, or so we thought.. I didn’t know 50 was leaking his own records on The Massacre. Considering the fact he was one of the highest selling acts on the label, I know fuck well they didn’t take kind to him leaking content. He thought he was gonna be able to bully but the niggas in the suits are the REAL gangstas. always and forever. The run was great & im glad to see it as a kid & learn more as I get older.
These types of comments are why I make videos! When it comes to this video I just wanted to make people see 50's career differently. 50 played a part in his own downfall musically but the suits are people you CANNOT bully. 50 was white-hot musically at one point but it's the suits who keep you hot and in a good amount of cases get you hot. I just think it's wild to think that 50 had a legendary run on top but it definitely could've lasted longer if things were different.
50cent definitely striked while the iron was hot but for real I agree with 1. the bullying got stale and it would've been great to hear 50 actually work with other rappers at his peak it definitely could've gave him a stronger run
Thanks bro he's career ain't get fucked up it was the Suits particularly Jimmy who stopped him and took out his gas and kept having him redo albums. Like u said he should have just dropped the bully act and he would have been coming back like eminem did
His mixtapes should’ve been albums after get rich . You could listen to his older stuff and compare it to his new and see he doesn’t even try , which sucks because when he wants to put his foot on ppl necks he can really do it .
He didn’t try because he was upset that his record label Interscope refused to give him more money and/or ownership of his music. His mixtapes are for his fans. His albums are for his record contract [+]
50 cent too this dayy,has some of the hardest hitting songs,his music is timeless and how he destroyed ja rule with the wankster song is still savage and cold af 💯 new school rap can do its thing,I'll keep too 50 cent and old school bangers
His career was never “ruined”. He had his moment on top and others came in the game and took the spot. We’ve seen it happen time and time again in rap. Ye dropped Graduation and ran with the title. Or at least shared it with Wayne. 50 didn’t have absolute GOAT status albums like that so he couldn’t sit at the throne like Jay or Dre. It’s just weird to hear that ppl think his career got ruined overtime. The rap game changes quick and during a pivotal time period he was more concerned with beefing, vitamin water and thisis50 than making certified classics like his peers.
GRODT wasn't GOAT status?? Interscope eventually stopped pushing his music. Do you know how relevant a label can keep an artist? He was full of nothing but hits. The man discography is hit after hit and you think that ability suddenly stopped?
@@dbo3039 The label definitely stopped pushing his music for one because they was beefing with 50 behind the scenes and they started to blackballed him 50 was becoming too powerful tbh so the music industry had to basically get rid of him.
His career wasn’t ruined he just made so much money so fast and he had three RTC had to manage who all went platinum there was a lot of money coming in so fast that I think 50 didn’t have a chance to focus on the music I remember him saying after massacre he was so goddamn busy that he didn’t have time to make any music
My white ass hate had a G-Unit head band, g-unit reeboks, g-unit shoes, and a Mike Vick jersey that I rocked almost daily! I loved 50 back in the day and still do!
I mean.. based on my knowledge of how record labels work, the engineer in the studio is someone who is employed under the umbrella of that label. If that label assigned sound engineer is responsible for recording the music and the head of that label is at odds with the recording artist, it’s not ludicrous to assume that the engineer would leak the A&R any new projects that the artist is making. Pretty much follow the people trail and you’ll get the answer. (Super ready for part 2 btw)
I don’t think it was ruined on purpose. I think you have to look at a few things. 1. It is really hard to keep up, momentum and have successful albums when your first album is a classic that blows the doors off think about how many rappers that had a best album that was also their first album that people still talk about 15 years later. It’s a very short list. I don’t think 50 Cent and Snoop Dogg get enough credit in that department. Snoop Dogg put out his second best album on his fifth album after his first album was the most successful album of 1993. The real difference between Snoop and 50 is that snoop came out 10 10 years earlier in 15 years before people started downloading music. Snoop had a longer window of time before the SoundScan era kind of came to an end. But it’s not like 50 didn’t put out any great music after his first album. The first G-Unit group album was a hit and very successful, his second album went six times platinum. When you look at the work, he put in in three years it’s really remarkable. By the time he got to his third album , Curtis , the amount of people that were actually paying for music had dropped off by like 75%. So it’s not that him only selling 1 million copies of his third album was a sign of him falling off. It was a sign of the Times. Today if you go platinum, that’s like the equivalent of going for five times platinum back in the year 2000 2. He got all the success of a legend, but he got all of his in three or four years, where other people might have to get those accomplishments in a decade or more. I don’t care how big or how great the star is usually when a hip-hop label takes off, there are one or two stars that are dominating and then you have guys underneath them that are successful but on a smaller level. Aftermath/Shady/G-unit was on top for just as long as other labels that were on top before them and after them whether it’s death row records or no limit records or Rockafella or whoever. Please show me the label that everyone stayed on top and was blowing out the charts for 15 years. Hasn’t happened and it will never happen again. No one’s going diamond ever again unless it’s a classic that takes 20 years to get there. 3. I don’t think he was halted on purpose. I think it was just a bad idea to have Game be a part of G-Unit. And that’s not a diss towards Game , I think, if he would’ve just been signed solely to Aftermath that 50 and Game would’ve really never had a beef because it’s not like he was an organic member of the group. It was kind of a business decision to put him in the group. And their beef is really the thing that ended that dynasty. I’m not saying one was right or one was wrong, but I truly believe that if that beef did not happen, then Eminem, 50 Cent and Game would’ve carried that dynasty may be another three or four years before it fell off and again I’m not saying falling off, isn’t a bad thing, because everyone gets to a point where they’re just not in their prime anymore. All in all, I think the reason people look at it the way they do was because he was the last big star not just in hip-hop but in music to put up numbers like that before the Internet changed everything. It’s not like after him there was other artists that were going diamond. You’ve got singles that go diamond but you’re never gonna have albums that do it again. The fact that he only had a two year period before everyone started stealing music makes it look worse than it actually was But the dude, smart, and he just started earning money in different ways as far as movies and television go.
It was ruined by Jay-Z, Jay spent money to keep 50 off the radio, off interviews and stopped his progression along with G-Unit, yeah he spent a good amount of money but he earned more by getting G-Unit out the game
50 Cent was the biggest guy during Get Rich Die Trying. His peak was HIGH !!!!!! Yonkers Public schools as a child, he was way bigger than Jay Z, and Puffy. Only competition at the time local. Nelly was huge !
