07/10/08 - G-Unit

Legendz · 07-10-2008, 05:18 AM

Has any other entity ever ridden the success of one album as far as G-Unit has with 50’s debut? Let’s face it, in between the crew’s few quality releases there have been some serious abortions. One of the foremost duds in the G-Unit catalogue was their first group effort Beg For Mercy. Despite coming on the heels of Fif’s monster debut, the top-notch producers and not having the then incarcerated Tony Yayo weighing them down; the album was completely uninspired and unoriginal. Aside from the Curtis worshipers who will soon be calling me a hater for this review, few could argue that the album wasn’t thrown together to capitalize on 50’s world takeover.
Terminate On Sight comes under very different circumstances though. After being crushed by Kanye and losing his spot as the “it” rapper of the moment several times over to the likes of T.I. and Lil’ Wayne, 50 is far from the Hip Hop kingpin he once was. And unfortunately, Young Buck – who has a welcomed unique sound - only appears on a few tracks since he was sent the way of Jayceon.
The album starts off pretty well with “Straight Outta Southside,” the rugged pseudo-cover of the N.W.A. classic. “Piano Man” does the trick too as the Unit and their ousted member talk moving keys, hence the title. Things start to slide downhill with the throwaway misogynistic romp “Close To Me,” and the cookie cutter “Ryder Pt.2.” The latter does win points as everyone is on point with their flows (which doesn’t happen a lot on this LP), and it is catchy as hell. But it sure isn’t good. “Casualties of War” is cool, if only memorable by 50 bringing out his inner bully on the mic. Speaking of bullying, Curtis needlessly goes at Clifford (is he salty cause T.I. looks harder with the heavy artillery?), but “You So Tough” is easily one of the albums best tracks. The production is reminiscent of RZA circa ’97 and 50 is admittedly at his best when he’s being a jerk. After the dope “No Days Off” the LP grinds to a halt with the incredibly irritating title track featuring some baffling Yayo lines like “who, who want it? Which gangsta want it? Which rapper want it? Which trapper want it? My house is haunted.”
“I Like The Way She Do It” is nothing short of embarrassing. If 50’s verse wasn’t bad enough, Yayo makes him look like Rakim by comparison. The Swizz Beatz produced “Get Down” sounds like they recorded their verses over a completely different beat and “Kitty Kat” shouldn’t even be addressed. There is a little silver lining as “I Don’t Wanna Talk About It” at least has some very dope production, and “Ready Or Not” is nice and menacing; the way the album should sound.
All said and done, this is not a good album. There are a handful of tracks worth checking, a few that are forgettable and too many that should be avoided like the plague. The worst thing is that with the exception of the abominable Tony Yayo, these guys shown they can make excellent music (especially 50). Yet they elect to make hot garbage juice like “Kitty Kat”? At least when they made Beg For Mercy the joke was on the millions who bought the album and would have bought it if it was 60 minutes of 50 telling Yayo what groceries to buy. But this ain’t 2003 and the joke is going to be them and their ego’s when soundscan holds up the mirror. These guys you either make music for the money or the scans, and it’s pretty clear what category the Unit falls into. So if the registers aren’t dinging and the heads sure ain’t bobbin’, who is going to get terminated for this one?

http://www.hiphopdx.com/index/review...inate-on-sight

YoungGeeza · 07-10-2008, 10:20 AM

bitch ass reviewer

KredeDK · 07-10-2008, 06:36 PM

Straight ass hater!

L.Smalls · 07-11-2008, 01:45 AM

thats a hater
you can tell by the beginning of the review
saying banks did it do his own thing? saying buck aint do his own thing? sayin 50 aint do his thing AFTER grodt? 50 sold 1.4 milli first week of his next album how is that ridin his debut success when his debut sold 600k less first week?

Stevens123 · 07-11-2008, 10:34 AM

Quote:

Aside from the Curtis worshipers who will soon be calling me a hater for this review...

Lol the reviewer called it.

Lil Brizzle · 07-11-2008, 10:47 AM

Beg For Mercy was a great album and so was TOS.....what has the reviewer been smoking.....

last of all.....the hunger for more was better than GRODT.....

