Queens rapper 50 Cent always finds a way to stay in the news and remain topical, specially when gearing up for the release of an album. He recently took some time and sat down with Sacha Jenkins of XXL Magazine during a trip to his Grandmother’s house in Jamaica, Queens, where he wrote his forthcoming LP, Curtis.
According to 50, he needed a hiatus from superstardome in order to create the work that took him there in the first place.
“I mean, it just brings memories back to me. I’m in my old space, see old faces, things start feeling the way they used to. Being able to write material from a perspective I couldn’t probably write [from] in any other space like that.
And I was in one of those funky creative spaces where I couldn’t come up with nothing… For me, when I come back here, it’s like my feet are on the ground. I don’t think nothing is more painful than having known what it feel like to be successful and then having it taken away from you.
So on some levels, it’s healthy for me to go ’head and come from the financial space that I’m in back to here, as a reminder, so I can actually appreciate what I’ve got.” 50 told Jenkins.
Though Fif went back to the very home he was shot in front of, many fans as well as rival rapper Cam’Ron, have said he has lost credibility for no longer living the life he once led.
“What am I supposed to do, stand on the corner and smoke weed with him? I don’t smoke weed, and I’m not standing on the corner. For what? I stood on the corner when that was my hustle. I got a new hustle and a new concept of a corner to stand on. The same idiot that you just mentioned went on 60 Minutes and said he wouldn’t tell police about [the whereabouts of] a serial killer.
Only thing missing from hip-hop is an IQ test. If you’re smart, you know that’s not the fuckin’ place to say that. Then you gotta send a statement out and apologize. What does that mean? That he will snitch? Said Fif”
Read the entire feature in August’s XXL issue and catch a preview of it Here.
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1st bitches G-Unit
u fuckin faggot
lol once again 50 speaks some truth
yea write wat part did u understand and put it in your own words bitch
Ha Cam'Ron a dumb mufucka Dont like neither 1 but 50 obviously smarter than Cam
why cause he did a interview about snitches
^^ no u dumb ass n e normal person could easily see 50 is smarter then camron
50 IS THE SNITCH COME ON STOP THIS SHIT
lol 50 actually made a couple of good points, and speaking of that IDIOT that embarrassed hip-hop on national TV by sounding like a dumbass, what happened to that real hot fuccin summer?
to be honest hiphop fans and rappers better route for 50 cent.he will be the measuring stick for the music financially.
if 50 flops then so does tha industry, he helped make rappers get super deals form record companies based on his success do yall even realize this?
dude open the door with his success and brought more fans to hiphop.i will always buy a 50 cent album bcuz you get your money's worth.even if you dont like some tracks, he always has a sufficient amount for everyone.this nigga average 22 track per cd, who else give you that?he haas the most versatility of any rapper out right now.he can switch his flow whenever and you all know what am talkin bout.
i heard when he was around the hood but i was at work, yall niggas best believe he has more weight in southside than preme ever did.
nigga now thats a damn lie i neva bought a 50 LP that nigga wack he just had nice beats to bang to. and hip hop been hotandpoppin before that nigga arrived asshole
now thats wats up 50 i smell a multi platinum artist
i dont think anyone can sell a mill in week anymore
I agree, In think no will ever sell a million in aweek.Because of all of the bootlegin
It's good that 50 is going back to his roots now he can switch up the kind of tone his songs have from the massacre and some of the released songs for curtis
fif sound real humbled and i dont kno he jus sound like a regular person you kno down ta earth
i jus aint heard him sound like dis in a while
i jus might buy Curtis instead of downloading all tha songs
BEAST MODE MOVEMENT
You guys might be right, but if any rapper has a chance of selling a mil first week, I think everyone knows that he's the only one.
sike. that nigga gone flop like tha rest of his click NOT includin buck
50 dont derserve bootleggin
just go cop the albulm it's only 9.99$
50..THATS COOL U WENT BACC TO THE HOOD TO GET A LIL CREATIVE WITH IT..I LIKE THAT ...PLUS A NIGGA LIKE U NEED TO VISIT GRANDMA...AN FOR U TO LOOK AT HOW U USE TO LIVE AN BE..HOPE THAT U GOING BACK TO QUEENS HELPS UR ALBUM OUT...U THE FUTURE OF MONEY MAKING AN IF ANYONE HATE'S ON UR SUCCESS IS BEACUSE U MADE IT AN THEY DIDNT..GET UR HUSTLE ON..AS FAR AS CAM AN HIS BIG MOUTH GO...HES A LIL FISH FOR U TO BE DEALING WITH..MAKE UR MONEY....PEACE
Why is 50 trying to do things to be creative at this point? Shouldn't the album already be completed?