They played that entire album for 24 hours on my radio station. It def was everywhere and drake will never compare cuz 50 came out of nowhere but still had the underground ties
*I was 12 when Get Rich Or Die Tryin' came out.. maaaaaaaaan you cant believe what impact that album had when it dropped like a granade.. eeeeverybody was talking about fifty he was on the radio 24/7 in da club was playin on a loop... and Im not even talking about the states, Im talkin about Europe.. 2003 is my absolute favorite year for many reasons but music back then was off the chaiiiin I miss that time really bad and even tho I remember everything like it was yesterday I wish I was adult enough to experience the real party and benefits of being an adult... what a crazy time.. all of a sudden everybody wanted to wear baggy clothes especially g unit clothes, didnt matter if you was white black green purple, everybody wanted to wear durags and be 50*
Imagine a world where Game doesn’t have, Westside Story, Special, How We Do, Hate It Or Love It, Higher, or Where I’m From? A world where 4/6 singles weren’t on his album but on the Massacre? Damn. Imagine [+]
50 cent actually recorded a whole different version of the massacre album which was way harder than the one that was released but he decided to scrap it smh 🤦 worse move ever
is there a playlist somewhere of the original Massacre? I wonder if the song How we do exists but with only 50 cent without The Game since it was originally suppose to be 50s song
@@hititdj 4/6 singles form the Documentary where songs made by 50 for 50. 6/18 songs on the album are songs 50 made for himself or he made specifically for Game. [+]
50 tried his best with every other album Get rich or die tryin was a perfection any other rapper would have struggled with this he has proved that he is one best and he Is a great rapper and shines whenever he appears in music or when he works with other people he isn’t perfect but not everything will be perfect
Its clearly that Jimmy boycotted 50. He was getting too powerful. Get the idea that 50 was bigger than Eminem in those days, even if his lyrics were wack. His hooks were catchy as hell lol Same thing with Murder Inc or Death Row being destroyed by Jimmy and not by 2Pac’s death or 50 dissing Murder Inc.
@@SteveAyanami what’s dope about it? If it was dope he would be still able to make hits now? Other old rappers make hits still why can’t 50? Because he wanna do tv production now lol right… 1 album wonder. Never could top get rich or die trying. 🤡
The truth is 50 got an extraordinary push at the beginning of his career, a phenomenal push. He would never have reached the levels he did without dre and Eminem endorsing him. Of course iovine was behind that move. GRODT was a great album for the time but it wasn't anywhere near illmatic or ready to die or all eyes on me or straight out of comption, wutang 36 chambers, efil for zaggin, the fugees musically. It just wasn't on the same level. Lyrically it def wasn't as strong. There was nostalgia for tupac and 50 successfully filled that void. 50 didn't handle his success too well and was bullying everybody in the industry. Going against iovine by trying to sabotage beats by dre was career suicide, dissing Jay z nas and puffy wasn't smart either. Good to see him doing well but the fact is he's £30 , his adversaries dre, iovine, Jay z are all billionaires. He even dissed snoop who's £150 of the back of his brand and nas is worth £70. So the truth is 50 won many battles but ultimately lost the war. The lesson is pride and hubris can be dangerous and definitely comes before a fall
I keep telling people that his personality was like a female and he thought he was the hardest one out he is not up there with nas and Jay z and wu tang with lyrics I never liked his music I mean I heard them a few times but never liked his style he tries to hard to get noticed and game called him out multiple times people a time like they never heard 300 bars and 🏃♀️
Brah you can’t think he’s worth that much he just signed a deal with stars for 150 million and fif was gon be big regardless not as big of course but he was just to good at writing hooks and song structure so he didn’t have to be super lyrical
50 Cent GRODT is better than every album you named you sound crazy it went diamond. 50 was killing the mixtapes before he got signed , Eminem wanted to sign him for a reason. 50 was bigger than Eminem at one point what are you talking about
@DJonthe1sand2s it sold way more than all of those albums. None of those albums went diamond except 50. You are pretending like his album was not as good thats a lie
One reason just is that if you blow up like he did with the first "official album" then after that most of the year will be getting to now celebs, partying and just generally going grazy with money rather than labbing rhymes and beats. So second album many times comes out as half-assed. Also it's just a fact that getting shot 9 times is some marketing that you cannot get anywhere else but surviving that sh!t and propably you won't hope that for the second album.
I don't think he got ruined it's just that every star fades no matter how big they get. If you look back at any superstar that got big especially rap it usually last about 6yrs (3 albums) then after that it seems the masses lose interest. They might still be relevant and put out good stuff after that but it never gets as big as you were for those 6yrs 3albums.
@@justthisguy1948 you can put 50 and Kanye in there as well that's not what I'm talking about those guys are legends icons even I'm talking about the basic rapper life line 6 yrs 3 albums if you're lucky even with Jay-z and Eminem they'll be around forever but look back when the were dominating back then its for 3 albums they were on top you can argue that it's 4 or 5 for Jay-z but you gotta take under account that biggie and 2pac were killed before there runs started. I mean Eminem would of still blew up because of the white novelty thing the record labels were craving a white dude who can spit but Jay-z wouldn't be as big as he is if biggie was still alive reppin Brooklyn. And 2pac was dominating everything and that time and was beefing with Jay so if he stayed alive he would have shut rockafella down if he wanted to they would have never gotten as big as they did.
I think people just got tired of his Manufacturing of beef just to sell records, people just want to hear good music so they went elsewhere to find it and his decline followed.
🤔 50 grew too powerful he was beefing with like 10 artists at the same time. He was out of control and Eminem wasn’t in the right place to talk to him . They had to find alternative ways to slow his momentum. 50 cent is too smart to falloff that’s just not possible
You 100% right about the record label probably being the reason for his career slowing down. But I don't think the beef was necessarily the reason for his downfall. Simply because he came into the rap game beefing with the industry. Prime example HOW TO ROB! And him getting shot 9 times.
I think because he over saturated the mixtape scene that by the time he got to number 3 he was actually done creatively. Releasing too much music at a point can cause you to plateau musically and you don't have nothing creatively new to say because you release all the your ideas fast
Not mixtapes imo, it is because he wrote so much for Game, Banks, Buck and Yayo. So many of their hits were meant to be 50s. Side note - Have we had a real street rapper who could write mainstream hits since fif?
The massacre super underrated the first half classic.. just think he would of had how we do, and hate it or love it on there and a few more if he didn't give the songs to the game
It’s crazy that Eminem couldn’t help him do anything. Like seems like 50 cent was doing it all on his own and em didn’t back him up. I feel like 50 could have had a longer career if he didn’t beef with so many people
Nah Curtis was just mid, he spent a lot of his creative energy for The Game's first album and the fake beef with Kanye kinda backfired and somewhat damaged his reputation since it was seen as soft artsy rap defeating the G rap era.
