50's back!.. yessir!..

www.myspace.com/noelz89

yeup!!!!!!!!

50 dropping this summer....it`s gon` be huge , whateva` everybody sayz either u like fif or not ... bet he gon` sell 10 mil , he has bigger production names then "Massacre" and verses before Get Rich...when he was raw...it`s gon be a hot summer !

no matter wat you cant lie to yourself, you yes i said you haters you and everybody else is looking forward to this album so make sure to stock up on some haterade for this summer ok niggaz cause when that 10 mill bell ring your going to need all the energy to hate your ass off

!!! what!!! damnn this shit going down this summer 50 is back on that gangsta shit for real.. g g g g g g-unit ... fuckk I can't wait for the CD ..

Another great interview. He's doing a lot of interviews over seas, I guess he's trying to make sure that worldwide sale number is up and let the public know. I'm really anticipating this pre GRODT mindset he was talking about like Batman Begins. He def knows how to hype an album up with talk. I just hope it meets expectations. Those features he has on the album better not fuck up the quality like those weak features Jay had on KC.

Anyway, all you niggaz after me commenting, lets keep the fucking comments on the topic and no dick riding and net banging and anti artist comments. New rules are going into effect and apparent and obvious dick handling of an artist or stupid remarks will get noticed, you will be exposed and may lead to being banned. Ask Slugg120 and other members with stupid comments. Lets try not to bring Game into this conversation and how he destroyed GUnit, Gunit albums is flopping, and 50 is a snitch and all that bullshit. Enjoy!

50 is truly a business and rap/musical genius

cosign with CrazedHipHop

This is def sutn to look forward to alotta ppl hate on 50 but at the same time i c ppl stil got love for um me, but at the same time niggas dnt give him the respect he deserve as an artist but very few rapppers hav made a cd betta tha GRODT and personally i dnt kno if i lik dat ova the massacre so i dnt think he fell off lyrically or business lik

yh da nigga fiddy is back, nd he takin us back b4 get rich or die tryin
damn cant wait 4 this shit 2 drop, am koppin the album
now 50 really got the industry haters and defsounds haterz really hating 4real
its the unit

he's all talk.........he is wht you call a beautyfll lair..........HE THNKS HE NO'S EVRYTHNG........ 3 MILL THE MOST THIS GO ROUND EVRYBDY KNOW YOU AINT NO KILLER......

beg for mercy was better than I expected it to be but this new g unit compilation album is going to suck.

can't wait for the albums

Gangreenseason — 6 minutes ago
beg for mercy was better than I expected it to be but this new g unit compilation album is going to suck.

i Feel that. Beg For mercy had thee Original Crew, With some Really good joints together. But this NEW g-unit album is going to be like that GRODT soundtrack.. just a mixtape(feel) album with WAY!!!!!!!1 too many ppl on it. instead of having Banks show his talents on 1 or 2 songs alone. We gon have Banks,M.O.P. & Spider .(Meh) all on the same track. G-unit is Way to Over populated.. 50 need to Cut some of them niggaz off, and focus on the 1's that was down from the jump.

50,Banks,Buck & Yayo

M.O.P. are Vets(in my eyes) But they irrelevant on G unit. Same with Mob and lil Scrappy. Cant forget Spider Joke.

I know I WON'T be purchasing this album, so I know I won't be contributing to the "10 million" units sold. ...

BATMAN BEGINS, THE ALBUM IN STORES JUNE 26th! LOL!

hahahahaha, he said cam makes "garbage." -cosign!

^^Yeah you will. Half the people that say they aren't buying it are usually the people with it on Pre-Order at their local store.

charismatic — 13 minutes ago
I know I WON'T be purchasing this album, so I know I won't be contributing to the "10 million" units sold. ...

yeah yeah christmas camron, you'll be the only cat purchasing "courtesy curtis." you'll be contributing to the 100k units sold...in overall sales. lmfao!!!!!!!

^ If you think 50 cent, after a track record like his is only going to move 100 thousand units, you're about as stupid as your name is.

hhahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaa

slime jones — about 2 hours ago

he's all talk.........he is wht you call a beautyfll lair..........HE THNKS HE NO'S EVRYTHNG........ 3 MILL THE MOST THIS GO ROUND EVRYBDY KNOW YOU AINT NO KILLER......