T-Uniiit in the S-Uniit · 07-11-2008, 12:03 PM

wow, that opinion is few and far between...I wonder who he's speaking for, dumb fuk

Tha Unit On Top · 07-11-2008, 01:52 PM

All you have to read is "One of the foremost duds in the G Unit catalogue is BFM". That is right there, so BFM was a dud? Thats all I need to read from this dipshit, dude wouldnt no whats hot for shit. Haters are corny as fuck.

philzbilz · 07-12-2008, 11:01 PM

hahaha fucking faggot i bet you liked waynes album...

lil GOMGOM · 07-12-2008, 11:09 PM

Hooooooooooooooolla for da unit 4 life

Youri · 07-13-2008, 10:00 AM

first album was better then this one

G - DuP · 07-20-2008, 11:57 AM

T.O.S was a very big let down..no where near as good as beg 4 mercy..and LOL at that dude callin out all the curtis worshippers, all you on 50's/g-units dick just took a big fat L

8 ball magic · 07-20-2008, 09:25 PM

props............

RICH$LOCO · 07-21-2008, 10:56 AM

one thing the unit has better mixtapes than this album thats all i gottaa say this album is nothing but fillier i only like the straight outta south side that was it but ah

PhillyOG · 07-21-2008, 04:47 PM

smh album was dope

07-10-2008, 05:18 AM	#1
Legendz Veteran Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Belgium Posts: 6,666 Thanks: 848 Thanked 9,157 Times in 1,370 Posts	07/10/08 - G-Unit - Terminate On Sight (hiphopdx) 07/10/08 - G-Unit - Terminate On Sight (hiphopdx) Has any other entity ever ridden the success of one album as far as G-Unit has with 50’s debut? Let’s face it, in between the crew’s few quality releases there have been some serious abortions. One of the foremost duds in the G-Unit catalogue was their first group effort Beg For Mercy. Despite coming on the heels of Fif’s monster debut, the top-notch producers and not having the then incarcerated Tony Yayo weighing them down; the album was completely uninspired and unoriginal. Aside from the Curtis worshipers who will soon be calling me a hater for this review, few could argue that the album wasn’t thrown together to capitalize on 50’s world takeover. Terminate On Sight comes under very different circumstances though. After being crushed by Kanye and losing his spot as the “it” rapper of the moment several times over to the likes of T.I. and Lil’ Wayne, 50 is far from the Hip Hop kingpin he once was. And unfortunately, Young Buck – who has a welcomed unique sound - only appears on a few tracks since he was sent the way of Jayceon. The album starts off pretty well with “Straight Outta Southside,” the rugged pseudo-cover of the N.W.A. classic. “Piano Man” does the trick too as the Unit and their ousted member talk moving keys, hence the title. Things start to slide downhill with the throwaway misogynistic romp “Close To Me,” and the cookie cutter “Ryder Pt.2.” The latter does win points as everyone is on point with their flows (which doesn’t happen a lot on this LP), and it is catchy as hell. But it sure isn’t good. “Casualties of War” is cool, if only memorable by 50 bringing out his inner bully on the mic. Speaking of bullying, Curtis needlessly goes at Clifford (is he salty cause T.I. looks harder with the heavy artillery?), but “You So Tough” is easily one of the albums best tracks. The production is reminiscent of RZA circa ’97 and 50 is admittedly at his best when he’s being a jerk. After the dope “No Days Off” the LP grinds to a halt with the incredibly irritating title track featuring some baffling Yayo lines like “who, who want it? Which gangsta want it? Which rapper want it? Which trapper want it? My house is haunted.” “I Like The Way She Do It” is nothing short of embarrassing. If 50’s verse wasn’t bad enough, Yayo makes him look like Rakim by comparison. The Swizz Beatz produced “Get Down” sounds like they recorded their verses over a completely different beat and “Kitty Kat” shouldn’t even be addressed. There is a little silver lining as “I Don’t Wanna Talk About It” at least has some very dope production, and “Ready Or Not” is nice and menacing; the way the album should sound. All said and done, this is not a good album. There are a handful of tracks worth checking, a few that are forgettable and too many that should be avoided like the plague. The worst thing is that with the exception of the abominable Tony Yayo, these guys shown they can make excellent music (especially 50). Yet they elect to make hot garbage juice like “Kitty Kat”? At least when they made Beg For Mercy the joke was on the millions who bought the album and would have bought it if it was 60 minutes of 50 telling Yayo what groceries to buy. But this ain’t 2003 and the joke is going to be them and their ego’s when soundscan holds up the mirror. These guys you either make music for the money or the scans, and it’s pretty clear what category the Unit falls into. So if the registers aren’t dinging and the heads sure ain’t bobbin’, who is going to get terminated for this one? http://www.hiphopdx.com/index/review...inate-on-sight