Hey Clout, Please we want the break down of the 50 cent and LOX beef abeg. But please release the Dave East( an update you can add to the his segment, as him, Vado and Lloyd Banks, have formed a supergroup called " The Council's", and they should be dropping an album as a group very soon, and also discuss his potential collab tape with Conway, the Collab tape he has coming up with Mary J Blidge, Snoop Dogg, Arrab Muzik, V Don, Mike and Keyz, Buddha and Grandz & Harry Fraud with Hoffa 2 already almost done), Mozzy, Ransom & Papoose segments before that though. Keep on dropping dope materials my man, you really take me back with most of your contents on this channel blessings as always, and never ever stop.
I was born in 1992 so alot of this I remember bout 50. Wanksta was my shit. I always thought 50 was just more interested in his business ventures than making music.
money left the music industry but it was especially painful in hip hop. It was expensive sample driven. you ask me he bowed out at the best time and focused on hollywood money. you know a larger bag for less work.
I was in ninth grade when get rich dropped. There has never been an artist come out with that much momentum before or after. Everybody was yelling g unit then a year later everybody wearing Gunit clothes and sneakers. And I'm from Kentucky
50 was a pretty powerful man in the rap game at his peak, but beefing with other rappers and beefing with someone like Jimmy Iovine are two different things. Fair or not, Iovine had a kind of power 50 couldn't match. It's unfortunate because 50 could have been the biggest hip hop star ever. Alas, 50 seems to be doing well for himself in his current endeavors and will always be considered a legend in my mind. G Unit V Lox beef vid= YES PLEASE!
My favorites artist to this very day. Greatest run in hip hop/rap. Ppl say Game killed G Unit. I beg to differ. As good as Game is lyrically I think he killed Olivia and Young Hot Rods career lol. 50 will go on being the most influential artist past present future.
Yeah people think bars are everything. They forgot how hard 50 exposed game. I can understand it tho. Spitting 300 bars is hard. But I still think 50 won tho
@@BigHomieLeviathan the game bodied everybody on 300 bars 300 shots was eh ight for one artist the game scheme wordplay and punchlines were unmatchable at that time no debating the hood was all G-UNOT gunit cats started putting they're clothes away...50 is def more business smart than game but he never came back after 300 bars in my opinion...if u think he was more lyrically inclined u lost your noodle
@@adag2410 it's funny people say game destroyed 50 cent when 50 is doing much better than game now. People fw 50 more than game. And the game ia doing features now for 2.5K. Game got more damage from the beef than 50. And I never said 50 was more lyricall. All I said was 50 exposed game for being a stripper, crying at the shootout and lying all the time. 300 bars is impressive but I cant take game serious anymore after getting exposed that hard. And dont forget lloyd banks killing game if you wanna talk about bars and punchlines
The rap game has never seen a bully like 50. When Get Rich or Die Trying dropped, it wasn't just a hot album. It was a phenomenon. 50 will always be a legend in my mind.
truth
That was the first time I heard an entire album played in the club
It was also hot because of Ja Rule beef
@@Maki206253 yeah everyone got help
How was he a bully when he was getting shot and stabbed up
50's business mind is unmatched. He never has to rap again, now he makes songs for his show and pockets all the royalties this guys a genious.
Yes!
Exactly. He has an all time classic hip hop album, but he was never an amazing, amazing rapper. He was a better businessman than rapper
And he has great eyes. He actually has 2 of them!
@@mrownsu bro he literally drives his companies to failure
@@be4unvme he rich as hell so if that’s failure to you then sign me up
2002-2007 is a great run I don’t think I ever experienced anything like that he was everywhere
2002-2009, why everybody forgot 2009
Biggest run in hip hop
@@ducatarina Before I Self Destruct wasn’t that good compared to GRODT or The Massacre but was better than Curtis so it doesn’t really stick out
@@iztheillest Even 50 said at that time BISD was better than GRODT, BISD is Criminally Underrated More Hard Lyrically. But it's NoT About Álbums, this is about his moviment for Hip-Hop in 2009 too, Before I Self Destruct Álbum and Movie Both worldwide, War Angel LP Mixtape, Thisis50 Festival with G-UNiT, The Lox, Dipset.
@@ducatarina if we’re just talking about the hip hop landscape, then the reason why 50’s 2009 was overlooked was because Ye, Wayne, Cudi we’re running shit that year, not to mention everyone was hyped for Em’s comeback too. No one was really paying attention to 50
Man I was 9 when 50 cent came our but was already a hip hop head cause my dad.. 50 still is one of my favorite rappers ever he had a run like nobody else I swore I was in g unit for a few years lol
"The Massacre" is the first CD I ever bought with my own money! It had to be around 2008-2009 so I was around 8 and the album had already been out for a while but I was young and played the hell out of it on one of those big portable DVD players my mom got me. 50 was my favorite rapper for a minute
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That's sad
I feel you bra 😅
I was in 5th grade
I witnessed this take over!! The problem was that there was no way in hell he could top get rich or die tryin'.You could let the whole track play.He had club hits,radio hits,TV hits,and hard-core hits on the entire album.He couldn't top that.He could only try to expand on it.His time just ran out and his squad couldn't carry that momentum he set from the beginning.He could only try and stay consistent until his time passed.
To me, it's surreal to think that in 4 years (I consider 2003-2007 to be his prime) 50 managed to accomplish a lot and change the game forever. It was so hard to top "Get Rich Or Die Tryin" but I think that if 50 kept those songs that he gave to The Game then "The Massacre" would've been a lot better musically.
@@cloutcancun very true.It would’ve kept his relevancy a little longer.The high expectations going into his sophomore album was just too high also.Back then,you fed the masses just a taste of music.A feature here a feature there,but THAT ALBUM was his rise and downfall.He wasn’t topping that classic album ever.Also Kanye was starting to peak with his hits and persona.He had more of a related character with his fun style and beats.A lot more people could relate to kanye more than 50’s Gang banger style lol
@@cloutcancun I would say 2002-2007
nigga shut the Fuck up 50 ran the rap Game from 2002 -2009 the blable stop backing him and unfortunately his new deals fell through Sleek, SMS, Boxing and they tried to blackball.... He still had harder tapes better than albums ..GRODT was ILLMatic, Reasonanable Doubt, DoggyStyle .....he could still make music if Nas,Jay,X still had hit albums after a big debut...That had nothing to do with his music ..who the fuck is still stuck on their first ...like Jay said "Ngz like old shit buy my old albums" u cant be stuck in one year or Era...Jay switched it up to reinvent.. 50 just didn't
Hate to say that G-Unit depended on 50 in-stead of moving on there own.