Mazaradi ShoT — about 1 hour ago
i dont think anyone can sell a mill in week anymore
-- [reply] nick2slick — about 1 hour ago
I agree, In think no will ever sell a million in aweek.
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... Alicia Keys has penciled in an Oct. 23 release date for her third J Records album, "As I Am." ...
I think Alicia can do it... How bout you!?
weezy and juelz will
Did this dude just say weezy and juelz gonna sell come on weezy hot but he the most bootlegged atrist right now he ain't gonna sell shyt and weezy getz fukk for his publishin by baby anywayz weezy don't got money like yall think he do real talk but he fiya wit his ghost writers
50's actually a really smart guy, I just wish he'd apply that to his music. He always tries to go so hard, so gangsta on his songs. Why can't he be smart in his music too?
because that nigga fake... duh
Everytime i read an interveiw with 50 he makes me respect him more and they say he can't go back to the hood stupid ass niggas
ya fif's definitely one of the smartest and realest ppl out there, we all should buy his cd just outta respect and to help him it and tha industry
wher CAM'RUNNNNNNNNNNNN at lmao
50 uses his brain when he talkin and he get mad respect, thatz some smart nigga he got the business and street sense
50 uses his brain when he talkin and he get mad respect
LMAO Oooooooooooooooooooooooooo nerdy assdickmouth boy
Another co'sign fifty does seem smarter.he made a good point about Cam comments
FA REAL, 50 SPEAK THE TRUTH. NO OFFENSE BUT PART OF THE REASON WHY BUNDLES GOT SHOT WAS BECAUSE OF THE HYPE " IF YOU DONT LIVE IN THE HOOD YOU A SELL OUT ". 50 IS SMART FOR MOVING OUT AND AWAY FROM THE HOOD WHEN HE HAD THE MONEY.
EVERYTIME I HEAR 50 SPEAK I GAIN MORE RESPECT AND WANT TO LISTEN 2 HIS MUSIC MORE.
KEEP DOIN U 50!!
G-g-g-g-g-g-g-g-g-g-g-g-g-g-g-g G-UNIT!!!
d-d-d-d-d-d-d-d-d-d-d-dick rider!
I'm not a big fan of G-Unit. In fact G-U-NOT! BUT he makes a great point. Fuck Cam and his Dipshits.
SOULJA BOY UP IN THIS HO WATCH ME CRANK IT WATCH ME ROLL WATCH ME CRANK THAT SOULJA BOY AND SUPERMAN THAT HOO NOW WATCH MY YOUULLLLLLLL CRANK THAT SOULJA BOY WATCH MY YOUULLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL
^what the fuck...
SMART DUDE, I TRY TO LISTEN WHEN MILLIONAIRES ARE SPEAKIN.
O.N.E. WWW.MYSPACE.COM/STATUSREC
we live in a different time.. selling a million gonna be mad hard no matter how nice an artist is.. thanks to ipod..
i dont respect 50 because he lies in his music he had a song called high all the time n he dont even smoke weed i mean if u dont smoke thats cool but y u gotta lie 4
....... every rapper lies in there music thats how the rappers try to be creative make music and sell records
becuase he a fake ass gangsta everybody took him as a gangster rapper when he came out that nigga fake and he be frontin. thats why i never both none of his shit
50 A G FORREAL HE PUT IT DOWN IN HIS HOOD DEM NIKKAZ KNOW HIS REP HIST JUST DID SOME DIS LOYAL SHYT TO THE WRONG NIKKA BUT FIF AIN'T NO BYTCH OR ANYTHING BY A LONG SHOT STOP HATTIN WHEN DA LAST CAM SHYT DAT WAS HOT AND HAD GOOD RADIO PLAY AND VIDEO PLAY I THINK IT WAS WHEN HE HAD DAT ROC CHAIN ON COME ON GET OFF CAM DICK HE A CLOWN
that song High All The Time was from like 4 years ago..maybe he don't smoke anymore.......and if thats why you hate 50 then you dumb as hell
I GET MONEY! MONEY I GOT!!!
