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Lots of material in this episode, and plenty has already been released throughout the week.
To recap: Trey Songz’s latest visuals, Khalil’s debut visuals, the official single from the upcoming Foreign Exchange album, Cee-Lo’s anticipated F*** You video, a fantastic cover of Outkast’s Prototype, and finally a new Trey Songz and Drake collaboration.
Oddly, there are some huge hip-hop names making appearances in this episode. Click on to see what they’re doing hanging around these parts, and what everyone else is up to.
→ Continue Reading R&B Fridays: Episode 64
This song is something special. The original has been catching some real buzz over the last few days, and 50 Cent took the time to drop a verse on it recently. Cee-Lo is at his absolute best on this one, bringing his distinctive vocals to a defiant, uptempo and entertaining track that is almost impossible to dislike. It’s got great production too, having been put together by Bruno Mars/The Smeezingtons.
F**k You should realistically have a ton of fans, click below to make sure you’re one of them.
Cee-Lo-F**k You Remix ft. 50 Cent
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Shyne Po talks to MTV about 50 gatecrashing his conference call earlier this week. Guess the one-time Bad Boy man didn’t find it as funny as I did.
Have a feeling this might kick off again as both men try regain the spotlight.
Watch 50 calling into Shyne’s call here.
Gotta hand it to the boy, 50′s a funny cat.
Here he phones into Shyne and Def Jam’s conference call under an alias.
Perhaps he goes too far when he says “he hoped Shyne got raped by a pack of ni**as when he was in jail!”
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Pretty funny interview this, always interesting to see 50 Cent in a ‘normal’ situation, where he shows his actual personality, rather than playing up to his bad boy bully image.
Surprised that none of us have used this photo of 50 yet as it is the most overused old school photo for Curtis, as you can see, from back in ’94.
Here’s some unreleased 50 which compliments the Throwback I did on him a while back.
You will be able to tell from his fresh, quick-fire flow (some have likened him to a young Jay-Z, whereas I much prefer to draw comparisons from the originator of this style: Big L) that this was a pre-GRODT flow. I’m time-stamping this around the Power Of The Dollar era.
50 Cent – Talk Is Cheap
50 Cent brings Brazilian football/soccer superstar, Ronaldinho, onstage at a recent performance in Rio. Possible new career for Ronnie? With thanks to Rob for bringing this video to my attention.
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I love standing in for Indi’s Sunday Classic Collabo’s because they allow me to revisit a time in my life when hip-hop was still very new to me and, sometimes, allow me to revisit some of my guilty pleasures.
It’s 2003 and Curtis Jackson’s debut LP Get Rich Or Die Tryin has stormed to the top of the charts worldwide. Here we have 50 making a rare appearance on a non-Shady/Interscope artists’ joint: DMX’s Shot Down from his 5th studio album, Grand Champ.
DMX had already sided with 50 with regards to the Ja beef and some consider Shot Down as taking subliminal shots towards the Murda Inc MC. Shot Down also has the Styles P feature, which came about before 50′s Jadakiss/D-Block beef and it’s awesome to see three of New York’s finest artists at the time all collaborating together. (Side note: Interesting Hot 97 conversation with 50 and P from back in 2007. Both acting like adults whilst right amidst the beef. Then Cam’ron calls in, a little hot-headed, which saw the beginning of the 50 / Cam feud. Keep up folks).
There are several things I love about this track. 1) It’s great to remember what 50 used to sound like around that GRODT time. 2) It’s a filthy, harrowing beat and each artist goes in on their respective verses with their trademark street-thuggery lyricism . 3) DMX really shows 50 some props. He spits: “I remember 50 in a cypher when Onyx was “Slammin” (AIGHT?) / Now we meet again, it’s all good my nigga / Back to the street again, it’s all hood my nigga.”
DMX (feat 50 Cent & Styles P) – Shot Down
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I didn’t bother posting this track when it leaked, and I’m not going to bother uploading it now. I haven’t even watched the video and nor do I plan on doing so……..enjoy!
‘Fan’ gets on stage, tries to attack 50 but gets bundled and has the living daylights kicked out of him by security (and I think by Lloyd Banks too!?).
Pretty funny video, you’d think after the chain snatching incident in Africa that 50 Cent’s security wouldn’t have let this guy get so far. Also props to 50 for continuing his performance like nothing had happened!
No matter what your opinion on 50 Cent is, his interviews are always entertaining. Here 50 talks about: getting kids away from computers and more into sports, disciplining his child, Lloyd Banks recent success, Alicia Keys, Cassie’s nude photos, oh and he calls Diddy a “biiiiiiiiitch”.
Click on to hear parts two, three, four, five of this interview, where 50 talks about his movie projects, The Game, Dipset, Drake, Eminem, Dr. Dre’s Detox, his next moves in hip-hop (including rumour about him signing to Capitol Records), Lebron James, getting back into shape, his birthday, Jay-Z, Tiger Woods, oh and Diddy some more!