Banks 1st album went hard no cap
Buck 1st album went hard
Game 1st album(my 2nd favorite under GRODT)
Even yayo did his thing.
Now after that yikes!!!!
50 Cent career was never ruined 50 is still good
They meant his music career went downhill after The Kanye battle for the most part aside from a few hits once in a while yeah.
I was 13 when this album dropped and man he took over the world instantly. You even heard In Da Club at school events 😂 but 50 and G Unit were monsters man… probably the best short term run in hip hop ever
I was 16 when this album dropped
i was 8 im telling you 50 cent was a phenomena here in europe. ive never seen anything like this
@@masonridgewell8063 he became an international superstar overnight
Facts lol
6-8 years is not a short time
They tried to stop him Musically, because they thought it would get rid of him outright, but they definitely underestimated him and his TRUE LEVEL OF HUSTLE. He's proven over the years that he can adapt and still make Hit Songs in this Era too. I hope he actually does drop one last one, because I know it's going to be good.
Man I wish I was old enough to witness 50's run over music.
Shit was crazy he took over the game on some Debo shit
@@jerzjones4700 any time I listen to back down, I can't help but think about how he ja out the paint in one song😂
dude watch diverse mentality 50 cent vs Ja Rule and you’ll look at this dude like he’s not human lol
@@TheYungPrince I've watched it many times. I feel the same way
How old are you?
50 is the GOAT. The industry hated him and he still prevailed. People don't even know about all the 🔥 he has put out the last 10 years or so
Noone in the history of rap has ever had a bigger wave than 50 ever.
Coughs=Dmx
@@derrickalexander9710 DMX wave was not bigger than 50 you drunk
@@derrickalexander9710 50 sold 13 million
Actually I don't like Lil gayne but his run and wave was alot longer than his just letting you know
Em from 99-03, Wayne from 06-11, Drake from 15-18 and Pac from 94-96 (pretty sure I’m leaving more runs out) come close but yeah 50 had arguably the best run in hip hop
50 understood the game in n out, the good and the bad and knew this shit wouldn't last forever, he knew he always have a problem with suits as well. He was smart to do other things cause he's hungry and driven like that. He's a legend and he'll be straight for a long time
50 run was legendary. He always say his issues with Jimmy Iovine hurt his albums getting pushed.
Facts jimmy blackballed him in 2005 wit massacre album leaked it. And in 2007 with Curtis album
G-unit/shady-aftermath we’re simultaneously running that era. I remember the whole beef with murder inc. and benzino, they stood no chance against shady and g-unit during that time.
Who's running it now ?
@@theresecullen5742 whatever drill rapper is currently hot for the next few minutes, but you currently don’t have a roster of rappers that really are running the rap game like the early thousands the last camp that really did their thing was young money/cash money and well no other roster really came up after them.
@@homerogonzalez1766 that's a good point 🤔
@@angelmunoz34 i forgot to mention G.o.o.d. Music had a decent little run from 11-12 but that fizzled when ye decided to become YE
Yeah Jimmy, Dre, Em, And 50 were running things for a good while
Joe Budden talked about this a few years back, he was blacked balled. I don’t care if you drop a critically bashed album, as a label if you have an artist who’s just dropped 3 back to back multi million selling albums and a platinum group album you put money behind his next group album and solo project. They didn’t do that, they let him his next two albums with no promotion and then let him go on a 5 year hiatus
It’s cuz 50 got smart. He wanted more money. He was asking more questions. Game was desperate. They worked with Game, and made whatever money they could make with 50. [+]
I dont think his career was sabotaged, around "Curtis" , the industry was going thru a shift and then when we saw Kanye beat him in sales, we saw him in a losing position which may have hurt his momentum.
I was listening to 50 before he signed to Eminem! It blew my mind to see him take over the way he did
50 was signed to Eminem AND Dr Dre but yeah he was getting lots of heat seekers in NYC And YO before the signed big major label dealships but he was not known on a country basis or global base before signing to Shady/Aftermath/Interscope yeah
He has two diamond albums.. a platinum album and a platinum group album. And multiple hit tv shows. At what point was his career ruined ?
It’s his image that got ruined. People actually think Game is more successful than 50, 😂. Public perception was ruined for 50.
People actually believe ri(C)k r(O)ss is more successful than 50, 😂. 50s winning but people don’t see it. [+]
@@elplebeuchiha1996 ross gotta better hits than 50 still on that CO BULLSHIT HUH LOL
@@omegadre5276 no he doesn’t lol
In terms of longevity
@@omegadre5276 what hits he got that beat in da club and I get money
50 scheme was get RICH or Die Trying. He succeeded. Rap stopped and he found another lane to get rich. I think he focused more on other things than just rap you feel me. But overall he still the goat. My favorite rapper of all time.
I know people who don't listen to rap AT ALL, but listened to 50/G-Unit. Everyone I know old or young knows about him. He's a legend.
50 is one of the artist in the game that is a game changer. He brought that gangsta rap back to the forefront and made hip hop competitive again and more importantly made mixtapes a thing .
I like his 2nd album more than the first. I can't front tho. Get Rich era was crazy(2003). That was like the new Illmatic. Meaning all 5 Boros was rooting for 50
I think the industry was trying to move to a new genre of music with new artists to make more money .
50 was always on top if you like to agree or not, his songs flows lyrics features, at least he helped gunit with making their own carees and people knowing their name.
50's A Beast
I believe you man 50 career was sabotaged because 50 feared no artist in the industry when he came out.
And people hated him because of his persona so I believe that caused a stur with the label and the label wouldn't stand behind him or support him with issues with other artists.
So 50 was left doing everything for himself as always because he was straight hood.
50 was pretty fearful when it came to battling D Block
Jimmy Iovine and Interscope is the reason. They wanted a second album from him in the same year as GRODT and he said no he wants to do a G-Unit album. They had no faith in his 2nd album and wasn’t trying to help or promote it
Certainly was they got tired of seeing 50 cent on top plus he pissed off jimmy iovine
2003-2005 was absolutely amazing for 50 & G-Unit. The man couldn’t miss.
But he shouldve regrouped when things started reaching oversaturation. He had a movie, video games, album releases, sneakers, & clothing line.