YOU FAVORITE RAPPER COULDNT EVEN SELL 3 MIL!!! talking about that like its a BAD thing

fucking bitch

Cory P I agree with you. There are too many people on the label now and Buck adds a southern flavor to GUnit but 50, Banks and Yayo had amazing chemistry before Yayo got locked up and Buck joined. The mixtapes they put out, before the GUnit radio tapes and 50 blew up .... they were pure fire. Anyways, I'm not looking to buy the 50 album and expecting blow your mind lyricism and if there is some I'll be shocked and be content but the 50 album is something different and pure entertainment.

listen dummy, i was referring to charismatic because he said camron is a better artist than 50, not to mention a complete list of other rappers. and CAMRON would be the one selling 100k units. not 50. i said "courtesy curtis."

omigod, does anyone on defsounds read anymore, or do they comment just to comment?

he's all talk.........he is wht you call a beautyfll lair..........HE THNKS HE NO'S EVRYTHNG........ 3 MILL THE MOST THIS GO ROUND EVRYBDY KNOW YOU AINT NO KILLER......

^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^u need to shut tha hell up

beg for mercy was better than I expected it to be but this new g unit compilation album is going to suck.

^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^its gonna suck. if get rich soundtrack was hard, wats make u think this gonna be wack

crazed, lyrically 50 aint the greatest. but as far as best rappers alive, hes in the top ten. if weezy can be considered some deaf people's g.o.a.t. 50 is top ten. hate it or love it. but 50's album is shaping up to be something refreshing for hip hop since 2006 was the worst year for music ever! BATMAN BEGINS june 26th!

when it comes to puttin out top quality music 50 does it well.picks the best beats good hooks hes jus a complete writer.you wont the complete mc go cop joel ortiz that albums crazy

You know what I just shake my head at. The young kids coming into hip and appreciating music and thinking numbers and sales make a great album. Illmatic the gem that Nas dropped ahead of his time dropped in 94 and I think 99% of true hip hop fans can agree that album was flawless in every aspect. The album barely went gold the first year and welt platinum in 2000 or 01. Stop with the number shit and saying oh this album did shit or he didn't sell. Talk about the quality of the album and what its about. I could drop an album and sell 30 copies but if i drop science and its critically acclaimed classic, then I have respect. I'd love the money lol but I my name is out there.

30 copies? that aint enought to eat filet-mingon! lol!

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exactly spot on boy wat another rapper doesnt affect how much you enjoy an album redman bricked, so did devin the dude and loved those albums.let the crackers in the office worry about the numbers u listen to the music.remember ur not jimmy ivione

but 30 copies? damn, ima have to find a managerial position @ burger king.

LMAO G Kid, I'd be hurt and salty with 30 albums sold lol I'm just saying and UVF said it perfectly, what does the number of albums sold do for us? We don't get a dime or any royalty from these artist selling millions of albums. Its good to note they are reaching the mass but thats it. we the consumer need to focus on the music and what the artist says

If 50 ain't that dude then who is???

Basically he's so rich now he don't gotta rap. He got 2 albums coming out soon and gonna attempt to bring G-Unit back to the limelight (not likely).
Very much looking forward to his album for the simple fact he picks great beats and if he used top producers then it has MAJOR potential.

www.myspace.com/sthamogul

album sales do nothing for the consumer. but then you gotta realize album sales are an advertising tool in their own right. when people see soundscan numbers, they wanna see what the majority is listening to. then they determine if its a must-buy. not that it should matter, but thats just how the world works. me personally, i just buy whatever i feel is hot. like prodigy's return of the mac. hot album, but didnt even hit the 30k mark, if im not mistaken. forget record sales. bootleg everything!!! hahahahahahahahaha!!!! money dont grow on trees you know. thats why god gave us limewire and bearshare. lol!

see i dont agree wit that if laffy taffy were to sell 3 mil and i saw that it wouldnt make me rush out and cop the disc.jus get the mixtapes use limewire and the rest but i def cop the discs they goin be worth more in 20 years