i straight up hate 50, but you have to respect him for having all that money.
mademan8804 50 wrote that song before he stop smoking. he was writing "get rich or die trying" when he was still FAT. but when he started gettin in shape he stop smoking and drinking
wat u talkin bout didnt u c da vid for in da club if u call dat fat den i dont no what fat is
aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa nigga suck that shit up, that nigga fake.
ckateboardback
You replyin to everybodys shit did 50 molest you or sumshit you really hate that nigga dont you
fuck 50 u aint selling anymore 50 iz dead 01/june/2007 hahahahahaha
gggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggg unot bitchhhhhhhh
50 owns gunot, so either way, your reppin 50 by saying that. way to go...
y hasnt anybody noticed some nigga said 50 got more weight in queens than preme ever did?....niggas dont know their history now...and im from detroit!....DAMN!!!
21 gunz aka clap back aka 50 cent
loose change aka eminem
wrap is on aka dre gay young aka dr dre
WORD IZ BOND GUYBREW U IZ FAKE AS HELL NIGGA U KNO AS WELL AS I KNOW IN DA HOOD YA BOY CURTIS RATSON GETS NO LOVE.IF U FROM DA HOOD GUY BREW WAT DA FUCK U RUN WIT AINT NO G UNIT ON GUYBREW ITS ONLY FEW DAMUS S.B.G & OFFICIAL LB FAM !ALL DA 50 GOT MORE RESPECT & WEIGHT THAN PREME DATS A LIE NIGGA AND U KNO IT SO GET OFF CURTIS DICK AND ITS HOT THIS SUMMER DONT GET CAUGHT ROCKIN A G UNIT SHIRT ON GUY BREW BECAUSE MY S.B.G BROTHAZ IZ HOT,AGGRIVATED,OH YEA DANGEROUS ...GUERILLA GANG!!!!!!!! JEA!
what ru talkin bout sayzar 50's cuz 2-5 and the block burners be on guybrew and linden
well 50 came back to his hood i thought he could not come back but i think he gained more respect doing that in he wrote some songs there its some rappers who never step feet in there hood but its good he did that but 50 is smart
50 is a fuckin genius. he can talk his way through anything. always makin his enemies look like a dumbass when they say shit.
ok but every time u see curtis he looks like shit. that fake gangsta just probably only got book sense nigga was probably a nerd in shool or did he drop out idk fuck it.
Do it after premes safe inside a cell.good thinking snitchy.
LMFAO ASS OFF. U FUNNY, I REALLY LIKE U
*DESTROY MODE TIME*
BITCH ASS, DUMB ASS KID. 50 WAS WALKIN THE STREETS WHEN PREME WAS OUT OF JAIL, 50 STILL WAS DOIN HIM. IF UR DUMBASS KNEW ANYTHING, 50 ISNT SCARED OF PREME. I BET UR DUMBASS DIDNT EVEN KNOW 50 COULD HAVE EASILY GOT PREME TOUCHED, EASILY. PREME GOT SHOT AT, AND GUESS WHO HE THOUGHT SET IT UP, THAT'S RIGHT CURTIS JACKSON. THE NIGGAS THAT 50 HAD ON HIS TEAM, DONT GIVE A FUCK WHO U ARE
ARE U FAMILIAR WIT A DUDE NAME BANG EM SMURF. ARE U FAMILIAR WIT A DUDE NAMED TONY YAYO. IF 50 WANTED HIM TOUCHED, BAM DUDE WOULD HAVE BEEN GONE
SNITCHEY, PLEASE EXPLAIN TO ME HOW HE SNITCHED ON HIM AND GOT HIM PUT TO JAIL
I PUT ANY FUCKING MONEY, U DONT EVEN KNOW WHY PREME IS IN JAIL
you just lost your life savings on that bet,shit you don't have any.
preme got done for conspiracy to murder and various drug charges.