Then the Vitamin Water deal hit which clearly now looks like his stake was seriously exaggerated lol.
But at the time, we all thought he walked away with $400 million which clearly wasn’t the case.
He shouldve just seriously focused on the quality of the music of the label instead of the beefs & antics.
The beefs & antics honestly started making him look a bit silly & out of touch.
Then the beefs with his own crew just made things look worse.
Thank God for him making Power tho. 50 is still a very smart man.
2007 too he was bigger than ever with that curtis album and the kanye competition even tho the curtis album was mad underrated if you ask me.. but he was very big in 07 too
2007
That aggressive style was not the future anyway
@@DeathRowMakaveli Yeah but he lost his number one spot that is why many people say that he was on top musically with his first two studio albums because they both went number one on the billboard charts while his third album and albums after that never went number one again
@@DeathRowMakaveli 2007 was his decline, the battle with Kanye was the thing that finally had people talking about him again. 2003-2005 was his prime.
I'm From Queens , and Queens always had Hip Hop on Locked down since the 80s without Queens Rap wouldn't be what it is today and 50 cent is part of that reason. He almost even shut down Jay Z and 50 ruined his own career with all the beefs he started hes lucky he wasnt blacklisted.
We all got our time to shine helped him move on to better things in life Stay shinning 50
The Curtis album was so underrated he showed so much growth one of my favorites
All of 50s albums are underrated excluding Get Rich.
Massacre has so many hits. Curtis shows his growth. Self Destruct, has so many hidden gems. Animal Ambition, was him exploring/experimenting.
It’s just not cool to like 50. It’s cool to not like him. [+]
@@elplebeuchiha1996 GRODT is 50s only classic album while BISD was solid but 50 has multiple classic leveled mixtapes like Guess Who's Back, No Mercy No Fear, God's Plan, Automatic Gunfire, 50 Cent Is The Future, And G Unit Radio yeah.
@@matthewmann8969 Massacre also sold 5 million + copy's
Curtis was meh. 50 just sounded like he didn't care anymore on that album.
He was a one dimensional rapper , he sounded outdated quicker than other rappers. That's why he moved to the movie screen and the series he has in production. 50 took the bag and evolved not many MC can drop classics late in their careers so far Nas is the only one dropping revelalant material
50 just ain't a very good rapper, bottom line. All he raps about is shooting people. It's got old quick fast and in a hurry.
1. Over saturation - by 2007 G Unit and 50 was over pumped with the video game, movies, soundtrack, clothing and release.
2. The Game was a G Unit black sheep that became the most successful of the crew. So that was a big crack in the g unit armor when parted ways 1st. Showing finally that 50 wasn’t invincible.
3. New York was divided by the beef while the South multiplied and the west rode along in their resurgence.
4. 50 thought he could steamroll other artists the way he did Ja Rule. We also realize the other beefs we’re not as mainstream or interesting.
5. Kanye shifted the musical platform by late registration and gangster rap started loosing it’s appeal.
6. The Lil Wayne mixtape YMCMB era rewrote the rules of gangster rap, regional appeal and had no beef allowing the unprecedented run. New York was no longer considered the Mecca of lyricst.
All true plus the game getting kicked out of the unit started the downfall for 50 cent
@@dwaynejpeterkin the game killed g unot and 25-cent 😆 🤣 😂
See the difference is they steamrolled ja becuase he told the whole world that ja is a 🤡 when apparently it was the other way around and always has he is a hypercryte he thinks he is hard lost most of his beefs got the brady aftermath 🏕 ⛺ in the beef so everyone was dickryding them plus got the feds involved he couldn't do that with lox fat joe wu tang especially 🎮 which was the 🔨 in the ⚰ other artists he knew he couldn't handle plus Kanye and Wayne took over everyone got tired of his mentally eventually all that pettiness dies down and you are your own downfall I dont like Kanye or Wayne like that but at least they kept they distance and barely beefed with anyone
Laid it out perfect I think it was just time for hip hop to change
To add one to number two, the game pretty much how his own ,and to some some people even won the beef with G-Unit played a role too
I never seen a album hit as hard as get rich did plus his buzz before it dropped was crazy. But I think what hurt 50 the most was he started doing everything he criticized ja rule for. Once he came out with candy shop he opened the door for people who didn’t just hate on all the success he was having.
50 never fell off fans was hating on 50 because he was dissing their favorite rappers
50 did fall off depending on your definition. He arguably didn’t fall off depending on your definition.
50 fell off, as in, he didn’t have the main stoplight. Ye had it. Wayne had it. Drake had it. Cole had it. Kenny has it, right now.
Kendrick has the spotlight and the attention, right now. So depending if this is your rubric for deciding who fell of, then yes, 50 fell of.
If falling off is decided by income then of course 50 never fell off [+]
@@elplebeuchiha1996 oh ok you mean musically. A lot of people confuse him stopping doing music as falling off, even tho Power was one of the most popular shows on television. So was For Life, so is BMF. 50 has been in several hit movies as well & usually his shows are sold out. Even tho he quit doing music he has still been relevant enough to where you can't say he fell off in my opinion
This is a great video! Yes, the leaking of albums and songs definitely contributed to his musical decline. His story is a reminder that no one is invincible.
your video got me looking at this different . I always felt
1) The bully act definitely got stale. He should’ve left it at Ja and instead worked with all of the NY Legends & up and comers. Cause Ik they wanted to work with him & his crew, vice versa.
2) by 05, he was everywhere. It was scary. He’s probably the first rapper to ape his 360 deal. He brung platinum artists in as a group and solo, launched Game’s career, vitamin water, had a movie, clothes, sneakers, MADE A CRAPPY GAME THAT STILL SOLD 2 MILLION COPIES & most people forget, but he continued his tape run after Get Rich under G Unit Radio until 06 when each G Unit member, including the new ones like Mobb Deep & Mase, dropped their own themed GUR tape! So the world was 50’d out, or so we thought..
I didn’t know 50 was leaking his own records on The Massacre. Considering the fact he was one of the highest selling acts on the label, I know fuck well they didn’t take kind to him leaking content. He thought he was gonna be able to bully but the niggas in the suits are the REAL gangstas. always and forever. The run was great & im glad to see it as a kid & learn more as I get older.
These types of comments are why I make videos! When it comes to this video I just wanted to make people see 50's career differently. 50 played a part in his own downfall musically but the suits are people you CANNOT bully. 50 was white-hot musically at one point but it's the suits who keep you hot and in a good amount of cases get you hot. I just think it's wild to think that 50 had a legendary run on top but it definitely could've lasted longer if things were different.