HAHAHA yall 50 haters needa repeat school r sumthin!! yall hate on 50 then sy his new album gone kill it and his other albums were "fire" i aint no G-UNIT dickrider i mean personally aint no place for beef in hiphop it should b an alliance jus if you gone hate fif dnt say his music fire!! bitch ass muh'fuckas

Damn a Fif album in June,a G-Unit album in the 4qu.,another Fif album in Feb........DDDDAAAAAMMMMMNNNNN

G-Unit iz goin 2 have the rap game on lock 2007/2008...Its goin b a hotass summer bitches

ITS THE UNIT...CANT STOP THE REIGN

I have a pretty good feeling that regardless of Buzz(or Lack there of) those cds R still gonna sell Well. juss think bout it for a sec. How many of you were really really excited for The Massacre??? i was a 50 fan, but that project didn't really do nothing for me, and it still Sold. The majority of my pplz bought the CD just to hear Piggy bank, and just to hear what else 50 was gonna say. So even though there really isn't a buzz goin for 50, ppl still gonna buy it, just to C what Dre and Ems beats sound like. The masses will still buy it, because of the name. its 50. i Can honestly say im not interested in either of his cds, but i can say(honestly) i will be buying them. Cause its 50 and because i wanna know what hes gonna say.

his name is Marketable

Gorilla 4 Life — 5 minutes ago
Damn a Fif album in June,a G-Unit album in the 4qu.,another Fif album in Feb........DDDDAAAAAMMMMMNNNNN

G-Unit iz goin 2 have the rap game on lock 2007/2008...Its goin b a hotass summer bitches

ITS THE UNIT...CANT STOP THE REIGN

the sad part is that yaw g unit groupies realy beleive this madness

loyd banks: 300k
young buk as of last week: 247k

yes i see now what you mean by domination
they dominate the flop charts lol
g unit...... please
shut that shit up

errybody no's dat fif gone sell a lot he gone outsell game, buck every1 and ill b buyin dat album but i buy errybody's album if its hiphop and its sounds gud i buy it. all this i aint buyin gam, cam or 50's shit they gone make ther dough wateva u do

fif is a business man he gonna get his money if he sells records or not

FOR THE LAST TIME BITCHES NOBODY IS SELLIN A CRAZY AMOUNT ANYMORE IN THE AGE OF THE INTERNET.

THEY ALL GET THEIR MONEY FROM LIVE SHOWS AND WHO WILL GET THE COMMERCIAL PROMOTION. IE. JAY Z BUDWEISER AND T.I. IMPALA

akon just sold 2.1 mill

so what do you mean noody is sellin like krazy

i mean get rich or die tryin or marshall maters lp all eyez on me numbers

akon would have sold 6 million at this point 6 years ago

I am talking about rap albums more than r and b albums.

akon a RnB artist for one with mad skills when it comes to making radio friendly hits name a rapper that sold over a mil jay and t.i jeezy game nearly there so is em wit his mixtape damn even nas didnt go plat wit a huge buzz cuz of the name of his shit and he a legend!!!

i wasnt statin 50 was gonna sell like "crazy" i was statin dat 50 gone sell strongly i mean if a album is hot and im talkin muh'fuckin outstandin i'd buy it otherwise its free downloads but 50 gets his money as u say wit live shows promo's etc etc and his clothin brand which all the 50 haters still wear lol this hiphop shit ticles me pink sumtyms lmao

when fif first came out everybody was was rockin his shit and now cats just wanna be haters what's up with that shit?

uvf ur obviously takin in the last few years b4 it was multi million sellers the days of hiphop artist doin a mill r prettey much at an end unless they got worldwide hype such as jay em etc wit free downloads it aint bout sellin nemore

Hmmm what does soundscan have to do with hip hop? Really? Again, Nas went plat on Illmatic 6 YEARS after the classic dropped. That damages the quality of the album? You stupid niggaz need some therapy. Talk about how Banks Rotten Album was not hot and shit but what does numbers have to do wit shit. Vanilla Ice sold millions, oh shit, this kid must be fire wit the hot skills. Like the one nigga said, we are not Universal or Sony and talk about oh shit, we didn't get our moneys worth.

