“He was almost weirder than me ’cause we would go to breakfast and he’d be there reading a book. Conceptually, I think that’s what made him drift away from what his initial audience enjoys from him and why he’s not hot right now.” Said Fif of Nas, “he’s feeding you too much information in the music and they don’t actually want it. He’s like a teacher.”
He then moved onto the never-ending Cam’ron beef which has toned down a bit since Cam’s altercation with rapper Tru Life. The beef, which ignited during a Hot 97 interview with 50 Cent, also caused turmoil within the Dipset Camp.
“My initial intention when we started that conversation wasn’t to cause an altercation. But after an altercation is caused, I have no intentions of resolving it. I don’t believe you can resolve a situation with someone you didn’t initiate. If they caused it, there’s nothing you can do on your end. You didn’t actually ask for it so it’s there. And you make it—you pound away at him with the consistency of releasing quality material ’til his ass is dust. He’s gone and everybody that surrounds him gets it in the end, too. This is why I tell him Jim Jones should be the boss of Dipset and now you see Jim Jones say he’s not fuckin’ with Cam.”
When asked about Cam’s career as it stands, 50 explained why no major label is willing to sign Cam Ron.
“Cam had Columbia [Records] spend marketing dollars on him when he was with Untertainment. He had Def Jam spend marketing dollars when he was on Roc-A-Fella. Now he’s in a graveyard. The majors have no interest in spending money on him because they know the marketing dollars that’s spent is going to be in vain. [But] Jimmy’s done something that’s significant—he came out of the graveyard. His career started on Koch, which means he can go do his deal with the majors [and] he can go do a publishing deal. The kinda money he gon’ receive in those positions based on the success of his last project is gonna make, when he says, “ballin’,” real.”
Moving on to M.O.P, 50 confirmed rumors that he once offered them $1,000 for every pound that they lost during their stay at his Connecticut Mansion.
“M.O.P., they just ain’t after the same thing. They are a great group. They got music I’d love to put out. I’m just not going to bet on a horse that got three legs in this climate. It won’t win a race.”
Fif also spoke of the weirdness between him and Dre after The Game was removed from G Unit.
“I’m not even sure he knows. He might read this and be surprised that I said it. But Dre didn’t voice his opinion knowing I gave Game everything that made him what he is. And that didn’t matter. It shouldn’t matter that [Dre] gave me “In Da Club.” He brought something creatively to the table that helped spawn my entire career and I respect him for it. On a higher level, Em for me is like next to my grandmother. He did things for me when I couldn’t do them myself. I needed him at that point and he actually came through for me.”
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COMMENTS
CAMRON IS OVER HIS LEEGE
and your gay
LMAO^^^
yeah your definitely a faggot, fuck out of here 50 dick lover cams not dead and far from it
MAN DIS IS WHY 50 BE LOSING HIS AUDIENCE HE CAN SAY WATEVA HE WANNA SAY BOUT BITCH ASS CAM BUT HE SOUND STUPID TRYIN 2 SAY NAS LOST HIS AUDIENCE CUZ HE TRYIN 2 BE TO MUCH LIKE A TEACHER NIGGA GO BACK IN NAS CAREER AND HE ALWAYS HAD THAT INTELLECTUAL RAP AND NAS WOULD MURDER 50 IN A BATTLE
AND I CANT WAIT 2 HEAR THE 11 YR OLD G-UNIT DICK RYDERZ
I second that nas will murder his ass not is like the moses of hip hop
I'm a BIG G-unit fan but the reality is NAS WILL MURDER them in a battle its the just the truth
naz will murder 50 but not banks be nas aint really a freestyle rapper banks is ya diggggggggg
what im trying to figure out is, what does nas losing his audience have to do wit battling
see its yall fans that start shit, no the rappers
yall take one part and turn it into sumthin else
aint nobody talkin battling
battling and losing audiences are sooo different
wat are yall talkin bout
also i like to mention, this is like the first time nas didnt go plat, in like his whole career
illmatic ain go plat only gold
getta fuck....Illmatic went plat in 2004 stupid...