You said it perfectly 02-07 is a hell of a run tho
50cent definitely striked while the iron was hot but for real I agree with 1. the bullying got stale and it would've been great to hear 50 actually work with other rappers at his peak it definitely could've gave him a stronger run
Thanks bro he's career ain't get fucked up it was the Suits particularly Jimmy who stopped him and took out his gas and kept having him redo albums. Like u said he should have just dropped the bully act and he would have been coming back like eminem did
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His mixtapes should’ve been albums after get rich . You could listen to his older stuff and compare it to his new and see he doesn’t even try , which sucks because when he wants to put his foot on ppl necks he can really do it .
He didn’t try because he was upset that his record label Interscope refused to give him more money and/or ownership of his music. His mixtapes are for his fans. His albums are for his record contract [+]
The Massacre was a great album.
50 cent too this dayy,has some of the hardest hitting songs,his music is timeless and how he destroyed ja rule with the wankster song is still savage and cold af 💯 new school rap can do its thing,I'll keep too 50 cent and old school bangers
I was 16 when get rich or die trying come out and 50 killed it, no RUclips that album lasted all year played every day on CD, them was the day's man
His career was never “ruined”. He had his moment on top and others came in the game and took the spot. We’ve seen it happen time and time again in rap. Ye dropped Graduation and ran with the title. Or at least shared it with Wayne. 50 didn’t have absolute GOAT status albums like that so he couldn’t sit at the throne like Jay or Dre. It’s just weird to hear that ppl think his career got ruined overtime. The rap game changes quick and during a pivotal time period he was more concerned with beefing, vitamin water and thisis50 than making certified classics like his peers.
GRODT wasn't GOAT status?? Interscope eventually stopped pushing his music. Do you know how relevant a label can keep an artist? He was full of nothing but hits. The man discography is hit after hit and you think that ability suddenly stopped?
@@dbo3039 The label definitely stopped pushing his music for one because they was beefing with 50 behind the scenes and they started to blackballed him 50 was becoming too powerful tbh so the music industry had to basically get rid of him.
His career wasn’t ruined he just made so much money so fast and he had three RTC had to manage who all went platinum there was a lot of money coming in so fast that I think 50 didn’t have a chance to focus on the music I remember him saying after massacre he was so goddamn busy that he didn’t have time to make any music
U are crazy lol the massacre went diamond
Nah getting black balled played a major part
My white ass hate had a G-Unit head band, g-unit reeboks, g-unit shoes, and a Mike Vick jersey that I rocked almost daily! I loved 50 back in the day and still do!
@DJonthe1sand2s exactly!
I mean.. based on my knowledge of how record labels work, the engineer in the studio is someone who is employed under the umbrella of that label. If that label assigned sound engineer is responsible for recording the music and the head of that label is at odds with the recording artist, it’s not ludicrous to assume that the engineer would leak the A&R any new projects that the artist is making. Pretty much follow the people trail and you’ll get the answer. (Super ready for part 2 btw)
I don’t think it was ruined on purpose. I think you have to look at a few things.
1. It is really hard to keep up, momentum and have successful albums when your first album is a classic that blows the doors off think about how many rappers that had a best album that was also their first album that people still talk about 15 years later.
It’s a very short list. I don’t think 50 Cent and Snoop Dogg get enough credit in that department. Snoop Dogg put out his second best album on his fifth album after his first album was the most successful album of 1993. The real difference between Snoop and 50 is that snoop came out 10 10 years earlier in 15 years before people started downloading music. Snoop had a longer window of time before the SoundScan era kind of came to an end.
But it’s not like 50 didn’t put out any great music after his first album. The first G-Unit group album was a hit and very successful, his second album went six times platinum. When you look at the work, he put in in three years it’s really remarkable.
By the time he got to his third album , Curtis , the amount of people that were actually paying for music had dropped off by like 75%. So it’s not that him only selling 1 million copies of his third album was a sign of him falling off. It was a sign of the Times. Today if you go platinum, that’s like the equivalent of going for five times platinum back in the year 2000
2. He got all the success of a legend, but he got all of his in three or four years, where other people might have to get those accomplishments in a decade or more. I don’t care how big or how great the star is usually when a hip-hop label takes off, there are one or two stars that are dominating and then you have guys underneath them that are successful but on a smaller level. Aftermath/Shady/G-unit was on top for just as long as other labels that were on top before them and after them whether it’s death row records or no limit records or Rockafella or whoever. Please show me the label that everyone stayed on top and was blowing out the charts for 15 years. Hasn’t happened and it will never happen again. No one’s going diamond ever again unless it’s a classic that takes 20 years to get there.
3. I don’t think he was halted on purpose. I think it was just a bad idea to have Game be a part of G-Unit.
And that’s not a diss towards Game , I think, if he would’ve just been signed solely to Aftermath that 50 and Game would’ve really never had a beef because it’s not like he was an organic member of the group. It was kind of a business decision to put him in the group. And their beef is really the thing that ended that dynasty. I’m not saying one was right or one was wrong, but I truly believe that if that beef did not happen, then Eminem, 50 Cent and Game would’ve carried that dynasty may be another three or four years before it fell off and again I’m not saying falling off, isn’t a bad thing, because everyone gets to a point where they’re just not in their prime anymore.
All in all, I think the reason people look at it the way they do was because he was the last big star not just in hip-hop but in music to put up numbers like that before the Internet changed everything. It’s not like after him there was other artists that were going diamond. You’ve got singles that go diamond but you’re never gonna have albums that do it again. The fact that he only had a two year period before everyone started stealing music makes it look worse than it actually was But the dude, smart, and he just started earning money in different ways as far as movies and television go.
Nah
It was ruined by Jay-Z, Jay spent money to keep 50 off the radio, off interviews and stopped his progression along with G-Unit, yeah he spent a good amount of money but he earned more by getting G-Unit out the game
And he pushed so much money to make sure KanYe would win against 50. [+]
The saint Valentine's day massacre I wonder what the album really could have been and what it would have sound like
50 Cent was the biggest guy during Get Rich Die Trying. His peak was HIGH !!!!!! Yonkers Public schools as a child, he was way bigger than Jay Z, and Puffy. Only competition at the time local. Nelly was huge !
