06/23/08 - [REVIEW] - 50 Cent

YTG_Bank$ · 06-23-2008, 04:51 PM

A towering personality such as 50 Cent’s is rarely on the backburner for long. After a quiet period after his Elephant In The Sand mixtape, a barrage of news came out the camp including Young Buck’s dismissal. The recent turmoil would attribute the rapid fire coverage on the fast approaching Terminate On Sight, the latest album from his G Unit crew.

Those anticipating his latest mixtape, Sincerely Yours, Southside, to follow the beef and feature tough talk riddled through songs about the current trials and tribulations of the crew won’t find them amongst these selecti0ns. 50 Cent takes a different approach, by rapping over some soulful classics, and then letting the rest of the song play, acting more as a guide and DJ through the soulful tunes, instead of ripping on samples.

This isn’t to say that he doesn’t deliver some of the old 50 flame amongst the tracks. Curtis sets things off with “I’m Rising To The Top” with lines like "Go tell 'Preme I bought Baisely Park." On his verses on “This Is For You” (Shalamar – “This Is For The Love In You”) and ‘Cruising Music” (The Isley Brothers – “For The Love Of You”) you get some solid top flight 50 lyricism and panache. His topics range from his youth, to women, just his normal braggadocio swagger he delivers.

With music ranging from Beverly and Maze, Stevie Wonder, and many other soulful acts, 50 is at times outshined by the original masterpieces. His verse on “I Wanna Be Your Favorite” (Prince – “I Want To Be Your Lover”) fails to make any lasting impression. 50 also doesn’t follow the full theme and range of the original pieces which doesn’t always work well (“That Girl”).

It isn’t a secret that 50 loves to manipulate the press to cover his projects using some rash tactics. Thus, his latest project, the mellow Sincerely Yours, Southside is liable to really catch people by surprise. 50 keeps his verses short, and lets his favorites ride, reminding many of us of barbeques and family reunions of days past; and that’s never a bad thing.

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Jrampage · 06-23-2008, 05:07 PM

7/10 nice now lets see what they say about TOS

Tha Unit On Top · 06-23-2008, 08:59 PM

Yeah thats about right, I think his verses were good, rapping over some souful shit, seems like it was just something for the fans for the summer, something he did on his downtime, for the love of rap, what he grew up listening too, def something different. Shit was cool. But now, back to that street shit I hope, drop TOS, hopefully we still get that GG mixtape sometime this summer, probably after TOS is out for a little bit, then in the fall Nov, Dec that video game drops, 19 new joints, should do a mixtape with those joints and maybe some new shit, plus Banks said he dropping some tapes before years end, so alot of music from the unit to look forward too the rest of the year, good shit.

maine123 · 06-25-2008, 12:18 AM

once again 50 proves his realnessss

YoungGeeza · 06-25-2008, 09:08 AM

props on this

Memo · 06-25-2008, 02:31 PM

Proppz man

ggggunit89 · 06-25-2008, 04:55 PM

7/10 on a mixtape with 12 track and one verse songs damn thats pretty good imaging if would really work on this. He said he did this just to pass time while making the movie

Sparks37 · 06-26-2008, 06:37 AM

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Originally Posted by Tha Unit On Top

Yeah thats about right, I think his verses were good, rapping over some souful shit, seems like it was just something for the fans for the summer, something he did on his downtime, for the love of rap, what he grew up listening too, def something different. Shit was cool. But now, back to that street shit I hope, drop TOS, hopefully we still get that GG mixtape sometime this summer, probably after TOS is out for a little bit, then in the fall Nov, Dec that video game drops, 19 new joints, should do a mixtape with those joints and maybe some new shit, plus Banks said he dropping some tapes before years end, so alot of music from the unit to look forward too the rest of the year, good shit.

Yayo also has a mixtape on the way...

lil d3co 2k7 · 06-26-2008, 09:52 AM

thi5 cd alright

06-23-2008, 04:51 PM	#1
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06-23-2008, 08:59 PM	#3
Tha Unit On Top BISD Dropping In 09 Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: New Jersey Posts: 3,622 Thanks: 230 Thanked 1,996 Times in 117 Posts	Yeah thats about right, I think his verses were good, rapping over some souful shit, seems like it was just something for the fans for the summer, something he did on his downtime, for the love of rap, what he grew up listening too, def something different. Shit was cool. But now, back to that street shit I hope, drop TOS, hopefully we still get that GG mixtape sometime this summer, probably after TOS is out for a little bit, then in the fall Nov, Dec that video game drops, 19 new joints, should do a mixtape with those joints and maybe some new shit, plus Banks said he dropping some tapes before years end, so alot of music from the unit to look forward too the rest of the year, good shit.

06-25-2008, 12:18 AM	#4
maine123 Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: everywhere Posts: 2 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	once again 50 proves his realnessss

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YoungGeeza Banned Join Date: May 2007 Location: L.A. Posts: 2,779 Thanks: 911 Thanked 1,585 Times in 136 Posts	props on this

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Memo Veteran Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Turkey Posts: 1,514 Thanks: 48 Thanked 1 Time in 1 Post	Proppz man

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ggggunit89 King Of The Chi Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Chicago,IL Posts: 1,049 Thanks: 63 Thanked 518 Times in 56 Posts	7/10 on a mixtape with 12 track and one verse songs damn thats pretty good imaging if would really work on this. He said he did this just to pass time while making the movie

06-26-2008, 09:52 AM	#9
lil d3co 2k7 Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Houston Posts: 24 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	thi5 cd alright