Comments on: So 50 Cent Cries at Fat Joe’s Funeral

By: YoRapper

YoRapper — Sat, 22 Mar 2008 15:33:26 +0000

Murphy your right no one talks about his music, because his arrogance and childish ways overshadow his music. Fifty is no Nas, and No Jay-Z and even no Kanye. His last album sucked huge dick. I wonder if he will ever put out a classic, though some argue GRODT is one. I’m on the fence with that.

By: Murphy

Murphy — Sat, 22 Mar 2008 10:36:58 +0000

Yo first off I agree 100% with what you are saying, with the exception of Yayo, and I’m a huge fan of this site I get at it as much as I can. But the thing that seems to get me in the head is 50 may be good at marketing, because what he’s gaining in that department he’s losing in being an actual rapper. All we ever hear about 50 is his weak beefs, and how much money he has, never about the actual music he’s making. I can’t name one person who honestly liked his last album, even you his lone fan, said it sucked. We all know it would not have sold half the records it did without Kanye (who if you’re writing anything on marketing it should’ve been on him).

P.S. Just because you’ve been speaking pretty highly of it I’ll check out the new mixtape, and if its good I’ll take back what I said.

By: YoRapper

YoRapper — Sat, 22 Mar 2008 05:36:04 +0000

I didn’t mean he made great songs, his verses on this bodysnatchers mixtape were jokes.

Here’s the link…
http://www.yorapper.com/g-unit-return-of-the-body-snatchers/

He also had some memorable shit on his album. I liked that song where he’s screaming the whole track saying something like “hole in his head, hole in his leg…” He’s a funny rapper in a passive aggressive kinda way.

By: dathrowed1

dathrowed1 — Sat, 22 Mar 2008 04:07:54 +0000

YoRapper, could you put some of Yayo’s good songs on this site because that thoughts of a predicate album left a bad taste in my mouth.

By: YoRapper

YoRapper — Thu, 20 Mar 2008 14:27:30 +0000

I’m always impressed by how smart readers of this site are, in compared to other sites. Great comment. Props.

By: Richard Corey

Richard Corey — Thu, 20 Mar 2008 13:41:07 +0000

Nice article, I don’t think the average hip hop head today understands the concept of beef and marketing.

It was the same way back in the early 80’s. The Juice Crew, BDP, LL Cool J…all these crews and artists used beef as competition, but primarily as marketing.

But nowadays, some of the heads (even some of the artists) only see beef from the street perspective and can’t capitalize off of it in the way Hip hop historically has. They either don’t know their history or are too sensitive to compete in such a ego-bruising field.

50’s pretty strong willed, that’s why he thrives in these situations and others like Joe, unfortunately, get heated and ultimately fail.