I'm just gonna REITERATE an argument I made approximately 4 or 5 months ago. Suppose actors and actresses boasted that their movies OR, in this case, ACTING ABILITIES were superior because their movies sold more or less. Thus,

Beyonce > Halle Berry. Yeah right...
Marlon Wayans > Denzel Washington. Let's be serious...
Will Smith > Robert Deniro. Will is the man, but c'mon...

These are just some examples...

Country Grammar sold WAY more than Illmatic... So, I guess according to the next generation, Nelly is nastier than Nas. Hilarious.

Get Rich or Die Tryin' sold WAY more than Reasonable Doubt... So, I guess according to you all, 50 is nastier than Jay. Wow...hahahahaha...

Young Jeezy gets way more airplay and probably more record sales than Scarface, so I guess he's better. Nada....

Numbers mean nothing... not in the hood... especially since I personally know that white kids buy the BULK of the units... I saw it with my own eyes when I worked @ Tower Records back in '99 and they were coming in by the drones coppin' that Puff & The Family and Melvin Flynt the Hustla! It's also evident by the tremendous #s Em goes EVERY TIME he touches a joint... the white kids relate, or wanna emulate, and they cop the trizacks... the black kids don't... we don't spend our extra cash on cds, now do we? We trynna cop the latest pair of Jordans... or a new pair of $90 Akademiks that you'll rock for the next 3 years....

Go cop them Starbury's! They're hot! Holla!

RealTalk — 17 minutes ago
akon just sold 2.1 mill

so what do you mean noody is sellin like krazy

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first of all akon isnt hip hop. thats r&b. we all know r&b, along with pop and rock outsell hip hop all the time so what are you talking about? thats a different genre. besides, yeah he sold 2.1 mill, but if he had dropped in the 90's, he would of sold twice as much and probably had gone 5 or 6x platinum.

I COMPLETELY AGREE WITH CRAZEDHIPHOP. U NIGGAS ARE YELLING OUT ALBUM SALE NUMBERS LIKE IT DETERMINES THE QUALITY OF THE ALBUM. BUT IT REALLY DOESN'T MATTER BECAUSE EVERYBODY'S SHIT IS GETTING BOOTLEGGED OF THE INTERNET. IT IS PUBLIC CONSENSUS THAT DETERMINES THE QUALITY OF THE ALBUM.

NOW A DAYS THE PEOPLE THAT DO VERY WELL ARE VERY BIG COMMERCIAL ARTISTS.

crazed what do you think went wrong with the rotten apple?

Record sales do matter--to us the consumers, the artists, and of course to the labels. It was the rappers who first injected the mentioning of record sales into the equation of rap music---period. They wanted to use record sales as measuring stick of who is/was hot, and who is/was not. So, if this is a standard by which they wish to be measured (let's oblige them and use it as a means to measure talent), then record sales are most relevant in a discussion of rap music, and rappers in general. Let's not NOW downplay the significance of record sales because record sales as a whole are down, or as is the case with some of us, because our favorite rapper or rappers record sales will reflect this downward slide in record sales. It is true that some people do look at how a record is selling as a compass that guides him or her to a given record or artist. Case in point: Hootie's 1994 breakout album and Carlos Santana's 1999 album---Hootie & the Blowfish was local band from Greenville, SC---the public sentiment at the time was that since it was high on the charts and selling like hotcakes due to heavy college radio station rotation, the album had to be hot and thusly it piqued the interest of more and more consumers (total sales in excess of 16 million records). Carlos Santana's album was projected to sell a maximum of 1 million records only in Latin American and Hispanic regions, but due to a high chart position and strong first weeks sales, the album picked up steam in the US (over 15 million albums sold) ---I can personally recall being in a record store and hearing people ask what's hot on the charts---using it as a barometer to decide what record to buy---and at that particular time, it was Carlos Santana.

As with everything else in life, this does not hold true in the case of every record consumer, but the notion does hold weight. I am quite certain that there are far more people than just Jimmy Iovine who are concerned with record sales, most notably, every living breathing rapper who's out there trying to eat. Maybe we all should only consider the content of rap records, but just like eliminating all the racism and misyongeny in rap records, it ain't going happen. To say that we should listen to records for content is a normative argument. This ain't a what we "should" be doing or "ought" to be doing kind of world, it's positive (how it is) kind of world.