→ Continue Reading 50 Cent Interview With DJ Whoo Kid – Responds To Diddy
For those of us who remember when Hate It Or Love It and How We Do came out, you can’t deny this could potentially be awesome.
However, we won’t hold our breath. Game is unfortunately prone to changing his mind about things fairly frequently and it wouldn’t surprise me if there is a diss track out by the end of the week.
He talks about his and 50′s egos clashing but reaches out to his one-time collaborator stating that he wouldn’t oppose a reunion if they could put their differences aside.
He even screams G-G-G-G-Unit! at the end!
Skip to around 1:10 for the juice.
Ahhh, isn’t that cute? These two discuss, with MTV’s Tim Kash, about how great pals they are! They also both speak on Manny Pacquiao, with more than enough ‘subtle’ suggestions that Manny has something to hide.
Didn’t see this collabo coming. Really, really feeling this summery, airy beat and the hook makes me laugh an awful lot. I won’t ruin it for you, you’ll see why when you hear it.
Onto the bit everyone is reading this for-the 50 verse. My first impressions are that this sounds like the 50 Cent we remember. For some that’s a good thing, for some a bad-it reminds me of his more mainstream verses, largely due to the verse, but I actually find myself really liking his verse just because it sounds so much like ’04 50 Cent.
Maybe it’s because most other rappers are flowing the same nowadays, and 50 brings it a little differently, but there’s something about his verse that I find strangely replayable. You’ll know what I mean when you hear it.
E-40-Bitch Remix ft. Too $hort and 50 Cent
This track blew me away when I first laid ears on it. It was the first piece of 50 Cent we had heard with Eminem spitting a verse and at that time in my life my evolving hip-hop brain thought Christmas had come early.
As well as his feature, Em does the work on the boards too here and creates an atmospheric, heavy-baselined, heart-pulsating beat for 50 to come in on and lay some haunting, thugged out rhymes which back in 2003 we praised for their freshness. Then we hear some clever production work as Em’s opening two bars appear to be recited from behind a hospital oxygen mask adding to the edginess of the track. Em comes in hard as expected with a particularly memorable verse before leaving the last few notes open to 50 to see us out.
Both MC’s have contrasting styles yet the brilliant thing about this track is the plaudits are spread equally between them. It’s funny what a few years can do as evidently a collaboration between the two today no longer renders the same sense of excitement and classical outcome (see 50/Em’s Psycho). To this day I still eagerly anticipate new material from 50, unfortunately however it now seems formula 50 is slowly beginning to run dry…
50 Cent (feat Eminem) – Patiently Waiting
Continuing on from his Before I Self Destruct Album, 50 comes through with a gritty track, produced by Dr. Dre. We were teased with snippets of this track over the past year or so, so one can assume it’s a leftover track from his last album.
50 Cent – You Should Be Dead
So first Mediafire doesn’t let me upload. Then, my laptop decides it doesn’t like my external hard drive anymore. Then when they kiss and make up, Mediafire just won’t work for me. Annoying.
Anyway, lots of interesting songs in this week’s episode. I say interesting as a couple of them have quite pertinent backgrounds/accompanying news, which will definitely be of interest to most R&B fans!
A whole bunch of diverse tracks in this one, I tried to keep it as mixed as possible with 15 different artists, seeing as we went Bruno Mars-centric last week. Big names (lots of these), upcoming names, collabos, singers, rappers and more: they’re all there and waiting for you after the click.
→ Continue Reading R&B Fridays: Episode 48
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Nope; Not a Hate Is The New Love episode. A Sunday Classic Collabo. Wowzers.
When 50 was coming up in Queens he enlisted fellow resident Nas to appear on two tracks from his Guess Who’s Back mixtape/album. If you get a chance to listen to 50′s older material, including this album, please do.
From 50′s voice in the tracks below you can tell that they were recorded before he was shot. Guess Who’s Back wasn’t released until 2002, so it is guesstimated they were recorded tail-end of the 90′s.
Both tracks feature a noticeably enthusiastic Curtis Jackson alongside industry-established Nas raising all sorts of ‘what if’ and ‘if only’ style questions. Both tracks are really enjoyable in their own right, yet bring two entirely different perspectives to the table. Teasing my iTunes with Guess Who’s Back again has left it craving for more pre-Get Rich 50. Drizzle a little bit of 90′s Nas onto that and you’ve got enough material to keep you going all night…
(N.B. – Nature and Bravehearts make capable cameos on their respective tracks).