so what it still the greatest Hip hop album ever written
makaveli is right, wtf does this have to do with battling and beef? it's only business advice, it's not like he's dissing the man. damn, chill the fuck out; fans got more beef than the artists themself!
good point makaveli
Yea Nas did lose alot of fans i mean really noone be tryin to hear dat shyt he talkin i mean serious its ahead of these dudes but CAM IZ TRASH LAST CAM SHYT I LIKED HE WAS ON DA ROC
illmatic when plat in 2001.on the real like 5x
Too bad what he said on Nas is true.. whens the last time you heard a Nas track on the radio? Lol.. I mean Nas is still one very good rapper.. but he's not good for this new generation.
THATS WHY HIP HOP DEAD ALL YALL WANNA HEAR IS ROCKSTAR PARTYING AND T-PAIN TALKIN BOUT HE LIKES DA BARTENDER WTF!!!!
I second that just cause nas dont make club song dont mean he lost his audience his album was hot nas spit lyrics he a teacher but that aint what people wanna hear they wanna hear t pain non singin as and akon on a hook just cause you dont hear in the club or the radio dnt mean na slost his audience you must be like 16 years old. study ya rap history.
UH THE LAST TIME I HEARD A NAS TRACK ON THE RADIO WAS JANUARY-FEBRUARY WHEN HIP HOP IS DEAD WAS ON FIRE!
i gave you power is a fucking classic by nas and it tops any g-unit shit i have ever heard by far, its always good to be a smart rapper rather then only talking about your money and how you do steroids and shit.
It ain't dead.. just a new type of Hip Hop attracts the public now. If Hip Hop is dead, what are you listening to?
no better question if hip hop is alive and well what are u listening 2????
CAM'RON IS A PUSSY....A BIG PUSSY
camron is washed up he had his run wit dipset but he's done
NAS IS AND WILL ALWAYS BE THE STREET TRUTH: MUTHERFUCKING LEGEND
50 IS A INTELLIGANT NIGGA NUFF RESPECT DUE & HIS FLOW IS ABOVE AVERAGE
M.O.P I THINK ARE AT THE RIGHT PLACE TO GET THERE MIND RIGHT...GOOD LUCK BROTHERS! ALBUM SHOULD BE FIRE...OH SORRY..FIIIIRRREEE!!!!
DRE..LEGEND..NUFF SAID.
CAM'RON...PUSSY...DISSIN JAY...PUSSY...DISSIN FIF....PUSSY...DISSIN NAS....PUSSY, OH YEAH AND THAT SHIT PLAYED OUT FLOW..PUSSY...AND THAT 60 MINUTES SPECIAL...PUSSY.
CAM U A DICK.
Everything 50 sayig I feel! Nas took his intelligence over his money! Niggaz dont care about what he spitting anymore! Not as much as they care about that "party like a rockstar" shit! Nas lost his people he was trying to bring us up but he lost his soul for music! That shit is true! I love Nas to death but street disciple was horrible! Cam need to just start his own label! He built the diplomats why he cant do it again! Jim Jones is pussy! Dirty ass nigga! Anyway to each's Own.................................................
you must be like 15 years old nas is hot nas aint lose his audience his audience just older like me im 27 icant stand that rockstar bullshit whats the point of it it like that snap shit here today gone tomorow
WTF r u talkin about...how u gonna say Nas lost his soul, if anything Nas is the only real nigga left in the game WITH a SOUL...duh, dat was the whole point of his Hip Hop Is Dead album...50 always got sumthin 2 say if u dont sell records but das not what hip hop is all about, Nas didnt sell his soul for the riches. Nas is one of the top 5 rappers Dead or Alive n 50 cant say shit 2 him...I dont think 50 is evn on anyone's top 10. I mean he got alot of money, but lyrically he cant touch Nas, prolly Cam...jus cuz u dont hear a Nas song on da radio evry 5 minutes dont mean he lost his audience. Thats tha problem wit people these days, evrybody wanna hear songs about money, cars, jewelry n shit like dat and rappers these days talkin bout da same shit. Nas b talkin bout sum real shit n we, as black people need more niggaz like Nas 2 kick us sum knowledge bout da real world cuz these rappers makin evrything 2 commercial n got all da kids wanting 2 grow up driving tha hottest car or wearing a whole bunch of jewelry instead of teaching them 2 get a education. That was tha whole concept of Hip Hop Is Dead so obviously yall niggaz dont know tru Hip-Hop, yall livin n da commercial age!!!