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weather sales or album quality
g unit is not dominating
and what you mwan what sales have to do with hip hop
thats y you get in the game to SELLL records
y do you think people like Jay Z kame with that kind of marketing plan
to SELL his record
all of this sales dont mean shit is an excuse for you fans
you dont here red (who i think is sick as well) sayin oh my record sales dont matter
just my queality of music... hell naw he over there pissed and his label is pissed
you main goal in the buis is to sell
so you kan take that bull shit you tryin to kick and get out of here
and if you dont believe they aint tryin to sell ask 50
hes all about record sales

rotten apple was garbage thats what went wrong with it

"between get rich and power of a dolla" shut up fif. this aint back to the future nigga. when are we gonna hear after "get rich" cuz to my knowledge youve been talkin about robbing and selling drugs and killin since day one. nigga ya street carrer came to a stop when you got shot. ya credability is like a crack head. you have none. your time is up fif. you just went against the south when you spoke on jd weezy and jeezy. stupid dont you know thats why nas aint sell. 350,000 his first week. 12 weeks to go gold what does that tell you fif. use your head. your done. weezy is gonna crush u and ya squad. yeah hes gay and he kisses baby and hes a bitch but hes better

then you fif. better then you and ya click. stop it man your done. the gig is up

rotten apple was stiil a hot album not as good as hunger but a solid effort its jus when the unit put out an album the hate triples on it.do u thik if that was a def jam effort everyone would be sayin it was that bad.hell no there were plenty worse efforts last year but anythin in the with 50 or his crew in it is automatically hated on ppl dont give it a chance to find out if it hot or not they blinded by the hate

EJAB BACK THEN THERE WAS NOT A WHOLE CULTURE NORM OF DOWNLOADING MUSIC.

Gangreenseason — 1 minute ago
EJAB BACK THEN THERE WAS NOT A WHOLE CULTURE NORM OF DOWNLOADING MUSIC.

if you had tru fans like you say you are
and yaw really supported your favorite artist
then they would sell
but the fans arnt loyal

and rotten apple was horrible
im sorry but it was
not even a descent effort

crazed hit the muh'fuckin nail in the head at the end of the day people can say i did 11 mill i did 5mill hell i did 330,000 at the end of the day how much a dude sell aint got shit 2 do wit how gud his album is 50% of its the haters dont buy it 50% is cos people dont wanna buy albums full stop y wuld they if they can get them for free?

WHO SAID I DON'T BUY ALBUMS. IT IS NOT ABOUT LOYALTY IT IS ABOUT MONEY WHY PAY FOR SOMETHING U CAN GET FOR FREE. THEY SUPPORT THEIR ARTISTS BY ATTENDING THEIR LIVE SHOWS AND BUYING THEIR CLOTHES.

ejab300 — 1 minute ago
Record sales do matter--to us the consumers,
- What consumers? Specifically, what demographic? So the first week an album drops, you're in the store askin how much 50's album sold? The first day? NO. YOU'RE NOT.

It was the rappers who first injected the mentioning of record sales into the equation of rap music---period. They wanted to use record sales as measuring stick of who is/was hot, and who is/was not. So, if this is a standard by which they wish to be measured (let's oblige them and use it as a means to measure talent), then record sales are most relevant in a discussion of rap music, and rappers in general.
- False, the 1st person who really, really mentioned sales was Jay when he was smashing Prodigy on the Takeover back in '01, then it got outta hand. We used to compare emcees and album by skills...period. Hence, the term, "wack emcees", and so on. Even the mics in the Source used to affect "sales". There were certain artists who refused to send their albums to the mag for fear of a possibly bad review. I'll admit, I'll never 4get the day I had Cannibus' debut cd on the COUNTER and happened to look through the Source while I was in the line waiting and saw it ONLY got 3 and put it back and copped the Source instead, lol. The point is, the consumer really doesn't care about sales. Do you like any cd you bought more or less because it sold or didn't sell? Good music, to you, is good music.

