50, Banks, Yayo, Buck & Kidd Kidd have already dropped two freestyles since re-uniting at Summer Jam on Sunday night and maybe the search function isn't working right but is nobody really interested in discussing this? 50's album came out today but their freestyle over that Hit Boy beat feels more like a hit record than anything on Animal Ambition (there are a couple real gems on there, btw) despite being on someone else's beat. Their freestyle over Drake's "o To 100" isn't as good or exciting as "Nah I'm Talkin' Bout" but what's really shocking to me is the fact that Young Buck is not only back in G-Unit but he's already saying he'd catch a body for 50 again. Can we discuss this or is seriously nobody actually interested?

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Hate the G-Unit reunion? Awesome! Speak on it.

I remember, not even too long ago, everyone throwing their hat in the ring and discussing any and everything on here. I'd hazard to guess most of us on here don't like Macklemore but we still manage to have arguments about that dude every other week. Why is G-Unit the rap scarlet letter on here? There's plenty of people posting here who go out of their way to only listen to underground/backpack rap but 50's more recent stuff has been with producers like Jake One, Frank Dukes & The Audible Doctor and he's been quietly delivering some stuff that isn't even a far cry from guys OKP idolize like Roc Marciano & Boldy James.

Even you seemed to be down with the Unit a few months ago:
http://board.okayplayer.com/okp.php?az=show_topic&forum=5&topic_id=2871519&mesg_id=2871519&listing_type=search#2871793

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...I personally couldn't speak on something that I wasn't aware actually transpired. It's a good possibility that many other people around here just didn't know. So maybe this thread is the conversation starter.

I can also say that personally I've been more of a fan of 50's later material than the albums he's best known for, and have made that opinion known here. Said as much in the "Animal Instinct" thread.

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>50, Banks, Yayo, Buck & Kidd Kidd have already dropped two
>freestyles since re-uniting at Summer Jam on Sunday night and
>maybe the search function isn't working right but is nobody
>really interested in discussing this? 50's album came out
>today but their freestyle over that Hit Boy beat feels more
>like a hit record than anything on Animal Ambition (there are
>a couple real gems on there, btw) despite being on someone
>else's beat. Their freestyle over Drake's "o To 100" isn't as
>good or exciting as "Nah I'm Talkin' Bout" but what's really
>shocking to me is the fact that Young Buck is not only back in
>G-Unit but he's already saying he'd catch a body for 50 again.
>Can we discuss this or is seriously nobody actually
>interested?

I think nobody's interested.

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Kidd Kidd is not a worthy addition to the group.

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"root for everybody black haters say that's crazy, wow..."

Dude dragged 50's son into whatever was going on between them. He deserved to get washed.

Aggressive content, man. Harsh realities.

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His kid wanted the pic otherwise he wouldn't be there.

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"root for everybody black haters say that's crazy, wow..."

I can honestly say I'm a fan of the boy Fif. I like G-Unit together. If this means more G-Unit Radio mixtapes I'm on board.

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But the apathy for 50 these days is real.

I blame it on several things:

1.) He built too much of his credibility early on on record sales/success. As a result, when he loses his hotness, he loses his credibility.

2.) His retail catalog is incredibly inconsistent. Dude hasn't even touched GRODT. Massacre and Curtis were underwhelming, and even though I think Before I Self Destruct was better, it was too little too late.

3.) To continue the theme of too little too late, 50 hasn't grown as an artist at all. Up until maybe some of the more recent singles, he's essentially been making the same music as he was on GRODT, save for a couple poppier singles. Fans demand a.) more personal material these days, which 50 won't deliver, and b.) as much as people complain about wanting "the old" Kanye or Jay Z or Eminem, the game requires stars to reinvent themselves. 50's music has just been boring until very recently, making people lose interest.

4.) With so much of his persona being based on being a villain/bully, people aren't going to root for him to win anymore. These days, fans more than ever want someone to buy into and something to stand for, along with songs they like. Even if 50 manages to get the latter, he doesn't really have fans in the U.S. on his side anymore.

5.) Dude is old by rap standards.

6.) As far as the G Unit reunion goes, I think people just aren't interested in the group anymore. Especially considering that it seems like he's only doing it out of desperation to capture attention. It isn't like he's reuniting with G Unit for the nostalgia; he's doing it because not much else is working.

That said, I liked Animal Ambition, and these new G Unit freestyles are dope too. Hopefully he can keep that up.