07-11-2008, 10:47 AM	#6
Lil Brizzle Man With The Plan Coming! Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Land Of The Latent Posts: 1,219 Thanks: 18 Thanked 46 Times in 17 Posts	Beg For Mercy was a great album and so was TOS.....what has the reviewer been smoking..... last of all.....the hunger for more was better than GRODT..... __________________ Man With The Plan >>>>>>>> Anything Blockrunnaz, Tlazy Wizzle, Punchlinez, and Rebel INS have done in their lives combined together......

07-11-2008, 12:03 PM	#7
T-Uniiit in the S-Uniit Trappin..[]D [] []v[] []D Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: 'Cuse-town, NY.. tnutz-inc.blogspot.com Posts: 2,440 Thanks: 215 Thanked 117 Times in 31 Posts	wow, that opinion is few and far between...I wonder who he's speaking for, dumb fuk __________________ h*tp://tnutz-inc.blogspot.com for free mixtapes!! and hip hop news! Support the site by clicking the ads and I will post more! G.I. Joe-Rise of Cobra -8/2009

07-12-2008, 11:01 PM	#9
philzbilz Veteran Join Date: May 2007 Location: BX/Queens Posts: 1,062 Thanks: 303 Thanked 26 Times in 15 Posts	hahaha fucking faggot i bet you liked waynes album... __________________ ITS DA UNIT......... DON'T STEP TO ME WITH YOUR TITTIES LOW..

07-13-2008, 10:00 AM	#11
Youri Join Date: Jun 2004 Posts: 253 Thanks: 23 Thanked 2 Times in 2 Posts	first album was better then this one __________________ Myspace.com/persisproductions

07-10-2008, 10:20 AM	#2
YoungGeeza Banned Join Date: May 2007 Location: L.A. Posts: 2,779 Thanks: 911 Thanked 1,585 Times in 136 Posts	bitch ass reviewer

07-10-2008, 06:36 PM	#3
KredeDK Join Date: Jun 2005 Posts: 283 Thanks: 64 Thanked 20 Times in 4 Posts	Straight ass hater!

07-11-2008, 01:45 AM	#4
L.Smalls Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Mission Posts: 579 Thanks: 137 Thanked 95 Times in 20 Posts	thats a hater you can tell by the beginning of the review saying banks did it do his own thing? saying buck aint do his own thing? sayin 50 aint do his thing AFTER grodt? 50 sold 1.4 milli first week of his next album how is that ridin his debut success when his debut sold 600k less first week?

07-11-2008, 01:52 PM	#8
Tha Unit On Top BISD Dropping In 09 Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: New Jersey Posts: 3,622 Thanks: 230 Thanked 1,997 Times in 117 Posts	All you have to read is "One of the foremost duds in the G Unit catalogue is BFM". That is right there, so BFM was a dud? Thats all I need to read from this dipshit, dude wouldnt no whats hot for shit. Haters are corny as fuck.

07-12-2008, 11:09 PM	#10
lil GOMGOM Join Date: Jul 2007 Posts: 2 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Hooooooooooooooolla for da unit 4 life

07-20-2008, 11:57 AM	#12
G - DuP A.K.A - Junaid Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: UK Posts: 1,756 Thanks: 180 Thanked 142 Times in 50 Posts	T.O.S was a very big let down..no where near as good as beg 4 mercy..and LOL at that dude callin out all the curtis worshippers, all you on 50's/g-units dick just took a big fat L __________________

07-20-2008, 09:25 PM	#13
8 ball magic Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: NY Posts: 7 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	props............

07-21-2008, 10:56 AM	#14
RICH$LOCO Veteran Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: westcoast, CA Posts: 1,781 Thanks: 592 Thanked 485 Times in 81 Posts	one thing the unit has better mixtapes than this album thats all i gottaa say this album is nothing but fillier i only like the straight outta south side that was it but ah __________________

07-21-2008, 04:47 PM	#15
PhillyOG Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Philly Posts: 761 Thanks: 493 Thanked 4 Times in 1 Post	smh album was dope

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