Nas aint loss me at least.
COL892 "...I dont think 50 is evn on anyone's top 10." i dont give a fuck what nobody say 50 is on mine he been since GRODT
So u gonna put him on ya top 10 cuz of 1 album...cuz honestly das da only hot album he ever put out and he'll never top that, obviously YOU don't know hip hop
nas is a good rapper u know..hes just lyrical with not that much airplay..and he says hop hop is dead cuz look at the hits in hip hop
like "ay bay bay" wtf is that
"this is why im hot" thats just little kid shit
"pop lock it drop it"
hip hop is dead lyrically but there are still good rappers like jay-z, eminem, 50 cent, and nas himself
them some old ass people u named
nas is 33 wtf iz wrong with u...what like 3 years older than ur fav rapper and still a legend??? U mad?
yo look at fifty shirt, buck is the new leader of g-unit. and mop stupid if they aint do that gettin a stack for every pound they lose challenge, because if they tried, they probably could have gone gold without a record deal. lol fat muthafuckas.
the shirt dont mean nuthin..when was this picture??
and yeah right now buck is the only one selling but thats gont mean hes the leader of g-unit
u sound so retarded, buck got his own label
fuck u mean he the new leader of g-unit
the leader always sell the most, unlike cam
ooooooooooopppppppppsssssssss did i say that
cam u are demoted to soldier
lmfao
NAH...CAM WAS HOT NOW THE NIGGA IS BULLSHIT, HIS BEST DAYS WERE THE FIRST DAYS OF BEING IN ROC. NOW THAT NIGGA IS CRAP...HIS LAST TWO ALBUMS WERE GARBAGE AND NO ONE CAN TELL ME DIFFERENT. FIF WAS RIGHT!!! THAT BOY CAM GOT KNOW INTELLIGANCE, AS GHOSTFACE WOULD SAY "SMART DUMB-NIGGA'S"
I second that the only time he went platnum the roc was around his neck now he a you tube faggot
lmao you tube faggot!!!
jim jones neva said he aint fuckin no mo wit Cam...50 b tellin lies like he said he tlked to Jim Jones after the radio show was ova same way he lied bout gettin shot 9 times...he got shot at 9 times but only 3 hits...50 great buisness man but as 4 a rapper he lost it
FUCK JIM JONEZ AND CAM DA ONLY SO CALLED GANGSTERZ DA ERYTIME I TURN AROUND IS GETTING SMACKED WITH BEER BOTTLES OR GETTIN DEY ASS BEAT
50 needs to keep his mouth closed
Where is this ignorance coming from with this guy. He has the nerve to say Nas lost his audience? Come on, real rap, THEY HAVE TWO SEPARATE AUDIENCES! nas caters to the actual hip hop head while 50 hits mainstream white america radio over the head with bullshit. he mad he'll never drop an Illmatic or Stillmatic
Also, damn Nas for reading books. And damn him for being a teacher and informing me about things I needed to learn.