They played that entire album for 24 hours on my radio station. It def was everywhere and drake will never compare cuz 50 came out of nowhere but still had the underground ties
I’m only 15 but get rich or die tryin is probably my favourite album 💿
*I was 12 when Get Rich Or Die Tryin' came out.. maaaaaaaaan you cant believe what impact that album had when it dropped like a granade.. eeeeverybody was talking about fifty he was on the radio 24/7 in da club was playin on a loop... and Im not even talking about the states, Im talkin about Europe.. 2003 is my absolute favorite year for many reasons but music back then was off the chaiiiin I miss that time really bad and even tho I remember everything like it was yesterday I wish I was adult enough to experience the real party and benefits of being an adult... what a crazy time.. all of a sudden everybody wanted to wear baggy clothes especially g unit clothes, didnt matter if you was white black green purple, everybody wanted to wear durags and be 50*
50's hype back in '03 equals to Weezy's '08 - '11 run times 50
No .50 was way bigger than drake
IMAGINE if 50 didnt give game some of the songs he gave him as singles for games 1st album. ...50 2nd album would have sold more
True
Imagine a world where Game doesn’t have, Westside Story, Special, How We Do, Hate It Or Love It, Higher, or Where I’m From? A world where 4/6 singles weren’t on his album but on the Massacre?
Damn. Imagine [+]
Sold more what ! Bruh are u smoking flav the massacre went diamond smh
I knew since the beginning 50 was gonna be a big deal.....Hes still doing big things till now👑👑👑
50 is a real hustler and businessman with a very good working attitude 👍🏼💯💯💯🤔
50 cent actually recorded a whole different version of the massacre album which was way harder than the one that was released but he decided to scrap it smh 🤦 worse move ever
is there a playlist somewhere of the original Massacre? I wonder if the song How we do exists but with only 50 cent without The Game since it was originally suppose to be 50s song
@@hititdj
4/6 singles form the Documentary where songs made by 50 for 50. 6/18 songs on the album are songs 50 made for himself or he made specifically for Game. [+]
Those days where legendary!! 50 forever the goat 🐐
He Said in 2007 that if his album sold less, than Kanye West's album then he would retire.
50 tried his best with every other album
Get rich or die tryin was a perfection any other rapper would
have struggled with this he has proved that he is one best and he
Is a great rapper and shines whenever he appears in music or when he
works with other people he isn’t perfect but not everything will be perfect
It doesn't change how I view him...it reinforces what I think about the music industry.
Too much beef. Losing "The Game" hurt too. Because of "The Game's" actions of course.
Love your videos broooo, keep it up!
5:12 that warrior remix 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥 rip Nate Dogg
Ruined?
The man is an icon 💯
Noone fucks with 50 in hip hop they get bodied
50 is a legend in this game
50 and gunit ruled the world
His 2nd album would've been a great sequel if The Game hadn't come to the picture
Its clearly that Jimmy boycotted 50.
He was getting too powerful.
Get the idea that 50 was bigger than Eminem in those days, even if his lyrics were wack.
His hooks were catchy as hell lol
Same thing with Murder Inc or Death Row being destroyed by Jimmy and not by 2Pac’s death or 50 dissing Murder Inc.
Lyrics were wack? wtf were you listening to lmao
No 50 cent was just trash by the time he started beefing with fat Joe
Wack? Boi put that pipe DOWN.
@@SteveAyanami what’s dope about it? If it was dope he would be still able to make hits now? Other old rappers make hits still why can’t 50? Because he wanna do tv production now lol right… 1 album wonder. Never could top get rich or die trying. 🤡
50 lyrics weren’t bad just basic.
The answer is no. He self sabotaged
The truth is 50 got an extraordinary push at the beginning of his career, a phenomenal push. He would never have reached the levels he did without dre and Eminem endorsing him. Of course iovine was behind that move. GRODT was a great album for the time but it wasn't anywhere near illmatic or ready to die or all eyes on me or straight out of comption, wutang 36 chambers, efil for zaggin, the fugees musically. It just wasn't on the same level. Lyrically it def wasn't as strong. There was nostalgia for tupac and 50 successfully filled that void. 50 didn't handle his success too well and was bullying everybody in the industry. Going against iovine by trying to sabotage beats by dre was career suicide, dissing Jay z nas and puffy wasn't smart either. Good to see him doing well but the fact is he's £30 , his adversaries dre, iovine, Jay z are all billionaires. He even dissed snoop who's £150 of the back of his brand and nas is worth £70. So the truth is 50 won many battles but ultimately lost the war. The lesson is pride and hubris can be dangerous and definitely comes before a fall
I keep telling people that his personality was like a female and he thought he was the hardest one out he is not up there with nas and Jay z and wu tang with lyrics I never liked his music I mean I heard them a few times but never liked his style he tries to hard to get noticed and game called him out multiple times people a time like they never heard 300 bars and 🏃♀️
Brah you can’t think he’s worth that much he just signed a deal with stars for 150 million and fif was gon be big regardless not as big of course but he was just to good at writing hooks and song structure so he didn’t have to be super lyrical
50 Cent GRODT is better than every album you named you sound crazy it went diamond. 50 was killing the mixtapes before he got signed , Eminem wanted to sign him for a reason. 50 was bigger than Eminem at one point what are you talking about
@DJonthe1sand2s it sold way more than all of those albums. None of those albums went diamond except 50. You are pretending like his album was not as good thats a lie
@@kingdrizzay24 Yeah he may of sold more but the critical reception and fan reception was not at the same score as those albums that were named yeah
One reason just is that if you blow up like he did with the first "official album" then after that most of the year will be getting to now celebs, partying and just generally going grazy with money rather than labbing rhymes and beats. So second album many times comes out as half-assed. Also it's just a fact that getting shot 9 times is some marketing that you cannot get anywhere else but surviving that sh!t and propably you won't hope that for the second album.
Get Rich and Massacre both went Diamond. It was Curtis, his third album that didn’t make it to Diamond status. [+]
clout cancun got the most fire vids fr. never stop
They tried hard to stop 50 but he was on is way regardless there was no stopping it
I don't think he got ruined it's just that every star fades no matter how big they get. If you look back at any superstar that got big especially rap it usually last about 6yrs (3 albums) then after that it seems the masses lose interest. They might still be relevant and put out good stuff after that but it never gets as big as you were for those 6yrs 3albums.