50 Cent (feat Nas & Nature) – Too Hot
50 Cent (feat Nas & Bravehearts) – Who U Rep With (ZShare link – Mediafire couldn’t handle two 50/Nas tracks in one day)
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Murray, February 10, 2010
I was in bed last night pondering upon a question I had been asked by @RupeshB: Who did I think was the most consistently on point rapper throughout their career? The answer I gave couldn’t have been a freshman MC (hell even I could be consistent for five minutes) and therefore had to be someone who had seen the changes in the demands of the genre; Someone who had spanned the 90’s and 00’s; Someone who had not necessarily cemented his stature in the hip-hop hall of fame; Merely someone who, throughout their career, has consistently brought a high standard of rapping ability time and time again and yet is still doing it to this very day.
→ Continue Reading Caution: Mind The Gap
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Diddy made one of the most expensive music videos of all time in an attempt to do justice to this epic track. An outstanding motivational song which sadly Biggie wasn’t alive to be involved in the actual video itself. A real shame given the quality of his verses in this.
As always, if you haven’t got this already you can redeem yourself by clicking the red text below, I’ve also thrown in the 2004 remake of this song which features 50 cent and Lloyd Banks for good measure.
Victory ft. The Notorious B.I.G. & Busta Rhymes
Victory 2004 ft. 50 Cent, Lloyd Banks, The Notorious B.I.G. & Busta Rhymes
Edit: As requested here is another classic collabo by Puff Daddy/Diddy from the same album. Is This The End? ft. Ginuwine, Twista & Carl Thomas
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OK, put your hands up if you know 50 Cent. No, not know him, I mean have heard of him. Yeah thought so. All of you. I think even my Mum knows who 50 is. If you don’t you must be a troglodyte.
Anyway, not all of you may know his history or, more importantly, his music before In Da Club.
After the click I’ve got all this exclusively for you. Plus, I’ve carefully handpicked 8 of his best pre-2000 work for your enjoyment.
→ Continue Reading Throwback Thursdays Vol 11
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2009 was one hell of an interesting year. We saw the comeback of Eminem, albums by the 2 other big names of hip-hop in Jay-Z and 50 Cent, and once again we waited all year for Dr. Dre’s Detox which never came. It’s fair to say that despite this the year hasn’t been dominated by the big boys and we’ve seen a gradual change in hip hop – the gangsta rap of previous years has steadily evolved into what can be described as ‘Hip Hop Hipsters’. Kanye led the way back in 2004 and by 2009 the likes of Lupe Fiasco, Kid Cudi, Wale and Asher Roth have emerged.
Click on to find out what I considered the best and the worst to come out this year. → Continue Reading Notorious Indi’s Best of ‘09
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In what can best be described as a fitting coincidence given the retrospective nature of this particular post, 2009 was very much a year of hindsight. I rediscovered artists I’d neglected, I discovered artists who I’d simply ignored, but most importantly I began to see the fundamental flaw in my appreciation of music (especially hip-hop) and how I probably got it wrong.
Don’t make the same mistakes. Click on to grab some unmissable tracks, and of course my discoveries from the year gone by. I’ve thrown in a couple of lists too, as I know some of you can’t deal with excess reading.
→ Continue Reading Ajay-182′s Best of ’09
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50 drops a video for one of my favourite tracks from Before I Self Destruct. This track’s got some real potential to be a big hit for 50.
Firstly, apologies for the quiet day on here. I’m having some issues with the back-end of things, and it’s going a lot slower than usual. Hopefully, normal service will resume in the next hour or so.
Right, onto this post: I get through a lot of albums weekly, and unfortunately just don’t have the time to do as many reviews as I’d like. They take a huge amount of time, which is pretty hard to come by. Don’t fret though, as I will have some coming up very soon (the assignments are nearly done!) and to tie you over I’ve written some mini-reviews on albums I’ve given a spin recently. Click below to swarm yourself in my warped opinions.
→ Continue Reading Some (Very) Brief Album Reviews
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The first of some seriously big tracks coming today/tomorrow is the much anticipated collaboration between these two. Those of you who follow hip-hop news will know of the Beanie/Jay-Z issues that have come to light recently. It seems 50′s firmly with Beans, and is taking the opportunity to fire some shots at Jay-Z (that is the official artwork by the way). Nice marketing for 50′s upcoming album.
It’s going to be interesting to see how this turns out. The track itself is pretty dope with great production, and on first listen there aren’t really any obvious Jay references besides 50′s talking at the end. Definitely check it out.
Beanie Sigel-I Go Off Ft. 50 Cent
This is a bonus track from 50 Cent’s new album Before I Self Destruct. I’m liking the beat + chorus on this, sounds like something that could have been on his first album.
Man’s World
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Say what you want about dude’s music, he’s funny as hell. This video has him reacting to the sales figures for Triple C’s (Officer Rick Ross’ squadron) debut album.
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Apparently, having a baby by him makes you a millionaire. If you’d like to be told that further, pick up the audio here.
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