FUCK NAS, intelligent rich faggot...
lololol i feel u tho niggaz be stupid these days...mad at Nas??? getta fuck outta here
i get what your saying but you dont think blacks or hispanics buy 50 cents music or that whites dont buy NaS' stuff get the fuck outta here
50 kinda right..he makes sense everytym he speak
ive been askin thus question 4 a while now....'WHERE THE FUCK IS CAM'RUNNNNNNNN?'
i aint gonna lie i used 2 like cam but the nigga went stupid at the beginning of this year
im done fuckin wit 50 after that shit...nas is still straight fire and 50 aint ever gonna touch nas..maybe 50 put cam and ja out of the game but they are both garbage..nas is on the top always will be everything he puts out is fire.. i mean maybe 50 is 2 stupid 2 understand what nas is talkin bout... 50 no way no how has the lyrics nas has...maybe he has better beats but thats all the south has is hot beats so whats a beat wit out the lyrics...
"I rap for listeners, bluntheads, fly ladies and prisoners,
Henessy holders and old school niggas, then I be dissin' a Unofficial the mo' ruly tie I dropped out of Cooley high Gassed up by a cokehead cutie pie.
Jungle survivor, fuck who's the liver. My man put my battery in a bag of difference
From Energizer. Sentence begins indented With formality, My duration's infinite,
Moneywise or physiology. Poetry, that's a part of me, retardedly bop. I drop the ancient manifested hip hop Straight of the block."
Yo, all I need is one mic, one beat, one stage
One nigga front, my face on the front page
Only if I had one gun, one girl, and one crib
One God to show me how to do things his son did
Pure, like a cup of virgin blood; mixed with
151, one sip'll make a nigga flip
Writin names on my hollow tips, plottin shit
Mad violence, who I'm gon' body, this hood politics
Ackowledge it, leave bodies chopped up in garbages
Seeds watch us, grow up and try to follow us
Police watch us {*siren*} roll up and try knockin us
One knee I ducked, could it be my time is up
But my luck, I got up, the cop shot again
Bus stop glass bursts, a fiend drops his Heineken
Richochetin between the spots that I'm hidin in
Blackin out as I shoot back, fuck gettin hit! [more sirens]
This is my hood I'ma rep, to the death of it
'til everybody come home, little niggaz is grown
Hoodrats, don't abortion your womb, we need more warriors soon
Sent from the star sun and the moon
In this life of police chases, street sweepers, and coppers
Stick-up kids with no conscience, leavin victims with doctors
If you really think you ready to die, but nines out
This is what Nas is bout, nigga the time is now
SOME MORE CLASSIC NAS
What 50 is saying is reality, and who follow music by what is being said and not just going by the beat would know what is really going on and who is selling records. I don't think is trying to start and wars with anyone or any rap beefs....but you know 50 just have to voice his taughts and it's all over from there....
WAT 50 SAID ABOUT NAS IS PRETTY SAD. YOU KNOW WHY ITS SAD. BECAUSE ITS TRUE. ITS TRU THAT MOST BLACK FOLKS REALLY DONT LIKE INFORMATION THEY DONT READ THEY DONT LIKE KNOWING. I DONT EVEN THINK THAT 50 REALISES THAT IF WAT HES SAYING IS REALLY TRU THEN ITS REALLY SAD. NO WONDER THERE IS MORE BLACK MEN IN PRISON THAN COLLEGE DAT SHIT HURTS MY HEART. MATTER A FACT WE NEED MORE ARTIST LIKE NAS N LESS LIKE 50 N THATS THE FUKING TRUTH REGARDLESS IF UR A 50 FAN OR STAN. THAT SHIT IS MAD PATHETIC FOR HIM TO GO OUT ON GTHE LIMB N SAY NAS IS GIVING TOO MUCH INFORMATION IN HIS RECORDS LOL 50 SOUNDS JUST LIKE A COMPLACENT SLAVE
i whole-heartedly agree
fckkin trueeee
haha 50 completely trashed jen.
"The kinda money he gon’ receive in those positions based on the success of his last project is gonna make, when he says, “ballin’,” real.”
"...It's a shame
niggaz in the rap game
only for the money and the fame
EXTRA LARGE..."