[reply] FlameEffex — 24 minutes ago
50 is a fuckin genius. he can talk his way through anything. always makin his enemies look like a dumbass when they say shit.
i say the same thing, 50 is so smart, how can you hate him when he came from nothing selling drugs, to a millinaire?
who dat new rapper out of the same hood 50 from....cause if u keep up wit the news the nigga said that fif showed up in da hood in his car to holla at him by his self....not to mention a dvd dats been out wit his old friend dat he left in da hood confirmin his hood cred
50's that dude fa real...I'm coppin' "Curtis" and I don't even buy too many albums anymore but I'll buy that one...cuz that dudes an inspiration
“What am I supposed to do, stand on the corner and smoke weed with him? I don’t smoke weed, and I’m not standing on the corner. For what? I stood on the corner when that was my hustle. I got a new hustle and a new concept of a corner to stand on. The same idiot that you just mentioned went on 60 Minutes and said he wouldn’t tell police about [the whereabouts of] a serial killer.
Only thing missing from hip-hop is an IQ test. If you’re smart, you know that’s not the fuckin’ place to say that. Then you gotta send a statement out and apologize. What does that mean? That he will snitch?
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^50 dont even need to make records, he just hurt CAMRUN right there lol
its good that he went back to tha hood and he does get love in the hood his cousin 2-5 in tha hood wit tha block burnerz crew and like 2-5 said at the end of the day u gon ride wit fam even if yall got sum issues
ricky stroder wat bout on that just a lil bit joint he said "eyes a little low cause i twist the dro" n that shit was on the massacre.....
wow he went back to the hood 1 time now everybody jump on his dick think he a gangsta ruler or something and a poet with his words cuz he talk to his enimies calm...... come on son quit the bullshit he aint no gangsta he aint got no rep in the hood he came back for a reason beacuse he forgot where he came from and where he stands obviously thats not cool and not gangsta so he had to go in enviroment that was ...pfffff u can see he soft and aint all tuff you be gangsta where ever you go
he aint got no rep in tha hood ru kidding even when he was beefing wit bang em smurf they said they admit he was a beast in tha street
real talk, if u was in front of my face, i probably word punch u in ur mouf for talkin dumb shit
50 always in the hood asshole, that because u dont see him standing on the corner doesnt mean he's not there, u dumb fuck. go do sum research and see how mazaradi fox got his deal
u and CAMRUN need a IQ test
^ A big time fassyhole
who dat new rapper out of the same hood 50 from....cause if u keep up wit the news the nigga said that fif showed up in da hood in his car to holla at him by his self....not to mention a dvd dats been out wit his old friend dat he left in da hood confirmin his hood cred
i didn't hear bout fif showing up in da hood by hisself in tha car what happened
don't give a fuck if he don't smoke weed....some rappers killed people and talk about it but don't do it anymore....get yoself an IQ test idiot....he probably speakin on past experiences like every other rapper is
50 cent is stupid he lost his credibility because he started out in tha rap game dissing people like Nas Ja rule and Jadakiss. I remember when 50 would always call Ja Rule industry and he would say that he went pop but 50 is now doing the exact same thing. 50 was never that lyrical to begin with, he was alright, definetily not better than Banks or Buck. He just got lucky cuz Em and Dre had his back. Now that Em and Dre dont have his back, look at his singles for "Curtis", that shit is ass. Game definitely had partial responsiblity for fuckin up fifs credibility. I mean you gotta admit that man Game killed G-unit.
actually he didn't start out dissin' Nas...Nas and 50 used to work together, 50 went on tour with him, they got songs together...learn about it
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EXACTLY SO SHUT THE FUCK UP
game killed.fif cred...nigga get up on yo news....games brother is da blood...he still in da hood n even said that game is only associated through him.....get up on yo facts
Game is wack too. Everyone knows he fake. Im just sayin on the MIC he killed Fif.
but its okay 50 0wns game YA DIGGGGGGGGGG
sure dude...game killed 50's career, that's why 50's everywhere right now and the topic of everybodies conversation
what is game numbers on docs advocate...is it 800....what is bucks...its at least 800 but didn't game do 5 mill on his first...buck did 2 on his first....so who really hurt
yeah on da mic...I will admit that...but who remembers freestyles from 10 years ago....u goin to remember a hot song
Man u talkin #'s and sales. Im talkin bar for bar, Game punished G-unit dawg admit it. I think Buck and Banks are vicious but they haven't sold as much as Game.