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>But the apathy for 50 these days is real.
>
>I blame it on several things:
>
>1.) He built too much of his credibility early on on record
>sales/success. As a result, when he loses his hotness, he
>loses his credibility.
>
>2.) His retail catalog is incredibly inconsistent. Dude hasn't
>even touched GRODT. Massacre and Curtis were underwhelming,
>and even though I think Before I Self Destruct was better, it
>was too little too late.
>
>3.) To continue the theme of too little too late, 50 hasn't
>grown as an artist at all. Up until maybe some of the more
>recent singles, he's essentially been making the same music as
>he was on GRODT, save for a couple poppier singles. Fans
>demand a.) more personal material these days, which 50 won't
>deliver, and b.) as much as people complain about wanting "the
>old" Kanye or Jay Z or Eminem, the game requires stars to
>reinvent themselves. 50's music has just been boring until
>very recently, making people lose interest.
>
>4.) With so much of his persona being based on being a
>villain/bully, people aren't going to root for him to win
>anymore. These days, fans more than ever want someone to buy
>into and something to stand for, along with songs they like.
>Even if 50 manages to get the latter, he doesn't really have
>fans in the U.S. on his side anymore.
>
>5.) Dude is old by rap standards.
>
>6.) As far as the G Unit reunion goes, I think people just
>aren't interested in the group anymore. Especially considering
>that it seems like he's only doing it out of desperation to
>capture attention. It isn't like he's reuniting with G Unit
>for the nostalgia; he's doing it because not much else is
>working.
>
>That said, I liked Animal Ambition, and these new G Unit
>freestyles are dope too. Hopefully he can keep that up.

7) And…if he does commercial material, people won't like it….ie Candy Shop. If he does "gangsta shit", it just comes across as so fake. He could pull that off pre-GRODT, but not now at all. Look at the pics in the GRODT CD now and it looks absurd, like a comic book gangsta rap parody.

>6.) As far as the G Unit reunion goes, I think people just
>aren't interested in the group anymore. Especially considering
>that it seems like he's only doing it out of desperation to
>capture attention. It isn't like he's reuniting with G Unit
>for the nostalgia; he's doing it because not much else is
>working.

...I don't know that people were all that invested in them in the first place. Like, yes, they had high sales numbers and had some hot singles, but this isn't the Outkast reunion. They never resonated with people like the bigger/better groups did, IMO. They were just an exciting group for the time who made a lot of noise when 50 was a big name. They didn't make lasting music or any kind of lasting impression. So their reunion is, IMO, definitely just a publicity stunt but it's not like a major groundbreaking event like Outkast or Tribe.

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>6.) As far as the G Unit reunion goes, I think people just
>aren't interested in the group anymore. Especially considering
>that it seems like he's only doing it out of desperation to
>capture attention. It isn't like he's reuniting with G Unit
>for the nostalgia; he's doing it because not much else is
>working.
>
There's an interview I read on DX recently where 50 says something like (I'm paraphrasing here) "I'm not really interested in working with those guys, but for the right amount of money I'd do it". I mean, sue mean for looking at rap as art, but that, to me, sounds like the recipe for lukewarmness. As far as the idea of a reunion goes, I ain't buying it cause 50 ain't selling it.

I meant to say something about this too. It seemed like 50 was, kind of unprovoked, telling us for months and months that a G Unit reunion would never happen because he was sick of financing these guys. Then, right before his album drops, it happens. Oh imagine that!

I ain't buying it, either.

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I'm sure he knew the reunion was going down months before Summer Jam.

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"4.) With so much of his persona being based on being a villain/bully, people aren't going to root for him to win anymore. These days, fans more than ever want someone to buy into and something to stand for, along with songs they like. Even if 50 manages to get the latter, he doesn't really have fans in the U.S. on his side anymore."



This^^^^^^^is what it all comes down to....

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dude need to just give up on the market, become a personality and just release free shit to scratch his rap itch.

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I'm actually glad his music career is where it's at because dude threw numbers in niggas faces all the time.

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I'll be a hater in this case.
But he's good for 2 to 5 joints per album, I will say that.

Actually Def Jam should put Gunplay's album out so he could afford to buy his MMG chain back.

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officially

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went sour because Iovine sees him as a threat (in the headphone game). I haven't met Jimmy Iovine, but the idea seems a bit absurd to me.

50 gets more and more ridiculous just to maintain the image he created.

>officially

No one wants to get on his bad side because at the end of the day, he's still really rich and really vindictive. It even seems like people that he's pooped on in the past are kinda scared to go at him, they don't want that headache.

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hope they get that good upfront money

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*shrugs* 50 still got it tho its just that his persona was overdone for the fans...years ago...its gonna be hard for him to make it back on top in music. Theres other ways he could do it and its more behind the scenes at first...he just picks horrible rappers to bring up
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