...................................(X-Zibit)
The fact that Nas can preach to people in his music is what makes him so great in the first place, he doesnt have to talk about the money, cars, girls, in every song. and i applaud Nas for not doin what 50 has done; sellin your soul for riches; 50 cent goes from talkin bout gangsta lifestyle to come to my amusement park (all in 4 years).....regardless of what any g-unit dickrider has to say, Illmatic, It was Written, Stillmatic, God's Son, are all better than anything 50 will ever put out and 50 will never be the legend that Nas is.
u stupid or some shit GRODT is better than God Son
you must be crazy none of 50 albums will top nas shit
Really fuck fifty cause son always talk'in shit he ain't got to. Nas lost his Audience.YOU sound stupid talking 'bout Nas read books,So thats wat's up, u need to pick up a book too. all this nigga fifty is good for is a tight hook and a smart ass marketing plan. Every time soon is about to put out a Lp he start beef'in right be for.if u listen to the interview with fifty,cam,and Styles P.Cam took the bate.read between the lines people, my TRUE HIP-HOP HEADS.A time i read article on this dude it's all about Try'in to out smart the next nigga. Never no shit like i'll destory him lyricly.And his Label pushed his shit back cause he ain't beef'in with enough nigga.
Label:Fifty our first single, the buzz ain't strong enff where push'in the ablum back
50:ok,I'll Beef with some more niggas.THAT'll get my buzz popp'in
Label: sounds like a plan
50: GGGGGGGGG-unit
for thee record Nas is on another plant when it comes to the MIC.HE WILL MURDA fifty IF HE WANTED 2.
NOT HAT'IN AT ALL SPIT MY OPINION.
yo nas is a legend but right now no one is listin to him be real nas dick riders
50 isa nice i dont care yea he be talkin gansta then pop songs but thats versitality
i like nas and 50 but 50 a smarter business man think about it
i aint gotta say nuttin yall, them boys on top of me said errthan, so what is is, errbody is seem wtf is goin on right here
Damn No Wonder 50 Got All Dat Money!!! You Can Hate Him AS A Rapper But He GOt Brains Like A Mug
yo nas is a legend but right now no one is listin to him be real nas dick riders
50 isa nice i dont care yea he be talkin gansta then pop songs but thats versitality
i like nas and 50 but 50 a smarter business man think about it
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i always here people say shit like this. talk about ohhh regardless of wat u think of 50 he gst that money or hes a smart business man n blah blah bullshit. wat does him gettin money has to do with his craft his musical talent. how does him being rich affects you n makes u a fan. matter a fact considering the music most "rich" mcs put out id rather them stay fuking broke. i never understand taht with 50 fans as soon as somebody says 50 is trash thats the only thing they can say ohhh 50 gettin that money 50 rich. sooo who fuking cares. the music is wat brought him in the limelight so if the music is shit the music is shit hands down period.
n by the way that 50 comment about nas make us black people look so fuking stupid considering black folks are the majority audience in hiphop
cosign
you see 50 always felt that the music is not a influence on kids or fans in general, thus when they wanna censor him he always say that movies is more of an influence than rap.now its not a knock on nas but you can really teach in music.niggas take it for what it sound like.but if you wanna sell records to the majority then you must perform what the masses want.now look at nas he got a deal from def jam which means he must be interested in selling records fuck that love of the music shit.lyrics is all good but u must be able to put out bangers.look at nas old albums he always had hits that would bang in the clubs.
this is not about nas vs 50 bcuz if you here these interviews there is no beef only occasional comments on each other.am tired of hearing all who can murder g-unit am sure everyone can murder the unit in you hater book.
Nas vs 50 cent...NO CONTEST FOR 50 cent...he would lose! Nas will bury dude career if he diss him on a major track!!
