One-A-Day: Whatever Happened To Originality?
by on May 15th, 2008
There were some interesting things posted in the hottest in the game blog. Alot of you folks need some reading comprehension, you chastised me for my choices then proceeded to list what you thought were the hottest mcs of all times. That wasn't the hottest MCs of all times list, that was the hottest MCs in the game RIGHT NOW list--per my opinion.
Some said Nas should be number one--Nas...an MC who drops a single once every 3 months is the hottest in the game? shit..Lil Wayne is more consistent than him...that doesn't mean he's more talented...just more consistent.
I DID overlook a few rappers though, particularly Fabolous & Crooked I. Fabo ALWAYS destroys the features he's on, but shit, I wanna hear another "Breathe" from him..not the lovey dovey shit they've been putting out.
Crooked I did an incredible job with the Hip Hop Weekly series--and his buzz--ONLINE--is great..but offline..and in the streets its minimal.
Speaking of minimal, when I said Lil Wayne's buzz at the moment was minimal, I meant when compared to his buzz last year--it's died down a bit. He's not dropping a freestyle every other day, he's not appearing on every other track--etc.
Onto todays subject, I was checking out a video from The Game and reading some stuff up on him and one thought entered my head...what happened to originality? Is it me or is he trying entirely too hard to be like 50?
No, I'm not hating...but why make a website ThisIZgame.com like Thisis50.com? ...Why not try to do it better?
Game is to 50 Cent what Saints Row is to Grand Theft Auto. Sure it's good, but it's a direct rip off that fans love.
Then I saw this vid..the making to Game's Pain, check it out below:
Look at this screenshot:
aaaand BAM!

I can't be the only one that sees it.



























The videosettings wasn’t from big dreams but from pain – get your info right !
And if you read in the games HP, you will see, that he said in an interview that thisisgame.com was fifty idea, and that he thought it was a good idea, so he copied it.
And now a rapper can’t have the upper part of the boddy naked, with out lookin’ 50 cent ?
Jokesta som of your articles is JOKES !
You look a lil funny to me. I don’t think you can read. Where does it say Big Dreams? I don’t see anything in the article about Big Dreams, but I do see Pain. What’s da deal? I agree with you though about every shirtless rapper is not copying off 50. I remember when every rapper with a shirt off and a bandana on, was supposedly biting 2Pac. I didn’t agree with that either. listening to “Foolish” Remix by Shawty Lo PEACE
Game to me makes far better quality of hip-hop music than Curtis.
You could have took the same picture of 50 and used it backwards and said that he trying to look like Game.
Is Defsounds.com trying to imitate Defjam.com?
Defjam been around forever. But clearly its just a part of the culture to use the word Def. Just like its a part of the culture to wear headbands and rock 37 inch chains.
This is all I use to sum up the situation:
Doctors Advocate = A-
Curtis = D+
To me its about the music. And if you gonna call a nigga a biter or a swagger jacker you gotta be willing to look in the mirror first.
nobody can justify the website shit. thats just lame
nobody can justify game saying he gonna diss everytime his album come out like 50 cent do… and does it too
nobody can justify him copyin and soundin like 50 on strip club
even at the bottom, he called himself mr. interscope… like who
its millions of other things dat i dont want to get into. game is like an off spring from 50. hes the student who copied and now tries to do shit better than curtis
Shit, matter fact, 50 keeps coming back to every beef. He made his name off that shit.
sorry haters, its the truth… doesn’t mean everyone has to like it, but after seeing that shit and seeing his little website… its so very clear homeboy has had an identity crisis all his life
basketball player turned stripper turned gang banger turned rapper turned gangster turned rapper
REAL HIP HOP STAND UP!!!
N Nas isn’t deservin 2 b #1
Whoevea said dat needs 2 stop livin in their own fantasy world
I mean Nas is my fav rapper of ALL time but seriously he’s made about TWO songs this year, solo
N Jokesta da fact dat u said Wayne is more consistent than Nas upsets me especially from wat Wynte has been droppin recently
Jus cuz he’s makin more songs than Nas don’t mean he’s more consistent
Its like da sayin goes: quality over quantity
Hate it or love it, quantity increases your buzz…he’s consistent in dropping material..not GOOD material..just…he keeps a steady stream..no homo
Wayne is way more consistent then Nas
Better then Nas? Hell No.
Anyway, yea that pic of 50 and Game look identical but at the same time, when you look at rapping ability it’s not close, Game is better. I think Game wants to be like 50 in the sense of business hence starting “Thisizgame.com” doing the sneaker thing etc… As far as rap music is concerned, Game does it betta than Fif. Sorry 50 fans.
Im gonna start scrolling all the way down from now on before I start wasting my time trying to explain shit!
His online hype got him sstarted in the streets n now hes gonna blow up bigtime so do ur mufuckin research.
Listen to their albums….. don’t look at pictures and url’s. Fuck this blog.
50 and Game are both Hip Hop elite, but…. they’re definitely not carbon copies. They’re both better than Wayne, and Crooked I is better than all of ’em. Go play GTA IV and make some blogs about that shit.
I don’t give a fuck if anybody props or trashes this. I know I’m right.
The funny part is that half the niggaz who said Game is trying to copy 50 style also went on to say that Game is a little better on the mic!!!!! LMFAO. Thats confusion for you!