Jay Z had like a decade Eminem too
@@justthisguy1948 you can put 50 and Kanye in there as well that's not what I'm talking about those guys are legends icons even I'm talking about the basic rapper life line 6 yrs 3 albums if you're lucky even with Jay-z and Eminem they'll be around forever but look back when the were dominating back then its for 3 albums they were on top you can argue that it's 4 or 5 for Jay-z but you gotta take under account that biggie and 2pac were killed before there runs started. I mean Eminem would of still blew up because of the white novelty thing the record labels were craving a white dude who can spit but Jay-z wouldn't be as big as he is if biggie was still alive reppin Brooklyn. And 2pac was dominating everything and that time and was beefing with Jay so if he stayed alive he would have shut rockafella down if he wanted to they would have never gotten as big as they did.
When will the stars of Taylor Swift or Drake begin to fade? [+]
@@elplebeuchiha1996idk that's the devil's work lol
I think people just got tired of his Manufacturing of beef just to sell records, people just want to hear good music so they went elsewhere to find it and his decline followed.
🤔 50 grew too powerful he was beefing with like 10 artists at the same time. He was out of control and Eminem wasn’t in the right place to talk to him . They had to find alternative ways to slow his momentum. 50 cent is too smart to falloff that’s just not possible
Lmao! Look at how he is crushing the TV Game.
You 100% right about the record label probably being the reason for his career slowing down. But I don't think the beef was necessarily the reason for his downfall. Simply because he came into the rap game beefing with the industry. Prime example HOW TO ROB! And him getting shot 9 times.
My favorite rapper 50 cent 🐐🐐🐐🐐🐐
Sales shouldn’t determine who won a battle. Lyrically, Kanye can’t even sit at the same table as 50
I think because he over saturated the mixtape scene that by the time he got to number 3 he was actually done creatively. Releasing too much music at a point can cause you to plateau musically and you don't have nothing creatively new to say because you release all the your ideas fast
Not mixtapes imo, it is because he wrote so much for Game, Banks, Buck and Yayo. So many of their hits were meant to be 50s.
Side note - Have we had a real street rapper who could write mainstream hits since fif?
Either way you slice it over saturation
The massacre super underrated the first half classic.. just think he would of had how we do, and hate it or love it on there and a few more if he didn't give the songs to the game
You mean the massacre!!!
Bruh the massacre was a hot ass album where im from. Everybody I knew had that CD and was bumping it
Your videos some of my favorite hip hop content out rn
I think it was. The dude was making waves and building up huge army of enemies.
50 was a beautiful case of how the Industry can magnify your superstar x100 & destroy it within 5 years.
B4 I self destruct
@@derrickalexander9710 Wasn’t a bad album
50 is one my favorite top rappers
It’s crazy that Eminem couldn’t help him do anything. Like seems like 50 cent was doing it all on his own and em didn’t back him up. I feel like 50 could have had a longer career if he didn’t beef with so many people
Eminem was heavy into drugs in 2005 to 2008 by the time he got clean 50 was cooled off
Nah Curtis was just mid, he spent a lot of his creative energy for The Game's first album and the fake beef with Kanye kinda backfired and somewhat damaged his reputation since it was seen as soft artsy rap defeating the G rap era.
Hey Clout, Please we want the break down of the 50 cent and LOX beef abeg. But please release the Dave East( an update you can add to the his segment, as him, Vado and Lloyd Banks, have formed a supergroup called " The Council's", and they should be dropping an album as a group very soon, and also discuss his potential collab tape with Conway, the Collab tape he has coming up with Mary J Blidge, Snoop Dogg, Arrab Muzik, V Don, Mike and Keyz, Buddha and Grandz & Harry Fraud with Hoffa 2 already almost done), Mozzy, Ransom & Papoose segments before that though. Keep on dropping dope materials my man, you really take me back with most of your contents on this channel blessings as always, and never ever stop.
I’m glad someone finally did a video about this…great content Brotha
I was born in 1992 so alot of this I remember bout 50. Wanksta was my shit. I always thought 50 was just more interested in his business ventures than making music.
Could b doin a million other thangs rn but man happy I’m here for a cancun video! hope u been well big shoutout from the NW
money left the music industry but it was especially painful in hip hop. It was expensive sample driven. you ask me he bowed out at the best time and focused on hollywood money. you know a larger bag for less work.
Just wait. He’s not even finished yet. He’s going to keep evolving. [+]
I was in ninth grade when get rich dropped. There has never been an artist come out with that much momentum before or after. Everybody was yelling g unit then a year later everybody wearing Gunit clothes and sneakers. And I'm from Kentucky
I was 20 when Fif's first album dropped.
50 cent was the last proper hip-hop artist
50 was a pretty powerful man in the rap game at his peak, but beefing with other rappers and beefing with someone like Jimmy Iovine are two different things. Fair or not, Iovine had a kind of power 50 couldn't match. It's unfortunate because 50 could have been the biggest hip hop star ever. Alas, 50 seems to be doing well for himself in his current endeavors and will always be considered a legend in my mind.
G Unit V Lox beef vid= YES PLEASE!
Do was trash from the start
Numbers wise, 50 is the biggest artists in Hip Hop. [+]
@@elplebeuchiha1996 Nah that goes to Eminem
Massacre wasn't a flop. It went platinum in its 1st week.
Sold 10 million worldwide GRODT 15 milli worldwide
Get rich or die trying is the best even today.... Boss level
I need that power of the dollar album on vinyl I got the CD
Classic
I was ten and remember seeing the album at wal mart all the time
My favorites artist to this very day. Greatest run in hip hop/rap. Ppl say Game killed G Unit. I beg to differ. As good as Game is lyrically I think he killed Olivia and Young Hot Rods career lol. 50 will go on being the most influential artist past present future.
Yeah people think bars are everything. They forgot how hard 50 exposed game. I can understand it tho. Spitting 300 bars is hard. But I still think 50 won tho
@@BigHomieLeviathan the game bodied everybody on 300 bars 300 shots was eh ight for one artist the game scheme wordplay and punchlines were unmatchable at that time no debating the hood was all G-UNOT gunit cats started putting they're clothes away...50 is def more business smart than game but he never came back after 300 bars in my opinion...if u think he was more lyrically inclined u lost your noodle
@@adag2410 it's funny people say game destroyed 50 cent when 50 is doing much better than game now. People fw 50 more than game. And the game ia doing features now for 2.5K. Game got more damage from the beef than 50. And I never said 50 was more lyricall. All I said was 50 exposed game for being a stripper, crying at the shootout and lying all the time. 300 bars is impressive but I cant take game serious anymore after getting exposed that hard. And dont forget lloyd banks killing game if you wanna talk about bars and punchlines
@@BigHomieLeviathan Kinda like how most say Nas killed Jay even though Jay is doing financially better yeah