On the other note...50 saying really he more close to Eminem then Dre.
but Jim Jones is better than Cam far as business wise. Jim dont do dumb shyt for DipSet...Koch is a steppin stone. Look at BG...he made them 10 mill plus which im sure he made 60 to 70 percent...now he can move on to Atlantic Records...what a good move for a start BUT not an end!
fuck you
your a fucking idiot man.. cam fucking made jim jones haha you niggas are just fucking stupid i mean cam brought jim jones into the game he made him what he is. Cam was on fire then started the diplomats and was moving way up in the roc and his music was fucking fire. ill admit his shit aint as good now but its still hot if you understand him, most of you niggas just dont get his style and lyrics cause its straight harlem slang. anyways yall stupid cam is a better business man he made dipset made koch made all them niggas so quit the hating. 50 says this shit for more attention, its smart on his part cause its working, but its exactly why no niggas fuck with him
man 50 is always tryna dis somebody jus cus they don't sell records. That's his problem now...yea he might of sold several million records and got endorsements and he's a smart business man but das all material bullshit...50 can't even go back 2 his own hood dat he put on da map...he can't even come out da house witout 10 feds...he can't even take his son 2 da local park witout security...Now I dont know about anyone else but if selling millions of records means I can't step foot out da house by myself, then I dont want no part of it. 50 got da game fucked up and das why he n da position he n now, too money hungry!!!
fuck you
i am sure u neva saw 50 u just saying shit u saw on Beef DVD in this same August issue he went back 2 the no bodygaurd jackass
All Cam did was hit 50 with facts, he wanna get on tha radio and diss Koch, shit his own artists ain't selling shit right now. Jim and Juelz better remember who made them what they are and that's Cam, He stepped aside and let Juelz shine on ''Oh Boy''
and ''Hey Ma'' because he's a real dude who cares about his Dipset Family. Anyway, why is 50 talking about Cam after all this time, why not talk about his music? That's right, his singles can't crack the Top 30 on the Billboard Charts anymore, he's been pushed back twice, so he's just hanging on to old beef that's died down long ago. Digging his own grave.
fuck you
FUCK 50 SNITCH BOY GAME IS THE BETTER RAPPER THEN HIM AND THE WHOLE GUNIT WHAT YOU SAY FUCK WHAT YOU SAY LMAO WHAT YOU SAY FUCK WAHT YOU GOT TO SAY LMAO GAMEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE THE BESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSTTTTTTTTTT RAPPPPPER ALIVEEEEEEEEEEEE FUCKKKKKKKKKK LIL WAYNEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE FUCKKKKKKKKKKKK CASSIDYYYYYYYYYYYY GETTTTTTTTT ATTTTTTTTTTT MEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE
all he tryin to say bout nas is that alot of these niggas nowadays dont want be taught in their record
they dont really listen to the lyrics
songs got got urself a gun, made you look, street dreams, hate me now
songs like those it was nas should pay attention to more according to 50
remember artists are fans too, they have a opinion too u know
jay said the same thing bout nas
oh yea
"if u aint in the rap game for tha muthafuckin cash mayne, then wat is ur muthafuckin purpose" - edi amin
i laugh when i hear yall make comments, oh 50 wont ever be as good as nas, oh 50 wont ever be a legend
yall really think yall hurtin 50
"its simple, im bout my bread" - dats wat 50 is in this music business for
to live a betta life than what he had. he used his raps to help him get where he at
one of the most powerful men in this nation. cuz he used his talent to get him there. he dont give a fuck bout legend status
same way wit jay-z
"And I ain't even want to be famous" - jay-z master plan was to stop sellin drugs and find a way for him to make money without doin illegal stuff. jay didnt and dont give a fuck bout bein a legend
wit sum people its wit music only (NAS)
wit sum people its wit business only (50)
hiphop is bout money, this isnt the 90's and 80's
u have to either stick wit those musicians and that era of purpose or come to this new era of purpose
that b/c u feel artists should be rappin cuz they love the music, doesnt mean u have to knock these new artists for comin in the game and gettin their money
life changes, things changes. cant stay the same
one thing that will stay the same; there will always be dickridin faggots like yourself who dont know the true meaning of hip hop...