50 cent didnt originate sneaker deals or owning labels or starting websites or wearing headbands or NONE of that shit.
STOP THE HATING…
JOKESTA LISTEN UP…
It does seem a lil evident your a 50 cent fan. But listen.
Just because juelz santana has a bandana on his head does that mean he trying to act like tupac?
and if game is copying 50 , then 50 is copying pac, as well as lil wayne, jus for taking there shirt off?
You have to be real homie, just because more than one person have the same jordans dont necessarily mean there biting.
The Game has been consistent and put out better quanety tracks than 50.
The Game has had problems and idenity issues of 50 in the past but still thats not enuff evidence hes trying to act jus like 50.
cuz i can show u a hunnit pics of rappers with there shirts off pause no homo, and that dosnt mean they are jackin pac. it would be difffrent if game had the same chain, the same shoes , the same swagga, but its diffrent. hes not trying to act like 50, cuz before he was 50 i seen him dressing like this. look on the old smacks and the videos with jt da bigga figga.
So stop trying to exploit a artist doing the write thing. He was one of the few people who spoke about the sean bell shooting. the rest of new york jus made a song. common now.
and if your gonna realy talk about what happend to originality , point the finger to lil sleezy, i mean lil wayne.
he jacked gillies style, cassidy’s style, t pains style and the list goes on. and yes he puts out a new song every week, but there all garbage! i ratha someone put out classic material once every 3 years then someone who puts out garbage every single week.
point proved period im done for now..
hit me up if u want me to be a bloger, im not some lil kid just speaking his mind, these are facts..im 17 , i will be legal in july!
get at me DEF SOUNDS
shout out to jokesta!
good article, i just think you shouldve got at anotha artist cuz that wasnt big enuff prove to be “swagga jackin”
DEF SOUNDS GET AT ME!
AND PEOPLE STOP HATIN ON GAME! U DONT KNOW HIM.
AND STOP HATING ON 50, U DONT KNO HIM EITHA.
THERE BOTH MAKIN MORE MONEY THAN U AND ME SO LEAVE IT AT THAT.
IF one of them should die yall would be the first to co sign they was the best artist ever..lol..
ima make a article about that if def sounds put me on as a intern.
SHOUT OUTS AGAIN TO JOKESTA!
get at me!…
-Nillz
I did agree with the second part of your (whatever it was though).
HAHAHAHAHAAH
" LIl wayne is to gillie what espn football is to madden "
but style wize naaa..
he said he’s “mr. interscope” in the beginning of the video.. guess where that came from…
He even gave Budden a run for his money and Budden is a ill ass nigga.
like who?
Documentary was a A+
Even the song with tony yayo was good.
You should let your mouth deceive you too. Get it off your chest playboy.
and the song Runnin wit Yayo on Documentary was the ONE trash song on the album
And Game went at G-unit WAY harder than Budden did after he left. AND did some damage.
And while your over here woofin about G-walls and how hardbody you are nigga remember that your on the internet and NOBODY cares.
50, banks, MOP, mobb deep, 40 glocc(look em up if u dont know his shit), buck, outlawz, game, juice, clyde carson, cyss and ya boy wouldn’t have left, all in the same camp,
they’d still be sellin like g-unit used to
DawsoN
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loool this guy hes still in love with 50 wow
hiphopsavedme
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how iz he in love wit fifty
DawsoN
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Thisizgame think about it….. Yep hes on 50s dick again this nigga rides 50s dick like its a roller coaster
With all that said Lil Wayne is the “Hottest” right now if you’re basing it on consistency. (Not a Wayne-ist)
Game trying to be 50….Nah I gotta disagree. I know he trying to do him anad trends come and go. A head band is whatever. Once you see him tattoo the city of LA then you know it something going on there.
10) Tip 9) Andre 8) Jeezy
the fuck? i understand ti/3000 slippin from 2/3 (or was it 2/4) because of the lack of material but Jeezy is hot. undeniably hot. and this coming from a guy who last year was hatin on him. if game and 50 are ahead of him, that’s bullshit. outside of wayne/jay-z/kanye who’s arguably hotter? jokesta already talked about why nas/fab/crooked i arent. and lupe? just check superstar remix
man i dont like reading your stuff. Weird crack-pot conspirasist weirdo. You on some other shit man. Listen to tunes. Jesus god damn post some shit about music. You referenced clothes and a website talk about lps
or tracks
one-a-day needs to be fired
dat nigga rippin
tha one thatz tlkin bout switchin tha pic around and sayin 50 tryin 2 b like game
2 bad 50 kame out first
and that 50 picture waz from like 2003 and that game pic waz from 2207 or 2008
i think homeboy just doin him…
both of em make good music doe.
but that Saints row && GTA line was Odee funny. lol
Get Rich Or Die Tryin was 50 first album that was a: 10
The Documentary was Ga,e first album: 10
50’s 2nd album, The Massacre: 8 1/2
Game 2nd, Doctor’s Advocate: 7
50’s 3rd Curtis: 6
Now we wait to see how LAX will turn out, but so far 50’s first and second was better than Game’s first and second
how does 50 suck?
50 iz hard every verse/chorus he does goes hard
and GAMEZ A HATER
he yells FUCK 50 GGG G-UNOT
do 50 yell FUCK GAME and wackwallstreet?? no