Let's not NOW downplay the significance of record sales because record sales as a whole are down, or as is the case with some of us, because our favorite rapper or rappers record sales will reflect this downward slide in record sales. It is true that some people do look at how a record is selling as a compass that guides him or her to a given record or artist
- Yes, with the BOOM of the internet and file sharing programs like Limewire, Kazaa, Napster, etc., record sales are down. Why buy it, unless you're specifically trying to support an artist, when you can download it for free? This is my thing, back in the day, if your boy copped a hot album, you'd dub it. And when you copped some hot ish, he'd dub it off of you. For you young guys, this is when we used to dub with an object called a "cassette tape". So using file sharing sites is THE SAME THING, if you ask me. Before 01, nobody was checking Billboard.com and such to see what an album sold. Either you liked a song, so you had to buy the whole damn album, or the single, and you kept it moving. The same holds true today, if you want to support an artist, you buy their album. If you don't, you don't. You TEND 2 hope an artist does well, so they'll be backed by their label to make MORE music. But even that doesn't go down all the time. My favorite group ever the FUGEES, sold 18+ million, worldwide, which today, is ONE OF THE GREATEST SELLING RAP ALBUMS OF ALL TIME, and if I'm not mistaken, it may still be the #1 selling worldwide hip hop album of all time, and THEY HAVEN'T MADE ANOTHER ALBUM AND IT'S BEEN 11 YEARS ALREADY! So, what does that tell us?

Ejab I agree with some points you made. Sales mean something to the average listener or to someone who doesn't know about the artist or too familiar with the genre. If I wanted to go out and buy good music, I'll ask what is selling right now, and they would tell me Mister X and Y are flying off the shelves. That doesn't mean the album is hot and its worthy at all. That could mean Mr X has a single that is getting played and is equaling those sales. Record sales only show what is popular or what people are buying. Case in point, since I talked about it C-N-N - War Report was a great album but did it sell? No! People weren't interested or feeling the type of music. Again, sales show popularity standing, not quality.

Gkid, my opinion on Rotten Apple, I think he waited too long and picked bad songs. I don't know if you know this, but Banks 2nd album was supposed to be called The Big Withdraw. He went to some chicks house, she found a cd wit mad songs from the album and sold it and became a mixtape. Those cuts were fire. Also, remember to the average consumer, the songs weren't catchy or popular enough for them to buy. IMO Banks is a better spitter then 50 but 50 has the selling ability. I was surprised Banks sold what he did on his first album and I put those sales on the GUnit name. Anything back then with Gunit was selling. Everything that goes up, must come down. It's going to e funny cause and I don't see it happening but if 50 only manages to sell 1 mill worldwide, and the album is a classic, everyone will say shit and bring up flop. Thats your average hate and fans.

Did you buy your car according to sales? Are you at the dealership like, oh I ain't buyin the Mercedes-Benz SLK cause it only sold 30,000? No. I hope I've made my point.

Matic, you are dropping knowledge on a bunch of know it alls. There is no point to waste your breath.

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good point son u buy wats a good look 4 u not the next mans

matic just answer this for me
why do you put out records
why do you market your records
why do you get signed as an artist

Real Talk... lol You are not the artist. You are buying the album for what the artist says and the quality. If Game sold 100k albums, and that shit was fire, and everyone agrees .. can anyone say anything? Again, who says shit about Illmatic? You guys avoid the apparent facts. Same with Reasonable Doubt. That shit went platinum years after it came out. Does it take away from the quality? No. Real Talk, if you put out an album, then you can worry about the soundscan and all. An artist flopping or selling, what does it matter to you personally. You enjoy the music. Not the money they make.

charismatic — 4 minutes ago
Did you buy your car according to sales? Are you at the dealership like, oh I ain't buyin the Mercedes-Benz SLK cause it only sold 30,000? No. I hope I've made my point.

hmmmmmmmmmmmmm........................
did you buy your car according to sales
chrysler 300
beamers
camero
mustang
hmmmmmmmmmm i think so
unless you pushin a bucket
you bought you car acoording to its looks..which if it has a good look it sales
i e the marketing plan

man if you a normal artist you dont market your albums the label does that for you you do the mixtapes make sure you get a buzz and make good songs.hopefuly you put out a record for the respect the artists dont get that much from record sales it comes from the tour